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What is your favorite Brandon Sanderson book or series?

Mistborn
20 (64.5%)
Elantris
5 (16.1%)
Alcatraz
1 (3.2%)
Warbreaker
3 (9.7%)
Other (unpublished)
2 (6.5%)

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Favorite Sanderson Book/Series
« on: June 05, 2008, 06:05:50 PM »
Please vote only if you've read at least two of these options.
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Re: Favorite Sanderson Book/Series
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2008, 09:34:26 PM »
I can't put my finger on why, but for some reason Scribbler was my favorite book. Not by a large margin, because I love them all, but it just has something that pushes it over the top in my opinion.

Edit: That means I voted for Other, lol.
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Re: Favorite Sanderson Book/Series
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2008, 11:57:45 PM »
Mistborn, hands down. And by that, I mean the original one. I love the series, but I really did not like Well of Ascension compared with Final Empire. I just have this thing for super god villains, and the Lord Ruler fit the bill quite nicely. Compared with that kind of thing, Well of Ascension did nothing for my love of super god villains. Straff's domineering, sure, and Cett's enjoyable to read. However, I've never liked Zane, and none of these are... well, super gods.

Then there was the fact that not a whole lot was "explained", I guess. Focused on too much politics and warfare, not on the Deepness (ever since Final Empire, I loved the mythology with the Lord Ruler, with the Deepness and the Well) and the Well of Ascension.

I figure I'll get a great fix on super god villains with Hero of Ages, with Ruin, along with tons of explanations about mythology. Still, though, Final Empire was awesome, in every way.
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Re: Favorite Sanderson Book/Series
« Reply #3 on: June 06, 2008, 06:22:19 AM »
I would have to sayMB but only by a slight margin over Warbreaker.  Once Warbreaker is finished and all edited and stuff, it may surpass MB as my fav.  (Spelling and grammatical errors really get my goat.  A few are almost unavoidable but Warbreaker has tons.  And yes I realize it isn't totally finished.)
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Re: Favorite Sanderson Book/Series
« Reply #4 on: June 06, 2008, 06:43:58 AM »
... (Spelling and grammatical errors really get my goat.  ....)
Wait, you have a goat!? Do they really try to eat everything like the storybooks say? Like tin cans and shoes and all that stuff? I'm guessing your goat likes to snack on pages of manuscripts with atrocious spelling and dismal grammar, right? Mmmm, tasty.

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Re: Favorite Sanderson Book/Series
« Reply #5 on: June 06, 2008, 07:17:22 AM »
Wait, you have a goat!?

Yes, yes I do.  But I spell it GTO and its name is Pontiac.






Just kidding, I only wish I had a GTO.
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Re: Favorite Sanderson Book/Series
« Reply #6 on: June 07, 2008, 02:08:59 AM »
lol i wish i had a car...period.   :'(
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Re: Favorite Sanderson Book/Series
« Reply #7 on: June 07, 2008, 03:01:14 AM »
(...Oh, sandman, wherefore art thou?)
Wherefore means why.

I'd probably have to say that Warbreaker, as far as I've gotten (I just finished chapter 46), barely beats Mistborn.  On the topic of Mistborn, I have to agree with Chaos.  The Final Empire is better than Well of Ascenscion, but WoA is stil pretty good.  In Warbreaker, I have to say I love the sense that there's always something I'm not understanding about some characters, like Denth, and it's harder to pick out than the relationship between Eragon and Murtagh in Paolini's Inheritance (which I figured out a month before Eldest), and I'm still left wondering about a lot of other things.  Now, as much as I would love to stick around and discuss the works of one of the most amazing authors of our time, Microsoft Word is calling, and I find it extremely hard to resist.

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Re: Favorite Sanderson Book/Series
« Reply #8 on: June 07, 2008, 05:14:44 AM »
(...Oh, sandman, wherefore art thou?)
Wherefore means why.
LOL. I knew that didn't sound right. But, geez, gimme a break. It was 2am....
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Re: Favorite Sanderson Book/Series
« Reply #9 on: June 07, 2008, 07:25:06 AM »
Alcatraz. I think it's just my love for comedy. I really like all the books. Really. But Alcatraz is the one I tell people about the most, so I guess if I had to pick just one for a fav, that would be it.

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Re: Favorite Sanderson Book/Series
« Reply #10 on: June 07, 2008, 08:57:16 AM »
Yeah, I have to say Mistborn, too. Though, there's a special place in ym heart for Elantris. It came to me when there seemed to be nothing but mediocrity at the library.

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Re: Favorite Sanderson Book/Series
« Reply #11 on: June 12, 2008, 07:06:51 PM »
I liked Elantris the best, but I can't explain why.  Maybe it's just that the setting is more cheerful.  Mistborn is a close second, Warbreaker a more distant third.  I haven't read Alcatraz yet.
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Re: Favorite Sanderson Book/Series
« Reply #12 on: June 12, 2008, 08:25:38 PM »
I had to go with Warbreaker on this. I loved how the magic worked and Lightsong was a really neat character.


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Re: Favorite Sanderson Book/Series
« Reply #13 on: June 12, 2008, 09:15:42 PM »
I didn't care for Lightsong so much, and Vivenna kind of annoyed me, but I did love Nightblood, and the Siri/Susebron parts were cool too.  Maybe the reason I didn't like Warbreaker as much was because I fit the stereotype of the responsible, perfectionist, judgmental big sister and I didn't like what became of Vivenna's ideals.  I felt like her whole plot-line might as well have been a personal lecture directed at me, and no one enjoys those.
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Re: Favorite Sanderson Book/Series
« Reply #14 on: June 12, 2008, 10:10:44 PM »
I loved Dragonsteel as I constantly mention, but it's been-- 7 years since I've read it, so I don't really know if it's my favorite.  It might be, but I didn't want to vote for "other" (seems boring to me), so I voted for Warbreaker.  I love all of his books, but that one really had a cool world/magic system.  The character of Lightsong was brilliant. 

Vivenna was a bit boring for me, but I wanted to like her (I liked Siri better even though I'm probably more like Vivenna.)  Maybe she'll have a more interesting part in the book for me in the final version. :)