Ars Arcanum

We're back to close out the first Mistborn book! We recorded this a week or two ago but that's just how busy we've been, unfortunately. Still a good episode, though, so we hope you enjoy! You can find Nora on twitter @NeitherNora and you can find more of zir work on norablake.online You can find Mark on twitter @charaznablunt and his other podcast Higgledy-Piggledy Whale Statements on the Abnormal Mapping podcast network! You can find Autumn on twitter @autumnal_coffee and you can find their other podcasts at exportaud.io! You can also get access to episodes of this podcast early by giving us a single dollar on the patreon! Music on this episode was Skye Cuillin by Kevin MacLeod Next time we will be reading [CHAPTERS]

In which we talk about Lloyd Alexander's The Book of Three, the first in The Chronicles of Prydain. It's a great book and a great conversation that gets pretty far afield. We'll be back later in May to talk about Mistborn: The Final Empire, which $1 patrons will get a week early as usual. Then, schedules permitting, in June we will have episodes on the next book in Mistborn and Prydain: The Well of Ascension and The Black Cauldron respectively. That Black Cauldron episode will be exclusive to our $5 patrons, so be sure to subscribe to hear that! You can find Nora on twitter @NeitherNora and you can find more of her work on norablake.online You can find Autumn on twitter @autumnal_coffee and you can find their other podcasts at exportaud.io! Music in this episode was "Skye Cuillin" courtesy of Kevin MacLeod (www.smartsound.com/royalty-free-music/incompetech) Licensed under Creative Commons "Attribution 3.0" creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

In this episode, we talk about Book 2 of Brandon's secret projects, The Frugal Wizard's Guide to Surviving Medieval England. We found it to be a real mixed bag, but despite having a lot of objections are more or less warm on it. What a ringing endorsement that is haha. We will be back with one more April (hopefully) episode about The Book of Three, the first book Lloyd Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain. After that we are penciled in for a May (hopefully) episode where we will talk about all of The Final Empire! We are going to transition out of chapter by chapter reads of these books and into covering them as a whole. I am looking forward to capping that off and moving onward to the rest of the Cosmere, as well as the other Secret Project books and other fantasy series! You can find Nora on twitter @NeitherNora and you can find more of zir work on norablake.online You can find Autumn on twitter @autumnal_coffee and you can find their other podcasts at exportaud.io! You can also get access to episodes of this podcast early by giving us a single dollar on the patreon! Music courtesy of Kevin MacLeod (www.smartsound.com/royalty-free-music/incompetech) Licensed under Creative Commons "Attribution 3.0" creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

We're back! The year of Brandon has begun and we had no choice but to talk to you about the first book of this kickstarter, which we really enjoyed. Here's hoping the rest are as good as this. You can find Nora on twitter @NeitherNora and you can find more of zir work on norablake.online You can find Autumn on twitter @autumnal_coffee and you can find their other podcasts at exportaud.io! You can also get access to episodes of this podcast early by giving us a single dollar on the patreon! Skye Cuillin Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

We're back! We get...a lot to talk about this time. Some sexual assault/murder, a lot of weird race science shit, and a ball! We also talk about Brandon starting beef with G.R.R. Martin over Elden Ring. You can find Nora on twitter @NeitherNora and you can find more of zir work on norablake.online You can find Mark on twitter @charaznablunt and his other podcast Higgledy-Piggledy Whale Statements on the Abnormal Mapping podcast network! You can find Autumn on twitter @autumnal_coffee and you can find their other podcasts at exportaud.io! You can also get access to episodes of this podcast early by giving us a single dollar on the patreon! Music on this episode was Industrial Revolution by Kevin MacLeod Next time we will be reading more chapters of Mistborn: The Final Empire!

We're back! Autumn couldn't make it this week but rest assured there's plenty for us to talk about without them. What a chunk of book, huh? It's got everything. There's just too much to summarize, from the Terris "breeding programs" to Vin's childhood trauma to another allomancy tutorial. It's a good time, even if some of Brandon's choices are...questionable. You can find Nora on twitter @NeitherNora and you can find more of zir work on norablake.online You can find Mark on twitter @charaznablunt and his other podcast Higgledy-Piggledy Whale Statements on the Abnormal Mapping podcast network! You can find Autumn on twitter @autumnal_coffee and you can find their other podcasts at exportaud.io! You can also get access to episodes of this podcast early by giving us a single dollar on the patreon! Music on this episode was Industrial Revolution by Kevin MacLeod Next time we will be reading more chapters of Mistborn: The Final Empire!

Howdy! This episode had a bunch of weird technical problems, so let me kno wif there's any remaining weirdness! Anyway, we learn a lot this week. We see the future with the help of the Ninth Metal, Atium, then have a real fuckup of a heist as Kelsier nearly leads a 16 year old girl to her death. What a father! You can find Nora on twitter @NeitherNora and you can find more of zir work on norablake.online You can find Mark on twitter @charaznablunt and his other podcast Higgledy-Piggledy Whale Statements on the Abnormal Mapping podcast network! You can find Autumn on twitter @autumnal_coffee and you can find their other podcasts at exportaud.io! You can also get access to episodes of this podcast early by giving us a single dollar on the patreon! Music on this episode was Industrial Revolution by Kevin MacLeod Next time we will be reading chapters 16-18 of Mistborn: The Final Empire!

We're back! And we moved! This week we are coming at you from Chicago with a whole host of book talk (it's been a little extra time since the last one and we've been busy) then we dive into a somewhat lukewarm set of chapters! We talk about religion more than Brandon seems to want to, complain about his naming conventions, and ponder the Euthyphro dilemma! You can find Nora on twitter @NeitherNora and you can find more of zir work on norablake.online You can find Mark on twitter @charaznablunt and his other podcast Higgledy-Piggledy Whale Statements on the Abnormal Mapping podcast network! You can find Autumn on twitter @autumnal_coffee and you can find their other podcasts at exportaud.io! You can also get access to episodes of this podcast early by giving us a single dollar on the patreon! Music on this episode was Industrial Revolution by Kevin MacLeod Next time we will be reading chapters 12-14 of Mistborn: The Final Empire!

Hiya! This one is coming at you a bit late because of our move but rest assured the next episode is already in the can. This time around we talked about the introduction of the Terrismen, a quick rundown of the eight basic metals, and mistwraiths! They're just weird guys! You can find Nora on twitter @NeitherNora and you can find more of zir work on norablake.online You can find Mark on twitter @charaznablunt and his other podcast Higgledy-Piggledy Whale Statements on the Abnormal Mapping podcast network! You can find Autumn on twitter @autumnal_coffee and you can find their other podcasts at exportaud.io! You can also get access to episodes of this podcast early by giving us a single dollar on the patreon! Music on this episode was Industrial Revolution by Kevin MacLeod Next time we will be reading chapters 9-11 of Mistborn: The Final Empire!

Autumn got home from work and was very tired so we just neglected to talk about Brandon Sanderson and instead just talked about what else we had been reading. And then.................... that ran for two hours lol. It's a very good episode where we talk about a LOT of different things, I hope you all enjoy it! Back in two weeks with hopefully a more normal episode. Oh also, if you care, I shit talked The Lies of Locke Lamora a bunch in this episode but then I read the rest of it between then and uploading this episode tonight and actually that book rules. Really good book. You can find Nora on twitter @NeitherNora and you can find more of zir work on norablake.online You can find Mark on twitter @charaznablunt and his other podcast Higgledy-Piggledy Whale Statements on the Abnormal Mapping podcast network! You can find Autumn on twitter @autumnal_coffee and you can find their other podcasts at exportaud.io! You can also get access to episodes of this podcast early by giving us a single dollar on the patreon! Music on this episode was Industrial Revolution by Kevin MacLeod Next time we will be reading 5-8 of Mistborn: The Final Empire

We're baaack! And recording from abroad! So if we sound different that's why. This time around we get to learn more about Allomancy and Kelsier, as well as see Brandon do his best to write about the fear of abuse from the perspective of a teenage girl. Why the FUCK is Kelsier barefoot? You can find Nora on twitter @NeitherNora and you can find more of zir work on norablake.online You can find Mark on twitter @charaznablunt and his other podcast Higgledy-Piggledy Whale Statements on the Abnormal Mapping podcast network! You can find Autumn on twitter @autumnal_coffee and you can find their other podcasts at exportaud.io! You can also get access to episodes of this podcast early by giving us a single dollar on the patreon! Music on this episode was Industrial Revolution by Kevin MacLeod Next time we will be reading chapters 6-8 of Mistborn: The Final Empire!

Don't tell anyone this one is late! It's because I quit my job and wasn't paying attention to anything else. So thank you so much, patrons. Hopefully the big move goes smoothly. Anyway we finally begin Mistborn: The Final Empire! It's a rough start, as we begin with maybe the worst prologue Brandon has written. It's just weird and uncomfortable. But after that we get to hang out with a cool girl with magic powers and the charming criminal who's going to adopt her. Heists! You can find Nora on twitter @NeitherNora and you can find more of zir work on norablake.online You can find Mark on twitter @charaznablunt and his other podcast Higgledy-Piggledy Whale Statements on the Abnormal Mapping podcast network! You can find Autumn on twitter @autumnal_coffee and you can find their other podcasts at exportaud.io! You can also get access to episodes of this podcast early by giving us a single dollar on the patreon! Music on this episode was Industrial Revolution by Kevin MacLeod Next time we will be reading chapters 3-5 of Mistborn: The Final Empire!

You can find Nora on twitter @NeitherNora and you can find more of zir work on norablake.online You can find Mark on twitter @charaznablunt and his other podcast Higgledy-Piggledy Whale Statements on the Abnormal Mapping podcast network! You can find Autumn on twitter @autumnal_coffee and you can find their other podcasts at exportaud.io! You can also get access to episodes of this podcast early by giving us a single dollar on the patreon! Music on this episode was The Ice Giants by Kevin MacLeod! Next time we will be reading Mistborn: The Final Empire, Prologue & Chapters 1-2!

Hoo boy. Okay. Well, we did it. We finished Elantris and all its little additional bits. We also read SO many things in the past 2 weeks holy shit. This is a long one for us! Please enjoy our takedown of 2005 Brandon's Inexplicable ego. You can find Nora on twitter @NeitherNora and you can find more of zir work on norablake.online You can find Mark on twitter @charaznablunt and his other podcast Higgledy-Piggledy Whale Statements on the Abnormal Mapping podcast network! You can find Autumn on twitter @autumnal_coffee and you can find their other podcasts at exportaud.io! You can also get access to episodes of this podcast early by giving us a single dollar on the patreon! Music on this episode was The Ice Giants by Kevin MacLeod! Next time we will be reading the Hope of Elantris!

It's here! We finished the core book. We'll be back in 2 weeks with the bonus material in the Tenth Anniversary Author's Definitive Edition of Elantris! Thank you so much to Grace for guesting on the podcast! You can find Nora on twitter @NeitherNora and you can find more of zir work on norablake.online You can find Mark on twitter @charaznablunt and his other podcast Higgledy-Piggledy Whale Statements on the Abnormal Mapping podcast network! You can find Autumn on twitter @autumnal_coffee and you can find their other podcasts at exportaud.io! You can also get access to episodes of this podcast early by giving us a single dollar on the patreon! Music on this episode was The Ice Giants by Kevin MacLeod! Next time we will be reading the deleted Mad Prince scenes and the 10th Anniversary Postscript, and sharing some thoughts about Brandon's Elantris annotations from 2005!

It's getting hot and heavy in Elantris this week! We get a truly bizarre and frantic set of chapters that leave us wishing the rest of the book had this level of energy. We also pitch you on our new Lord of the Rings podcast but get the days wrong. It goes up on Sundays! Anyway, this book is so weird and we're really glad to be on our way out of it. What do you mean "Elantris short story" We want emails! Send your emails for the end-of-book mailbag episode to [email protected] or [email protected] as you prefer. We only have 2 episodes left! Plus an additional episode for the sequel short story, but y'know. You can find Nora on twitter @NeitherNora and you can find more of zir work on norablake.online You can find Mark on twitter @charaznablunt and his other podcast Higgledy-Piggledy Whale Statements on the Abnormal Mapping podcast network! You can find Autumn on twitter @autumnal_coffee and you can find their other podcasts at exportaud.io! You can also get access to episodes of this podcast early by giving us a single dollar on the patreon! Music on this episode was The Ice Giants by Kevin MacLeod! Next time we will be reading Chapters 61-63!

A coronation! The king reclaims his throne! Weird magic? We get ever closer to the endgame as the pages start to run out! We also argue a lot over whether or not Dilaf is an Elantrian. We want emails! Send your emails for the end-of-book mailbag episode to [email protected] or [email protected] as you prefer. We only have 3 episodes left! Plus an additional episode for the sequel short story, but y'know. You can find Nora on twitter @NeitherNora and you can find more of zir work on norablake.online You can find Mark on twitter @charaznablunt and his other podcast Higgledy-Piggledy Whale Statements on the Abnormal Mapping podcast network! You can find Autumn on twitter @autumnal_coffee and you can find their other podcasts at exportaud.io! You can also get access to episodes of this podcast early by giving us a single dollar on the patreon! Music on this episode was The Ice Giants by Kevin MacLeod! Next time we will be reading Chapters 58-60!

Things are shaking up! But it's kinda hard to care. But hey! At least the secret is finally out! Does Prince Raoden is dead? Find out! Also, what is up with Hrathen. The minute his arc gets a resolution he started getting owned by everyone. We want emails! Send your emails for the end-of-book mailbag episode to [email protected] or [email protected] as you prefer. We only have 3 episodes left! Plus an additional episode for the sequel short story, but y'know. You can find Nora on twitter @NeitherNora and you can find more of zir work on norablake.online You can find Mark on twitter @charaznablunt and his other podcast Higgledy-Piggledy Whale Statements on the Abnormal Mapping podcast network! You can find Autumn on twitter @autumnal_coffee and you can find their other podcasts at exportaud.io! You can also get access to episodes of this podcast early by giving us a single dollar on the patreon! Music on this episode was The Ice Giants by Kevin MacLeod Next time we will be reading chapters 55-57 of Elantris!

What is HAPPENING in this book? Brandon hits us with a fake nothing twist, some deeply weird racism, and a just depressingly mediocre Hrathen scene. It's another Ars Arcanum! We want emails! Send your emails to the end-of-book mailbag episode to [email protected] or [email protected] as you prefer. We only have 4 episodes left! Plus an additional episode for the sequel short story, but y'know. You can find Nora on twitter @NeitherNora and you can find more of zir work on norablake.online You can find Mark on twitter @charaznablunt and his other podcast Higgledy-Piggledy Whale Statements on the Abnormal Mapping podcast network! You can find Autumn on twitter @autumnal_coffee and you can find their other podcasts at exportaud.io! You can also get access to episodes of this podcast early by giving us a single dollar on the patreon! Music on this episode was The Ice Giants by Kevin MacLeod Next time we will be reading chapters 52-54 of Elantris!

We're back with another action-packed...set of chapters...okay so we aren't. Raoden & Sarene are whiny and in love, Hrathen's butthurt, and Telrii is somehow the smartest guy in the room. It's a rough week in Arelon. You can find Nora on twitter @NeitherNora and you can find more of zir work on norablake.online You can find Mark on twitter @charaznablunt and his other podcast Higgledy-Piggledy Whale Statements on the Abnormal Mapping podcast network! You can find Autumn on twitter @autumnal_coffee and you can find their other podcasts at exportaud.io! You can also get access to episodes of this podcast early by giving us a single dollar on the patreon! Music on this episode was The Ice Giants by Kevin MacLeod Next time we will be reading chapters 49-51 of Elantris!