Radiant Returned he/him Posted March 24, 2016 Report Share Posted March 24, 2016 I know that this wasn't intended in the initial plan for which books would be written, with The Alloy of Law and the subsequent trilogy being unexpected, but how awesome would it be if there ended up being sixteen Mistborn books to go along with the theme of 16 Metals, 16 Shards, etc. Despite the original plan for Mistborn to be three trilogies, so 9 books, so far Sanderson seems to be on pace for 16. Note: I'm including novellas in this count. Original Trilogy 1. The Final Empire 2. The Well of Ascension 3. The Hero of Ages 4. Mistborn: A Secret History Wax and Wayne Trilogy 5. The Alloy of Law 6. Shadows of Self 7. The Bands of Mourning 8. The Lost Metal With two more trilogies planned, I can easily see Sanderson writing two more novellas or even novels to go with them. I guess the idea doesn't mean much, but the "coincidence" would fulfill my inner-OCD. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voidus Posted March 24, 2016 Report Share Posted March 24, 2016 I know that this wasn't intended in the initial plan for which books would be written, with The Alloy of Law and the subsequent trilogy being unexpected, but how awesome would it be if there ended up being sixteen Mistborn books to go along with the theme of 16 Metals, 16 Shards, etc. Despite the original plan for Mistborn to be three trilogies, so 9 books, so far Sanderson seems to be on pace for 16. Note: I'm including novellas in this count. Original Trilogy 1. The Final Empire 2. The Well of Ascension 3. The Hero of Ages 4. Mistborn: A Secret History Wax and Wayne Trilogy 5. The Alloy of Law 6. Shadows of Self 7. The Bands of Mourning 8. The Lost Metal With two more trilogies planned, I can easily see Sanderson writing two more novellas or even novels to go with them. I guess the idea doesn't mean much, but the "coincidence" would fulfill my inner-OCD. Well depends on how you count, he's already done other smaller side-stories. The eleventh metal for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PallonianFire he/him Posted March 25, 2016 Report Share Posted March 25, 2016 And there's the 1940s era stuff that he's mentioned from time to time that he wants to do. Plus more Secret History novellas. It would be cool, but I'm not sure there's enough room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radiant Returned he/him Posted March 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2016 My thinking was there would be two more trilogy: the (1940s? I thought it was 1980s) level technology one and then the space opera. Add in two more novellas, be they Secret Histories or some other offshoot, and you get 16. Just a thought. I didn't include The Eleventh Metal because it was just a little prelude into a board game right? Doesn't even really qualify as a novella. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PallonianFire he/him Posted March 25, 2016 Report Share Posted March 25, 2016 The 1980s trilogy is the currently planned Era 3. He has talked about adding in another Era, set with 1940s tech, in addition to the 1980s and the far-future tech trilogies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asperity he/him Posted March 25, 2016 Report Share Posted March 25, 2016 The 1980s trilogy is the currently planned Era 3. He has talked about adding in another Era, set with 1940s tech, in addition to the 1980s and the far-future tech trilogies. Whoa wait what? I heard a singular post-mention about him maaaaaybe wanting to do a 'cyberpunk' book, or books, in between Modern and Future but this is the first I've heard of another pre-Modern book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Joe in the Bush Posted March 25, 2016 Report Share Posted March 25, 2016 What would be cool is if he did a Secret History style book for Marsh in the AoL era. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PallonianFire he/him Posted March 25, 2016 Report Share Posted March 25, 2016 I've heard that he's considering Demoux for another Secret History book, which would be awesome. Whoa wait what? I heard a singular post-mention about him maaaaaybe wanting to do a 'cyberpunk' book, or books, in between Modern and Future but this is the first I've heard of another pre-Modern book. It's been mentioned a couple places, but the big one I remember is the 2014 State of the Sanderson: There will be one more Wax and Wayne (early 1900s-era) Mistborn book. Back after I finished The Alloy of Law, I sat down and plotted out a trilogy with the same characters.The Alloy of Law was more of a happy, improvised accident. The follow-up trilogy is meant to be more intentional. So in the end, we’ll have four total. (The final one is tentatively called The Lost Metal.) From there, I might jump to the second “big” trilogy, which is 1980s tech. Or I might dally a little more in something 1940s-era instead. We’ll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
folly Posted March 26, 2016 Report Share Posted March 26, 2016 My thinking was there would be two more trilogy: the (1940s? I thought it was 1980s) level technology one and then the space opera. Add in two more novellas, be they Secret Histories or some other offshoot, and you get 16. Just a thought. I didn't include The Eleventh Metal because it was just a little prelude into a board game right? Doesn't even really qualify as a novella. While the eleventh metal is in the beginning of the mistborn game book it is less of a prelude for the game and more a prelude for the first mistborn trilogy. While it is rather short I think it has some interesting insights. If you haven't already read it you should check it out. I'm not sure it should be included in your count to 16 as it is really short, but its still a good read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radiant Returned he/him Posted March 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2016 (edited) While the eleventh metal is in the beginning of the mistborn game book it is less of a prelude for the game and more a prelude for the first mistborn trilogy. While it is rather short I think it has some interesting insights. If you haven't already read it you should check it out. I'm not sure it should be included in your count to 16 as it is really short, but its still a good read. I have it in my Notes on my iPhone for easy access . It's a very interesting read. Especially since I love Kelsier. And I will more than gladly throw out this theory in exchange for an additional 1940's tech trilogy. EDIT:: I just saw this in the Mistborn forum: https://twitter.com/PeterAhlstrom/status/634012031415271424 For those who don't want to press on links or if I did it incorrectly (still new to forum posting of any kind), it's from last year, so more recently than the 2014 State of the Sanderson, and he tweeted that the next trilogy is 1980's tech. Edited March 26, 2016 by Radiant Returned 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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