George Martin sucks, read Brandon Sanderson Instead

Mistborn is great.

 

Started reading an excerpt of the first Mistborn. Light spoilers, but had a clarification question.

Spoiler

When Kelsier kills the plantation owner, all the guards, and the rest of his crew and then torched his plantation, the books mentioned something about “burning tin” and that he was an allomancer. He supposedly ate a bunch of tin then was able to manipulate it in his stomach to heighten his abilities. Am I correct on assuming this is how that particular school of magic works?

 

Spoiler

Correct. Each metal gives a different ability, some people can use all metals, others just one.

 

Just a wild guess, but I'm starting to warm to the idea that Winds of Winter isn't going to be released.

 

Going back through this thread and seeing each user independently come to this conclusion is really what this thread is all about.

 

Things like this were from a more innocent time.

 

I'm well past the point of sympathy. He has no one to blame but himself.

 

The original sin here was not rolling on with Winds after he finished Dance. If he'd done that, Dream would (in theory) simply be filling in blanks on the outline, and he'd be a living legend right now.

 

Went back to see when I gave up on getting Winds of Winter and it was 8.5 years ago.

 

I remember this...



That was 7 years ago, and it was so absurd even then that the book was unfinished that the joke made it into a major Hollywood movie (where most pop culture/relevant jokes are usually dated as soon as they're told).

 

Just recently watched this for the first time and it just made me sad.

 

April 2016

 

I also just recently watched it and had a real lol. Not even a book reader.

 

Game of Thrones Author George R.R. Martin Says He's Not Made Much Winds of Winter Progress Lately as TV Shows 'Ate Up' Time

neat. focusing on bad TV shows instead of his books.


I would assume there's more money to be made from TV stuff than books?

 

Probably. And he doesn’t have to self-impose writer’s block when he’s on other projects.

 

title update: Sanderson also sucks, read Abercrombie instead

 

some of the best character development in the game > turbo marketed Mormon YA

 

I like them both similarly. Abercrombie's great when you don't want to commit to thousands of pages per book.

 

I've got some bad news for you...

 

I'm more upset at not getting a complete kingkiller than I am asoiaf. It's a far better product on the whole to me

 

You gave up on George and landed on George 2.0.

 

This got an audible chuckle of me

 

Kingkiller Chronicle is still awesome and worth the read. Just don't think of it as unfinished because it isn't