Just so you are aware - the second series that is set in the same universe is not finished yet. You can fully enjoy the original Mistborn series though.
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I’ve started the Stormlight Archive.
I think the best thing to do is to jump to “Part I: Silence Above” and come back to the initial Interlude (the bit right before Part I) and skip the prologue until later (perhaps right after Part II?).
I will say that when I started the first book I had no idea what to expect - I picked it up because Brandon wrote it. I was listening to it on Audible, and I had to keep checking because every chapter it felt like a different book, and it took me a long time to even figure out who the main character was going to be. The book is awesome on a re-read though.
I like L.E. Modesitt, Jr’s works along with Orson Scott Card’s writing; so I had a fair idea of what I would get with Sanderson. And I’ve not seen anything contrary to those expectations.
My biggest critique for Sanderson is to start out with who the main players are for the current story, and then find relevant vehicles to fill in “background knowledge.” I think Robert Jordon did the best at this.
FWIW, I see a lot of “Mormon influence” in all of these author’s writings. Not a bad thing, but I find it very interesting to see how each author treats “religion” in their various story lines.
The only Sanderson I’ve read is Mistborn Trilogy. It was OK but not so much I felt the need to read any of his other work. Though he seems to have a pretty big following.
If the first Mistborn trilogy didn’t do anything for you, he may not be your cup of tea.
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Yeah it wasn’t bad. Just wasn’t the best fantasy series for me.
i’m sure the book would be a good read, but the audiobook voice actor really enhanced this one, especially when David is thinking/talking. I’ve always suspected that if I’d read rather than listened to this one, some of those sections would have felt somewhat stunted, while in the audiobook it’s very genuine to how people get caught up in their own words sometimes
lol, previous posts that were removed drifted away from what I wanted to say. Just wanted to say that it’s fun to talk about Mistborn with someone who is reading their first Sanderson Cosmere novel 
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You guys see this?
Spoilers
I’ve already backed the all in option on KS 
His kickstarter has become the #1 funded of all time. Raised just over $20M. Crazy!
I did the $60 option on kickstarter. Going in blind as well, not looking at any of the updates
I did the all in and I’m planning to go in blind as well. I would have just done the ebook tier, but this is the first (maybe second) kickstarter my wife has been excited about too, and we spend way more money when we’re both excited 
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Not sure how closely you guys have been following this, but Sanderson and his team backed pretty much everything in the publishing category, as a way to say thank you.
In the video they talk about how Kickstarter sent a ton of emails at first. I didn’t get any of those emails, but I have a friend who did. She was super confused why she got 80 emails out of the blue, and wondered what the heck she had done wrong 
Oh my, he just keeps going
I really enjoyed the book that came out in January (still waiting for my physical copy), and am excited for the book that’s coming out in a couple of weeks. The boxes in between have been ok, with some fun small trinkets. I probably wouldn’t have shelled out the money if I had known exactly what I would be getting, but it was fun to be a part of something I guess.
Anyway, came here to post about this article. Have you guys seen this?
I actually found it through this YouTube video, and just read the article along with the video:
Here are links to the reddit posts where Sanderson responded to the article:
Sanderson has now written his own essay, and it is a really interesting read: