Author | Brandon Sanderson |
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Cover artist | David Palumbo |
Language | English |
Series | Cosmere |
Genre | Epic fantasy |
Published | November 22, 2016 |
Publisher | Tor Books |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardcover and mass-market paperback), audiobook, e-book |
Pages | 672 (hardcover) |
ISBN | 978-0-7653-9116-2 |
OCLC | 935985784 |
813/.6 | |
LC Class | PS3619.A533 A6 2016 [1] |
Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection is a collection of epic fantasy short stories and novellas written by American author Brandon Sanderson set in his Cosmere universe. It was published on November 22, 2016 by Tor Books. [2]
The nine stories in the collection are set in the worlds of Roshar , Scadrial , Sel , Threnody , First of the Sun , and Taldain , which are all a part of Sanderson's Cosmere universe. [3] [4] The collection also includes essays and illustrations for the various planetary systems in which the stories are set. All have been released individually or as part of multi-author anthologies in the past.
The collection includes the following works:
Publishers Weekly called the collection required reading for fans of Sanderson's work and noted that it also offers a lot to readers who are undaunted by learning a lot. [4] Kirkus Reviews wrote that many of the stories were "good...with all the quick wit, richly detailed settings, and memorable characters fans have come to expect from this prolific writer." However, they also stated that some of the stories lacked solid character building and felt "more like deleted scenes". [5]
Brandon Winn Sanderson is an American, New York Times best-selling author of high fantasy, science fiction, and young adult books. He is best known for the Cosmere fictional universe, in which most of his fantasy novels, most notably the Mistborn series and The Stormlight Archive, are set. Outside of the Cosmere, he has written several young adult and juvenile series including The Reckoners, the Skyward series, and the Alcatraz series. He is also known for finishing Robert Jordan's high fantasy series The Wheel of Time. Sanderson has created several graphic novel fantasy series, including White Sand and Dark One.
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Mistborn is a series of epic fantasy novels written by American author Brandon Sanderson and published by Tor Books. The first trilogy, published between 2006 and 2008, consists of The Final Empire, The Well of Ascension, and The Hero of Ages. A second series was released between 2011 and 2022, and consists of the quartet The Alloy of Law, Shadows of Self, The Bands of Mourning and The Lost Metal. Sanderson also released a novella in 2016, Mistborn: Secret History. Sanderson plans to write a third and fourth series.
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