Reddit reviews Warbreaker
We found 6 Reddit comments about Warbreaker. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
Reddit reviews WarbreakerWe found 6 Reddit comments about Warbreaker. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
The Misenchanted Sword, by Lawrence Watt Evans.
The sword will kill 99 victims, the 100th will be the wielder.
The sentient magic sword in Warbreaker is pretty fun. (This one ties in to Sanderson's Cosmere novels, mentioned by DivineArbelests' reference to shardblades in the Stormlight Archive)
Of course, there's alway Stormbringer & Mournblade.
Perhaps The Sword of Truth?
There are sooooo many!!!!
I agree it's not essential, but I really appreciated having read Warbreaker before WoR. It's not a huge deal to read it later, but I was glad that I had.
Here's the audible page for Warbreaker.
There's is a downloadable version of the book free on his website, which you can load onto a kindle or other e-reader. Or you could buy it at Amazon, or Barnes and Noble.
I think Greg Egan's short story [Crystal Nights] (http://ttapress.com/553/crystal-nights-by-greg-egan/0/4/) fits the bill. It's an excellent take on the morality of attempting to create artificial intelligence through simulated evolution. It's also available for free online.
A lot of Egan's stories actually involve protagonists with "god-like" power- post-human AIs, people building artificial pocket universes, that sort of thing. It's a trope you can find a lot in post-cyberpunk or post-singularity sci-fi.
You might even say that the citizens of Iain Bank's Culture have "god-like" power- Special Circumstances certainly isn't above the occasional god-playing.
Brandon Sanderson's War Breaker is a good fantasy example. It's a setting where apparently random people occasionally rise from the dead with enormous magical power and no memory of their past lives, and are then held in a luxurious palace complex and worshiped as gods. One of the main characters is one such individual who struggles to take the religion seriously.
An author I would encourage you to check out right now, today, do not pass go, do not collect $200, don't wait to get home from work, seriously, open up your smart phone right now, and look up Brandon Sanderson.
Start with either Elantris or Warbreaker as they are standalone novels. I'd personally recommend Elantris as that is the first novel he ever published (and anything else you read by him can only get better)
Elantris https://www.amazon.com/Elantris-Tenth-Anniversary-Authors-Definitive-ebook/dp/B003G93YLY
Warbreaker https://www.amazon.com/Warbreaker-Brandon-Sanderson-ebook/dp/B002KYHZHA
Warbreaker https://brandonsanderson.com/books/warbreaker/warbreaker/warbreaker-rights-and-downloads/ (free, author's website)
Sanderson tends to hit the nail on the head in regards to capturing the essence of character and what would be going on in the situation rather than worrying about attempting to get a character hot and bothered at all times of the day or night.
If you've never heard of him, you owe it to yourself to check him out.
I have Flowertown and Confessions of a D-List Super Villain that can be lent. Both were very good. I'm sure there are many others, but it is so hard to search for the lendable titles on Amazon!
EDIT: Adding more lendable SF titles - only adding books that I liked a lot.
The Forever War
The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2011
Bob Moore, No Hero - this is currently free in kindle store
The Way of Kings - Brandon Sanderson
Warbreaker
The God Engines
13 Bullets
Agent to the Stars
Old Man's War