Mistborn is the Best! Come at Me! :-)

[IronEyes40]

Hi guys.  I've read almost everything Brandon Sanderson.  I love it all, but my favorite is Mistborn.  There's always another secret!  I have a degree in English, so I really enjoy dissecting his work and discussing with friends.  I own a music business, I've written and produced music for over 30 years; and I played college basketball in a decade that shall remain nameless.  So I guess I'm a music playing, fantasy reading, geeky, ex-athlete.   That's all for now.  Cheer to all...now come at me with what's better than Mistborn!  

[I Am A Fish he/him]

7 minutes ago, IronEyes40 said:

now come at me with what's better than Mistborn!  

I'm afraid I can't come at you, because I don't have arms. 

Hello and Welcome to the Shard!

I can already tell what your favorite book series is, but who's your favorite Sanderson Character?

[IronEyes40]

That's a truly tough question, because I love them all.  I guess I could get super heady and complicated and say something like The Lord Ruler or Marsh.  But deep down, I'm a Kelsier guy at heart.

[Cosmical Existence she/her]

I think everyone is a Kelsier guy at heart, deep down. Even the Lord Ruler. 

Hi! Welcome to the 17th Shard! I think you are going to love it here.

Do you have a favourite magic system? 

[IronEyes40]

OK, the obvious answer would be allomancy, but I really enjoyed the sand magic from White Sand.  I'd love to see Brandon write more about the Taldain System and the characters there.  

[Karger he/him]

Welcome to the shard!  Stormlight archive is better then mistborn.

[Mist she/her]

Welcome to the Shard! Would you bring the three Metallic Arts onto our world? They're a package deal. 

[AonEne he/him]

Welcome to the Shard! If you could pick one Misting power, what would it be? 

[Ironwill2112 he/him]

4 hours ago, IronEyes40 said:

Cheer to all...now come at me with what's better than Mistborn!  

But alas NOTHING IS BETTER THAN MISTBORN!!!! 

Oh! And welcome to the shard! 

Edited September 24, 2020 by McWafy

[Ghanderflaffle she/her]

I have to agree that Stormlight is better than Mistborn. I love Mistborn, it was my first Cosmere series, but with Stormlight I get to see fear in the eyes of my classmates when I tell them it's a 1300+ pages book. 

[Honorless he/him]

Welcome to the Shard! I like Mistborn a lot too, but not more than Stormlight, I'm afraid.

Who are your other favourite authors?

[Aon Tia she/her]

4 hours ago, IronEyes40 said:

Hi guys.  I've read almost everything Brandon Sanderson.  I love it all, but my favorite is Mistborn.  There's always another secret!  I have a degree in English, so I really enjoy dissecting his work and discussing with friends.  I own a music business, I've written and produced music for over 30 years; and I played college basketball in a decade that shall remain nameless.  So I guess I'm a music playing, fantasy reading, geeky, ex-athlete.   That's all for now.  Cheer to all...now come at me with what's better than Mistborn!  

Welcome to the shard!  I really like mistborn too but only the master Brandon Sanderson can outdo himself as he has with stormlight archive. I think the world building is even more better and detailed and I just love a multiple pov book with 10-15 pov characters, all their stories merging to make one coherent read. 
Mistborn was a beginning, an experiment in the direction and SA was the result. 

[ima willshaper she/her]

Welcome! I just got here too!

I don't think there's much that's better than Mistborn but Stormlight is up there... I think they're pretty much tied in my mind!

[Scout_Fox he/him]

Wait, wait, wait let me get this straight... 

You are an English degreeing, Sanderson loving, music producing, basketball playing, geekinating, Sharder??

Wow... that's quit the resume right there 

Glad you decided to come over and join us! Happy to have you here and look forward to being able to read some of your takes on the Cosmere!

[IronEyes40]

Thanks for all the love guys.  I do like the Stormlight series.  One of the problems I have with it though is that it is so long.  I know some readers love this.  I just personally do not.  "War and Peace" is a great book.  However, less people read it and truly understand it's greatness due to its length.  If a book is awesome yet less people read it due to its length, how awesome is it?  Good question.  Yet, do we not give one measure of a books greatness as to how many people read it?  Just a thought.  Again, I do really like Stormlight.  

[Shard of Reading he/him]

13 hours ago, Ghanderflaffle said:

I have to agree that Stormlight is better than Mistborn. I love Mistborn, it was my first Cosmere series, but with Stormlight I get to see fear in the eyes of my classmates when I tell them it's a 1300+ pages book. 

Yes!!! This is why I love Stormlight! (There are other reasons but not nearly as important.)

[Scout_Fox he/him]

12 hours ago, IronEyes40 said:

Thanks for all the love guys.  I do like the Stormlight series.  One of the problems I have with it though is that it is so long.  I know some readers love this.  I just personally do not.  "War and Peace" is a great book.  However, less people read it and truly understand it's greatness due to its length.  If a book is awesome yet less people read it due to its length, how awesome is it?  Good question.  Yet, do we not give one measure of a books greatness as to how many people read it?  Just a thought.  Again, I do really like Stormlight.  

Hmmm yeah good point! This one so goes both way too like just as you can see from the comment above me some people love that part of it and some people don't really dig it. Totally depends on like you and your own preferences.

I would say that while how many people read it can be a measure of how good it is, some of the other factors definitely come into play. Like Harry Potter for example had like dozens of publishers reject it but yet millions of people love it today. Was it not good before it had been read by x amount of people? Idk, I think that while the number of people that read it can be a result of it being great (and therefore you could say it is a measure of it), there are definitely amazing things out there that just aren't getting the attention yet.

But most definitely, that balance between telling an amazing story and missing out on getting your story across cuz you discouraged people with the length is absolutely a really interesting thing to ponder!