Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lynn McGuire Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: some notes on a Brandon Sanderson work.. Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 18:04:02 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 01:04:02 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="bda27b6d745bcbca66b143a1260f4cbb"; logging-data="439922"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/6EpPiiGMJy9xtTUTZYMNCbk7R6ayckK4=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:ggDrHjo9o4D29z0ZinYgXLCL7Kc= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 1983 On 9/22/2024 12:53 AM, Bobbie Sellers wrote: > Hi again, >     I recently finished reading the following. > > "Shadows of self" by Brandon Sanderson is apparently a part of a long > fantasy series set forward in the future from the opening stories in > another series which I have not yet read. >      I first encountered the hero in a previous novel which resembled a > Western with a Lawman from a big city out to work the Roughs far outside > the valley in which the big city sits. I didn't think it was that bad > but the new version is set in the city and now the Lawman is a member of > the Constbulary and imagine if Superman was a cop? And the dude is > flying around using his magical powers with vast Mist Coat with tassels > streaming around him. This is comic book action. I was very unhappy with > the whole thing. > >     bliss Do you like any of Brandon Sanderson's works ? I have yet to read a single one. Lynn