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A Grain of Sanderson

By: Graham Gillman Taylor Lane Jack McLaughlan
  • Summary

  • 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.

    © 2024 A Grain of Sanderson
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Episodes
  • Mistborn: The Well of Ascension - Episode 3
    Apr 16 2024

    We read the political thriller? Messianic deconstruction? YA romance? The intangible of genre Well of Ascension and discuss it for a long time.

    Next month we'll be reading all of Alcatraz vs The Evil Librarians, Episode Airs: May 14

    Content warnings for this episode: ableism, addiction, age gap, betrayal, blackface, bleeding, body horror, body modification, broken bones, child death, classism, death, decapitation, discussion of rape, discussion of sexuality, disembowelment, domestic violence, enemies to lovers, eugenic breeding, eugenics, fatphobia, genocide, hallucinations, human sacrifice, insanity, maiming, mind control, misogyny, murder, mutation, mutilation, racism, rape, references to Nazis, religious conversion, religious extremism, self harm, sexual assault, sexual violence, slavery, stabbing, sterilization, strangulation, suicide/suicidal ideation, terminal illness, transphobia, undeath, wounds and infection

    Links:
    Liberty Leading the People by Eugene Delacroix
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Leading_the_People#/media/File:Eug%C3%A8ne_Delacroix_-_Le_28_Juillet._La_Libert%C3%A9_guidant_le_peuple.jpg

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

    https://www.instagram.com/grainofsanderson_pod/?hl=en

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

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    3 hrs and 36 mins
  • Will We Read The Wheel of Time? - Mistborn Bonus Content
    Mar 12 2024

    Spoilers for Mistborn (the book and our episode)

    This conversation is much less professional and much more unhinged, however it is funny. Apologies for the mic quality, it was late at night and we didn't record on our nice microphones. This was recorded the day before the main podcast went live.

    CW: sexual discussion, discussion of erotic fanfiction

    Taylor's 2am reply https://ibb.co/QQpJg9t

    NYT Wirecutter: https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/

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

    https://www.instagram.com/grainofsanderson_pod/?hl=en

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

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    26 mins
  • Mistborn - Episode 2
    Mar 12 2024

    We read the shonen anime-heist movie that is Mistborn and have *a lot* of thoughts.

    Next month we'll be reading all of The Well of Ascension, Episode Airs: April 16

    Content warnings for this episode: ableism, addiction, bleeding, body horror, body modification, broken bones, child death, classism, death, decapitation, discussion of rape, discussion of sexuality, disembowelment, eugenics, genocide, human sacrifice, misogyny, murder, mutation, mutilation, racism, religious conversion, religious extremism, slavery, sterilization, suicide/suicidal ideation, terminal illness, undeath, wounds and infection

    We didn't mention it on air, but Hoid appears in Chapter 19 as an informant.

    Links:
    Thug Articles:
    https://www.npr.org/2015/04/30/403362626/the-racially-charged-meaning-behind-the-word-thug
    https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/04/thug/391682/

    Hilary Mantel Essay: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v35/n04/hilary-mantel/royal-bodies

    Animatics we didn't mention on air but did watch together, potential SPOILERS in the comments:

    Mistborn -Elend and Vin- "Don't Lose your Head" from SIX the Musical: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxMjboq1e6k
    Flight across Luthadel | Short Mistborn animatic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRKsIrNbfVw

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

    https://www.instagram.com/grainofsanderson_pod/?hl=en

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

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    3 hrs and 32 mins

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