What bothered me is what this evolved into.
Sanderson notes that he wanted to work with a world that evolved. References to various Allomantic powers tended to be awkward little information dumps – more mechanical than interesting.īackground is a minor issue, however. References to Harmony and the Words of Founding left me floundering, rather than grounded, since it seemed I should know them. Even going back to check them, I didn’t find the language Sanderson relies on so heavily here. Unfortunately, the years I’ve been gone seem to have blurred the crucial last pages of The Hero of Ages, the prequel to Alloy. I first encountered Sanderson via Mistborn, and I looked forward to returning to that world. Unfortunately, the pyrotechnic chase leaves credibility and story gasping by the way. A superhero Hollywood western, that’s what we need.” If that was his plan, he succeeded. And what the hell, let’s make it Hollywood-friendly. “I’d like to write a western.” That’s what I imagine going through Brandon Sanderson’s mind.
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