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Never heard of it before though I'm interested in adaptations of books but that's more in hopes of ones I like getting something
Just FYI, the series devolves into Mormon propaganda in the first trilogy. I wasn't sure why the third book felt so off until I saw that Sanderson went to Brigham Young University. I also talked to an ex-Mormon friend of mine, and he apparently noped out halfway through the first book when he saw the signs
I just finished the first era of mistborn. I know nothing about Mormons, how does Mormon propoganda fit into those books?
I didn't notice anything in the first book, my ex-Mormon friend did; and I think it was more to do with the writing style.
In the third book, it got more pronounced. I only know broad strokes about Mormonism so it's hard to put a finger on more than a couple of details. That being said, the two spirits merging together to destroy/remake the world plays into some Mormon beliefs and plays into their focus on being doomsday preppers. Plus, the whole pivot to the main character handing the book to Sazed at the end to spread its teachings was a huge nod to John Smith allegedly finding the Book of Mormon and starting the church.
Those things are what caused me to do a bit of digging on Sanderson and finding out he went to Brigham Young University (and I just found out he teaches there too). Brigham Young is well known for being a Mormon University, since it's named after the religion's 2nd leader (and iirc he was also the guy that pushed the church to go poligamist)
I bet I wouldn't have even noticed on my own, I liked battlefield earth till I saw videos pointing out the problems
Which, mistborn? How's that?
I know it because its the reason jordans wife chose him to complete the wheel of time series. Never read it myself but it would be on the list if I start reading a lot again which I thought was unlikely two decades ago but with enshitification I am moving to less and less tech.
Thought Robert Jordan chose Sanderson and that Sanderson spent time with Jordan discussing how he wanted it to end the series as well as explaining all the extensive notes he prepared for Sanderson.
Jordan who? Jordan Holmes is more into dune than the wheel of time
Apologies. Robert Jordan is the author of the wheel of time series and I guess im used to speaking about him with wot (wheel of time) fans or such. I do the same with asimov (foundation and robot series), herbert (dune), and such. Its a bad habit.
Outside of terry pratchett I can't say I ever manage to remember author's names even if I go through series multiple times but maybe that's an audiobook problem, ooh and david wong
It might be just a thing with so much media. I think older folks who were reading before the millenium remember authors names because reading was a very significant source of entertainment compared to anything else. So much so that books were made from movie series like the star trek and star wars ones.