When the associated show "A Game of Thrones" became popular, I started reading the book series in German. While reading "Mistborn" in translation hasn't caused much consternation, my reading "A Song of Ice and Fire" did, to some degree. More specifically, I'm well into the "Mistborn" series in French translation. I've found everything of his fascinating so far. Five stars.Īlso of possible interest, I recommend (slightly less enthusiastically, but wholeheartedly, nevertheless) Brandon Sanderson. I would not have thought this to be possible. From this starting premise, we gradually are introduced to a nail-biting suspenseful mystery that takes place over hundreds of thousands of years across the span of countless galaxies. We are presented with an alternate universe, mostly believable as an alternate reality, save for the existence of faster-than-light-speed travel (which is just assumed in popular Science Fiction in any event), but with a bizarre premise: the hair-carpet weavers. Geoffw wrote:What an amazing book! After being somewhere between moderately pleased and bitterly disappointed with my last several books (by other authors!) this was such a refreshing find.Īs a prominent review said, this book has the feeling of a short story that grew to the length of a novel.
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