the books are the mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson, and it’s second trilogy; wax and wayne.
the physics bit is central to both, but it’s a bigger focus in the second trilogy.
highly recommend all of them!
and for more wacky ideas…well, the entire rest of the cosmere series! especially tress of the emerald sea, which is largely standalone, but contains quite a bit of in-universe lore…
Ah, I wondered if it might have been a typo since “mistborn” seems like a more plausible word. I’ve been meaning to get around to Sanderson since forever, but I didn’t do any reading for the longest time, and I’ve been on a big sci-fi kick since starting up again because I’m mostly interested in stories that use novel premises to examine issues like human rights and the nature of consciousness/life, etc. I’ve felt like fantasy is too meaningless adventure-y? Not enough induction of personal growth. But I’m in the middle of The Magicians right now, and that’s really proving me wrong, and also there was Tehanu. That was a hard book to read because it was so real.
the books are the mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson, and it’s second trilogy; wax and wayne.
the physics bit is central to both, but it’s a bigger focus in the second trilogy.
highly recommend all of them!
and for more wacky ideas…well, the entire rest of the cosmere series! especially tress of the emerald sea, which is largely standalone, but contains quite a bit of in-universe lore…
Ah, I wondered if it might have been a typo since “mistborn” seems like a more plausible word. I’ve been meaning to get around to Sanderson since forever, but I didn’t do any reading for the longest time, and I’ve been on a big sci-fi kick since starting up again because I’m mostly interested in stories that use novel premises to examine issues like human rights and the nature of consciousness/life, etc. I’ve felt like fantasy is too meaningless adventure-y? Not enough induction of personal growth. But I’m in the middle of The Magicians right now, and that’s really proving me wrong, and also there was Tehanu. That was a hard book to read because it was so real.
Anyhow, thanks to you both.