GoT readers: I just started reading Sanderson's "Mistborn"

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The magic system in this series is fantastic.

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This.

If you enjoy Sanderson's style, check out Steelheart.

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Steelheart is the story of a world full of superheroes who are called Epics. Or actually, supervillains. They took over the world with their powers and rule cities like Newcago, where ordinary people try to survive. One such supervillain is Steelheart, an Epic with invincible powers, who killed the father of an average teenager named David. But every Epic has his own weakness, and it's David's goal to find Steelheart's weakness and take revenge for the murder of his father. But in order to succeed he must join the Reckoners, a group of citizens that banded together to assassinate Epics. David has something valuable to offer; not a weapon but an experience. He has seen Steelheart bleed.

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Great book. The first in a planned trilogy.

The magic in the Patrick Rothfuss books(The Name of the Wind) is excellent, too. Unfortunately, he'a a slow writer, as well. . .

I'll have to try this one out.

Killz, how would you compare it to Wheel of Time? Just wondering because I hated Wheel of Time and if Mistborn is in the same vein I'm going to stay away.

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Much faster pace. Not sure if you finished Wheel of Time but it really got moving when Sanderson took over the series.

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oh i didn't even come close to finishing. faster pace sounds good though, i will give this a try

I recently fell down the Sanderson rabbit hole. I started with the Way of Kings and Words of Radiance, jumped to Warbreaker, and am now on book 2 of the Mistborn series.

It was mind boggling to me that despite the various series being set on different worlds, those worlds are in the same universe and share some characters. Leading me to the ultimate question of what if someone wore Shardplate, had BioChromatic breath, and Allomancy...NERD HARD MAN, NERD HARD.

Sanderson is a beast.

Don't forget to read the Alloy of Law, a short novella based 300 or so years after the Mistborn trilogy. It's absolutely fantastic. I like Mistborn, but you could definitely tell it was some of Sanderson's first works. The Stormlight Archives are, so far, some of my favorite fantasy novels.

And yes, if you haven't read the Kingkiller Chronicles, do so. Some truly excellent writing there.

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Don't forget to read the Alloy of Law, a short novella based 300 or so years after the Mistborn trilogy. It's absolutely fantastic

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Thanks!

I was told exactly what you just posted, which is that you can tell the Mistborn series was some of his earliest writing. However, for someone being introduced to Sanderson, the Mistborn series would be the best way to quickly learn his magical system.

His highly descriptive magic system more than makes up for what the books lack.

I'll put on my To Read shelf. I just finished Gardens of the Moon last week and right now I'm on the back burner of some literary classics that I bought and never read. Once I'm done with those I'm going to finish the Malazan series before anything else. I'm really waiting on the Accursed Kings series to be completely translated then I'm hopping on those. Also reading some Lovecraft on the side.

I am in the middle of Abercrombie right now. Best Served Cold.

Abercrombie is freaking awesome, I must say.