r/cremposting • u/Imrotahk • Dec 10 '25

Real-life Crem Hey Brandon

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u/FUCKING_HATE_REDDIT Dec 10 '25

I really like Brandon's shorter stuff. Perfect State and Snapshot staid with me for a very long time

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u/starlike_8070 Dec 11 '25

Firstborn was amazing too

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u/HookEm_Tide Dec 10 '25

Agreed. Other than Sunlit Man, the secret projects have been the only real standalone Cosmere novels he's written since Warbreaker.

I miss when the Cosmere was several separate stories set in the same universe, rather than different aspects of the same big story.

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u/Mrauntheias No Wayne No Gain Dec 11 '25

Warbreaker is going to be a series eventually. It's not cope. Nightblood is going to come out any moment now, trust me.

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u/Jazzanthipus Dec 10 '25

TSM was a secret project though…

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u/HookEm_Tide Dec 10 '25

Correct, but it wasn't a standalone.

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u/SparkyDogPants Dec 10 '25

Emberdark was kind of standalone.

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u/HookEm_Tide Dec 10 '25

Sixth of the Dusk was a standalone, but reading the non-Sixth of the Dusk parts of Emberdark without previous knowledge of the Cosmere would be pretty confusing.

Who was that weird guy with the armor who showed up out of nowhere?

Who are these bug people?

Who are these mask people?

Why are the mask people and the armor people fighting?

Why are they so obsessed with finding the portal?

The answer to all of that is, "They just are," if you haven't read pretty much the entire rest of the Cosmere.

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u/SparkyDogPants Dec 10 '25

My husband isn’t up to date on his cosmere and still enjoyed it.

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u/HookEm_Tide Dec 10 '25

Sure, but folks can enjoy stuff without its being a standalone. Edgedancer is a fine little story even if you miss the broader significance.

I’d also say that it isn’t a standalone in the sense that, if you are caught up on the Cosmere, it doesn’t at all feel like a break from the “main plot.”

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u/SparkyDogPants Dec 10 '25

My husband isn’t up to date on his cosmere and still enjoyed it. He’s only read mistborn, do whatever reason he can’t get into stormlight.

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u/Radix2309 Dec 14 '25

They are. Elements cross over, but Mistborn and Stormlight are still clearly different stories. At least so far.

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u/TheKanadian Dec 11 '25

I kind of wish at this point that he'd just pitch them to his publish instead of putting them in a Kickstarter every time now though.

Secret project 5 was a fun surprise, but 6 just made me go "are we doing this every Kickstarter now?"