Dream-casting

[seriousfic]

So I'm reading Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson and it's a very entertaining book. I'm going to wait until the end for a full review, but with a premise like "Fantasy Ocean's 11, only with overthrowing an evil empire instead of robbing a casino," how can you go wrong?

The weird thing is, sometimes I cast a character in my head and for Mistborn, I'm hearing the master thief hero's voice as Errol Flynn. Yes, if only Errol Flynn were still alive and young (so, a vampire), he'd make a perfect Kelsier. It's the mix of badass certainty in his own skill and jolly acknowledgment of how utterly insane his revenge scheme is. Captain Blood, all the way.

Also, for some reason I see Ham and Breeze as Alam Baldwin and Tom Wilkinson circa John Adams. So for their scenes together, I get Jayne and Benjamin Franklin discussing philosophy. I'm a baaad reader.

Comments

[hypno-ninja.livejournal.com]

I think you mean Adam Baldwin. I read this book a year ago, but haven't had the chance to pick up the sequels yet. I did however pick up another of his books, called Elantris, which was very good.

Mistborn audiobooks

[(Anonymous)]

You should check out the audiobooks of Sanderson's Mistborn series to compare what you are hearing as you read to the narrator's version. The Mistborn audios are out at Audible and iTunes, and they are read by Michael Kramer, who also narrates the Wheel of Time audiobooks.