archizzy posted...
I commend his work output and Im actually interested in reading The Stormlight Archive but I have this terrible habit of starting and getting hooked on unfinished series and this would be no different.
Over the last 14 years he has written the first 5 books but hes taking a break to write the next Mistborn trilogy and when he resumes it will take another presumably same chunk of time to finish the next 5 books as he said it was a planned 10 book series.
But again I commend him for all the stuff he does, you can expect a book in the series every 3 to 4 years when not on a break. I wish George R.R. Martin or fucking Patrick Rothfuss would take some inspiration from him.
At least when Stephen King got off his ass and decided to finish The Dark Tower he knocked out the final 3 books in 4 years! I understand not everyone can keep that pace but when we wait 12 years for a book thats ridiculous.
So kudos to Sanderson for being regular.
The 5th book for Stormlight comes out in November this year. Hes said its an ending to an arc and books 6-10 will be another arc, the two arcs are connected but you could stop at the ending of 5 and consider it a proper ending with some cliffhangers.
I dont know how valid that statement is. But after it releases you could ask again to see if it is finished. We do know that the main characters of 1-5 wont be the main characters for the second set.
Either way, the first Mistborn trilogy is definitely a finished series and can be read and enjoyed. (Second era is technically done but has cliffhangers to be resolved in the as yet unwritten Era 3)