Review: The Towers of Midnight by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson

The Towers of Midnight Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson Tor, 2010 Reading The Towers of Midnight, the 13th and penultimate volume of The Wheel of Time, one thing becomes glaringly obvious: the final three volumes could never, ever, have been one book. In fact we are probably lucky that we are getting only three. In [...]

Review: The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson

The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson Tor, 2010 The avalanche of reviews has already begun and given that bigger and more prolific bloggers (Wertzone, Neth Space, Book Smugglers, Strange Horizons, and Sffworld; to name a few) have already thrown their voices into the torrent I can’t help but feel like a tiny insignificant pebble  amidst [...]

Way of Kings Freebies

The first three chapters of Brandon Sanderson’s upcoming Way of Kings are up over at Tor.com for registered users (registration is free).  I’ve posted the introduction after the jump but the other free chapters are over at Tor.com.  Also check out the sweet cover art; Michael Whelan is one epic dude!

Warbreaker Full Cast Audio

I cracked open Dec. 09 issue of AudioFile and immediately noticed a quarter-page ad from GraphicAudio for a full-cast reading of Brandon Sanderson’s Warbreaker complete with “cinematic music” and “digital effects”.  GraphicAudio has been around since 2004 and produce full-cast versions of a variety of material a lot of it from the comic book and [...]

Sa souvraya niende misain ye: Identity and The Gathering Storm

The Gathering Storm Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson Tor, 2009 There have been a number of well-written reviews for The Gathering Storm.  So rather then belaboring many of the points covered elsewhere or echoing the slightly off-putting voice Sanderson employed for a one Matrim Cauthon (though the elderly aunt conversation did have me literally laugh [...]

Review: Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson

Warbreaker Brandon Sanderson Tor, 2009 (also available under Creative Commons for free here) Warbreaker is a new epic fantasy by Brandon Sanderon, author of the highly entertaining Mistborn series and the man chosen to complete Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time. Like Sanderson’s pearler novel, Elantris, Warbreaker seems to be designed more or less as a [...]

Review: The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson

The Hero of Ages Brandon Sanderson Tor, 2008   The Hero of Ages concludes Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn series.  While moving at a more sedate pace than either The Final Empire or The Well of Ascension, the concluding volume showcases Sanderson’s worldbuilding and reveals a flair for tight, thrilling action scenes.  Unfortunatley characterization takes a back-seat to both those [...]

Review: The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson

The Well of Ascension Brandon Sanderson Tor Books, 2007 Wow.  If I truly felt that were sufficient I’d stop there.  The second book in Sanderson’ Mistborn series takes everything from the first book, The Final Empire, and improves on it; and then some.  This book is half-again as long as the first one (816 pages [...]

Review: Mistborn: the Final Empire, by Brandon Sanderson

Mistborn: the Final Empire Brandon Sanderson Tor, 2006 While I read and enjoyed Brandon Sanderson’s first novel Elantris I had not been in a huge hurry to pick up and read his Mistborn books.  Then it was announced last year that Mr. Robert Jordan picked Sanderson as his successor; the man left to finish up [...]

It Has Begun

As I continue down my Wheel of Time audiobook odyssey, I’m currently about midway through The Dragon Reborn, it’s nice to know that Brandon Sanderson has, at last, started work on the concluding volume . From Brandon Sanderson’s Blog: There was a powerful moment there for me when I got to write those words “The [...]