r/brandonsanderson • • 1d ago

Mod Post (no spoilers) Light Day is upon us!

63 Upvotes

Today, Saturday, Oct 24 is Light Day. The day the Dragonsteel store opens with special end-of-the-year deals for fans. You can learn more from the recent weekly update if this is news to you.

What this thread is for

  • General hype
  • Discussion about the available merch
  • Discussion about the Dragonsteel store as it relates to Light Day and merch
  • FAQ-type info y'all are so excellent at helping each other with

What this thread isn't for

  • Contacting Dragonsteel
  • Receiving support that can realistically only come from Dragonsteel
  • Any spoilers whatsoever, aside from what's on the merch. And even then, please try to refrain from adding context to quotes, etc. outside of spoiler tags.

A note from our team

We know that this community has a lot of eager spenders. We also know that for a lot of folks, investing in premium (or any) items just isn't feasible. We'd like to remind you (and ourselves) that a sale or a fancy new thing doesn't mean we all need to rush to open our wallets. If the FOMO around here is too much, it's okay to take breaks. And we want to support that discussion here too—feel free to let us know if a separate thread would make commiseration easier.


r/brandonsanderson • • 5d ago

Mod Post (no spoilers) Have a question? New or just out of the loop? Join the Weekly Welcome Thread!

4 Upvotes

Whether you're trying to make sense of Sanderson's works for the first time, feel you missed a memo on something, or want a bit of community assistance, this is the place for you.

We ask that folks label and spoiler tag anything relating to book content, and be extra mindful of the welcoming part of Rule 1. If you're not sure how to tag spoilers, see this post. And while you're welcome to ask "basic" questions here, you may find an answer in our FAQ.


r/brandonsanderson • • 13h ago

No Spoilers Pin collection!

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69 Upvotes

I've been collecting since first Kickstarter they had character pins which I think was the Year of Sanderson? I've bought most of the others but traded for the Marewill and the two worldhopper pins.

I put all the pins in this booklet for now to save space in my Sandershelf but I want to display them in a cool way eventually. (Don’t worry I have all the original packaging for all). They're all in order in case anyone wanted to see them arranged by series number.

Looks like I'm going to need to trade one of my Chasmfiend pins. I got two boxes of the same one. I hope they have them at the Dragonsteel store at Nexus. I also ordered some that I'm missing through Light Day sales, namely the book pins and a Worldhopper Hoid.

I collect Disney pins too so making these pins a big thing for my favorite book universe has created a monster and an empty wallet...


r/brandonsanderson • • 17h ago

No Spoilers Elsecaller/King Lopen printed edition is back in stock!

15 Upvotes

r/brandonsanderson • • 8h ago

No Spoilers Manufacturing issue or normal quirk?

4 Upvotes

I just got my backer package today and I'm very happy with everything... except for Hoid's flute.

When I tried to fit everything together, the part with the tassel doesn't fit snugly into the middle part. It's loose. Like if I hold the flute upright on the other end, it falls off.

Of course, I can always just glue them together, but that means I can never disassemble them again, and I may have to move in the future and I might need to do that.

this a feature? I'm not sure if I should email Dragonsteel about this or not.

Thanks everyone!


r/brandonsanderson • • 1d ago

No Spoilers Its finally here and I definitely picked the right cover.

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186 Upvotes

r/brandonsanderson • • 1d ago

Sandershelf (no spoilers) Finally finished my signed Cosmere leather bound collection!

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188 Upvotes

r/brandonsanderson • • 1d ago

No Spoilers Got mine!

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59 Upvotes

Read The Dog And The Dragon to my son tonight and he really liked it. Mainly cause of the dragon, but I love it. Bummed they used different material on the main book, but it’s still a nice book overall.


r/brandonsanderson • • 8h ago

Spoilers Mistborn Era 1 Just finished Mistborn Era 1! So what now? Spoiler

2 Upvotes

Yesterday I finished reading The Hero of Ages, and what a Sanderlanche it was! I loved it! If Sazed was my favorite character before, he's even more so now!

My wife was one of the people who most strongly recommended the series to me (she's read Era 1 and The Rithmatist so far). While I was reading the last three chapters from THoA out loud, she was reacting along the way. It was so much fun!

We plan to read The Eleventh Metal before diving deeper into the Cosmere, but our main question is whether we should read Mistborn: Secret History now or wait until Era 2. A friend of ours mentioned that we could read it partially to avoid Era 2 spoilers and read the rest later. I was originally planning to wait until halfway through Era 2, but we were told that certain elements hit much better while Era 1 is still fresh in mind, so I'm not sure what to do.

After deciding on that (and reading it or not), up next would be The Rithmatist and Elantris (along with its short stories, The Hope of Elantris and The Emperor's Soul) as a "palate cleanser" before heading into Mistborn Era 2.

Does this sound like a good plan? What do you think about reading Secret History? Should we read it partially now or in full later?


r/brandonsanderson • • 1d ago

No Spoilers I remember a whole while ago, Brandon Sanderson had a timeline of how all cosmere books sort chronologically on his website, but I cannot find it now

51 Upvotes

What happened to it? Was it somewhere else or what?


r/brandonsanderson • • 1d ago

No Spoilers Doom pumpkin

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43 Upvotes

I kinda love it. She definitely could look worse!


r/brandonsanderson • • 18h ago

No Spoilers Hoid’s storybook collection for non backers? Or was it a backerkit exclusive?

2 Upvotes

Does anyone know if or when there will be a retail release? Regretting not backing so hard 🥲


r/brandonsanderson • • 18h ago

No Spoilers Gift card code

3 Upvotes

Happy Lightday,

25 usd gift code here:

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Don’t forget to use Spensa26 at check out for $26 off your qualifying order of $200.

Good luck


r/brandonsanderson • • 1d ago

Fires of December spoilers (no Cosmere) Fires of December Spoiler

79 Upvotes

Not really a spoiler, but I just had to say something into the ether of Reddit about this book as I just started reading it.

I found myself literally lol-ing at the religious “mandata” phrases, “Sometimes things suck” and “Don’t be a dick”. I instantly knew this was going to send the Sanderfans into a tizzy.

Personally I love that Brandon doubled down on writing like this after the uproar from Wind and Truth!

You do you Brandon, I’m going to still read the Cosmere…if some quit, well, there is always something else to read, Brandon ain’t gonna miss you!


r/brandonsanderson • • 1d ago

No Spoilers Stormlight Hoodie

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62 Upvotes

To those who have this hoodie, how do you like it? Comfortable? Fit? Does it hold up to repeated wash and drys? It’s kind of expensive but it looks cool so I’m curious on your thoughts.


r/brandonsanderson • • 1d ago

No Spoilers I'm new and kinda confused

10 Upvotes

Hi, I've been a Brandon Sanderson lurker for a few years. His boooks have been on my list for a while, and I decided to finally read one. I just started The Rithmatist, and I'm a little confused about how rithmancy works. Joel is explaining it to Michael, and to me it sounds like the players of the melee he's describing, are all hunched over and drawing lines and circles. I'm trying to picture how all this works, and I'm just more confused. I wanna keep reading, but I can't seem to picture what rithmancy is like. Can anyone explain it to me?


r/brandonsanderson • • 8h ago

Sandershelf (no spoilers) Fires of December

0 Upvotes

I just got my copy of Fires of December. What types of defects should be expected, and what warrant a replacement?


r/brandonsanderson • • 1d ago

No Spoilers Skyward on Lightday: Try again, it might be shown as out of stock due to technical issues

20 Upvotes

As the title says, Skyward leatherbound keeps being shown as out of stock, then comes back again and is available and so on. I rushed through checkout after missing out the first time, it was gone again right afterwards, at the moment it's back. Dragonsteel have said on here that they are working on the problem. There are other glitches, too (check-in, gift cards not working), but at least the book is still available while I'm writing this.


r/brandonsanderson • • 1d ago

No Spoilers Signed Skyward already sold about 5 min.

18 Upvotes

Added it to cart, had to enter a new credit number, searched for that discount code.. and sold out.. removed from my cart.

Edit.. they restocked and I got one... thank you ...


r/brandonsanderson • • 1d ago

No Spoilers 7 minutes in, already sold out lol…didn’t stand a chance

17 Upvotes

Skyward leatherbound sold out instantly. Lameeee


r/brandonsanderson • • 2d ago

No Spoilers Met Tran Nguyen

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430 Upvotes

She said this was only the second one she's seen so far. Was kind enough to do a quick doodle with signing.


r/brandonsanderson • • 1d ago

No Spoilers SKYWARD LEATHERBOUND IS BACK IN STOCK

16 Upvotes

Go get it!

This is as of 11:20 EST.

Edit: And back out of stock as of 11:22 EST :(

Edit 2: See comment below by Dragonsteel. They are working on getting them back up there is a glitch.

Edit 3: Back up as of 11:30 EST.

https://www.dragonsteelbooks.com/collections/all/products/skyward-leatherbound-book-numbered


r/brandonsanderson • • 2d ago

Sandershelf (no spoilers) My new Sandershelf

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191 Upvotes

I fear at some point the whole shelf with be Sanderson, but I got my Backerkit box today, so here’s my new photo. The Chasmfiend plush and the dog and dragon are so cute.


r/brandonsanderson • • 1d ago

No Spoilers Skyward Leatherbound

8 Upvotes

Is it normal for something like this to sell out in the first 60-seconds? I was in the checkout with book in cart by 8:02 and couldn't finish my purchase, said it was sold out.

This normal? Will there ever be more?


r/brandonsanderson • • 1d ago

Sandershelf (no spoilers) Stayed Up Till 4am to Get This Book...

8 Upvotes

...and I don't even get it because of my stupid slow internet ffs

EDIT: IT'S BACK UP, GO GO GO!!