Talk:Mistborn

In-Universe Perspective

This article is almost entirely written from an in-universe perspective, with only the lead paragraph and the last screenful of text having any real-world information about the book series. While mostly accurate, it really needs to have sections 1-6 reduced to just a few paragraphs of plot summary, and more information added about things like its critical reception and sales, perhaps a few quotes from any interviews that may have been conducted. The rest of the information could maybe be moved to a fan wiki. It might be worth mentioning the author's including things early in the series that are only truly revealed to the reader much later, for example the few references to kandra in book 1, or the significance of Vin's earring, which is only revealed at the end of the third book, but the effects of which are accurately maintained from the beginning. But only if a 3rd-party source can be found for them. Dansiman (talk|Contribs) 06:05, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

This++. The primary focus of any WP article should be NON-FANS. Please compare to a few properly written articles about fantasy series, such as Books of the Swords or The Sandman. For now I will resist the urge to erase 90+% of the trivial detail here and replace it with 2 or 3 paragraphs of proper summary, but I hope someone who actually knows the source material will do so. - Frankie1969 (talk) 16:28, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

You are right about that. I'll do my best to make it (at least somewhat) less in-universe.Caidh (talk) 18:58, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

Yes. As an outsider - this is a trainwreck. The Wikipedia article is to inform people not knowledgeable on the subject about it, not verify the article writer's knowledge in a way only understandable to the subject's experts. What do I care about two dozen geographical names of towns, countries and mountains if I still have no clue if it's all thatch roofs, houses of glass, or igloos, or maybe glorb-florbs of 12-tentacled folk? At the point where I knew all the geography of the world I still didn't know what sort of creatures inhabit the world - are they even humans? What do I care what the iron arcs symbolize before I even know what they are and where they are? Why do I need to know the rules of politics and inheritance of allomancy without having a clue what it is? Some creatures are named and described and placed into void of complete irrelevancy. Yes, dear author, yes, I see you know a lot about the books! I still have no clue what they are about but I certainly know you do! Sharpfang (talk) 07:30, 5 October 2018 (UTC)

Wax & Wayne trilogy in sidebar

Should The Alloy of Law be considered book 1 of Wax and Wayne if it's really the book that leads into the planned 3 book trilogy? Making it closer to book 0? 69.47.88.208 (talk) 04:13, 27 November 2015 (UTC)

You mean a prequel? Maybe, but first I have to read it, which is why I haven't edited this page in so very long. Cheers, Drcrazy102 (talk) 04:38, 27 November 2015 (UTC)

The Original trilogy are the only ones cald Mistborn, The Wax and Wane series dont have Mistborn in their title's and oltho they are in the same universe they have little else to do with eachother. They maby a seperate sequel to the Mistborn Trilogy but they have nothing to do with the name Mistborn or the Mistborn Trilogy! I ges the title of the page should be books by Brandon Sanderson instead of Mistborn that only refers to the first 3 books! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.150.19.206 (talk) 15:07, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

The name wax and wane is used interchangeably with Mistborn era 2 or the second era of Miss born with over era 1 being the original trilogy being the first era M.kai.we (talk) 14:49, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

Is the Wax and Wayne series the next trilogy or not?

In the intro part of this article, it says that of the four books in the Wax and Wayne series, "the latter three" will be the second Mistborn trilogy. However, in the "Sequels" section, it specifically states that this series is NOT meant to be the second trilogy and is instead a spinoff series.

Which is it?

Thanks. JohnJSal (talk) 02:09, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

To quote Sanderson in a recent posting on his site:

The original pitch was for three trilogies. The Wax and Wayne books expanded this to four series. (You can imagine Wax and Wayne as series 1.5, if you want.) This means there will still be a contemporary trilogy, and a science fiction trilogy, in the future.

Hope that helps. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 04:29, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

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Anyone more familiar with the series than I care to add it to this list?

Types of mythological or fantastic beings in contemporary fiction is a page of, well, fantasy works (movie, TV, written, whatever) and the assorted mythological and/or fantastic critters they contain. This series might qualify. Anyone care to add it? Tamtrible (talk) 10:24, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

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