DragonReborn he/him Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 Is Brandon's next book going to be Stormlight Archive 3 after he finishes writing legion? Or is he going to do another mistborn or other project? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asperity he/him Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 As far as Cosmere, I believe SA 3 is next. The next Mistborn trilogy won't be until after SA 5 and I think Shadows of Self might be after SA 3? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windrunner he/him Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 (edited) Interesting question. Short answer is, we don't know precisely, and I don't think Brandon is 100% sure either. Here's what I know for sure. He is writing Firefight right now, so that will certainly be out next. After that, last I had heard, should come Rithmatist Two, and then Calamity. After that, things start getting foggy. Peter anticipates Stormlight 3 to be out around fall of 2016. Brandon ideally wanted to get Shadows of Self in before Stormlight 3, but that may not happen. For a long time, we'd heard that the second Mistborn trilogy would come after Stormlight 5. But recently, I've heard that it may begin after Stormlight 3. Brandon's talked about Warbreaker and Elantris sequels for a while now, and those seem to be coming later rather than sooner. And then there are still wildcards. He's been talking about doing Alcatraz 5 for a long time. He also just read a passage from Silence Divine, a book he wasn't even supposed to be writing yet. So, long story short. We know what's coming soon, but long-term things are still in flux. EDIT: So there was a bit of a miscommunication, as well as some new information. The second Mistborn trilogy will still come after Stormlight 5. Shadows of Self and Calamity have been pushed to after Stormlight 3. I'm relatively pleased with this new line-up Edited March 7, 2014 by Windrunner 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argent he/him Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 Anything that pushes Stormlight ahead of schedule is good news. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sppipe Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 So, the as far as we can tell, the current queue is: 1.- Steelheart 2: Firefight (3rd Draft: 50%) 2.- Legion: Skin Deep (1st Draft: 70%) 3.- Rithmatist 2: (untitled) 4.- Stomlight Archive 3: Stones Unhallowed (working title) I am happy with the line up, Steelheart 2 is more than half done, the last few drafts usually don't take very long. The Rithmatist books aren't very long, since they are for youth-adult audience. I think it wont be very long before work starts on SA 3. I am sooo excited! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king of nowhere Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 sanderson has many stories in his head that he would like to write. what he does is sitting down at his desk and writing whatever he feels like at the moment. that's how he can write so much, by writing what he feels like and not what he feels compelled to. Still not sure how that can work, to me it would be like resting from carrying a boulder by carrying a different boulder, but it works for him. So, despite having a sort of schedule, and some contractual binds, he may at any moment want to write a chapter of something else, and then he will like it and will make it a new book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gagylpus he/him Posted March 8, 2014 Report Share Posted March 8, 2014 Fall 2016 for SA3? Noooo that's too far away! I was really hoping it would be less than two years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonReborn he/him Posted March 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2014 Anything that pushes Stormlight ahead of schedule is good news. This I can agree with Also, isn't he supposed to write the Mistborn Sequel to Alloy of Law pretty soon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windrunner he/him Posted March 8, 2014 Report Share Posted March 8, 2014 As I said in my updated post, that's been pushed to after Stormlight 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arbron Posted March 9, 2014 Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 At the signing today he said we would be seeing Firefight (Reckoners #2), then Rithmatist #2, and then Stormlight #3. He didn't specifically mention the Legion sequel but maybe it will show up sometime earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awesomeness Summoned he/him Posted March 9, 2014 Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 His website shows him as currently writing Legion and is 70% through with the first draft so will likely be released between firefight and Rithmatist #2. Short fiction like Legion usually is considered a side project for him and don't get mentioned when he talks about his next book projects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarno91 Posted March 9, 2014 Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 In his last newsletter, Sanderson said he would start working on Stormlight 3 later in 2014. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paradox he/him Posted March 11, 2014 Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 \o/ Praise be to gods of scheduling \o/. We must sacrifice virgi- bulls in thanks for thier kindness in pushing forward The Stormlight Archive 3. \o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AerionBFII he/him Posted March 15, 2014 Report Share Posted March 15, 2014 damnation the anticipation is killing me praying to Lightsong Stormlight 3 gets pushed forward! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyPilgrim he/him Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 I was wicked happy to read that SA 3 had been pushed up! Timing-wise, Firefight Draft 3 is now 100% done. I am guessing after his WoR tour is over, Brandon will tweak that up a bit more. Then Rithmatist 2 should occupy another few months for him. Let's say that he will be done with that by around September/October of this year, maybe even sooner. IIRC, WoR took him about a year and a half from the beginning of writing to publication (that might actually be totally wrong, I really have no idea), so we could conceivably see SA 3 in early 2016, as opposed to fall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonReborn he/him Posted March 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 I just read on Reddit that Brandon is planning for fall 2015 for SA 3 http://www.reddit.com/r/Stormlight_Archive/comments/215x0r/skybreaker_stormlight_archive_book_3_anticipated/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cem he/him Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 I just read on Reddit that Brandon is planning for fall 2015 for SA 3 http://www.reddit.com/r/Stormlight_Archive/comments/215x0r/skybreaker_stormlight_archive_book_3_anticipated/ That's probably supposed to be fall 2016. Even Brandon can't finish a thousand page book in a year and a half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argent he/him Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 No, he has said multiple times that he is hoping for the end of 2015. Peter seems skeptical about this... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonReborn he/him Posted March 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 Peter should know better.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haradion Drogon Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 Sanderson has said a few times that future books in SA won't be as long as the first two - because by this point we know the characters and setting better. But who knows? I would love a 2015 release! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macros he/him Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 at the philly signing brandon said he plans for a stormlight book every 18 months so 2015 is very possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyPilgrim he/him Posted March 26, 2014 Report Share Posted March 26, 2014 I feel like it will definitely take Brandon a little more than a year and a half on average between SA books; he has too many other storming projects going on to make that possible, particularly right now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartbug he/him Posted March 27, 2014 Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 Eh. This guy, you know, is a monster. He writes around 3000 words a day, so assuming Stones Unhallowed will be 300k (if it truly is shorter. Then again, that's what he said for Words of Radiance, and we know what happened there ), then it's only four months, tops, for the first draft. And for Brandon, the first draft is the biggest deal. I honestly would not be surprised either way. The only disappointing thing is hearing Shadows of Self was pushed back... I was really hankering for some more Mistborn between Stormlight... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyPilgrim he/him Posted March 27, 2014 Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 As much as I love Mistborn, I have no problem having one book be pushed back to make room for a Stormlight books! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funkylemon Posted March 27, 2014 Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 Does anyone have access to cloning technology? Apparently there is way too much writing to get done for one Brandon Sanderson. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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