If you haven't noticed, some of Brandon Sanderson's work all interlope from time to time

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Worldhoppers, characters from different Books appearing in other Books such as Vasher (Warbreaker) appearing in Stormlight Archive as Zahel, a long wit Nightbringer. Demoux appearing in another book, a long with a Terriswoman in Elantris and an unnamed Kandra.

, the concept is this.

Copy & Pasted from the Coppermind Wiki.

 

My bad... Just wanted to open a general discussion thread.

 

To make this list a bit clearer since it doesn't translate to forum software very well:

World - Shards - Books
Ashyn - Unknown - The Silence Divine
Braize - Odium - The Stormlight Archive
Nalthis - Endowment - Warbreaker, Nightblood
Roshar - Honor & Cultivation (Odium too) - The Stormlight Archive
Scadrial - Preservation, Ruin, Harmony* - Mistborn series (including Mistborn Adventures)
Sel - Devotion, Dominion - Elantris & sequels, The Emperor's Soul
Taldain - Unnamed Shard held by Bavadin - White Sand
Yolen - Unknown - Dragonsteel
Threnody - Unknown - Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell
First of the Sun - Unknown - Sixth of the Dusk

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* Harmony is the combination of the Preservation and Ruin Shards in one person.

Braize and Roshar share a solar system and Braize is the less habitable planet.

 

On the general discussion of Sanderson's work side, I'm growing to really dislike the Cosmere novels. What started out as something new and interesting has become a huge paint-by-numbers, filling in the exact same roles in the exact same way with slightly altered clones, whether of magic systems or the cookie-cutter educated noblewomen types he seems so into.

I'll still probably buy anything he comes out with, but he's become disappointingly unimaginative for someone who's lauded as the go-to guy for imaginative fantasy. In trying to make something so big, he seems to have fallen on the crutch of filling in the blanks in an almost mechanical manner, just to make it all fit this grand structure he has planned out.

Mad props to the guy for trying to do it, though.

 

You're right I think. It's like he's built a huge platform for himself to build different stories with a very similar feel. I guess it's the draw back and yet payoff of such a system. The noblewomen character is repeated at nausea though.

Honestly it's something I really like about his writing in general. For example, the time skipping in his Mistborn series shows real promise. However I do see the complications with squeezing 90% of your work into a specific realm.

 

His magic systems are supposed to be relatively similar, since they're all derivatives of Adonalsium. Can't blame him for something he's doing on purpose.

I get your frustration on char similarities though. That said, it's really only restricted to the females, and Shallan (who IMO is the only main female char Sanderson has ever written well) has, for the most part, broken out of the 'Vin' mold.

There really aren't that many similar defining tropes between the main males if you think about it.

Hoid is an odd Doctor Who.

Kelsier is a suave Robin Hood.

Elend is an uptight Mr. Rogers.

Saezid is a benevolent Confucius.

Kaladin is a tragic Neo.

Vasher is a kickass sarcastic Bruce Lee.

Dalinar and Adolin are valiant King Arthur and Lancelot types.

 

Stormlight is supposed to be 10 books long. He's not going to finish in the next decade. It's essentially his magnum opus.

You should read it. Way of Kings and Words of Radiance are leaps and bounds better than anything else he's written.

 

I can second or third the Stormlight Archive.

Sanderson's plan is to power through the first five books in a planned ten, I believe. So roughly one book every year to eighteen months. Then he intends to take a breather and slow the release schedule.

It is by far and away one of the best stories being told. Sanderson, Rothfuss, and Lynch are going to grow old vying for the crown of High Fantasy King. I think Sanderson deserves it, given his consistent output of quality story.

 

Sanderson is awesome and I love his Cosmere stuff. Though some of the tropes are becoming annoying like the nobelwomen character. It was annoying with Vin and the two in Warbreaker and it's still annoying now. I also hate it that every character seems to be getting power in his books now. I still can't wait to read the third Stormlight novel now and it is gonna concentrate on Szeth who is always awesome.

Emperor Soul is fucking awesome. His best work imo

Steelheart is good too. I liked it. It's not part of the Cosmere though

Not read this one. Does anyone know which is this?

 

So, there is a Humble Bundle that is full with Sanderson stuff. A comic, the legion stuff, The Emporer's Soul, Elantris and Warbreaker as audiobooks and pen and paper stuff for Mistborn.

None of the bigger books but for me, it's all the stuff I didn't have from him in one bundle. Especially the audiobooks are a nice thing.