Currently reading the Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson for the first time and after that I will have another go at his Stormlight Archive series, since I gave up on book 2 the last time. Or I will just have another comfort read of LotR :D
If you are reading Mistborn with the intention of continuing on to Sanderson’s other Cosmere works afterwards, I would highly suggest reading Mistborn: Secret History after you finish The Hero of Ages. I like to say it’s like a “Nick Fury showing up in the post-credits scene of Iron Man” moment, where you really first get a glimpse of how the various different stories and series are connected.
Wait. I don’t have any meta knowledge about Sanderson’s work, are you saying the Mistborn series and the Stormlight Archives have a connection to each other? How exciting!
So my take in this is that yes, some parts of Secret History make more sense if you’ve read Elantris and Warbreaker, but; Elantris and Warbreaker are relatively hard sells for the more casual reader, kind of hard to get into, in my experience.
I’ve found that giving new readers Secret History first, pulling back the Cosmere curtain just a little, gives them a reason to want to read Elantris and Warbreaker.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not trying to claim my way is the only or even the best way! A thousand debates have been had over the “correct” Cosmere reading order, and I personally think there is basically no “wrong” order.
I’ve just found that the people I know who started with Mistborn, often struggled to get into Elantris and/or Warbreaker. I don’t think it’s unfair to say that they are not as breezy a read as Mistborn. And that telling them “it’s a shared universe! You just gotta read these two other 600-page books before that starts mattering” is kind of a hard sell.
Yes, they do! They both take place in the same universe, called the “Cosmere”, on different planets. There are several other works of Sanderson’s that are also in this universe, though not everything he’s written. You can read most stuff as standing on its own perfectly fine, but the further you get into the books, the more connections start to appear.
It is a bit more modern yes, the main character is a gunman (so like a time around end of 19th century with steam trains and stuff), but I can assure you no computers :)
And the magic system is still in place as known, so quite familiar.
Currently reading the Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson for the first time and after that I will have another go at his Stormlight Archive series, since I gave up on book 2 the last time. Or I will just have another comfort read of LotR :D
If you are reading Mistborn with the intention of continuing on to Sanderson’s other Cosmere works afterwards, I would highly suggest reading Mistborn: Secret History after you finish The Hero of Ages. I like to say it’s like a “Nick Fury showing up in the post-credits scene of Iron Man” moment, where you really first get a glimpse of how the various different stories and series are connected.
Wait. I don’t have any meta knowledge about Sanderson’s work, are you saying the Mistborn series and the Stormlight Archives have a connection to each other? How exciting!
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This is a great suggestion. Elantris can take a second to get into but it’s great.
So my take in this is that yes, some parts of Secret History make more sense if you’ve read Elantris and Warbreaker, but; Elantris and Warbreaker are relatively hard sells for the more casual reader, kind of hard to get into, in my experience.
I’ve found that giving new readers Secret History first, pulling back the Cosmere curtain just a little, gives them a reason to want to read Elantris and Warbreaker.
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Don’t get me wrong, I’m not trying to claim my way is the only or even the best way! A thousand debates have been had over the “correct” Cosmere reading order, and I personally think there is basically no “wrong” order.
I’ve just found that the people I know who started with Mistborn, often struggled to get into Elantris and/or Warbreaker. I don’t think it’s unfair to say that they are not as breezy a read as Mistborn. And that telling them “it’s a shared universe! You just gotta read these two other 600-page books before that starts mattering” is kind of a hard sell.
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Yes, they do! They both take place in the same universe, called the “Cosmere”, on different planets. There are several other works of Sanderson’s that are also in this universe, though not everything he’s written. You can read most stuff as standing on its own perfectly fine, but the further you get into the books, the more connections start to appear.
Sanderson has a page on his website explaining some more for newcomers: https://www.brandonsanderson.com/what-is-the-cosmere/
That’s awesome, thanks for the heads up!
You could also continue with Mistbron second era.
I am just in the last quarter or so of “Mistborn secret history” which takes place sometime in between the eras.
Isn’t the second era more modern, with computers and stuff? I’m kinda more into the medieval fantasy setting personally :)
I would describe the second era as more steampunk. I don’t recall any computers…but it has been a while since I’ve read it.
It is a bit more modern yes, the main character is a gunman (so like a time around end of 19th century with steam trains and stuff), but I can assure you no computers :) And the magic system is still in place as known, so quite familiar.