I have been a lurker of the various Sanderson-themed subreddits. Unfortunately for me and my fellow introverts, there isn’t much here to lurk at (yet!). I thought maybe we could get things started by discussing how we all got into the Cosmere. I’ll go first!
In November of last year, a friend of mine recommended I read Mistborn. I had just barely started reading again after a long break and was in need of a new series. I was about to go on a long drive, so I borrowed the audiobook from the library so I had something to listen to. I didn’t realize what I was getting myself into. In the last six months, I have read every single Cosmere book I could get my hands on, and have absolutely loved each one. I finished it all off with Tress last month. My only regret is not getting into this sooner so I could have been a part of the Secret Project Kickstarter.
Here’s hoping we can get this community going!
I saw a large poster of the cover for The Way of Kings behind the register at a bookstore. Thought it looked cool and made a mental note to check it out.
A few years later I randomly remembered it and described it to a friend. He told me the title and said it was one of his favorite books.
I finally picked it up myself and really enjoyed it. Moved on to the rest of the Cosmere after that.
Probably reddit (sigh). I’d been subscribed to r/fantasy for a good while. Heard something about the interconnectedness of his books, which was really intriguing to me. And I knew he had been picked to finish WoT, though I had been so burned out from WoT that it took reading the Mistborn trilogy (back when there was only era 1) before seeing how he was finishing WoT (AMoL wasn’t quite out yet).
6 months! That’s quick. For me, my friend told me stop wasting my time with A Song if Ice and Fire because it will never be finished. He told me to check out Sanderson.
Flash forward and we now do a podcast a la Binge Mode covering the series. We started with Mistborn Era 1 and we are now in the second book of Era 2. I can’t get enough!
We have to go at a slower pace for production purposes but it’s so fun and this may take us years, but I’m here for it.
Yeah, I had just gotten laid off so I had a lot of time on my hands. It also didn’t help that I am terrible at pacing myself. If I get into a good book, I just have to keep reading until it’s done!
That’s a good question. I think I just saw it mentioned a lot in the r/books subreddit so I decided to give it a shot. This was a bit after Oathbringer came out.
Nice username, btw.
A friend of mine played the opening to the Legion audiobook. He said it was really good and short. So I tried it and liked it. I had already read many of the classics in fantasy so I decided to give Sanderson a try. Started with Mistborn and have been hooked ever since.