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A Grain of Sanderson

A Grain of Sanderson

By: Graham Gillman Taylor Lane Jack McLaughlan
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From the fantasy epics of the Cosmere to the defunct mobile game companion books, Graham, Jack, and Taylor attempt to read every published work by Brandon Sanderson, in publication order. We hope to gain a better understanding of who he is as an author, how his writing changes over time, and his broader effect on the fantasy genre. Starting with Elantris and finishing half a decade from now, please join us as we travel out of the wardrobe, and onto the wagon train.

New episodes the second Tuesday of the month.

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  • April Episode Delayed
    Apr 30 2025

    Hey folks, just to let everyone know there's going to be a slight delay for our Alloy of Law episode, it's all on me. Normally I'd be able to turn around an episode in a week's time, but several of my loved ones have needed lots of additional support on top of my day jobs and classwork. It's been a busy month for us all.

    What this means for y'all as listeners is that you'll get two episodes in May, one is a longer episode towards the beginning of the month and a shorter episode towards the end of the month. After that we'll be back to our normal schedule in June.

    This will be deleted once Episode 15 goes live.

    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/)

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    1 min
  • Infinity Blade: Awakening & I Hate Dragons - Episode 14
    Apr 1 2025

    We read two not very good stories and have 2 fantastic conversations about them with special guest Sophie Abromowitz!

    Sophie Short Story: https://joylandpublishing.com/fiction/jan-is-important/
    Sophie Substack: https://abromowitz.substack.com/
    Sophie Website: https://sophie-abromowitz.com/


    Next month we'll be reading Alloy of Law. Episode airs, end of April.


    Content warnings for this episode: auditory hallucinations, betrayal, bleeding, bullying, child endangerment, conspiracies, death, duels, gender dysphoria, god kings, human sacrifice, mprisonment, insanity, lying, mental illness, mind control, murder, neglect, oligarchy, prisons, religion, royalty, self harm, self hatred, stabbing, undeath, wounds, xenophobia


    Infinity Blade Screenshots https://www.epicgames.com/infinityblade/en-US/game-info/infinity-blade-i

    Infinity Blade II Screenshots: https://kotaku.com/games/infinity-blade-ii/gallery

    Infinity Blade II Opening Cutscene - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSywlxTpqBA

    Books
    Fullmetal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa
    The Dandelion Dynasty by Ken Liu
    The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson
    Piranesi
    Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke

    Movies
    Inception dir by Christopher Nolan
    Paprika dir by Satoshi Kon

    TV
    Star Wars Andor

    Other
    Boss Baby Tweet https://x.com/afraidofwasps/status/1177301482464526337?lang=en

    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/)

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    1 hr and 56 mins
  • Alcatraz vs The Shattered Lens - Episode 13
    Feb 28 2025

    We're back in the era of normal length books with Alcatraz vs The Shattered Lens!

    Next month we'll be reading Infinity Blade Awakening & I Hate Dragons. Episode airs, March 25th.

    Around 59 Minutes in, we ask if ADX actually does the math correctly, she does not.


    References

    A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snickett
    Percy Jackson and The Olympians by Rick Riordan

    The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis


    Content warnings for this episode: abandonment, ableism, betrayal, bleeding, bullying, censorship, child abuse, child endangerment, classism, colonialism, conspiracies, cults, death, existentialism, fame, fatphobia, foster homes, Harry Potter, human sacrifice, imprisonment, insanity, J.K. Rowling, lying, mental illness, mind control, murder, neglect, oligarchy, prisons, racism, religion, royalty, self harm, self hatred, settler colonialism, stabbing, transphobia, undeath, wounds

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

    Discord
    Instagram
    Bookshop

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

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    1 hr and 25 mins

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