There is more to literature than storytelling, and Brandon Sanderson lacks it. That doesn't mean anyone is trying to imply you should be ashamed to like Sanderson or for having your own criteria for judging books, but "fluff" by definition means "lacking depth", and as I said before, Sanderson himself would not try to argue that he is writing books that are supposed to be "deep". Both Dickens and Dostoevsky wrote profound novels that will be discussed by educated people for centuries if not millennia. It just takes a bit of effort to appreciate them, though it is well worth the effort.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
Brandon Sanderson plans 36 books in his 'Cosmere' setting
- 19/02/2012 11:45:24 AM
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Was Sanderson created by the Writng Gods to counter balance GRRM?
- 19/02/2012 05:13:07 PM
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I just wish he'd be done with the RJ shit and go back to writing his own books.
- 19/02/2012 05:40:59 PM
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well, the publication date for that book is set somewhere a year from now..
- 19/02/2012 07:48:58 PM
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Agreed on both points.....
- 19/02/2012 08:00:41 PM
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Well, but he is a "fluff" writer from a literary standpoint
- 20/02/2012 02:16:11 AM
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Not a fluff writer in my mind.....
- 20/02/2012 03:12:46 AM
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You don't seem to want to hear what I'm saying
- 20/02/2012 03:51:13 AM
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And I am saying that storytelling is more important.....
- 20/02/2012 04:52:39 AM
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Storytelling is crucial...
- 20/02/2012 05:59:57 AM
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A few comments/replies about your post.....
- 20/02/2012 02:57:16 PM
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You are correct in one respect: all of this is opinion.
- 20/02/2012 07:01:11 PM
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You sound like one of those nasty "literary elites"!
- 20/02/2012 08:07:13 PM
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Literature is subjective
- 21/02/2012 12:26:35 AM
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I agree with your point about reading Shakespeare from textbooks.
- 21/02/2012 03:18:37 AM
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Never heard of Thomas Mann and the real Mona Lisa.....
- 21/02/2012 03:34:12 AM
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Conversely, why should I trust the likes of you?
- 21/02/2012 06:19:18 AM
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Oh, come now...
- 21/02/2012 10:35:18 AM
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When it comes to evaluating schema, I'm not going to trust someone who only had English 101
- 21/02/2012 11:26:03 AM
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Larry = snob
- 21/02/2012 05:34:22 PM
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Amusing
- 21/02/2012 07:49:20 PM
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Wow, you lack basic reading comprehension skills.....
- 21/02/2012 08:29:24 PM
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No, I read that and didn't disagree that there couldn't be works that had both (read other comments)
- 21/02/2012 09:23:31 PM
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Uh...Faust is a play. Doctor Faustus is a novel. The former is Goethe, the latter is Mann. *NM*
- 22/02/2012 12:00:22 AM
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I suppose fame is relative, but the most famous Doctor Faustus, to me personally, is indeed a play.
- 22/02/2012 07:29:59 PM
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Wait, let's look at the gross disconnect between two statements.
- 21/02/2012 01:59:34 PM
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So true about the Mona Lisa.
- 21/02/2012 07:57:41 PM
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Yes, I was at the Louvre and you are right.....
- 21/02/2012 08:32:40 PM
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This is where your own rethoric defeats you...
- 23/02/2012 06:38:54 AM
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Slow down - it may not be the current elites that are hyping it.....
- 23/02/2012 05:12:47 PM
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Re: Slow down - it may not be the current elites that are hyping it.....
- 13/03/2012 03:10:12 AM
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Seems like an awful lot.
- 19/02/2012 08:11:22 PM
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Sanderson is a machine. Also, the books (so far) have been wildly different
- 20/02/2012 12:50:41 AM
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Re: Sanderson is a machine. Also, the books (so far) have been wildly different
- 20/02/2012 03:00:17 AM
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Same here- I didn't know about the Cosmere at all until I started poking around online
- 21/02/2012 03:25:36 AM
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Likewise. After reading Mistborn and Warbreaker I started looking into him more
- 21/02/2012 06:20:09 PM
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It's likely to stay that way...
- 20/02/2012 06:22:50 AM
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Confirmation on the Mistborn trilogies. I am so happy. *NM*
- 20/02/2012 05:38:23 AM
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I am thrilled to see that there will be more stories about Wax and Wayne.....
- 20/02/2012 03:46:37 PM
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The one issue I had with that book...
- 21/02/2012 06:21:29 PM
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