3mo ago

Nerdforge makes absurdly large Stormlight leatherbounds and delivers them to Brandon Sanderson

I'm not a big YouTube guy, but this is interesting, and I know a lot of people in here are reading/looking forward to reading Wind and Truth. Her end result is some beautiful (obviously impractical) books that make the regular giant hardcovers look like little baby books.

If you ignore the handful of YouTube-isms it's a pretty cool video.

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I struggle to enjoy what YouTube has become and as a result don't follow much anything anymore... But I do want to thank you for sharing this video!
The amount of skill and creativity and love that went into these books was absolutely incredible to watch. I'm going to show my family. Seriously, this was such a pleasure.
And while I have read Brandon Sanderson books (introduced to him through the WoT), I haven't actually read the Stormlight Archive. My partner has though and they are really excited about the latest book. I think I know what my next series will be.
Incredible! 💜
- It's weird, because they're absurdly long, but the moment to moment and scene to scene writing never makes it feel that way.
  But they are for sure seriously long. (The audiobooks are 45, 48, 55, 57, 63 hours.) And by the end there are probably at least a dozen characters that I really care about, and many more that played crucial roles. Some of them feel like just names early, but a lot get built out into people that feel real.
  It was already my favorite series once I powered through the first 4, but Wind and Truth went above and beyond and re-defined what I consider epic fantasy to be with the paths it opened up.
  
  So I have to correct my previous statement about my partner reading through the series. Apparently they read through Oathbringer but it dragged on so long that by the time book 4 came out they felt burnt out. "Remember how you felt with WoT 10? That's how I felt with Oathbringer." With the fifth book out though, they're interested in perhaps restarting the series.
  I like Sanderson. I really enjoyed Mistborn, for instance. I really don't want to get into another situation where I'm hundreds of hours into something and only continuing out of stubbornness. I don't like to leave things unfinished, but pressing forward can sometimes make me no longer like an author. Truth is, some series pick up after a slog and could even become my very favorite (as was the case with WoT). Ah, how epics can go so very right or so very wrong. Haha.
  Sounds like your opinion is that book 5 makes it all worth it though.
  With all that said, I think I might actually read Mistborn era 2 books first. I only just realized that they were out. I've been reading so many other authors that I haven't paid much attention to Sanderson for a while. I only heard the occasional, "My god this book is never going to end" from my partner. 😁
  
  I'm listening to the wandering inn and feel something similar. It's a huge series, one of the biggest. I love certain parts of it but I have to take a break sometimes. And certain characters can take it or leave it.

Nerdforge is one of those creators that I stumbled upon years ago, even though their stuff normally falls outside of my niche interests. They are definitely worth the sub.
- It looks like some of the other stuff is also cool, but mostly not my thing.
  I actually dislike YouTube enough that I couldn't see my own post because their domains are blocked, lol. It's not that video is never the right medium, but the vast majority of it is stuff that would be better as a short-medium article. I had someone who knew I'm currently obsessed with Sanderson and really like the aesthetic of leather bound books specifically send me a link, or I wouldn't have seen it.

They did a good job on the wheel of time as well.
- I need to take another shot at reading those at some point. I was into it for a while, but fell away from it when it got kind of bogged down in the middle.
  I thought the process here was really interesting, though. I can barely resist spending a stupid amount of money I can't justify on all his regular leatherbounds and am a big fan of leatherworking in general (though my "projects" are super basic). The stress of trying to perfectly bind my singular licensed printing of a book like this would kill me lol, but it was cool to see how they set it all up.
  
  I need to take another shot at reading those at some point. I was into it for a while, but fell away from it when it got kind of bogged down in the middle.
  I had that experience. I tried reading it again (starting over because it had been so long), but fell away from it again when it got kind of bogged down near the beginning.
  I may try again soon (without starting over). Wish me luck.

If you like bookbinding you might also enjoy. Creator does some crazy detailed videos on "old school"ish binding
https://youtube.com/@fourkeysbookarts?si=K5Deh9U1t5cvcRT-
- And now I need to make a journal I won't use.
  Thanks.
  
  Just need some leatherwork, threadwork, and a month of patience

Leaving the hyphen in would've made a huge difference in the meaning of what you wrote.

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