Its exploration of the inhumanity of war and of bureaucracy, and of the psychological effects resulting from the time dilation of space travel (a soldier returns home after centuries away), won the Nebula Award in 1975, and the Hugo and the Locus awards in 1976 The Forever War (1974) is a science fiction novel by American author Joe Haldeman, telling the contemplative story of soldiers fighting an interstellar war between humanity and the enigmatic Tauran species. It's a very trippy and awesome Science Fiction, inspired by the author's surreal experiences of participating in the Vietnam War. The first of these, The Gathering Storm, was published Octoand reached the number one spot on the New York Times bestseller list for hardcover fiction.Seeing as we have Starship Troopers here, I am gonna (again) recommend Forever War by Haldeman, since it is of a similar topic. After reviewing what needed to be done to wrap up the series, Sanderson and Tor announced on Mathere would be a final three books instead of just one. Tor Books made the announcement December 7, 2007. McDougal asked him to complete the series after being deeply impressed by Mistborn: The Final Empire. The same year saw a third Alcatraz book, Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia, which follows Alcatraz as he and his companions continue their fight against the cult of evil librarians.Īfter Robert Jordan's September 2007 death, Sanderson was selected by Harriet McDougal (Robert Jordan's widow), to complete the final book in Jordan's epic fantasy series The Wheel of Time. The novel was released under a Creative Commons license and is available either printed from Tor or as a free download from Sanderson's site. He originally published it on his website a chapter at a time while writing the novel from 2006 to 2009, with the final version being what was published through Tor. Tor Books published Sanderson's Warbreaker in 2009. In 2008, Sanderson released two science fiction short works, Firstborn and Defending Elysium, as well as the final book in the Mistborn trilogy (Mistborn: The Hero of Ages) and an Alcatraz sequel (Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones). He also has a group of evil librarians who are bent on taking over the world. His next work was the young adult novel Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians, about a boy named Alcatraz who has a unique gift: he's very good at breaking things. He followed up in 2007 with a sequel, Mistborn: The Well of Ascension, which continues the story and delves into the origins of the mysterious and all-pervasive mist which enshrouds everything at night and even sometimes during the day. The Mistborn are "allomancers", or people who have the ability to "burn" various metals and alloys after ingesting them in order to enhance senses and allow control over powerful supernatural forces. This was followed in 2006 by Mistborn: The Final Empire, the first book in his Mistborn fantasy trilogy. Elantris tells the story of the cursed inhabitants of a once-great city who once wielded powerful magic. Sanderson published his first novel, Elantris, through Tor Books on April 21, 2005, to generally positive reviews. He is a participant in the weekly podcast Writing Excuses with authors Dan Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal, and web cartoonist Howard Tayler. He currently teaches creative writing at Brigham Young University, in addition to working on his own writing. He is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served as a missionary in Seoul, Korea. He was a college roommate of Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings. He earned his Master's degree in Creative Writing in 2005 from Brigham Young University, where he was on the staff of Leading Edge, a semi-professional speculative fiction magazine published by the university. In 2008 Sanderson started a podcast with authors Dan Wells and Howard Tayler called Writing Excuses, involving topics about creating and producing genre writing and webcomics.Ī Nebraska native, Sanderson currently resides in American Fork, Utah. Sanderson worked as an editor for the semi-professional magazine Leading Edge while attending school at Brigham Young University, where he now periodically teaches creative writing. In 2010 Sanderson published The Way of Kings, the first installment in a planned ten volume series called The Stormlight Archive. He is best known for his Mistborn series and his work in finishing Robert Jordan's epic fantasy series The Wheel of Time. Brandon Sanderson (born December 19, 1975) is an American writer.
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