Hello, Newbie Here!

[offtehdeepend]

I'm relatively new to Sanderson's works, but I consider him my favorite author now. I read the first Mistborn book and Elantris before discovering The Stormlight Archive, and ever since starting The Way of Kings I've looked forward to finishing the two books so I could join the speculation and theorycrafting online!

[Guest]

Welcome to 17S! Have an upvote and a delicious cookie!

Who is your favorite character?

[Voidus]

Welcome to the forums!
I thoroughly recommend finishing the Mistborn trilogy, they're still some of my favourite books.

[vineyarddawg]

Welcome!  I wouldn't take that cookie... (though I can't tell you why if you've only read the first Mistborn book, because it's a spoiler).

[Guest]

Welcome!  I wouldn't take that cookie... (though I can't tell you why if you've only read the first Mistborn book, because it's a spoiler).

Yeah, he might spoil the part where nasty nobles at parties steal cookies from each other. Because they are so delicious.

GET OFF MY YARD, VINEDAWG!

[offtehdeepend]

I'll have to finish the trilogy then, although it looks like there are more than 3 books. Are the others prequels, distant sequels, or just more continuation of the same story?

As far as my favorite Stormlight characters, I like Dalianar, Kaladin, and Hoid the most, so far. I'm hoping to get to learn some more about Szeth, too. So I suppose whether the next book ends up focusing on Dalinar or Szeth, I'll be happy

[Guest]

Alloy of Law is set three hundred years later than the original trilogy. It is sort-of Western themed. Three more Mistborn books in that era are coming out; Shadows of Self in October, Bands of Mourning in January, and The Lost Metal sometime later. Next, Brandon will write space-age Mistborn books.

[Blaze1616 he/him]

Alloy of Law is set three hundred years later than the original trilogy. It is sort-of Western themed. Three more Mistborn books in that era are coming out; Shadows of Self in October, Bands of Mourning in January, and The Lost Metal sometime later. Next, Brandon will write space-age Mistborn books.

 

Brandon still plans to do the modern-age, 1980's tech Mistborn. He has also mused about a current time Mistborn (2010's-2020's). Space Era is then "Era 4" as it currently stands (2010's would be Era 4 if he writes it, moving Space Era to Era 5). And by "next," I assume you mean way in the future, as it currently stands. That's to be one of the last sequences of books he does, Cosmerically.

Edited February 16, 2015 by Blaze1616

[Guest]

Yes, "far in the future" is what I meant. I thought that the 1980s was going to be the Space Age one though...

[Blaze1616 he/him]

Yes, "far in the future" is what I meant. I thought that the 1980s was going to be the Space Age one though...

 

Okay, maybe I mis-interpreted your "Space Age" as "Space Opera Sci-Fi." If so, I apologize. If not, and that is what you meant, then no, they are two different trilogies, ergo the "trilogy of trilogies" that used to be how Mistborn was refered to.

[Guest]

Okay. So the FTL trilogy is different than the 1980s trilogy.

[Blaze1616 he/him]

Okay. So the FTL trilogy is different than the 1980s trilogy.

 

Yes. Last I checked we did not have FTL in 1980 (are you hiding something?  ).

[Guest]

We also didn't have Pulsers and Sliders in 1980 (are you hiding something? ).

Edited February 16, 2015 by Snoopy

[Blaze1616 he/him]

We also didn't have Pulsers and Sliders in 1980 (are you hiding something? ).

 

Dang, you got me. Would you like a bead?

 

The references to time periods was for non-magical technology levels. So saying 1980's era would mean that they had 1980's tech, and therefore FTL would not be possible.