Reddit reviews Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection (The Kharkanas Trilogy (3))

Arcanum Unbounded is a collection of short stories/novellas. It's the one that has Edgedancer in it.

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If you meant the letters, they're found in the epigraphs before some of the chapters in the Stormlight Archive. We know, through deduction and Brandon's confirmation, that they're letters to and from Hoid.

A lot of the other things we know about him are from Words of Brandon, aka WoB (annotations to his early works, AMAs on reddit, things said at signings, etc) and some of his unpublished works, like Dragonsteel and Liar of Partinel, which aren't canon, but some people have read.

Welcome! Enjoy!

Don't forget Edgedancer! Here or, even better, here.

Per Amazon:

Product Description
An all-new Stormlight Archive novella, "Edgedancer," will be the crown jewel of Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection, the first book of short fiction by #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson.

The collection will include nine works in all. The first eight are:

“The Hope of Elantris” (Elantris)
“The Eleventh Metal” (Mistborn)
“The Emperor's Soul” (Elantris)
“Allomancer Jak and the Pits of Eltania, Episodes 28 through 30” (Mistborn)
“White Sand" (excerpt; Taldain)
"Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell” (Threnody)
“Sixth of Dusk” (First of the Sun)
“Mistborn: Secret History” (Mistborn)

These wonderful works, originally published on Tor.com and elsewhere individually, convey the expanse of the Cosmere and tell exciting tales of adventure Sanderson fans have come to expect, including the Hugo Award-winning novella, “The Emperor's Soul” and an excerpt from the graphic novel "White Sand."

Arcanum Unbounded will also contain the Stormlight Archive novella "Edgedancer," which will appear in this book for the first time anywhere. It is a story of Lift, taking place between Words of Radiance and the forthcoming Oathbringer.

Finally, this collection includes essays and illustrations for the various planetary systems in which the stories are set.

I suppose the official word is that it can be read prior to the series (based on the spoiler scope message in Arcanum Unbounded) however I'd recommend waiting until at least after finishing Book 1 or 2.

And now you can pre-order the physical hardcover book on Amazon, which collects all Cosmere novellas and short stories published before and more, including Emperor's Soul, Secret History, and 1 or 2 Stormlight stories.

http://www.amazon.com/Arcanum-Unbounded-Collection-Brandon-Sanderson/dp/0765391163/

It's in the recently released short story collection https://www.amazon.com/Arcanum-Unbounded-Collection-Brandon-Sanderson/dp/0765391163 all of em take place in the Cosmere.

Yep. It's in Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection.

So like Sanderson did then.

I'm guessing you mean this https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0765391163?SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0765391163&linkCode=as2&pc_redir=T1&redirect=true&tag=x_gr_mw_bb_sout_a-20

https://www.amazon.com/Arcanum-Unbounded-Collection-Brandon-Sanderson/dp/0765391163

It looks like the only new material on that list are the Stormlight Novella and the Allomancer Jak Mistborn story, although that might already have been published elsewhere...

https://www.amazon.com/Arcanum-Unbounded-Collection-Brandon-Sanderson/dp/0765391163

Can not recommend it enough