Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn trilogy thunders to a conclusion with the lengthy (the trade paperback edition I purchased was almost 800 pages) Mistborn: The Hero of Ages. Even from the opening paragraphs of the first novel, Sanderson established that the Mistborn series was going to be a work of fantasy to remember: the first two installments in the trilogy were well written, entertaining, and surprisingly thought-provoking (see my earlier reviews of The Final Empire and The Well of Ascension)...
Friday Links II
posted by james m. toburen
Another collection of interesting links from the interwebs: Popular Mechanics spends a little time talking about the science behind Avatar. The film holds up all right, but it’s not perfect. However, let’s be clear: if you go to a sci-fi movie and complain about whether things...
Friday Links I
posted by james m. toburen
A brief collection of fun, fascinating, or furry links in the fantasy/sci-fi blog world: Patrick Rothfuss interviewing Joe Abercrombie. Two of my very favorite authors together in one blog post! Another interview with Joe Abercrombie, a little less fun, but a little more informative when it...
Review: Mistborn: The Well of Ascension
posted by james m. toburen
Brandon Sanderson's sequel to Mistborn: The Final Empire, The Well of Ascension has big shoes to fill. The first novel in the Mistborn trilogy was a fun, exciting, and meticulously written fantasy tale that documented a thieving crew's attempt to overthrow their tyrannical government, led by the near-omnipotent Lord Ruler. Without spoiling too much of the story from the first novel, their plan was more successful than they could have anticipated, leaving the surprised crew-members as the leaders of an uncertain kingdom...