


It’s a little bit better connected to the stories in the series…but it has enough that you could read it on its own.”ĭescription: Three years ago, Lift asked a goddess to stop her from growing older-a wish she believed was granted.
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Sanderson: “If you haven’t gotten into the Stormlight Archive yet because it’s too daunting, I can point you to a story in the Stormlight world.
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Edgedancer, a Cosmere novella set in the same world as the Stormlight Archive series Sanderson also told us in this interview that he’s hoping to release the Legion trilogy in a single volume in 2018.ģ. Where to Read It: It’s available as a standalone audiobook or e-book. The action ranges from the familiar environs of America to the ancient, divided city of Jerusalem. As the story begins, Leeds and his ‘aspects’ are drawn into the search for the missing Balubal Razon, inventor of a camera whose astonishing properties could alter our understanding of human history and change the very structure of society. They’re detective stories-a little more like Michael Crichton detective thrillers mixed with a very weird psychology.”ĭescription: Stephen Leeds, AKA “Legion,” is a man whose unique mental condition allows him to generate a multitude of personae: hallucinatory entities with a wide variety of personal characteristics and a vast array of highly specialized skills. It’s about a…guy, whose hallucinations help him solve crimes. Sanderson: “Two would be Legion (which we’re thinking of renaming just the Stephen Leeds book, because Marvel did their show called Legion and now everyone gets confused). It’s also included in Arcanum Unbounded, the short fiction collection that rounds up nine of Sanderson’s Cosmere stories. Where to Read It: It’s available as a standalone hardcover, paperback, audiobook, or e-book. Forging, while deducing the motivations of her captors, she needs a perfect plan to escape… Shai’s only possible ally is the emperor’s most loyal counselor, Gaotona, who struggles to understand her true talent. She is confined to a tiny, dirty chamber, guarded by a man who hates her, spied upon by politicians, and trapped behind a door sealed in her own blood. But her soul-Forgery is considered an abomination by her captors. Shai is given an impossible task: to create-to Forge-a new soul for the emperor in less than one hundred days. If the emperor does not emerge after his hundred-day mourning period, the rule of the Heritage Faction will be forfeit and the empire will fall into chaos. An assassin has left the Emperor Ashravan without consciousness, a circumstance concealed only by the death of his wife. If you haven’t tried any of my short fiction, that is the place to go for sure.”ĭescription: When Shai is caught replacing the Moon Scepter with her nearly flawless forgery, she must bargain for her life. And it’s also my best, just by technical prowess. First off, it’s the most award-winning it won a Hugo Award. Sanderson: “It’s number one for multiple reasons. The Emperor’s Soul, a Cosmere novella set in the same world as Elantris The result is this curated reading list, featuring four Cosmere* novellas and one standalone story.ġ. But what I can say is this: How about the top five I would recommend to someone who hasn’t read any of my short stories?”

“All my stories are like my children,” Sanderson says, “and so it’s very hard to pick favorites. So when Paste interviewed him about his latest novel, we asked him which of his shorter tales are his favorites. Case in point? Today marks the release of Oathbringer, the series’ enthralling third book that clocks in at over 1,200 pages.īut Sanderson is also a master of short fiction with award-winning novellas to his name. Brandon Sanderson writes gloriously epic fantasy novels, like the doorstopper-length books in his Stormlight Archive series.
