What Is the Cosmere and Where Did It Come From?
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2020
- Here is the first, in a probably very long series, of questions I get asked a ton. Today, I answer the question-in depth-of what the Cosmere is and where the idea came from. Enjoy.
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I love that the Cosmere was secretly written as an excuse to have Hoid.
asyudhaysh im dead
To be fair that fits Hoid pretty well
yeah, I bet Hoid knows that the universe was created just for him
best character ever
I liked his epilogue scene in Rythmn of War.
The fact that Brandon wrote 13 novels before selling one, starting at age of 20, makes me calm about my hypothetic writing future.
Same here lol.
same
Same same samesamesame
Honestly for me it kinda does the opposite. I have a hard time coming up with ideas and the writing process in general, and I haven't been able to come up with near as much stuff as he has, let alone finish a draft.
Waker of Winds it helps to start off with shorter stories and work your way up to longer pieces. Using the occasional prompt can help your ideas flourish and whatnot 😁
Good luck!
Interviewer: "So, how The Cosmere started?"
Brandon: "Well, it all started with my OC fancfion..."
honestly the underrated ur-creation myth
Doesn't it all?
So basically Brandon Sanderson is the ultimate fan fic writer?
He writes fanfic of his own books :D
are you familiar with the Wheel of Time character "Brandol Sandrolson"?
@@dexterity8112 I'd say I am. I've read through about three times.
Makes sense....
Marcus Bratton skipped it, read the Sword of Truth series instead because politics.
Didn't sign anything for 20 minutes straight? Are you okey?
LOL
You can’t see his right hand a portion of the video...
And his left hand (the one in the air) is signaling using a special sign language he developed and so he is actually dictating an entire manuscript in the time it took to make this video.
Do not fret! His clone is handling it, while his other clone is finishing up Wax and Wayne, and his third is puttering through the second Rithmitist. Be more worried about the fourth clone. He's gone missing.
@@beeandbear He might have gone rouge, starting a new series
This man is going full on RUclipsr. Let's get him a silver play button!
He won’t regret it
Yes!
On a related note, I feel like, given Brandon's past experience in chemistry and his Mistborn magic systems, he'd want to know that the "silver" play button is actually made of 92% nickel, 5% carbon and 2.5% zinc, with traces of other metals. I know I would.
The Stormlight Archive is what got me back into reading and once I heard about the Cosmere it got me so excited and enthusiastic about the medium that I haven't looked back since. Not sure if you read these comments Brandon, but your books have totally changed my life and spurred me to also jump on RUclips and discuss them. Thanks so much for doing what you do mate.
I know you! I was watching your video just before this one haha! Just finished RoW and am going on a massive RUclips spoiler splurge now.
Same my man, i just started reading again since my teenage days (i'm almost 26 now) and i devoured Elantris and Mistborn 1 in less than a month, and just started Mistborn 2. Thank you Brandon.
What happened to your one piece reviews 🤔
Your writing of Dalinar, and his developement and strength of will to make the decision to conitinue on and do the right thing, is some of the best writing ive ever experienced and honestly has helped me through so much. Im crying right now thinking about it. Ive never been more in love with any stories as i have with Brandons
For me it's Dalinar, Kaladin, and Teft. Strength before weakness.
Similar thing for me with Elend, really not a character that i like all too much but i was reading mistborn 2 and 3 during a time where hearing snippets of how to fake confidence and the other stuff like that that the female Terrisman (cant remember her name) was teaching him was a huge help to me
It's so cool hearing Brandon go into detail about his own works like this; it's something I wish more authors would do.
If you're a writer, you've absolutely got to watch his byu lectures. This man is not just a brilliant writer, he's a wonderful teacher as well!
Just finished Mistborn the Final Empire for the first time! It was the first Sanderson book I read. I loved it!
That was my first one too! I hope you kept reading the rest of the series.
@@cmav8 I did, then I read Stormlight, then Warbreaker. I loved every one of them.
Same
Really nice touch that, in Mistborn - very minor spoilers - there's a discussion about the number 16 and how it has Power and how all these things in Mistborn are tied to 16. There's even one character who dismisses the whole idea as far-fetched and too coincidental. Then Brandon comes storming in and tells us about the 16 Shards. Hrmmmm...
16 seems to be Preservation's "holy number", like 10 for Honor (10 Heralds, 10 Surges, 10 Essences) and 9 for Odium, and possibly 5 for Endowment. Unfortunately Brandon has said that not every Shard has such a number.
Sounds like he got inspiration from the lds church.
Keep these coming, someone record these on copper mind as official WoB's
Dave Fazzino Brandon has been asked this enough times that it’s already going to be on Arcanum somewhere or other
This is almost identical to the arcanum unbounded preface though ;)
I'm 22, and recently began reading Sandersons novels more deeply, i was a bit late on it but had read all the Mistborn and after series long ago, like him i was reading countless books like Asimov and Sentenced to Prism, all the way over to Wuxia novels. I'm such a heavy follower of him now, because when i was 20, just two years ago, i finished writing my 9th novel. This video really resonates with me, because i am unpublished and in search of a publisher...hell i am desperate, like a person wanting fresher air.
i wrote a 27 chapter book for a god like man, merely as a backstory, to showcase who he was and how he came to be. In the other books, he is the ruler of what they consider to be the Hell of their universe, when in fact he is merely an isolated immortal scientist of his universe. i've hidden countless clues, ties, and hidden variables to create a mixed-multi-dimension much like the cosmere. In my latest 4 novels, that scientist is one of the gods under a fake name of Genome, whereas two other gods; Enigma and Spectre, are in fact the same person from my first series of novels over 440,000 words and 902 pages long and my deepest obsession.
You really inspire me to write, because i enjoy it, i do hope to find someone like you did who will help me give my words a tangible magic to let loose into the world like a myriad maelstrom of floating ideas that will rain from the sky. Inspiring others to be creative, and pursue albeit obsessively a world of their own creation.
Send me the link to those books, I wanna read em
@@huuuuuuh2057 i would love to man, ill start you off with the latest series im writing
Why don't you start a RUclips channel about your writing journey? It will raise your chances of getting published. Give it a go ! I subscribed 👍
Oh you already have one, hope it goes well 👍
@@nebula1oftheseven488 my ability to do one thing good isnt always applicable to another thing lol but i am indeed trying to learn
@@Shadow1The hey, this comment is a little late but your story sounded interesting. Can i get a link to it?
I amost screamed when i learned about the whole cosmiere thing because I have also created a seudo-universe with a lot of my planned stories, it's something i have been doing since i was a kid, playing with some characters and then making another story but adding the old characters, and its really fun to see other, profesonal people, having the same sort of exitment and creativity around creating a mutiverse of connected stories.
I've been reading fantasy since 1973. Just finished Mistborn, I was really impressed, love the way you do characters.
Hi, which are your favorite fantasy book series?
I wanna hear more about these headcannon rewrites for all those video games!
The Cosmere is everything I ever wanted in a story. It is, without doubt, my favorite work of any genre in any medium.
I've only read the first Mistborn trilogy so far, but this makes me SO excited about reading everything else! :D (I mean, your writing in general did that, but this made me more excited!)
READ STORMLIGHT!!!!! Im reading Mistborn now weirdly after I finished stormlight and I wish I read mistborn first but you can do it right!
@Julian Meza I've almost finished Way of Kings.. should I read mistborn before continuing? Way of Kings has been one of my favorite books and has filled the gap that winds of winter was supposed to fill.
Brandon not signing anything...
Ricky Bobby, "I dont know what to do with my hands"
I loved Hoid's whimsical style in Tress of the emerald see...I hope we keep hearing his narration
Oh my God! He designed an entire WORLD, with it's own CONTINENTS and each has a DISTINCT MAGIC SYSTEM. That's what I love about his books. It's like touring a whole new world, makes me want to go to the original source more, HIS MIND.
I think you misunderstood. It's a universe, not a world. There are many worlds in it and they each have different power systems in them. But based on the same 3 fundamental aspects of that universe. It's pretty deep 😂. But it allows him to have a basis to have those different power systems to spring from. And it makes it more of a scientific approach
Can we get a bookshelf tour sometime? Those leatherbound Tolkien books look amazing
My first shared universe experience was Michael Moorcock's Multiverse/Eternal Champion Omnibius series - White Wolf edition. It was a "judge a book by it's cover" moment as the art of Thomas Canty caught my eye - and it opened my mind up to such amazing joys of interconnected surprises.
For a moment there Brandon Sanderson slips into talking about his books like we are the main characters. I guess we are all playing these characters as we read.... Interesting take.
He also mentions that we see Hoid in Mistborn three, but we don’t talk to him
Wow I'm so happy to hear that you add your own characters to people's books I've been doing that my whole life!
It's super interesting to me because I've never heard of someone doing that before (unless you consider fan fictions). There are times where I'll disagree with the writer and say "umm no the character wouldn't do that" but I've never made a whole new character in a story. Cool!
Thank you Brandon for all you're wonderful books. I am a massive fan. I am a 15 year old visually impaired aspiring writer and you along with a couple of other authors have helped me build my writing foundation. I will be eternally greatful. You'll be seeing your name in the acknowledgments if I end up completing and publishing my sci fi novel.
Man, wish you the best of luck
So... The Cosmere started with Hoid, basically.
Edit: Oh, Brandon actually stated it himself.
Nice Anne McCaffrey shoutout, her Acorna books were one of my young influences.
It's so awesome to see a great author like this address his fanbase so openly :) he really does a great job in using the internet in a way that makes his readers happy i think
I have to say. I have a hard time sitting down and reading books because I'm not always intelectually engaged and get bored easily... I started reading The Way of Kings today and can barely put it down. Well done! I'm half way through and will be getting more of your books to read after.
I’m currently on book 2 of the Stormlight archive. I can’t believe the depth to these stories. Fantastic work Sanderson 👍
Good answer. It didn't say everything I already knew, but it did say some things that I didn't already know. The first time I heard him talk about the Cosmere, Brandon was the key note speaker at a local library event. Emily sat next to me and I didn't know, until he pointed her out and introduced her, that she was his wife.
Brandon, thank you for continuing to be a cool guy, even with the awesome popularity you have found. You are a rare breed. Oh, and the author list you ran through in this video, good list!
The thing I like most about cosmere is that it's a shared universe, not shared world. There are plenty of people who do stories in same world, like for example B.T Narro has a huge list of books all taking place in the same world, which is awesome but it's far more daunting to get into than series that simply take place in the same cosmos.
With Cosmere you can just jump straight into The Way of kings and have a great time. The only book I felt like I ''had to'' listen to was Warbreaker, which I got into after listening to first 10 or so hours of Oathbringer and it was well worth it because not only is Warbreaker an enjoyable story but it also made Oathbringer better.
Right now I'm just waiting for Dawnshard to come out on audible before getting into Rhythm of War. Not just because RoW is about 60 hours long and I've got plenty of other things to listen to but also because Dawnshard is titled ''Book 3.5 of Stormlight Archive'' and I'll be damned if I pass the opportunity to actually experience this series in correct order.
God, I love this dude. He deserves every bit of his success.
I love this guy, videos have been great lately & getting better by leaps & bounds! Cant wait to see more 😸
I just finished the complete Cosmere to date & im excited to start a reread! It will be awesome to see all tiny connections I missed.
I love your books. I'm a huge fan (as of last year), I'm so excited to dig deep into all your books and stand-alones. Thank you for everything you give to the world.
Yes! Thank you for doing this Mr. Sanderson :)
I appreciate your willingness to interact with your fanbase.
Just started reading your books. Was recommended by someone at work. I'm reading Mistborn so far and it is good!!! Can't wait to keep reading your work I'm loving it so far.
I love watching for Hoid jumping in and out of the different books!
I love that you're doing these kind of videos! And I love that you get to do the cosmere!!
Man I could listen to this man talk for hours and do frequently his lectures are great I am not even trying to get into the writing side but brandon was my first author as a late bloomer for reading starting at age 21 I am 24 now
I love this idea and I’m excited for all of these
I have done this in my head since i was 13. Every new world i create just sort of fits together.
Thank you @Brandon Sanderson for this wonderful RUclips channel.
Lol I do the same thing sometimes when I read. I’ll invent a new character in a story I’m reading, create a back story for the character and imagine them being involved in the plot in my mind while I’m reading. Usually as a background character. Nice to hear Sanderson does this too ♥️
"Adding the my own characters." So the Cosmere started from a fanfiction idea ?
I'm glad I feel a significantly less bad about privately adding my own characters into their own side stories of book and movies that I enjoy.
And Alcatraz!!! That’s the series that got me into Brandon Sanderson!!!
The Cosmere inspired me to create my own fantasy universe!
Oh man, so cool to hear you mention Anne McCaffrey. One of the first "real" series of books I read was the Harper Hall trilogy (Dragonsong, Dragonsinger, Dragondrums) back in like 6th grade. The Pern universe is just great with the mix of hard sci-fi elements blended with fantasy. Reading the Cosmere books and seeing how it all connects definitely brought back that feeling I got when I first started reading the Pern books.
Your point about the internet changing how the storytelling needs to introduce characters and backstory is really something I have not thought much about but really make sense. it allow things like your shared universe, or MCU and also series quite extreme on the "not holding your hand on anything" like the Malazan Book of the Fallen. It is interesting that when internet arose people said it would kill books, but it might have in fact given a huge boost to more complex storytelling.
I'll never forget when this video came out.
Must be excited for the foundation TV show then!
Love your work Brandon!
Wow, I do the exact same thing. This encourages me in my writing!
I always get excited listening about the Cosmere and Hoid^^
Just finished The Way of Kings tonight. May be my favorite book rivaling Dune in my heart. WOR next 👀
Love the vitrine beside him, and the items showcased.
I don’t add characters to books I’m reading, but I add conversations between existing characters, especially if a scene deeply affects me. This happened recently with a few scenes when I was reading Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay.
What is the cosmere?
Any amazing adventure through worlds and time that goes as deep as you can see, and then some.
Where did it come from?
An amazing author's desire of a side charatcte's story.
Keep up the great work!
I haven't read Brandon yet, other than his WoT novels. but I love listening to him talk about writing. :)
I flipped out when I noticed those gorgeous Tolkien books in the top right corner - including the Silmarillion! This man truly has good taste.
haha, I love it! Rewriting videogame stories has to be so much fun!
"I started to add my characters to their books"
!!!
"We are collectively weird"
I KNEW I liked you for a good reason! I do this too! Dunno why, I guess I just like being part of the action =P
Funny to think I have spent 100+ hours listening to this man tell me stories (as narrated on audiobooks). What an interesting world this is.
I have read over 5k books, and I have realized they were good, but his books are amazing. He is one of my top 5 authors.
Great books! Pre-Purchased and can’t wait for Rhythm of War! Thanks!
Ha! I bought the same shirt, it's awesome.
The answer is yes, yes I do.
You are a true Titan, thanks Mr Sanderson!!!
I am so excited to hear more about "Wit."
You might not have been sure this grand plan would work, but fortunately you’re a fully legit creative genius.
I've been playing Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers, and the bits about the world being shattered into 14 different parts remind me a lot about the Cosmere
I spy the Easton Press Tolkien collection in the background.
And now.. you broke Kickstarer - what a gift to see your vision come to life!
Such a cool idea
I'm so fucking excited about RoW that I could catalogue myself as "violently excited" and I've never felt this way.
I was first exposed to this in Dragonlance and it blew my mind as a kid. Imagine my pleasant surprise with the Cosmere
Right!? My first book was Mistborn. Blew me away.
Love this idea
Nice lotr collection you've got there!
It gratifies me so much that Brandon freaking Sanderson reads fiction the same way I do.
You are literally the G.O.A.T of fantasy writing
love you brandon, salutes from spain
Those are so good looking Tolkien books on the bookshelf!
Weis and Hickman also did a bit of crossing over. They had Fizban/Zifnab (I think he had a third name... Banfiz?) show up in three different series that appeared to be unrelated. I always thought that was fun when authors did it.
It would be awesome if Hoid showed up in the Wheel of Time too! Maybe that's part of Cosmere!
"I'll rewrite the story to match how I want it to be for me."
I'm so glad I'm not the only one who does this, lol. Hearing that my favorite author does too is really amusing.
Bro same
My hero.
I'm doing something similar, but on a less defined scale. I want all of my stories to be within the same multiverse. So they're not super-interconnected, but there is the possibility of crossover by interdimensional travel.
So, Hoid is sort of like Stephen Kings Randall Flagg / Richard Fannin / The Man in Black? I’ve listened to all the Mistborn series and loved them (excited to start Lost Metal soon!) and I’m almost done with Oathbringer. Next up is Rythm of War. Loving every minute of it so far!
Yup! King was one of the early authors doing this sort of thing.
@@BrandSanderson So, should we expect to see a Brandon Sanderson make an appearance in a Stormlight book? 🤣🤣🤣
I LOVE Foundation!!
Damn I'm really early... Less than a minute ago.
PS. Thank you Brandon
Tarantino vibes ! and i LOVE IT
Thanks Brandon
This man is quite literally the Tolkein of our generation... Dare I say it... He is even better... NAY I PROCLAIM IT! Sanderson is the best author of all time.
I'd concur with that!
For sure
I like Sanderson, but he’s no Tolkien.
omg sorry i cant stop its just such a great name Brando Sando!
I can't help but add my own characters to just about every story I consume, regardless of media. Weird or not, it's what I do.
Also - since introducing my teenage son to Sanderson books, he's become completely obsessed with Hoid. Likely, his favorite fictional character of all time.
When Terry Brook’s Word and Void all of a sudden connected to Shannara I fan-girled out quite a bit. It was awesome.
I'm always amazed at the little ways the internet continues to change everything.
Look at that camera work though, Adam literal god!
I was thinking about this earlier and I remembered Brandon likes magic, then I realized the cosmere is the magic the gathering multiverse fully realized in novel form. Since the magic multiverse doesn’t really work the greatest in book form but is perfect for the conceptualization of the game since it’s hard to get attached to conflict when your heroes can ditch whenever, the cosmere is basically everything about magic minus the plainswalkers and streamlined and refined