This week we are joined by Jackson, who had the unenviable task of both filling Tili's shoes while they take a short break and also trying to talk about this book coherently by having only read chapters 16, 17, and 18 of Elantris. If you ask me, they did an amazing job, and this episode is great. Our chapters on the other hand......... not so much. Brandon was truly On Some Bullshit this week and gave us a lot of absolute nonsense to chew on. If you enjoy fantasy authors writing weird justifications for slavery, 1. stop enjoying that and 2. Elantris is the book you're looking for. You can find Jackson on twitter @headfallsoff and of course all of their podcasts are over on abnormalmapping.com You can find Nora on twitter @NeitherNora and you can find more of zir work on norablake.online You can find Tili on twitter @charaznablunt and their other podcast Higgledy-Piggledy Whale Statements on the Abnormal Mapping podcast network! You can find Autumn on twitter @autumnal_coffee. Her other podcasts are Export Audio, Hot Singles, and And Then, An Aeroplane! And you can support this podcast and many more by going to exportaud.io and chipping in as little as a dollar per month! Join us next time as we talk about chapters 19-21 of Elantris! Music for this episode is Fearless First by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3742-fearless-first License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Elantris is a desert. Please Brandon. Write a better book. Harrow the Ninth spoilers from 21 minutes to 46 minutes! You can find Nora on twitter @NeitherNora and you can find more of zir work on norablake.online You can find Tili on twitter @charaznablunt and their other podcast Higgledy-Piggledy Whale Statements on the Abnormal Mapping podcast network! You can find Autumn on twitter @autumnal_coffee. Her other podcasts are Export Audio, Hot Singles, and And Then, An Aeroplane! And you can support this podcast and many more by going to exportaud.io and chipping in as little as a dollar per month! Music for this podcast is Adventure Meme by Kevin MacLeod Join us next time as we talk about chapters 16-18 of Elantris!

We return from brief medical hiatus to get mad about Elantris. Maybe someday this book will be good, but not today. We open on a spoiler-free discussion of Gideon the Ninth—though if you want a spoiler-filled discussion you can listen to episode 103 of Export Audio—and fan fiction. Then in our chapters, Raoden is a jackass, Sarene is an evil girl boss, Hrathen does nothing of note, and Brandon NEEDS to read Capital. You can find Nora on twitter @NeitherNora and you can find more of zir work on norablake.online You can find Tili on twitter @charaznablunt and their other podcast Higgledy-Piggledy Whale Statements on the Abnormal Mapping podcast network! You can find Autumn on twitter @autumnal_coffee. Her other podcasts are Export Audio, Hot Singles, and And Then, An Aeroplane! And you can support this podcast and many more by going to exportaud.io and chipping in as little as a dollar per month! Music for this podcast is Adventure Meme by Kevin MacLeod Join us next time as we talk about chapters 13-15 of Elantris!

Episode Notes Hey there! While Autumn recovers from surgery, please enjoy this bonus episode from Nora & Tili! We read the novella Perfect State by Brandon Sanderson and wanted to share a little of how much of an incredibly wild ride it was. We'll be back next fortnight with some more Elantris!

We cross the 100 page mark in Elantris and ask the important question: Brandon, where is the plot? Despite there nothing happening, we do our longest episode yet as we get really in the weeds trying to understand the non-sensical political economy of Arelon because boy howdy, there is some stuff in these chapters that feels ill considered. We are truly delivering on the promise of this podcast "some marxists thinking way too hard about a fantasy novel that invites such thought". You can find Nora on twitter @NeitherNora and you can find more of zir work on norablake.online You can find Tili on twitter @charaznablunt and their other podcast Higgledy-Piggledy Whale Statements on the Abnormal Mapping podcast network! You can find Autumn on twitter @autumnal_coffee. Her other podcasts are Export Audio, Hot Singles, and And Then, An Aeroplane! And you can support this podcast and many more by going to exportaud.io and chipping in as little as a dollar per month! Music for this podcast is Adventure Meme by Kevin MacLeod We're taking a brief hiatus after this episode because Autumn is having a surgery, but we will see you again in late October probably to talk about chapters 10-12 of Elantris!

It's our sophomore episode! We buckle in this week for 3 very exposition-heavy and conflict-light chapters of Elantris. But that's okay because we're already starting to spot some Themes that might be important through the novel as we try to pick apart what exactly this Hrathen guy is up to. You can find Nora on twitter @NeitherNora and you can find more of zir work on norablake.online You can find Tili on twitter @charaznablunt and their other podcast Higgledy-Piggledy Whale Statements on the Abnormal Mapping podcast network! You can find Autumn on twitter @autumnal_coffee. Her other podcasts are Export Audio, Hot Singles, and And Then, An Aeroplane! And you can support this podcast and many more by going to exportaud.io and chipping in as little as a dollar per month! Music for this podcast is Adventure Meme by Kevin MacLeod Join us next time as we talk about chapters 7-9 of Elantris!

Hello and welcome to Ars Arcanum! Every other Tuesday, we will be here to talk about Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere books! We are of course starting with Elantris, going 3 chapters at a time. This week we're introduced to our 3 perspective characters: Raoden, Sarene, and Hrathen (forgive me if I spelled any of those wrong, I listen to the audiobooks haha). We summarize the chapters so even if you're not reading along, this should be a funny journey through Sanderson's first published novel. You can find Nora on twitter @NeitherNora and you can find more of zir work on norablake.online You can find Tili on twitter @charaznablunt and their other podcast Higgledy-Piggledy Whale Statements on the Abnormal Mapping podcast network! You can find Autumn on twitter @autumnal_coffee And you can support this podcast and many more by going to exportaud.io and chipping in as little as a dollar per month! Join us next time as we talk about chapters 4-6 of Elantris!