Mistborn
Brandon Sanderson
41 people recommended it in 26 threads, 2009–2025.
2 of those were in the last year.
What people on Hacker News said
If you're open to fantasy, this series delves deep into how to respond when one's worldview is shattered. Highly recommended.
What I've loved about Sanderson is the plot turns are never Ex Machina. Every new development fits inside the rules of the world and deepens your understanding of what can be.
Mistborn Series (The Final Empire, Well of Ascension, Hero of Ages) by the same author as The Stormlight Archives and for the same reasons.
Sanderson is a genius when it comes to creating consistent universes
The Mistborn Trilogy - Brandon Sanderson. Best fantasy books ever, IMO.
This series did a good job of balancing big and little picture, while givings us a neat form of magic to learn about.
I'm new to fantasy fiction and his writing totally hooked me. I think of "hard" fantasy as a puzzle. The world has a unique physics and the plot of the story is based around characters figuring out how to operate inside of those physics... what are the bounds, how can it be manipulated, etc?
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