And his postscripts don't do the listeners any favors. The Allomancer Jak tale was similarly a painful bludgeon of Sanderson's terribly corny humor. She can do a Shallan well with her naive sounding voice, but the worldly Lift really doesn't fit with Reading's rendition. Also, Kate Reading as Lift's voice just doesn't fit. She went from a taunting, irreverent character, who even if she was under-developed provided appreciated comic relief, to another sappy, fairly dull character. Lift is a great character in the interludes in the main Stormlight series, and this novella I'm just going to mostly try to pretend I haven't read as I continue reading the series. Edgedancer is also pretty bad, though not as painful as the first two. And a common thread through these three stories is Sanderson running away with his worst habits: too corny jokes, too wordy, too cutsie characters, with none of the strength of his original storytelling. Kelsier as a ghost watching what's happening in the rest of the trilogy is incredibly dull. The Eleventh Metal is particularly painful. Considering how plot focused Sanderson's novels are, and how important the surprises and reveals are, these stories cannot be good or interesting without a radically new perspective, or really good writing, or great characters. The first two are simply rehashing the major plots points of their respective stories, just seen from a different character's point of view. All of that is set against the terrible stories of The Hope of Elantris, The Eleventh Metal, and Edgedancer. I really like Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell and the Emperor's Soul, but I've already read them, and they're just not good enough to re-read that often. That said, White Sand in particular felt more like a commercial teaser trying to get me to buy something I haven't read rather than enjoyable stand-alone short story. The most enjoyable parts to me were the stories set in worlds I've not read yet such as White Sand and Sixth of the Dusk. It's very confusing reading other listeners' gushing reviews of this anthology. Very poor compared to Mistborn & Stormlight
#Brandon sanderson books in the cosmere series#
I don't listen to this collection all at one time but only a story at a time as I am listening to the series that each story relates to if that makes sense. I hope this helps those of you who would like to do the same. As I listened through the first time, I bookmarked the beginning and made notes for each short story for ease of finding them in future.
#Brandon sanderson books in the cosmere archive#
"Edgedancer" (Stormlight Archive novella) - begins at Audible audiobook Chapter 68. "Sixth of Dusk" (First of the Sun) begins at Audible audiobook Chapter 64 - The Rhosharan System begins at Audible audiobook Chapter 67 9. "Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell" (Threnody) begins at Audible audiobook Chapter 59 - The Drominade System - Audible audiobook Chapter 63 8. "White Sand" (White Sand) Audible audiobook Chapter 55 - The Threnodite System - Audible audiobook Chapter 58 7. "Mistborn: Secret History" (Mistborn) - begins at Audible audiobook Chapter 27 - The Taldane System - Audible audiobook Chapter 54 6. "Allomancer Jak & the Pits of Eltania, Episodes 28 through 30" (Mistborn) - begins at audiobook Chapter 25 5. "The Eleventh Metal" (Mistborn) - begins at Audible audiobook Chapter 23 4. "The Hope of Elantris" (Elantris) - begins at Audible audiobook Chapter 20 - The Scadrian System - Audible audiobook Chapter 22 3.
"The Emperor's Soul" (Elantris novella) - begins at Audible audiobook Chapter 3 2. Where to Find It (chapter #'s for stories)įor locating stories, chapter references in the Audible audiobook are as follows: - Introductory comments by author - Audible audiobook Chapter 1 - The Selish System - Audible audiobook Chapter 2 1. It is a story of Lift, taking place between Words of Radiance and the forthcoming Oathbringer. These wonderful works, originally published on Tor.com and elsewhere individually, convey the expanse of the Cosmere and tell exciting tales of adventure Sanderson fans have come to expect, including the Hugo Award-winning novella, The Emperor's Soul and an excerpt from the graphic novel White Sand.Īrcanum Unbounded also contains the Stormlight Archive novella Edgedancer, which appears in this audiobook for the first time anywhere. "Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell" (Threnody) "Allomancer Jak and the Pits of Eltania, Episodes 28 through 30" (Mistborn) The collection will include nine works in all. An all-new Stormlight Archive novella, Edgedancer, is the crown jewel of Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection, the first audiobook of short fiction by number New York Times best-selling author Brandon Sanderson.
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