Sanderson is active on Twitter and directly engages with his fans there, and on Reddit as well. Having personally read 'Elantris' (his first novel, now a series), the 'Mistborn' series and the 'Rithmatist' (not part of the Cosmere), I'd argue Sanderson is doing an excellent job writing in the fantasy genre while aiming at modern readers. The good news is the books are very accessible, and Sanderson's fast-paced, approachable writing makes it easy to dive into his worlds without any prior knowledge. The Cosmere is fairly challenging to explain without more context, but you can give it a shot over here. Each of the Cosmere series references events on a single fictional world (currently at 11 known worlds), which is centered on one or more of 16 'Shards'(roughly explained as the powers of creation itself). While each series can be read alone, all contain references and clues to the bigger picture. The Cosmere - Sanderson's equivalent of Stephen King's Dark Tower or Tolkien's Middle-earth universes - spans not just a single trilogy, but multiple novels and series. Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan wrote the 'Saw' films, will pen the script. Variety reports that DMG will start with ' The Way Of Kings,' the opening book in 'The Stormlight Archive' trilogy.

Now the arguably current heir apparent, Brandon Sanderson, is getting his chance to move off the pages.ĭMG Entertainment, the Chinese media company behind movies like 'Looper,' 'Priest' and the recent 'Point Break' remake, has committed to spending almost $300 million licensing the rights to Sanderson's 'Cosmere' fantasy universe. From ' Eragon' (an unfortunate flop) to ' Game of Thrones' (nailed it) to ' The Chronicles of Narnia' (already rebooting), the genre has transcended from something I used to get made fun of for in high school to a multibillion-dollar land of lembas and butterbeer.

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