Greetings

[wildkarrde024]

Posting the requested new person introduction.

 

Sanderson's books are among my favorite books, probably only second to Rothfuss' Kingkiller Chronicles. I was pleased to hear about the continuation of the Mistborn series but really hope that the next Stormlight Archives book will not be put off too long. I think what i Like most is the unique and different abilities systems that Sanderson creates in his books.

My joy at finding this site turned into dismay when I read through several of the theories that link many of the series/books together. This would not be a problem if it was just in passing, but I will get a headache trying to remember everything if they are all majorly tie together. 

 

Anyways, cheers!

[Elbereth she/her]

Hi! Welcome to the 17th Shard!

I like the Kingkiller Chronicles too, though they're probably second to Brandon's in my case.

Stormlight 3 is tentatively put at Christmas 2016, which seems forever away. At least it's not as long as the wait for Words of Radiance, though! And we'll be getting Bands of Mourning and Calamity and Alcatraz 5 in the meantime, plus potentially a new novella that Brandon's working on, so we're set for the wait.

I really like the magic systems, too. They're probably my second favorite thing about the books, the first (probably) being his plot twists, and his skill in plotting in general.

And about the Cosmere: you don't have to remember it. It's interesting, but also complicated and confusing, and you don't really have to pay attention to it. The first time the Cosmere will be tied together in a plot-important way will be be either in Dragonsteel or the third (now fourth) Mistborn trilogy, both of which are at least a decade down the line, if not more.

The only relevant things to the books themselves at this point are that

1) there's this character named Hoid who appears in every Cosmere book (whom we know almost nothing about),

2) there are sixteen godlike Shards (basically gods of ideals like preservation or honor) influencing events in the background, and

3) magic works through either the Cognitive or Spiritual Realm, rather than the Physical (which means it matters what you intend to do and how objects think of themselves).

And even those are kind of optional to know.

Of course, if you want to stray into the General Cosmere Theories board, you'll need to know a whole lot more to understand everything, but there's no need for that if you don't want to. If you do, just use the Coppermind database for reference.

Anyway. Welcome!

[Blaze1616 he/him]

Welcome! Which Sanderson book has been your favorite thus far? Mine is Warbreaker.