The cheeseman Don't you dare go Hollow! Posted January 18, 2023 Posted January 18, 2023 Good evening! I've been reading Sanderson books for a while now, and decided it was time to join this community, where I can ask questions and theorize about the wonders of the Cosmere! I have only read a few Sanderson novels; Stormlight 1-4, Edgedancer, and Mistborn: TFE. Obviously I need to finish Mistborn Era 1, but what should I read next? Elantris? Warbreaker? Life before Death, Radiant 2
Wittles he/him Posted January 18, 2023 Posted January 18, 2023 47 minutes ago, phillycheesesteak said: Good evening! I've been reading Sanderson books for a while now, and decided it was time to join this community, where I can ask questions and theorize about the wonders of the Cosmere! I have only read a few Sanderson novels; Stormlight 1-4, Edgedancer, and Mistborn: TFE. Obviously I need to finish Mistborn Era 1, but what should I read next? Elantris? Warbreaker? Life before Death, Radiant Awesome, welcome to the shard! I would reccomend reading Warbreaker next,(aside from being one of my personal favorites) it also has some fairly important crossovers in stormlight.
The cheeseman Don't you dare go Hollow! Posted January 18, 2023 Author Posted January 18, 2023 (edited) 19 hours ago, Witless of Shinovar said: Awesome, welcome to the shard! I would reccomend reading Warbreaker next,(aside from being one of my personal favorites) it also has some fairly important crossovers in stormlight. I've noticed that Wit has capital-b Breaths, so I looked those up and found out there's a bunch of people from Nalthis on Roshar. So I may have spoiled some of Warbreaker for myself. Spoiler Tangent: since Nightblood chipped an Honorblade, what would happen if Szeth crossed swords with a Shardbearer/Knight Radiant? I'm assuming Nightblood would kill the spren permanently. Edited January 18, 2023 by phillycheesesteak Hid a possible spoiler
Wittles he/him Posted January 18, 2023 Posted January 18, 2023 2 minutes ago, phillycheesesteak said: I've noticed that Wit has capital-b Breaths, so I looked those up and found out there's a bunch of people from Nalthis on Roshar. So I may have spoiled some of Warbreaker for myself. Tangent: since Nightblood chipped an Honorblade, what would happen if Szeth crossed swords with a Shardbearer/Knight Radiant? I'm assuming Nightblood would kill the spren permanently. This is an excellent question, and would be more eloquently stated by a more knowledgeable cosmere fan. Spoiler but I am pretty sure that if Nightblood were able to actually touch the spren, it would just absorb the spren completely because spren are sapient bits of investiture and Nightblood consumes investiture. Just for future reference, put theories in the theory section or something, it just makes it less easy for people to stumble upon spoilers:)
The cheeseman Don't you dare go Hollow! Posted January 18, 2023 Author Posted January 18, 2023 Just now, Witless of Shinovar said: Just for future reference, put theories in the theory section or something, it just makes it less easy for people to stumble upon spoilers:) Oops. Forgot about that part! Thanks
Ranryu she/her Posted January 18, 2023 Posted January 18, 2023 Welcome to the shard! Read both of them at once! It's more fun that way!
Conor Dedalus he/him Posted January 18, 2023 Posted January 18, 2023 1 hour ago, Witless of Shinovar said: Awesome, welcome to the shard! I would reccomend reading Warbreaker next,(aside from being one of my personal favorites) it also has some fairly important crossovers in stormlight. I agree with @Witless of Shinovar. Both are great, but if you're familiar with Roshar, Nalthis is the perfect next stop!
Robin Sedai she/her Posted January 18, 2023 Posted January 18, 2023 (edited) Welcome! Both are great books, though I personally prefer Elantris. For some reason none of the POV characters in Warbreaker really clicked for me. In case you like ebooks, Warbreaker and its early drafts are (legally) available for free on Brandon's website. https://www.brandonsanderson.com/standalones-cosmere/#WARBREAKER Edited January 18, 2023 by Robin Sedai
The cheeseman Don't you dare go Hollow! Posted January 18, 2023 Author Posted January 18, 2023 I'll definitely read those once I've gotten to Dawnshard and the last two Mistborn era 1 books. Looking forward to seeing all the different types of Investiture!
Cash67 Posted January 19, 2023 Posted January 19, 2023 (edited) Welcome!! Being in the Shard is a very fun time and I hope you enjoy it! On 1/17/2023 at 7:49 PM, phillycheesesteak said: I have only read a few Sanderson novels; Stormlight 1-4, Edgedancer, and Mistborn: TFE. Obviously I need to finish Mistborn Era 1, but what should I read next? Elantris? Warbreaker? Life before Death, Radiant I’d agree with the above people, Warbreaker is a perfect next book AND it’s free, so you can’t do much better than that. After that I’d go Elantris then explore the rest of the Cosmere however you desire! You’ve joined the fandom at a great time. Edited January 19, 2023 by Cash67 Grammar 1
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