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The first time I heard about Brandon was when I showed my cousin the plot line for an early book I was writing and he said it was similar to Mistborn. (Just to clarify, the book I was writing was nowhere near as impressive, the events were just similar to the first book of Mistborn, but way less cool.) I didn't pay much attention to it at the time, but a while later I read Skyward and was obsessed. I looked to see if Brandon had any more books and realized he was the author of Mistborn. I read the series and was even more obsessed. At this point of have read most of his books and watched his Youtube courses on writing.

Hey guys, I'm a religious fan of Brandon's books and I love the way that he's reinventing the genre of fantasy with his cosmere. I knew of the 17th shard for a while but being the person that I am I intended to enjoy it by myself for the interim. I've recently joined for the interest of keeping up with what the fans of Sanderson are doing as well as keep up with any new theories that may pop up on here. My favorite of his books is definitely the Wax and Wayne series which I know isn't a common pick but it blends many of my favorite genres together with the coolest magic system I've ever seen. I look forward to being more apart of the Sanderson community and can't wait to see what happens next!

Hello, hello, hello. This topic here is for anyone who is a Sharder, well I guess that’s you! What a coincidence! If you haven’t already heard there are rumours and plans spreading about us, the members and staff of the Seventeenth Shard coming together for The 17S International Potluck in India TM this, I am sorry to inform you is just rumours, at the moment but YOU, yes you could help bring these rumours to reality. That is if YOU happens to be an insanely rich person happy to fly a bunch of people out to India for an event that sounds really awesome. If you by some miracle haven’t heard of the The 17S International Potluck in India TM then allow me to explain. What started with a humble idea to go on a from our lovely @Szeth's Facepalm. Sparked something in my brain, and in all of our hearts. I posted this immediately after: The 17S International Potluck in India TM is an international potluck in India with a bunch of 17th Sharders. Of course this incredible dream cannot become reality until YOU comes along so for now this is a thread, a club if you will, for all Sharders to tell us what they would bring and/or a recipe for the The 17S International Potluck in India TM. Even though You’ll need to tell us what you’re bringing where the food is from. Tell us why you (not YOU) would bring it to the The 17S International Potluck in India TM does it have a funny story,? did your nonna make it for you when you were a kid? Do you just like it? Is it a staple of your country? If you try one of the foods mentioned in this thread, let us know! Did you like it? Would you have it again? Thank you and help the The 17S International Potluck in India TM become reality. The fun thing is we don’t actually even know if @Elf even lives in India. UPDATE: it has been confirmed. they do So far we have: @CalanoCorvus: TEXAS barbecue and “Mighty fine!!” @Aes Sedai: USA “every homegrown vegetable you can imagine and more.” @Szeth's Facepalm:HUNGARY “Hungarian food! And lots of bread.” @The Aspiring Archivist: IN INDIA AT THE POTLUCK will just eat all the garlic bread @DramaQueen: USA “Pizza bagels” @NerdyAarakocra: EASTERN EUROPEAN JEWISH "dessert!" @Being of Cacophony: USA and ENGLAND Honeybutter and rasperrybutter with rolls and rice pudding. @Shadowed: ENGLAND "sausages and mash. Lots and lots of sausages and mash." @Elf :INDIA "[She will]show [us] all the best places to eat original indian food" (yayyyy) @Cash67: TEXAS "Brisket and Green Bean Casserole. (and also try literally everything)" @Shining Silhouette: USA two varieties of really awesome sounding paninis @Morningtide: THE NETHERLANDS Stompote and @Telrao: AUSTRALIA banana bread @InfiniteInsanity:USA bread and doughnuts @The Wandering Wizard:ITALY lasagna @The last Fae in the Woods: USA gluten free dairy free peanut butter pie @Tani: USA? potato casserole or maybe squash soup @Witless of Shinovar: GERMANY pumpkin bread @AonDoor: INDIA coconut curry chicken @Veledsier:MEXICO-USA Carne asada TACOS!!!!! @Thaidakar the Ghostblood: USA ('Merica) "the best pumpkin pie ever."

Hello everyone! I have created an AI for Brandon Sanderson!!! You ask it a question about his works and then it will tell you in detail what you want to know. Yes I know using the Coppermind is easier but if you want to search for anything on the shard or any other Brandon Sanderson-related Site then you can do it in one place. It is programmed to only comply with questions about Sanderson and Sanderson-related sites. If you have comments or concerns put them below. Have Fun! Link: Chat Bot Link

Just a funny thought, then I got to thinking Brandon is Hoid. The collector of stories. The one that was there for the shattering but not one of the shards. Who, Travels to all the worlds and interjects as only an author would (kinda like the neverending story). Whether it is written into the books at some point or not, the two are connected for me now. What do you think? Or is it deeper, in all actuality is Brandon Sanderson really a worldhopper? That's why his books are so good. It's just history, not fantasy.

Happy Koloss Head-Munching Day, everyone! For those of you who don't know, Koloss Head-Munching Day is just another way to say Sanderson's birthday. As of now, he is 45! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SANDERSON!

Keeping in mind that the Cytoverse seems to just be our future, but still set in our universe, that would mean that in the world of the Cytoverse, Brandon Sanderson existed at one point. I'm going to imagine that the Cyto-Sanderson did not write the Skyward books. However, within the Cytoverse, who do you think would be a fan of cosmere books if they were ever rediscovered?

Hey, does anyone know if there is a place where you can find all of the stories Wit tells in all of the Stromlight Archive?

Does anyone know when Skyward 3 is predicted to come out?

You are probably aware that this thread is for poetry! Sanderson or otherwise. Spoilers are fine. Keteks are fine. Free verse is fine.* Feel free to post your poetry, stupid or not, here: Also, Sixth hundredth post!

What if Brandon’s last cosmere book, before he moves on to the Cognitive, then Spiritual Realm, is a convergence of all the books. He manages to get all major characters together through some new magic system. Harmony, Vin, Elend, Kelsier, Wax, Wayne, Raoden, Kaladin, and so on. They all meet up, probably punch each other a lot, then work together to fight Odium! Thoughts?

Hello everyone. New to Cosmere here. I don't know how this place works, and I have little knowledge about Cosmere and all the jargons Sanderson fans are spouting. Si, please be kind hehe. My friend converted me from general fantasy to Sanderson fantasy. Any recommendations? How do I do things properly in my TBR and in this forum? Any help is appreciated. Thank you guys!

I’d like to suggest an idea for an upcoming episode of the Shardcast, something I’ve been fascinated by for a couple of years. Idea: explore the influence of Robert Jordan on Sanderson. You could summarize how Jordan inspired Sanderson, but I picture something more like a nuts and bolts discussion of what elements of Jordan’s writing he adopted, used-but-twisted. Context: I’m doing a reread (third time total) of the Wheel Of Time in prep for the Amazon TV series. The more I read Jordan, the more I see just how deep the influence goes. Examples (tons more than what’s listed here) Both writers use in world documents To add depth and advance the story Both explore gender roles deeply similarities in how “racy” the books get Names that appear in both books (did Sanderson flat out take them from WoT as an image?) use of Kramer/Reading for audiobooks It would also be very fruitful to talk about differences between the two (just one example here, for length of post’s sake: Sanderson portrays battles very descriptively, while Jordan painfully avoids describing battle sequences. I love the podcast! Thanks Chaos, et al. Keep it up!

Inspired by a post by @Ark1002, I wanted to try to compile a list of quotes in Sanderson books that can be used in everyday conversation. They need not make total sense, but comedic value is appreciated. For example: Honor is dead, but I'll see what I can do.

Hello, I'm a new prospecting reader to the Cosmere uniververse. I decided to get into the series in order of release from Elantris to White Sand Volume 2 and beyond. My delima is that I thought that I had bought Elantris 10th Anniversary Edition when I purchased the mass market paper pack from my Barnes & Nobel here in America because Sanderson said, in a post back in '15, that all prints would convert to the new edition exclusively. Well... it was not the 10th AE. And I live 2 hours from the nearest bookstore and am a poor college grad— and it was also purchased two weeks ago —so returning it and getting the new version is out of my control right now. So, my question to you is, even though this is the original version of Elantris, could I still read it and enjoy the rest of the universe (like, does it properly fit into the canon)? If not, should I hold off on reading anything until I eventually buy the new version? Thanks.

Anyone know any cool tests, that relate to the ShardBearers. & do any other books tie into it? Thanks!

The other day at school I was in the library because the Librarian bought the Stormlight books! One of my friends teachers saw me, and later he stopped me in the hallway during study hall and we spent like 30min talking about Oathbringer, which he had finished the day before! Highlight of my week! It's the best when you find more people, or when you bring more people...I got my sister into Mistborn, and my friend into Stormlight and Mistborn

I was incredibly bored one day, and I just decided to make a bunch of these... Warning: cringey-ness below. Awful puns and terrible references follow this message. Viewer discretion is advised. Reckoners: Elantris: Warbreaker: Stormlight Archive: Rithmatist: Emperor’s Soul: Mistborn— Secret History: Mistborn: Perfect State: General Sanderson: Again, I was incredibly bored. Feel free to use them if you need... Anyone have any others?

So we all know that one of the main things that Brandon is known for throughout the industry is his genius and incredibly in-depth systems of magic. Everything from Feruchemy, to Surgebinding, Allomancy and even the Shardblades (not really a system so to speak...I mean they kind of are..). My question for my fellow Sharders is what one is your favorite? It doesn't have to be the most in-depth and complicated one but rather the one that gives you the most joy to read about. For myself it's got to be Allomancy, something about the constant manipulation of the steelpushing and ironpulling to maintain a sort of flight is very appealing to me.

This popped up in my Google curated news feed last night: https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/11/brandon-sanderson-the-apocalypse-guard.html Personally, I find it interesting that I have not seen an official announcement from Dragonsteel or Brandon himself but, as far as I can tell, this is legitimate news. Sorry Reckoners fans but it looks like you will have to wait a bit longer. Personal speculation: the "mystery project" is the long teased "Dark One".

My first post. Perhaps we could petition to have Brandon finish the Kingkiller Chronicle like he did with Wheel of Time. It's become clear that Rothfuss has no intention of ever finishing. Thoughts?

I just thought of these and wanted to share them! May Stormlight be with you May the Survivor be with you May a spren be with you May the mists be with you May your Breath stay with you May the Reconers be with you May Harmony be with you May the Shoad come for you And I'm not even a huge Star wars fan! Any ideas? If the awnser is yes, can you tell me your ideas? (FYI This is one of the days where my brain kicks into weird mode).

I was wondering how Sanderson writes with such a consistent magic system. Also, how does he find the time to write so much. Then I realized it: Sanderson is Khriss! Here's why. He writes with many more female characters than most male authors, because he is a female. He comes from Taladin which has a lot of sand on it, so he named himself Sanderson. He always puts the Ars Arcanum as the source of all the lore bombs, because that's his favorite source of information since he made it. He writes with a sense of great familiarity with the physics of the realm, because he lived there for a while. He is very insistent that Earth is not Cosmere because he doesn't want us to guess that you can travel from one to the other. He chose his initials to be BS so people think he is writing BS. It is indisputable: SANDERSON IS KHRISS!!!

I'm actually really curious. As in many countries, they speak other languages, how does he interact with fans at these other signings?