Boo... Seem to be a US only day. It's look really nice.
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Brandon Sanderson - The Cosmere |OT| there's always another secret...
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Available for free on April 30 as a part of Independent Bookstore Day.
Here are the participating stores: http://indiemap.bookweb.org/?utf8=✓&search_type=City/State/ZIP
I'm definitely going to try to pick one up...
What the heck! That's crazy, looks like there's a place about 10 miles from me, so that's pretty awesome.
Listen to the audiobooks and you would know how it is pronounced. Michael Kramer is amazing. He does all of Sanderson's Cosmere stuff.
Yeah, he's really, really great. Brings a new life to the characters. His Wayne is especially great.
BrianRoyale
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Available for free on April 30 as a part of Independent Bookstore Day.
Here are the participating stores: http://indiemap.bookweb.org/?utf8=✓&search_type=City/State/ZIP
I'm definitely going to try to pick one up...
Nice! There's a place near me that I can actually go to.
BrianRoyale
Member
So I've read the three Wax and Wayne books (loved them) and now I'm reading Warbreaker (it was the only other Sanderson book that was at half price books). So far it's really good, as usual magic is fascinating and original, love the characters and the plot. I hope it sustains for the whole book cause so far I'm totally into it.
Sidenote: I keep reading BLUSHweaver's name as BUSHweaver. Somehow it still works.
Sidenote: I keep reading BLUSHweaver's name as BUSHweaver. Somehow it still works.
So I've read the three Wax and Wayne books (loved them) and now I'm reading Warbreaker (it was the only other Sanderson book that was at half price books). So far it's really good, as usual magic is fascinating and original, love the characters and the plot. I hope it sustains for the whole book cause so far I'm totally into it.
Sidenote: I keep reading BLUSHweaver's name as BUSHweaver. Somehow it still works.
Totally works haha
GrandHarrier
Member
Just got to the party scene in Bands of Mourning.
You win Steris-stans.
You win Steris-stans.
Just got to the party scene in Bands of Mourning.
You win Steris-stans.
Welcome to the club!
I just finished part 2 of BoM and I don't recall Steris doing anything amazing.
Are you referring to the ipecac scene (or just her ability to compliment Wax so well)?. Although, gotta admit the Ascendent Veil (I can't remember the name for sure) part was cool. Steris is definitely becoming one of my favorite characters because of her rapport with Wax though
Available for free on April 30 as a part of Independent Bookstore Day.
Here are the participating stores: http://indiemap.bookweb.org/?utf8=✓&search_type=City/State/ZIP
I'm definitely going to try to pick one up...
Oh that's awesome. There are a few places near me that will have it. I'll drag my GF with me so I can give two and I'll give the second one away to someone in this thread who didn't have the oppty to get one.
VyechnayaSlava
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Man, so happy to have found this thread! Subbed.
I'm a huge Sanderson fan and think that he is, quite frankly, the best currently in the business. In fact, I normally don't do book reviews but felt like I needed to for WoK:
https://youtu.be/SNYOMAqHtHU
(Don't mind the awful jokes in the intro)
Just finished Bands of Mourning (yay!) and Calamity (yay?) earlier this month. I like the Reckoner books, but I think that they'll end up better as films (though I'm not the biggest fan of the director that's lined up)
I'm a huge Sanderson fan and think that he is, quite frankly, the best currently in the business. In fact, I normally don't do book reviews but felt like I needed to for WoK:
https://youtu.be/SNYOMAqHtHU
(Don't mind the awful jokes in the intro)
Just finished Bands of Mourning (yay!) and Calamity (yay?) earlier this month. I like the Reckoner books, but I think that they'll end up better as films (though I'm not the biggest fan of the director that's lined up)
VyechnayaSlava
Member
As a side note, living in Utah has its advantages, as I've been able to attend a few of his classes. Also, if you've posted in this thread and haven't checked out his Writing Excuses podcast, shame on you
Imp the Dimp
Member
Will finish Mistborn 2 today (100 pages to go). It was really good so far but slightly worse than #1. Sanderson is best.
Will finish Mistborn 2 today (100 pages to go). It was really good so far but slightly worse than #1. Sanderson is best.
Mistborn 2 is at it's best when things actually start happening. The early bits have so much stalling and preparing for things to come it takes a while to ramp up but when it does, it is great.
Imp the Dimp
Member
I find Sanderson's ways of stalling things out very bearable honestly. I wasn't bored once.
I find Sanderson's ways of stalling things out very bearable honestly. I wasn't bored once.
I'll give you that, while it was stalling and felt like so, it was an enjoyable slow build up.
Mistborn 2's issue is that Sanderson felt he needed to remind people about things. We get reintroduced to Allomancy (a poor fight, heck, Sanderson himself doesn't like the scene per annotations), we get reintroductions to characters.
I don't like reminders or reintroductions, i usually remember things, or check the previous work or from internet if necessary. (I do like having a list of characters or something like that though, negates the need for checking elsewhere.)
He has gotten better about this though, compare the Stormlight Archive to Mistborn.
I don't like reminders or reintroductions, i usually remember things, or check the previous work or from internet if necessary. (I do like having a list of characters or something like that though, negates the need for checking elsewhere.)
He has gotten better about this though, compare the Stormlight Archive to Mistborn.
Mistborn 2's issue is that Sanderson felt he needed to remind people about things. We get reintroduced to Allomancy (a poor fight, heck, Sanderson himself doesn't like the scene per annotations), we get reintroductions to characters.
I don't like reminders or reintroductions, i usually remember things, or check the previous work or from internet if necessary. (I do like having a list of characters or something like that though, negates the need for checking elsewhere.)
He has gotten better about this though, compare the Stormlight Archive to Mistborn.
I can't imagine how long Words Of Radiance would have been with a re-introduction stage.
Though, I think that is more of a YA thing and Mistborn is not quite but closer to YA.
I can't imagine how long Words Of Radiance would have been with a re-introduction stage.
Split into two parts probably. Each with their own reintroductions.
Now that i think of this, i don't recall WoR having reintroductions really... Indeed, it is really... smooth. Sanderson has improved a lot certainly.
Wowfunhappy
Member
Will finish Mistborn 2 today (100 pages to go). It was really good so far but slightly worse than #1. Sanderson is best.
I never liked Mistborn 2 or 3 as much as the original. I mean, they were okay, but the original may well be one of my favorite books of all time.
I never liked Mistborn 2 or 3 as much as the original. I mean, they were okay, but the original may well be one of my favorite books of all time.
Agree that 1 was my favorite of the 3, but I still loved 2/3. Haven't read the rest but they seem to get good reviews. I own them, so I'll get to them eventually.
So Bands of Mourning, Secret History:The Bands of Mourning are from Kelsier and not the Lord Ruler. That Kelsier is still around is all kinds of amazing
Don't need Secret History to figure this out, there's enough hints in Bands of Mourning. Lord Rules was excellent red herring but there was too much off in the myths and legends for him to be around...Kelsier's crazy for sure. Who else would punch a god after they die?
Yeah, i didn't make the connection either (until the very end) but i figured something was amiss.
Eh, there was people in the south pole of Scadrial. Looks like Kelsier had Spook resurrected him in a manner of speaking, and then went to the south and helped people there, hence the stories of savior. He didn't rescue people from Cognitive Realm.
No no, not fromthe cognitive realm, I meant that he saw this lush kind of vegetation while he was in the cognitive realm and I thought he went back there when he was "resurrected"
...
I need to re-read Secret History.
First some scifi, kind of had enough of fantasy for a while as i re-read the whole Wheel of Time back to back...
Imp the Dimp
Member
Done with Mistborn: Well of Ascension. The last 100 pages were dope. I honestly found that this book concluded better than #1.
Done with Mistborn: Well of Ascension. The last 100 pages were dope. I honestly found that this book concluded better than #1.
Just you wait. The ending of Hero of Ages is fucking phenomenal.
Incandenza
Banned
Hero of Ages in general is phenomenal. It's just nonstop revelations.
Imp the Dimp
Member
400/732 pages into Mistborn #3 as of today. I think I'll finish it soon as it's really good although I find
the least exciting.
. I also have to say that I find both characters rather boring compared to how Sanderson wrote them in Mistborn #1.
Great book so far though and I can't wait to have all my questions answered.
Vin's and Elend's sections
I'm really over sieging cities and politicking.
Great book so far though and I can't wait to have all my questions answered.
Crimson_Justice
Member
400/732 pages into Mistborn #3 as of today. I think I'll finish it soon as it's really good although I findthe least exciting.Vin's and Elend's sections. I also have to say that I find both characters rather boring compared to how Sanderson wrote them in Mistborn #1.I'm really over sieging cities and politicking.
Great book so far though and I can't wait to have all my questions answered.
Yeah, I agree. I feel like they were both at their best in the first book. I still found them strong and enjoyable to read in the other two books, but still, the first book was
really focused on them
Imp the Dimp
Member
Yeah, I agree. I feel like they were both at their best in the first book. I still found them strong and enjoyable to read in the other two books, but still, the first book was. Hope you enjoy the ending!really focused on them
My problems with them:
Vin got overpowered a little too fast. I feel like she was way more intriguing when she had weaknesses. I also find Elend's idealism a little overdone. It makes him a bit boring and one-dimensional. In all fairness, Sanderson wrote the firm but fair leader noticeably better in Way of Kings when he wrote Dalinar.
Wowfunhappy
Member
My problems with them:
Vin got overpowered a little too fast. I feel like she was way more intriguing when she had weaknesses. I also find Elend's idealism a little overdone. It makes him a bit boring and one-dimensional. In all fairness, Sanderson wrote the firm but fair leader noticeably better in Way of Kings when he wrote Dalinar.
Yep, I had exactly the same reaction—and it felt super strange too. Sanderson seemed to go to great lengths in the Book 1 to make sure that Vin felt vulnerable. By #3, she's essentially a one-woman army.
I remember talking to my father about this (who read the books around the same time I did), and his reaction was "Well, characters are always better when they're inexperienced." I'm not sure I buy that, although it does apply in this case.
BrianRoyale
Member
My new job has made it harder to get around to reading on my breaks (not as many quite places to run to) so I'm only a quarter done with Warbreaker. Still loving it. Siri and Vivenna are great, the change for Vivenna
The two mercenaries with her are perfect and hilarious, Sanderson know's how to put characters together.
All is not what it seems with this God King
I continue to read Blushweaver as Bushweaver, I've given up on trying.
Lightsong continues to be one of the most interesting characters to me, probably because he servers a specific purpose(which I'm sure we'll see at the end), and he's got a mystery around him that I'm curious to know about (hope that comes out at some point, his past).
where she gets all those breaths from the Idrian spy is a nice turn, even though it's kind of spoiled by the cover.
All is not what it seems with this God King
after all the nights of him not banging Siri, and generally not being "evil", it seems he's a puppet in all this.
I continue to read Blushweaver as Bushweaver, I've given up on trying.
Lightsong continues to be one of the most interesting characters to me, probably because he servers a specific purpose(which I'm sure we'll see at the end), and he's got a mystery around him that I'm curious to know about (hope that comes out at some point, his past).
SuperEpicMan
Banned
I have just finished The Hero of Ages which was awesome. Is there a recommended reading order for the rest of the cosmere books? I have only read the first 3 mistborn in total.
Rrongfield
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I have just finished The Hero of Ages which was awesome. Is there a recommended reading order for the rest of the cosmere books? I have only read the first 3 mistborn in total.
As long as you follow the individual series' order you should be fine. Although I'd recommend reading Warbreaker before the second Stormlight Archive, Words of Radiance for some really cool surprises.
I have just finished The Hero of Ages which was awesome. Is there a recommended reading order for the rest of the cosmere books? I have only read the first 3 mistborn in total.
I always recommend reading in publication order as much as you can.
I have just finished The Hero of Ages which was awesome. Is there a recommended reading order for the rest of the cosmere books? I have only read the first 3 mistborn in total.
You can go right into the next Mistborn series. After you're done with those, check out Mistborn: Secret History.
If you decide to go with The Stormlight Archive, try to read Warbreaker first (or at least before the 2nd SA book).
Wowfunhappy
Member
You can go right into the next Mistborn series. After you're done with those, check out Mistborn: Secret History.
For whatever it's worth, I very much don't agree with going right into the next Mistborn series. It's better to take some time away from the universe before coming back, so that all of the winks and nudges towards characters and events in the old trilogy will feel a bit nostalgic.
Jest Chillin
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Honestly, as long as you read the seperate series in order and save A Secret History until after Bands of Mourning, there is no wrong way or even best way to go about reading the Cosmere books. At least not yet.
Supermanisdead
Member
Finished the Mistborn trilogy... wooooow. The third book was just
nonstop revelations. Holy shit. Vin getting hemalurgy powers from her dead sister. Reen's voice being Ruin all along. The first generation Kandra being Rashek's companions. Zane being controlled by Ruin. All of it was just like holy fuck wow. I love that he straight up spelled it out without any hinting or conspiracies.
Imp the Dimp
Member
Finished Mistborn 3 yesterday too and like it at lot as well. I didn't think it was much better than #2 though. I guess it was higher paced but I felt the last revelation in Mistborn #2 (
....fucking godlike) was better than those in #3. The Last Empire remainst the best book.
Overall, this was a tremendous trilogy and I can't recommend it enough. I will pause with Sanderson for a while (after reading both SA and all three Mistborn books back to back) but will come back for the second era Mistborn books soon.
"I write these words in steel, for anything not set in metal cannot be trusted"
Overall, this was a tremendous trilogy and I can't recommend it enough. I will pause with Sanderson for a while (after reading both SA and all three Mistborn books back to back) but will come back for the second era Mistborn books soon.