A Grain of Sanderson
From the fantasy epics of the Cosmere to the defunct mobile game companion books, Graham, Jack, and Taylor attempt to read every published work by Brandon Sanderson, in publication order. We hope to gain a better understanding of who he is as an author, how his writing changes over time, and his broader effect on the fantasy genre. Starting with Elantris and finishing half a decade from now, please join us as we travel out of the wardrobe, and onto the wagon train.
New episodes the second Tuesday of the month.
A Grain of Sanderson
Warbreaker - Episode 8
We read the bright, colorful, and most importantly - good Warbreaker in its entirety.
Next month we'll be reading all of Alcatraz vs The Knights of Crystallia, Episode Airs: October 15th
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Message I sent to Jack during the pod, potential spoilers for Word of Brandon and Stormlight. https://imgur.com/HeaTJ6v.jpg
I highly recommend this Library of Congress National Book Fair Talk with James SA Corey https://youtu.be/OWSo3qSKAuM?si=aKm4yKIRcgabOsO4
All those lectures and talks were quite good, if one sticks out to you give it a listen.
There was an audio issue in the original version of this episode that has since been remedied, shout out to our listeners who got back to us so quickly.
Content warnings for this episode: ableism, addiction, age gap, betrayal, bleeding, body horror, body modification, broken bones, child abuse, child death, child sacrifice (non lethal), classism, colonization, death, decapitation, discussion of rape, discussion of sexuality, disembowelment, domestic violence, enemies to lovers, fatphobia, fridging, gaslighting, genocide, human sacrifice, insanity, J.K. Rowling, knives, maiming, marital rape, mind control, misogyny, murder, mutation, mutilation, non-traditional use of the word "rape", puppets, racism, rape, rape culture, religious conversion, religious extremism, self harm, settler colonialism, sexual content, sexual assault, sexual violence, skeletons, slavery, stabbing, strangulation, suicide/suicidal ideation, terminal illness, undeath, wounds and infection
This show is created by Graham Gillman, Taylor Lane, and Jack McLaughlan.
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Our theme music is "goodnight kiss" by 2mello off the album midnight broadcasts. (https://2mello.net/)
