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[karriezai]

I just realized I did spend a lot on Egan's birthday. I mean, still no more than I could manage, but yeah. Something less than ... yeah nevermind, I'm not gonna put the price up, but it was the shipping that really pushed up the price. Haha. Oops. Don't tell.

But Mistborn is really good, it's one of those that once I start reading, I don't want to put it down. Another one of the weird coincidences floating around my life lately: I joined this community a long time ago, and when I got the book, I looked in the community and noticed that the author is a member. Wtf.

Anyway, it's one of those fantasy books that has fantastic worldbuilding, which is one of the things that draws me into it so much. I love worldbuilding. I mean... I love original worlds. Allomancy, all of it's so great, the mist, the Steel Inquisitors, I'm so impressed. It makes me think about my own books.

I love unique magic systems. Allomancy -- "burning" metals. And in The Covenant, I loved the price of magic, the early aging because your magic is tied to your life and wears out your body. Stuff like that is great. I like my world's magic, but I don't think I'll get to put into my books what makes it so great because I don't infodump (I hope)... and anyway... the characters don't exactly know it.

Kay, done.

Comments

[mistborn.livejournal.com]

Hum. Which community would that be.

;)

(Glad you like the book. And, you can have a great magic system without putting TOO much of it into the book. That's what I did with my first novel, which treated magic very differently from Mistborn. If you've got a great concept for your magic, which it sounds like you do, then that will show through.)

[keptawake.livejournal.com]

Hey, thanks! Ha, I can't imagine finally getting published and then running across stuff like this in total strangers' journals. I bet it feels pretty great. Thanks for writing a brilliant book. =)