Nick and AJ discuss White Sand - the Graphic Novel Omnibus Edition, and the Graphic Audio edition! Spoilers for both these Versions of White Sand.

In this episode:

King of the Hill,

Preferring the Graphic Audio,

Plot summary,

AITA?,

Themes in the book,

how the magic system works (part 1),

Sanderlanche/Plot twists,

Nick is oblivious about romance, and

We're thinking about getting social media now!

UPDATE after recording the episode: Nick and AJ both recommend the Graphic Audio version of White Sand over other currently available versions.

In this episode - AJ and Nick provide a spoiler-free review of White Sand, including: the trouble with unified standards, Reading as a Skill, Perception vs. Investigation, Revision Control, White Sand as a coming-of-age story, and then more dunks than a basketball game.

In this episode, Nick and AJ discuss the Cosmere Connections within the Well of Ascension! Spoilers abound for all published Cosmere books - Especially for Mistborn eras 1 and 2, as well as Stormlight Archive.

Key Points are:

Scapegoats, prophecies, Gurren Lagann, god metals, what was going on off screen during WoA, and certain cross-cosmere references and allusions within Well of Ascension.

In this extra episode, Nick and AJ talk about Cosmere Fandom 101 - things like:

- Affectionate nicknames for Brandon Sanderson

- Why we like the Cosmere

- Different fan communities we lurk or participate in (reddit, 17th Shard)

- B$ history lesson (fun anecdotes only)

- Other podcasts about the Cosmere

In this episode, Nick and AJ give the post read (no spoilers for other books) review of Mistborn Era 1, book 2: The Well of Ascension!

Key points are:

Vin's "Mind's Eye or Whatever", the Irony in the Betrayal, Contract theory (fantasy, not legal), the Fantasy Metal version of Christian Eschatology, the Empire Strikes Back of Mistborn, Safety vs Freedom, Bad Romance(s), Queer Eye for the Noble Guy, Failed Democracies and Military Juntas, "He's not tragic, he just sucks", We don't talk about Koloss

In this episode - Nick and AJ get ready to read Mistborn Era 1, book 2 - the Well of Ascension. The only spoilers in this book are for the previous book in the series.

Topics include: The love triangle that wasn't, recap of Mistborn: The Final Empire, Where is Atium-Ft. Knox?, Kelsier the Survivor/Martyr, "So you killed your God-Emperor, now what?", increasing scope of sequels... and things to notice on a reread

Join Nick and AJ as take a spoiler filled look at the connections Warbreaker has to other Cosmere books, even though it's a standalone book.

We discuss the Bob Ross of murder, Superweapons in the Cosmere, Splinters and Cognitive Shadows, and our first Cosmere Coincidence.

In this episode, Nick and AJ review Warbreaker! We discuss the twists, reversals, Capitalistic excess, When Harry Met Sally... and with apologies to fans of the movie Frozen.

Note: Nick went on a long ramble in the middle of the episode... and it is retained in this version. Hey, if you like falling asleep to the sounds of our voices, this one is about 10 minutes more!