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re: Stormlight Archives - Spoilers and Discussion thread (and other Cosmere spoilers)
Posted on 1/31/23 at 9:28 am to Handsome Pete
Posted on 1/31/23 at 9:28 am to Handsome Pete
I haven't read Stormlight yet. I was saving it for when I finished Mistborn Era 2. Unfortunately, Stormlight is required to understand WTF is happening in Lost Metal. My enjoyment of that book was completely tanked by this.
Like I understand it, but I would prefer if the series weren't so blatently Cosmere(ish). I would prefer a separate series that I could skip should I feel like it.
Like I understand it, but I would prefer if the series weren't so blatently Cosmere(ish). I would prefer a separate series that I could skip should I feel like it.
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Posted on 1/31/23 at 3:04 pm to GentlemanTiger
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I haven't read Stormlight yet. I was saving it for when I finished Mistborn Era 2. Unfortunately, Stormlight is required to understand WTF is happening in Lost Metal. My enjoyment of that book was completely tanked by this.
Like I understand it, but I would prefer if the series weren't so blatently Cosmere(ish). I would prefer a separate series that I could skip should I feel like it.
Same exact journey (other than I read Mistborn Era 1 a long while ago and just now finished Era 2). The Cosmwere stuff is... I don't know. Fine? Maybe it will grow on me after reading Stormlight, but I definitely found it to be just sort of a confusing sidetrack in the Lost Metal.
Posted on 1/31/23 at 11:59 pm to GentlemanTiger
I've gotten many of my friends into Sanderson. I always recommend to them to read in publication order their first time through. In the beginning, it's fine to mix the order between Mistborn era 1, Elantris, Warbreaker and the first couple Stormlight books.
After that, the connections in the Cosmere start to become more significant as you have found. Sanderson wants his worlds/stories to intersect.
So you can't ignore the other pieces of the story; granted this isn't clear to new readers. I've been reading Sanderson since 2012, so I've been following publication order since then.
The order he is writing the books in is not trivial for the most part (like the Secret Projects). It can't be given the scope of what he is planning. Even reading in order, you won't catch everything. I've spent hours reading the Coppermind wiki to see the things I've missed.
Also, don't skip the short stories. There are some significant details in those.
If you don't like the shared universe, then you might want to try his other works that aren't based in the Cosmere. I read the Skyward series last summer and liked it alot.
After that, the connections in the Cosmere start to become more significant as you have found. Sanderson wants his worlds/stories to intersect.
So you can't ignore the other pieces of the story; granted this isn't clear to new readers. I've been reading Sanderson since 2012, so I've been following publication order since then.
The order he is writing the books in is not trivial for the most part (like the Secret Projects). It can't be given the scope of what he is planning. Even reading in order, you won't catch everything. I've spent hours reading the Coppermind wiki to see the things I've missed.
Also, don't skip the short stories. There are some significant details in those.
If you don't like the shared universe, then you might want to try his other works that aren't based in the Cosmere. I read the Skyward series last summer and liked it alot.
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