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Brandon Sanderson - The Cosmere |OT| there's always another secret...
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Future PhaZe
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Actually I read the Stormlight books first and had no complaints and think they are great. I also had no complaints with book 1 of mistborn.
I tell ya what, if by the end of Hero of Ages all your concerns are answered to your satisfaction and don't still have the same complaints about Hero, I'll happily retract the suggestion. I have a feeling though you are still gonna not care for the direction. Particularly concerning:
the deus ex machina critique and citation of Lord Ruler moving the planet.
Future PhaZe
Member
I'll definitely update my thoughts when I feel I've made significant progress. The way it opens is quite cool so far.
Sephiroth503
Member
One of my favourite parts of Hero of Ages, the point where I just couldn't put it down was (Spoiler below)
To me just screamed badass.
Elend and Vin showing up at the ball whilst their army is camped outside the city and having them announce their names to everyone there, just strolling down to take part
To me just screamed badass.
Imp the Dimp
Member
1. Stormlight 1
2. Mistborn 1
3. Stormlight 2
4. Mistborn 4
5. Warbreaker
6. Mistborn 2
7. Mistborn 3
2. Mistborn 1
3. Stormlight 2
4. Mistborn 4
5. Warbreaker
6. Mistborn 2
7. Mistborn 3
Jag
Member
Sanderson is a master world builder.
H.Cornerstone
Member
Hasn't it been pretty much confirmed that the almighty in SA is Tanavast who held the honor shard?
it certainly seems like it.
i don't want to read too much of the OP as i like the way Mistborn is slowly unraveling the world for me but i just wanted to ask -
the 2 big series' here are Mistborn and Stormlight Archives
do they take place in the same universe or the same world?
i also hear there is some sci fi books in this universe? which are those?
Jest Chillin
Member
Trying to answer as vaguely as possible.
They take place in the same universe.
There are no hard sci fi books yet but there are plans for them eventually.
Poodlestrike
Banned
It has, yes.
I means, there's plans for some Space Opera books. Hard sci fi is pretty much out the window
thanks! really appreciate the vagueness
i'm gonna dip out of this thread, maybe i'll see yall when i'm caught up in... a long time!
Great scene. Would make a great scene in a TV show as well. Given the success of GoT, I hope TV producers start to look at other fantasy series. I always thought Mistborn would make a great TV series. I would have probably argued that it translates to the screen better than song of ice and fire, but that show surprised me quite a bit over the years.
I finished Elantris earlier today. First Cosmere book I've read since the Way of Kings back in 2010. I thought it was okay but definitely ranks lower down in my list of his work. There's marked improvements in almost all areas going from this book to his later work, from the handling of plot twists/reveals to his character work. There was points where my interest was flagging in the middle section but I wonder if that's because I'm just more attuned to his shorter fiction. I had a similar struggle with the Way of Kings which I was hyped for before release. I guess I'll see when I read the rest of the Cosmere stuff later in the year. I still have Warbreaker, the Wax and Wayne books, Words of Radiance, White Sand and Arcanum Unbounded to tackle. One thing I did appreciate was the low-key action and magic usage (which only really comes into it in the final third), makes quite a contrast from something like the original Mistborn trilogy.
Also I remember there being some addition to the 10th anniversary edition, was that the
Also I remember there being some addition to the 10th anniversary edition, was that the
Hoid scene at the end? Was there anything else/
Jest Chillin
Member
I means, there's plans for some Space Opera books. Hard sci fi is pretty much out the window
Space Opera is hard sci fi in my book!
Jag
Member
Unfortunately no, but I could see the Mistborn world going that way.
If you want hard sci-fi/Space Opera, check out the Expanse series. It's not Sanderson, but it is soooo good.
Jest Chillin
Member
That's why I said no hard sci fi tbh. He wanted to know more without being spoiled, so that was the clearest way I could think of to answer the question without spoiling.
Sixth of Dusk said there are beings in space (or at least in the sky? The Ones Above) So there are deffo some sci-fi elements to come. Just it'll probably be more esoteric magics (like cognitive realm world jumping type stuff) getting people to move around the cosmere planets than probably hard scifi space ship stuff. I mean there are probably some civilizations that are legitimately spacefaring now but I still expect them to be woven hard into magic somehow.
Jest Chillin
Member
Yes and No. You're correct about Sixth of Dusk having a space faring civilization. But there's more than just that. The final planned Mistborn age is to be futuristic time period with space travel.
Ah I wasn't aware of that, that's gonna be a hell of a ride.
Also I definitely want more stories concerning First of the Sun. That was by far my favorite setting within the cosmere so far.
TheMissingLink
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Finished the first Mistborn book - SO GOOD. So good.
It hasn't unseated The Stormlight Archive, by any stretch, but I liked the book more as it went on...and I'm very intrigued at how the next book is going to go.
My current Brandon Sanderson rankings:
1. Words of Radiance
2. The Way of Kings
3. Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell
4. Mistborn: The Final Empire
5. Warbreaker
6. Steelheart (Reckoners #1)
7. The Emperor's Soul
8. Firstborn
9. Firefight (Reckoners #2)
10. Calamity (Reckoners #3)
I gave up on The Rithmatist and the first Alcatraz books.
It hasn't unseated The Stormlight Archive, by any stretch, but I liked the book more as it went on...and I'm very intrigued at how the next book is going to go.
My current Brandon Sanderson rankings:
1. Words of Radiance
2. The Way of Kings
3. Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell
4. Mistborn: The Final Empire
5. Warbreaker
6. Steelheart (Reckoners #1)
7. The Emperor's Soul
8. Firstborn
9. Firefight (Reckoners #2)
10. Calamity (Reckoners #3)
I gave up on The Rithmatist and the first Alcatraz books.
Regarding this specificly:
the Space travelers in Sixth are in fact from Scadrial.
I try to break up my Sanderson reads with stuff from other authors. After I finish Elantris, it's time for me to pick up something else.
I have 3 choices:
Tad Williams - The Dragonbone Chair
Connie Willis - Doomsday Book
Daniel Abraham - The Dragon's Path
That's pretty much my order of preference right now, but has anyone read these?
I have 3 choices:
Tad Williams - The Dragonbone Chair
Connie Willis - Doomsday Book
Daniel Abraham - The Dragon's Path
That's pretty much my order of preference right now, but has anyone read these?
Jest Chillin
Member
I've started The Dragon's Path twice and can never hang with it. It just hasn't grabbed me well enough. Nothing particularly bad about it. Just haven't yet made it through. I was like that with Abercrombie's Blade book too fwiw.
what a twist
Imp the Dimp
Member
The first Mistboorn is like the fastest read ever. I could not believe how quickly I progressed.
Poodlestrike
Banned
I like the Mistborn stuff okay, but Warbreaker and the Stormlight Archives are just on a whole 'nother level, imo.
Imp the Dimp
Member
Huh, why wouldn't you? SA ain't that much better than Mistborn.
Listening to the Graphic Audio Version of Way of Kings. I like it quite a bit as something different, but man oh man. Kaladin's voice.
For those that don't know, Graphic Audio is an audio book series ever they hire voice actors for the characters and use sound effects for things like shooting arrows, the bells of Kharbranth in the background during those scenes, Syl flying around, etc. It's kinda cool but a bit distracting until you get used to it.
But Kaladin is voiced by a Southern United States VA, and its really startling every time he speaks. He's got a southern drawl.
For those that don't know, Graphic Audio is an audio book series ever they hire voice actors for the characters and use sound effects for things like shooting arrows, the bells of Kharbranth in the background during those scenes, Syl flying around, etc. It's kinda cool but a bit distracting until you get used to it.
But Kaladin is voiced by a Southern United States VA, and its really startling every time he speaks. He's got a southern drawl.
I can't wait for the next promissed time jump into far future of Mistborn universe. Space travel and stuff.
Heh, well the "next" time jump is supposed to be "modern day". I think I remember him suggesting an 80's level tech. The futuristic MB books are quite a ways off.
Also nowhere near the commitment haha.
Cosmere wise? MB era 1 is the only series complete. Warbreaker and Elantris are getting sequels but really are stand alone books.
Other than that some of his younger audience series are done.
OK maybe i'll give Warbreaker & Elantris a shot next. both are on GraphicAudio and i'm loving their MB adaptation.
Warbreaker is great. Also available for free in eBook on his site. Elantris is ok. It's kinda rough. A very obvious first novel.
Incandenza
Banned
Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell and Sixth of the Dusk are also standalone (though apparently a Threnody novel is coming somewhere down the road)
Well yeah, wasn't really counting short fiction.
Imp the Dimp
Member
Warbreaker is really good. Had a blast with it on the beach in Italy this year.
Wowfunhappy
Member
This sucks, but there are much worse spoilers out there than that one. I mean, what else did you think was going to happen?
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