From Mistborn: The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson. Why does all fantasy have to be like that?
Please recommend some fantasy novels with themes of real liberation to me. I love fantasy but I hate that it's always a new monarchy people happily submit to...
He seems like a really chill dude, actually. /r/bookscirclejerk is about 10 layers deep into making fun of him and everyone who likes him, and someone once pinged him there and he showed up like "haha, i see what you guys are doing here, but it would probably ruin the joke if i hung around, so have fun" and then just fucked off
real :gigachad-hd: energy tbh
i'll still never be caught dead reading one of his books though
His books are generally good, the worldbuilding and magic systems are usually well put together, he takes the effort to try and represent marginalized people in his books, like there was a person with paralyzed legs in one of his books and he took the advice of people with that disability to represent her well.
He's a progressive well-meaning liberal, and a bit of a prude as well, being mormon.
I can't really find that a fault in fantasy writing, since just completely ignoring sex is so much better than inserting a few pages of really awkwardly written smut into a story.
ohh I agree with that, some fantasy literature is too horny for its own good :volcel-judge:
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Sanderson is incredibly chill. People will ping him in /r/fantasy and /r/wot all the time, and occasionally he'll pop in to answer questions or confirm fan theories. He's legitimately one of the better fantasy writers out there too, especially if you like hard magic systems.