Oathbringer Reread: Chapter Eighty-Three
Welcome back to the Oathbringer reread, as we launch firmly into the avalanche known as the Part Three Climax (and also as the climax of Oathbringer Book Two, if you think of each book as a trilogy)....
View ArticleOathbringer Reread: Chapter Eighty-Four
I hope you’re all prepared for one doozy of a chapter, because this one’s chock full of questions, theories, death, betrayal… everything that makes one of Sanderson’s “avalanches” edge-of-your-seat...
View ArticleOathbringer Reread: Chapters Eighty-Five and Eighty-Six
After all that craziness last week, we’re not done with the Avalanche of Part Three. We’ve still got to get our heroes out of the battle! Well, Adolin and Shallan have to get them out, anyway. We’ll...
View ArticleOathbringer Reread: Chapter Eighty-Seven
Welcome back to the Reread! We were planning to do a big “the book so far” wrap-up post this week in addition to chapter Eighty-Seven, but… it was a little too big, so we’ll have an entire article next...
View ArticleOathbringer Reread: Parts 1-3 Review
We’ve finished Part Three (::sob::), so we’re going to do something different with the Oathbringer Reread to celebrate the occasion. We’ll take a look back at what we’ve covered so far, starting with...
View ArticleGet a First Look at Stormlight Archive Book 4, Courtesy of Brandon Sanderson!
The next book in Brandon Sanderson’s bestselling Stormlight Archive fantasy series is hugely anticipated, and at San Diego Comic Con 2019 we finally got our first look at the fourth volume, courtesy of...
View ArticleOathbringer Reread: Interludes 7, 8, and 9
Well, now that we’re done recapping Parts 1-3, we’re excited to dive back into the story proper! This week we’ll be covering the first three interlude chapters of this section. We’ll spend most of our...
View ArticleOathbringer Reread: Interludes 10 and 11
Welcome back to the Oathbringer Reread! This week we’ll be hunting rats on the Herdazian border, then storming around the edges of Kholinar, as we cover the last two interludes in the third section...
View ArticleOathbringer Reread: Chapter Eighty-Eight
This week, we launch into Part Four, titled “Defy! Sing Beginnings!” We’ll attempt to figure out what that means, if anything, over the next weeks. Today, though, we go back in time with Dalinar, who...
View ArticleOathbringer Reread: Chapter Eighty-Nine
Welcome back to the Oathbringer Reread! This week, our inadvertent explorers give us our first in-depth look at Shadesmar, the Cognitive realm. Oh, wait, Adolin fell into the depths last time we saw...
View ArticleOathbringer Reread: Chapters Ninety and Ninety-One
Greetings fellow travelers! Join Alice and I in welcoming back Szeth to the pages of the Stormlight Archive! It’s been a long time since we’ve seen him (last time was in Edgedancer) and he’s definitely...
View ArticleBrandon Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive Book 4 Is 50% Done, May Switch a POV...
Book 4 in Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive series is 50% done! The author posted the update himself on the series’ subreddit earlier this week, giving fans a preview of the book’s structure....
View ArticleOathbringer Reread: Chapter Ninety-Two
Welcome back to the Oathbringer reread, where the questions of the hour are morality and just what the heck is going on with Nightblood? And Nightblood means Szeth, and Szeth means Skybreakers, and...
View ArticleOathbringer Reread: Chapters Ninety-Three, Ninety-Four, and Ninety-Five
Get out your bottles (small or otherwise), because this week’s a long one. And a difficult one, if we’re being honest. Adolin and Kaladin are both struggling with some pretty heavy issues in their own...
View ArticleOathbringer Reread: Chapter Ninety-Six
Hey! Hey, listen! (If you want a chuckle, check out Sanderson’s latest tweet about Legend of Zelda.) Welcome back to the Oathbringer Reread, for an excursion into international politics. Will the...
View ArticleOathbringer Reread: Chapter Ninety-Seven
Our heroes in Shadesmar have made it to the lighthouse, seeking a means of travel across the ocean of beads. But what will they find there? Giant toads with strangely good comedic timing? Fashionable...
View ArticleBrandon Sanderson on Robert Jordan Creating a Foundational Model for Writing...
Fantasy author Brandon Sanderson, who wrote and completed the Wheel of Time series after Robert Jordan’s passing, sat down with Tor Books recently as part of a larger recollection on Jordan’s work....
View ArticleOathbringer Reread: Chapter Ninety-Eight
Welcome back to the Oathbringer Reread, where we get to watch a game of Skybreaker Paintball with Szeth and his fellow Skybreaker squires. Swoop! Also, Nalan shows up, being as obnoxiously mysterious...
View Article“Stormlight Archive Characters as Vines” Is All You Really Need to Know About...
Brandon Sanderson’s epic Stormlight Archive fantasy series spans three gigantic novels, one novella, and a forthcoming novel; and that series in itself exists with Sanderson’s larger “Cosmere”...
View ArticleOathbringer Reread: Chapter Ninety-Nine
Greetings, O Fans of the Cosmere! Welcome back to the Oathbringer Reread, wherein Kaladin is depressed but learns cool things anyway, Syl is in disguise, and Shallan draws. She also demonstrates her...
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