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darkmaian23 posted...

I had no idea he was a Mormon. Out of all the flavors of Christianity, I respect Mormonism the least because it is the most transparently false. Read about the "controversy" surrounding the Book of Abraham as an example. In particular, Sanderson ties himself into some knots when he tries to explain away the problem of evil.

He's a pretty good author - and a good author should have at least the "illusion" that their beliefs are not present, or showing in their literature.

However, I think he'll find it difficult to get traction in the TV world - because of his beliefs, I mean whenever he's brought up in literature message boards the fact he's a Mormon is always brought up. While a little hypocritical, since I brought it up - I only provided it as evidence of him not having much luck in TV.

GRRM politics line-up almost perfectly with Hollywood's, and he worked in Hollywood before, so... yeah. GRRM is asked in an interview about his beliefs, he can be pretty open and honest - because they align.... but Sanderson? I mean, imagine an interview - he's covered pretty "safe" topics in his little essay, and probably gone over them dozens of times for controversy, but in an interview on TV, you don't really have that time.