Brandon is actually going to release a collection of the non-Cosmere short stories somewhere in the nearish future and is currently writing a new one to be the "selling point" of that. Was that what inspired you to do this video? And yeah, I'd say Dark One Forgotten (as well as The Original) is meant to be consumed as an audiobook, given that there is no text version available :D
Your rant on "The Phone Company" is funny. When I was younger, for most of the US there was only the one (a managed monopoly) and everybody just called it "The Phone Company". So it's not impossible; rather it's a throwback or callback. If you would like more background on how that ended (in 1982), there's a Wikipedia article on "Breakup of the Bell System" that goes into a decent level of detail.
Man I read a lot of these a few years back and had pretty similar thoughts. They made me take a bit of a break on the non-cosmere Sanderson stuff. Dark Ones was particularly disappointing given how spectacular a premise it was, but the humor, dialogue, characters, and direction the actors were given just failed entirely for me. Not to mention you’d have someone say “hey have you seen this person” and the immediate response from everyone was a crazy hostility like they were going to beat the main characters to death with their fists. Originals I liked but was boring like you said and ironically not that original I don’t think. Also Sandersons first f-bomb, but I have to imagine that was the coauthor who I’m not as familiar with. Perfect State I thought was a little boring Snapshot had an awesome premise and world and I actually enjoyed it mostly, but the twist at the end was soooooo stupid and non-sensical it mostly killed the story for me. I’ve decided just to stay within the cosmere for the near future, though I did like Skyward as well.
I actually agree with your ranking. I read Snapshot on release and my mind was blown away haha. Love that novella. Legion is also sooo good. The only Sanderson books I've never read and dont intend to is the Alcatraz series.
Brandon is actually going to release a collection of the non-Cosmere short stories somewhere in the nearish future and is currently writing a new one to be the "selling point" of that. Was that what inspired you to do this video?
And yeah, I'd say Dark One Forgotten (as well as The Original) is meant to be consumed as an audiobook, given that there is no text version available :D
Your rant on "The Phone Company" is funny. When I was younger, for most of the US there was only the one (a managed monopoly) and everybody just called it "The Phone Company". So it's not impossible; rather it's a throwback or callback.
If you would like more background on how that ended (in 1982), there's a Wikipedia article on "Breakup of the Bell System" that goes into a decent level of detail.
That's so cool! Thanks for sharing the history
Super fun!
Nice whirlwind 🌪️ reviews and fun interactions with your co-Star
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Man I read a lot of these a few years back and had pretty similar thoughts. They made me take a bit of a break on the non-cosmere Sanderson stuff. Dark Ones was particularly disappointing given how spectacular a premise it was, but the humor, dialogue, characters, and direction the actors were given just failed entirely for me. Not to mention you’d have someone say “hey have you seen this person” and the immediate response from everyone was a crazy hostility like they were going to beat the main characters to death with their fists.
Originals I liked but was boring like you said and ironically not that original I don’t think. Also Sandersons first f-bomb, but I have to imagine that was the coauthor who I’m not as familiar with.
Perfect State I thought was a little boring
Snapshot had an awesome premise and world and I actually enjoyed it mostly, but the twist at the end was soooooo stupid and non-sensical it mostly killed the story for me.
I’ve decided just to stay within the cosmere for the near future, though I did like Skyward as well.
Lol yep I never heard of any of these! Very helpful reviews, thank you 😊
I actually agree with your ranking. I read Snapshot on release and my mind was blown away haha. Love that novella. Legion is also sooo good. The only Sanderson books I've never read and dont intend to is the Alcatraz series.
Alcatraz is great. Hilarious
I wanna be a Frizzle-fool
Welcome to the party!