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    Quote Originally Posted by TURBO View Post
    Really enjoy Brandon Sandersons books. So I decided to read Elantris is first series that's kind of the introduction this worlds.
    Have you read Mistborn?

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    Quote Originally Posted by striker42 View Post
    Have you read Mistborn?
    Was gonna read it next.

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    Finished up Elantris. Kind of a slow start but git really interesting the deeper I got. Overall really enjoyed it. Starting Mistborn now. Have heard good things about it.

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    Going to the Library tomorrow, I like this Sanderson.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AerchAngel View Post
    Going to the Library tomorrow, I like this Sanderson.
    Hes becoming my favorite author

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    Sanderson became so much better after working with Harriet. A lot of his flaws were ironed out, and I like him a lot more now. He's good.

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    This burning metals concept "allomancy" is so interesting. Cant put this book down

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    Quote Originally Posted by TURBO View Post
    This burning metals concept "allomancy" is so interesting. Cant put this book down
    Sanderson's magic systems are awesome. Super original

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    So I have been reading all of his work. I Have now finished Stormlight Archive, Elantris, Warbreaker, Mistborn era 1, and now reading era 2 Mistborn. His books are now a must read for me

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    Quote Originally Posted by TURBO View Post
    So I have been reading all of his work. I Have now finished Stormlight Archive, Elantris, Warbreaker, Mistborn era 1, and now reading era 2 Mistborn. His books are now a must read for me
    I would recommend The Powder Mage trilogy by Brian McClellan when you're ready for a change of pace. It's another interesting magic system, and McClellan was a student in a Creative Writing class taught by Sanderson.
    Go get him!

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    Gonna pack a lunch and start Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose. Kinda a classic in its own right...
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    If you are interested in American cultural history in the least, this book is an absolute must to read. 200 pages and very readable. Gordon is a self-admitted liberal, but she just presents the facts here in outlining a thread of American political thought that has been around pretty much since the nation's inception. It's important to point out that the reborn Klan of the 1920s was largely a Northern phenomenon.


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    Just finished Recursion by Blake Crouch. Really good. Next up is either Where the Crawdads Sing or Magic for Liars.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dalyn View Post
    Sanderson became so much better after working with Harriet. A lot of his flaws were ironed out, and I like him a lot more now. He's good.
    I didn't know that. I can absolutely tell a difference between books like Elantris and Stormlight. Stormlight is incredibly polished and the structure is really, really good. I knew he had grown as an author but didn't know how.

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    Quote Originally Posted by striker42 View Post
    I didn't know that. I can absolutely tell a difference between books like Elantris and Stormlight. Stormlight is incredibly polished and the structure is really, really good. I knew he had grown as an author but didn't know how.
    Harriet spent much of Jordan's career as his editor. I think she deserves so much more credit than she gets. The situation with Sanderson proved that, in my opinion.

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    Two good and informative reads about the coming showdown with China.



    FFF - BB, BB, 2B, HR, 2B, HR, 1B, BB, BB, 1B, BB, BB, HR

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    My favorite books are The Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell. Especially the third novel, Mountolive. Here are two reviews written about 50 years after its publication that capture its essence.

    https://www.theguardian.com/books/20...rell-rereading

    https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-e...l-8485449.html

    I recently found Durrell talking about Durrell on youtube, which will give you a sense of the man.



    Next favorite is Man in the High Castle by Philip Dick. The TV series based on it is not bad. But the book itself is something that I find always rewards re-reading.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Runnin View Post
    Two good and informative reads about the coming showdown with China.



    Destined for War looks amazing. I plan to pick that up soon.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dalyn View Post
    Harriet spent much of Jordan's career as his editor. I think she deserves so much more credit than she gets. The situation with Sanderson proved that, in my opinion.
    I agree with you that she seems to have helped Sanderson improve. That makes me even more curious what happened in the last few books that Jordan wrote. He went far off the rails somewhere book 6 or 7.
    Go get him!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jaw View Post
    Destined for War looks amazing. I plan to pick that up soon.
    Kissinger's On China is an interesting look at how the relationship might evolve.
    "I am a victim, I will tell you. I am a victim."

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