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Eh so much drama in this thread lol. I have no idea if Dalinar will have a role after book 10, or even if he will live past 5. But I DO think that there will be a change to Honor's splintered shard at the end of 5, and Dalinar will have a role to play in it. What the change will be, I do not know. But Brandon does make something obvious in book and Q&A. The fact that the perpindicularity was created, means something very important in regards to Dalinar and/or Honor.

Yea i'm not really complaining about it either. His other works are pretty awesome too. The Reckoners is a prime example of this. It was such a fun series, and I'm glad he wrote it. And I'm not even sure if I will be interested as much in Fantasy in the years to come, same with many of his current readers. It was just something I was thinking about and wanted to discuss. The very scope of what he's doing is just so vast. And I'm in the same thought as you on this. Even if all he did is write cosmere novels, it might still not be too much for him to finish within his lifetime. It would be awesome if it was completed though, even if I won't get a chance to read it all. He should start training his kids so they can finish it lol.

I would really like to see that thread, if anyone could find it. There's going to be BM era 4?? I thought there would be a 'trilogy of trilogies'. Info please Well Sanderson said it himself 20 years for SA. Certainly he will write other stuff in between. That's why we have several books between his epics. I would think that it would be more than 6 more within this world. I think a few books at least about Hoid, that would be separate to Dragonsteel. TBH I don't know too much about this one except it should be in the similar scope as SA, and maybe set on the world where Adonalium lived. Three books at least for MB era 3, Nightbllood (is there one still in the works? Arcanum unbound part 2, etc. Well, regardless of what is in the works as of now. We know that Dragonsteel will be a major epic like SA. We know that Brandon won't simply focus on his epics. He will be releasing at least 2 books for every epic. He will certainly come up with other ideas and stories to write about. So yea, I think that 20 + 30 years is a reasonable number. Edit: We currently have published works for 9 out of 16 shards, that's just over half. We can probably expect at least a few books on each of the other shard. No?

Wanted to start out saying he's probably my favorite fantasy author. I think I've 'read' everything that's been done on audio except Alcatraz (for some reason haven't gotten to it), and I don't think I did the latest legion yet. The way Stormlight is done is just awesome, the structure of it is so refreshing, and the way he is planning it out too. To avoid stories getting dragged out and 'lost' like a number of series out there (goodkind, WOT a little, etc). It seems like Abecrombie is planning his 1st law continuation out too, that's why he's probably my 2nd favorite And the very scope of the Cosmere is incredible. Anyways. I was just reading the latest transcript from a Q&A signing. And Brandon mentioned that it will probably take 20 years to complete Stormlight. I recall something about this being one of two major series he plans in the cosmere, that he will write after he completes this one. So, probably 20-30 years to do the second one. So do the math, he's 43 now, stormlight will be done when he's 63, another 30 for the other series, that's 93...... Not trying to be grim here, just realistic. With the whole life expectancy thing, the author's and the reader's, it doesn't seem like we will get a chance to see his vision completed. The estimates above barely even account for the other series/books/plans he has for the whole Cosmere story. And you know he will continue publishing works that are outside it too. I don't know if this has been addressed by anyone or not. Just something I thought about. Has anyone else considered it? On a side note. I was just watching GOT, and was like "WTF, why are the men able to read????" *facepalm*