re: Stormlight Archives - Spoilers and Discussion thread (and other Cosmere spoilers)

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And that’s a solid amount of pages in a month. I wish I could get that much time to read.

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I “one more chapter” myself into several late nights, especially at the end of Way of Kings.

I just happened on this thread, and it reminded me that this Board started me on my Sanderquest almost a year ago.

I'm all caught up on the Cosmere except for Tress. Just picked it up.

Wayne>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Anyone else.

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Kaladin and Andolin in the 4v2 duel in Words of Radiance is so well written. It’s awesome. And then the way the chapter ends is perfect. Sanderson is a master at building up tension, snowballing it into an amazing payoff and then almost immediately setting up the next conflict.

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I just finished Oathbringer yesterday, and there are some damn fine moments in that one. There are no epic ones like the WOR duel, but there are some wonderful character development ones that are super memorable. I'm taking a break and rereading Dracula right now, but I plan to get back to this series immediately afterwards with Dawnshard. Sanderson is masterful at telling a story. Where he lacks in dialogue sometimes he more than makes up for in character development and engaging story telling.

I've read the Way of Kings and am a quarter of the way through with Words of Radiance. I'm enjoying the hell out of them so far.

Last week my wife randomly asked me what a void bringer is. Apparently I was talking about them in my sleep.

Words of Radiance is an absolute masterpiece.

***** Reminder this wis a SPOILERS thread *****

I just read Kaladin and Shallan’s journey fighting the chasmfiemd in the plains and then the reveal of Shallan like a fricking psycho choking out her father while she slowly sings him his favorite lullaby.

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I’d recommend anyone just starting to almost read these things in publication order.

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Yeah that's my recommendation as well including the novellas/short stories. This allows you to pick up on all the Cosmere connections/easter eggs better.

The only thing I would suggest is to hold off on Mistborn Secrety History until after Rhythm of War. If you do this, will blow your mind.

Once you finished the books and/or want to know more then it's time explore the Coppermind for the things you missed. Or things Sanderson has said in person about the Cosmere. Just be careful to avoid spoilers. If you've only read up to a certain book, you can set the "time machine" to a certain book. Then the site only shows you stuff that was there up to that point in time. This only works if you've read in publication order.

https://coppermind.net/wiki/Coppermind:Welcome

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I would have read Mistborn Era 2 Book 3 as well before reading Secret History (if I recall correctly)

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Right. Follow publication order except for Secret History. Read it after Rhythm of war and before The Lost Metal.

Elantris (2006)
The Hope of Elantris – Short Story (2007)
The Final Empire (2006)
The Well of Ascension (2007)
Hero of Ages (2008)
Warbreaker (2009)
Way of Kings (2010)
The Alloy of Law (2011)
The Eleventh Metal – Short Story (2012)
The Emperor’s Soul – Novella (2012)
Words of Radiance (2014)
Six of the Dusk – Novella (2014)
Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell- Novella (2015)
Shadows of Self (2015)
The Bands of Mourning (2016)
Mistborn a Secret History – Novella (2016)
Allomancer Jak – Short Story (2016)
White Sand, Volume 1 – Graphic Novel (2016)
Edgedancer – Novella (2016)
Oathbringer (2017)
White Sand, Volume 2 – Graphic Novel (2016)
White Sand, Volume 3 – Graphic Novel (2019)
Dawnshard – Novella (2020)
Rhythm of War (2020)
The Lost Metal (2022)

Just because of this thread and I have elected to listen storm light again, I just finished the duel sequence from words of radiance. Still just as awesome as the first time I listened to it. Onto the story exchange of Fleet

I will say with this read/listen through again I have picked up so much more from wit, suppose it is just me knowing other books or listening on a slower level (1x vs 1.5 to see what happens).

Prior to this I listened to Mistborn again ahead of the last Wax and Wayne book. Wit is an amazingly deep character full of mystery and written so fun. Can’t wait until Sanderson gets to his set of books in his timeline

Reading threads like this make me so excited to do a reread next year in prep for next stormlight lol. Let us know how WoR end goes. That and Oathbringer are top books I’ve ever read with Storm of Swords from game of thrones and memories of ice and Toll the Hounds in Malazan.