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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Other (unpublished)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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Re: Favorite Sanderson Book/Series
« Reply #15 on: June 13, 2008, 12:31:12 AM »
I have mixed feelings about Warbreaker. There were some things I really liked about the book and others that still have me scratching my head. 

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I mean, Vasher spends all that time investigating the secret entrance and then just takes the window instead? And what's with the whole Susebron as James Bond bit? "Take him below to kill later when I won't be watching. Oh and put him within arms reach of the one person that can ruin all our plans."
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Re: Favorite Sanderson Book/Series
« Reply #16 on: June 13, 2008, 03:29:16 PM »
Hey, at least there was no monologuing or SeaBass with lasers.  I don't think you'll find a book that doesn't have at least one convenient happenstance.  Luck is, after all, a part of every hero's attribute.  There is an explanation for this scene, but I won't get into it here.
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Re: Favorite Sanderson Book/Series
« Reply #17 on: June 16, 2008, 05:44:46 PM »
Luck is, after all, a part of every hero's attribute.

I like that quote, and I agree completely.  A story would not be worth reading if nothing statistically improbable ever happened.
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Re: Favorite Sanderson Book/Series
« Reply #18 on: June 24, 2008, 04:02:43 PM »
eh, Elantris was cool but i love the setting of Final Empire. Coin-tossing ninjas in a mist-ridden, ash-filled 18th century England is too cool.
and i say Final Empire because Well of Ascension was....just a little bit off. The setting seemed different somehow....not as many gothic cathedrals i guess :D
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Re: Favorite Sanderson Book/Series
« Reply #19 on: June 25, 2008, 02:35:48 AM »
Elantris was my favorite, although I did like Mistborn a good deal. Still, the book has an unfinished feel, their is definitely a lot of potential in the book for a series. I hope it doesn't stay a stand-alone book.

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Re: Favorite Sanderson Book/Series
« Reply #20 on: June 25, 2008, 05:47:09 AM »
Mistborn is my favorite, for sheer awesome-ness. 

Though it's closely followed by Warbreaker.   

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Re: Favorite Sanderson Book/Series
« Reply #21 on: July 04, 2008, 04:18:10 AM »
Elantris was by far my favorite.

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Re: Favorite Sanderson Book/Series
« Reply #22 on: July 04, 2008, 05:07:49 PM »
Mistborn wins for me, I haven't read Alcatrez or any of the unpublished stuff though.

Warbreaker is second, kinda good, but lacks polish in places.

Elantris just didn't seem as good.