Tl;dr of my post: If you liked Steelheart, I heavily recommend reading Worm.
Long version:
So, Sanderson is in my top 5 favorite authors, I think almost every book of his is amazing, and I loved Steelheart.
But shortly after reading it, I started reading the (now finished) online web serial Worm (from Yudkowsky’s recommendation on HPMOR). It has a very similar premise to Steelheart, at least initially.
And let’s just say, Worm makes Steelheart look terrible in comparison. Worm is just so much better.
Again, I’m a huge fan of Sanderson, and I still like the Steelheart series, but I now read it and think to myself that it’s just not even close to realistic, Worm is how people with powers would actually behave.
Seriously, read Worm. And if you happen to read this comment and not have read Sanderson, read his books too (I would start with the Mistborn trilogy, possibly the best trilogy of all time).
Have you read Firefight? It does a good job of pointing out why people with powers in Steelheart act how they do. (I haven’t read Worm but it is on my reading list.)
Tl;dr of my post: If you liked Steelheart, I heavily recommend reading Worm.
Long version: So, Sanderson is in my top 5 favorite authors, I think almost every book of his is amazing, and I loved Steelheart.
But shortly after reading it, I started reading the (now finished) online web serial Worm (from Yudkowsky’s recommendation on HPMOR). It has a very similar premise to Steelheart, at least initially.
And let’s just say, Worm makes Steelheart look terrible in comparison. Worm is just so much better.
Again, I’m a huge fan of Sanderson, and I still like the Steelheart series, but I now read it and think to myself that it’s just not even close to realistic, Worm is how people with powers would actually behave.
Seriously, read Worm. And if you happen to read this comment and not have read Sanderson, read his books too (I would start with the Mistborn trilogy, possibly the best trilogy of all time).
Have you read Firefight? It does a good job of pointing out why people with powers in Steelheart act how they do. (I haven’t read Worm but it is on my reading list.)
It’s less the “why do they act that way”, more “if you had this superpower, what kind of really weird but powerful stuff could you do with it”.
Worm is full of people using superpowers in really inventive ways, in a way that Steelheart/Firefight aren’t.