{"id":5162,"date":"2010-12-01T10:29:57","date_gmt":"2010-12-01T18:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=5162"},"modified":"2010-12-01T10:29:57","modified_gmt":"2010-12-01T18:29:57","slug":"an-aside-two-new-brandon-sanderson-novels-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/news\/an-aside-two-new-brandon-sanderson-novels-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"An Aside | Two new Brandon Sanderson novels announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Brandon<\/a>From the press release:<\/p>\n

Sanderson\u2019s first new project will be an original, standalone short novel set in the universe of his Mistborn trilogy<\/strong> (Mistborn, The Well of Ascension, and The Hero of Ages). Sanderson previously announced plans for a sequel trilogy set in the far future of that world, and the new novel, entitled Mistborn: The Alloy of Law, is set during a frontier era where \u201callomancy\u201d meets gunplay.<\/strong> The Alloy of Law will be published in late 2011.<\/p>\n

Sanderson\u2019s second project, titled The Rithmatist, was first drafted in 2007 and perfected this year. Set in an alternate-history America where magic users (called \u201cRithmatists\u201d) battle wild chalk creatures, The Rithmatist introduces Joel, a student at the Rithmatist academy with great interest in but no ability to use the magic.<\/strong> But when students start vanishing, it\u2019s up to him to expose the sinister figure behind the disappearances. The Rithmatist will be published in 2012 after the publication of A Memory of Light.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

At least three<\/strong> novels from Sanderson in 2012. The dude’s an absolute workhorse.<\/p>\n

The Alloy of Law<\/strong> is a project I’ve been anticipating since first reading the Mistborn<\/em> series last year. Sanderson’s greatest strengths are his creativity and ability to innovate. I love that he’s taking the semi-medieval world from Mistborn<\/em> and pushing forward to a more advanced gunpowder age. I’ve always felt that the clash of science and magic isn’t under-utilized in a lot of Fantasy, and Sanderson is certain to have some interesting ideas on how the two will work together. Plus, Mistborn<\/em>‘s magic system relies on the manipulation of metal, which guns are rather reliant on, so Sanderson will be forced to show his cleverness.<\/p>\n

The Rithmatist<\/strong> sounds great. The school setting is nothing unusual, but it’ll be nice to see a protagonist who’s keen (rather than reluctant like Harry Potter) but unskilled. Sanderson’s a good enough plotter than I’m fairly confident we won’t see Joel suddenly develop a hidden affinity to the magic, as is so often the case in the genre. I’m curious to see how Sanderson plays in America. Even if it’s an alternate history version, it’ll shackle his world-building a bit and establish rules he’ll have to play within (something he’s likely learned from playing in the Wheel of Time<\/em> universe). I wonder why he’s chosen an alternate history America for the project instead of an entirely fictional world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the press release: Sanderson\u2019s first new project will be an original, standalone short novel set in the universe of his Mistborn trilogy (Mistborn, The Well of Ascension, and The Hero of Ages). Sanderson previously announced plans for a sequel trilogy set in the far future of that world, and the new novel, entitled Mistborn:… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n