Nerdforge makes absurdly large Stormlight leatherbounds and delivers them to Brandon Sanderson (youtu.be)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works to c/books@lemmy.world

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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.

edit: adding screenshot of the books compared to the regular ones.

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[-] GlassHalfHopeful@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

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! 💜

[-] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

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.

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago

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.

[-] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works -1 points 6 months ago

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.