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Right, it makes sense if you look at it as a general style or you haven't really gone very deep into them. I remember reading some serious Sci-Fi books, one was the Hyperion series (I read them in jail lol they have a lot of older books) and a few others and they are all based in space or post america, stuff like that, with weapons the shoot something (lasers, bullets, etc) and not much magic. At least in the ones I have read. Whereas Fantasy is generally a built world (llike Tad Williams and his amazing world building), some new languages, people fighting with traditional cavalry, swords, bow/arrow and strategic wars. The magic systems too, my god those are amazing and so varied! I love the WoT magic system, weaving threads of different elements into a "spell", or SA bonding with a spren, Imager Portfolio where they imagine something into being, The Mallorean (David Eddings) with the Will and the Word and Recluce series with Chaos and Order magics.

Thank you Honorless! I like the name.

Hey, many thank yous! I know, lol, so many people include Sci-Fi in with Fantasy, and I get why; but the huge difference for me is the time they are set in, the use of magic, the fighting aspect (weapons and such) and importantly, Fantasy generally doesn't use the world we live in as a basis for the world they are making. World building for me is huge and creating their own place allows me to get off this world for a while and visit another land. Confessor was good when I started it, and when I finished the last book I was mildly disappointed... It has a lot of adult themes, but it dragged on after book like... 6/7 or so. Its not a BAD series, just not high caliber like Sanderson or Rothfuss. If I were to suggest a series to anyone that is on the level of SA, it would be the Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss. The Name of the Wind and Wise Man's Fear are truly great, I am eagerly awaiting the last book and getting geared up to read his side book about another character (kind of like Dawnshard or Edgedancer) Much appreciated, it is definitely nice to converse with others who wont judge my past, its always a long road from addiction to normalcy but its a road that is well worth the challenge, and I am definitely looking forward to get to know you and others from here as well! Do you have any other author or series suggestions I might enjoy?

Hey! Thank you I have read the whole Mistborn series, minus all the add ons set in the Mistborn world, just Alloy of Law. I read Elantris and Warbreaker. I was going to get into some others that he has but they seem a little more Young Adult (Ugh I cant remember the name of the book even though I liked the name), and I havent read enough reviews on some of his other series to get started on them. I just started Prince of Thorns and downloaded a couple 3/4 book series to keep my head in the clouds until Sanderson finishes the next Stormlight book lol

Hey thank you! Yeah I loved the Mistborn series, it was my intro to Sanderson (outside of the two books he wrote to finish Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series) and it was great. I actually continued on a little and read Alloy of Law too. I liked it, but at the same time it kind of turned me off with guns being the weapon of choice. There are very few series that I read and enjoy that have modern day weapons in them. I think it detracts a bit from the fantasy aspect of the books for me. I did read the LE Modesitt series called the Imager Portfolio (which was great also) but they had modern day weapons and it was pretty good still. Definitely a recommend!

Thank you! Oh man, my absolute favorite Sanderson book... I think I have to break it down into categories, for pure amazement it was Mistborn, that was my introduction to Sanderson and I was amazed by the depth of the writing. The characters were awesome, the world was great, the story had depth and kept me up till the wee hours. Then, once I knew what to expect from his writing style, I think Oathbringer has been the best book so far of the Stormlight Archive series. Although I really enjoyed Words of Radiance and Rhythm of War (as well as Dawnshard, not so much Edgedancer) the second book was great. I got really annoyed with the characters in Rhythm lol. My favorite character... Is probably Jasnah Kholin. She is epic in every sense of the word. Strong, highly intelligent, beautiful, approaches problems rationally, carries a large chunk of the world on her shoulders, non-religious, non-judgmental... She is just a great person in so many ways, yet in some ways she would be considered pitiless or harsh. I would string Moash up in the meeting of the Highstorm and Voidstorm! He is just... ridiculous. There is no way he is thinking rationally about his beliefs about Elhokar. Ugh, he makes me angry just reading his character. A betrayer of the first order! Many thanks for the acceptance! What about you? What is your favorite of his books outside of the Stormlight books?

Hello community! I cant believe I hadn't searched out this site earlier. I have been reading Sanderson ever since he finished the Wheel of Time series and possibly sooner as I cant remember exactly when I started Mistborn. I started out in Fantasy back when books in the Redwall series were still being written by Brian Jacques... I've read series from Robin Hobb, Robert Jordan, Terry Goodkind, LE Modesitt Jr, David Eddings, Tad Williams, David Farland and others, including Brandon Sanderson obviously. I have a pretty specific style of book I like, I can appreaciate sci-fi but it's definitely NOT my preference... I think my first true fantasy love was the Confessor series, though it got a bit drawn out at the end, and then I moved to The Wheel of Time. That was my absolute favorite for years, I just finished reading the whole series again and although it was still AMAZING, it was a little redundant at times. Then I re-read the Stormlight Archives... This! This is what Fantasy was meant to be! It doesn't lack in holding your interest even for a chapter or two. The themes are incredible. I'm an ex-addict, I've been to jail and prison, and yet I am still intelligent and that is why I relate to this series. To Teft, Kal, Shallan... The darkness they feel, and the depression that brings them down, the buoyant feelings that raise them up. I think the mark of any true book, is that it makes you think, feel, and change, all while watching the characters do the same thing. I love that there are so many likeminded people here and I cannot wait to talk with people and get to know as many of y'all as possible! Sincerely, -Chris