Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection

Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection

Cover of the hardcover
Author Brandon Sanderson
Illustrator
  • Ben McSweeney
  • Isaac Stewart
Cover artist David Palumbo
Country United States
Language English
Series Cosmere
Genre Fantasy novel
Published 22 November 2016 by Tor Books
Media type Print
Pages 672
ISBN 9780765391162

Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection is a collection of stories and novellas by Brandon Sanderson set in his Cosmere universe.

Contents

The nine stories in the collection are set in Sanderson's Stormlight Archive, Mistborn, Elantris, Threnody, First of the Sun, and White Sand, which are all a part of his Cosmere series.[1][2] All but one of the stories have been released individually or as part of multi-author anthologies in the past.

The collection includes the following works:

  1. "The Hope of Elantris", originally published as an e-book in 2007
  2. "The Eleventh Metal", originally released in 2011 as part of the Mistborn Adventure Game
  3. The Emperor's Soul, a novella originally published in 2012
  4. "Allomancer Jak and the Pits of Eltania, Episodes 28 through 30", originally released in 2011 as part of the Mistborn Adventure Game
  5. "White Sand", an excerpt of the graphic novel originally published in 2016
  6. Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell, a novella originally published in 2013 in the Dangerous Women anthology
  7. Sixth of Dusk, a novellette originally published in 2014 in the Shadows Beneath anthology
  8. Mistborn: Secret History, a short novel originally published in 2016 as an e-book
  9. Edgedancer, a new Stormlight Archive novella

Publication

The collection was published on 22 November 2016 in hardcover, e-book, and audio formats by Tor Books.[3]

Critical Reception

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 undeterred by learning a lot.[2] 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".[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Fiction Book Review: Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection". amazon.com. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection by Brandon Sanderson". Kirkus Reviews. 7 September 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
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