We discuss the broader Cosmere, as well as some of the finer points of the ending of Warbreaker.

Come back next week for Alcatraz vs The Knights of Crystalia.

This conversation is less professional, we can only hope it's entertaining.

Content warnings for this episode: colonization, death, discussion of sexuality, settler colonialism

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/)

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

https://x.com/headfallsoff/status/1051484419251425280

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.

Insta: https://www.instagram.com/grainofsanderson_pod/?hl=en
Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/shop/AGrainofSanderson

Our theme music is "goodnight kiss" by 2mello off the album midnight broadcasts. (https://2mello.net/)

Join us for our shortest episode yet! We delve into Sanderson's first works of science fiction, two interesting short stories about space and failure.

Next month we'll be reading all of Warbreaker.

Content warnings for this episode: abandonment, ableism, betrayal, bleeding, blindness, broken bones, bullying, child abuse, classism, conspiracies, cults, death, empire, existentialism, failure, fascism, gifted kid syndrome, gulags, homophobia, human sacrifice, human supremacy, imprisonment, insanity, imperialism, JK Rowling, maiming, mental illness, mind control, murder, Nazi Germany, Orson Scott Card, prisons, self harm, self hatred, stabbing, suicide/suicidal ideation, torture, transphobia, wounds and infection

Defending Elysium: https://www.brandonsanderson.com/defending-elysium/

Firstborn: https://reactormag.com/firstborn/

Opening Scene to Cowboy Bebop: https://youtu.be/Z-4ImAf6qYk
I totally blanked and missed the opportunity to talk about Jet as a disabled character in the episode, but alas, we record these in the morning and sometimes the brain misses the connection.

Darko Suvin's Estrangement and Cognition: http://strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/articles/estrangement-and-cognition/ - I did an embarassingly bad job talking about one of the foundational texts of science fiction studies. If it's relevant again I'll do a better job talking about it, but for now I highly recommend reading it only to better understand some of the reasons a text feels like "science fiction".

If you're intersted in Star Wars or Grand Admiral Thrawn, I highly recommend A More Civilized Age, where Waypoint Radio Veterans Ali, Austin, Natalie, and Rob are going through Star Wars Rebels where he makes an appearance.

This show is created by Graham Gillman, Taylor Lane, and Jack McLaughlan.

Insta: https://www.instagram.com/grainofsanderson_pod/?hl=en
Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/shop/AGrainofSanderson

Our theme music is "goodnight kiss" by 2mello off the album midnight broadcasts. (https://2mello.net/)