Cosmere Covers - DrunkView

[@DanielGreeneReviews]

Sometimes when you do a DrunkView hilarity ensues. Other times you sober up and are just left spacing out and tired. This is not the former. 😅

[@HanzonRHunt]

Spicy water makes Daniel transcend to another plane of critique

[@snow5064]

were inspired from Videogamedunkey? (Dunkview)

[@karlwilker579]

Have you seen the polish Mistborn covers? Beautiful.

[@sandorgomori4789]

May I ask for the song used whilst edgedancer is showing?

[@luthientinuviel3883]

@@karlwilker579 why do polish get all the good covers? I've heard that Warrior Cats have beautiful covers there too.

[@th5174]

“Back home safe in the land of the fffffffffff... lotta problems right now” lmao

[@emosongsandreadalongs]

This sort of bothered me and I'm trying not to let it

[@diondowney1466]

@@emosongsandreadalongs Why did it bother you? Not trying to start a political shitfight on what is possibly the most wholesome video on youtube, just curious.

[@ozkan576]

@@emosongsandreadalongs why did it bother u?

[@emosongsandreadalongs]

@@ozkan576 I don't want to start a fight, but this, as well as a few other comments Daniel has made, just don't sit well with me because he seems to be sympathetic with the idea that certain Americans aren't actually free. I don't agree with that at all

[@shreyassathyaprakash659]

Sorry Daniel, I''m from the U.K and this video is just far too long, it would actually be watchable if you had split it in two.

[@lilibellenada7519]

love it 🤣

[@danasalinger5247]

well done.

[@Mikeztarp]

It would also be better if the thumbnail only showed half Daniel's face. In black, white and red with an ugly sketch that looks like someone couldn't be bothered to draw the actual art piece because they realized the concept itself sucked and didn't match the content of the video, but then the deadline came up and they just sent in the rough sketch.

[@ILoveManCity.]

@@caughtwithinpages please tell me the contex 😂 I feel I'm missing something funny & important.

[@shreyassathyaprakash659]

@@ILoveManCity. 4:25 he starts talking about how the UK covers are split into two, because the books are too. Hence the joke.

[@edwardaverros3028]

Our favourite Disheveled Goblin Host at his drunken best. Also, really entertaining editing.

[@outintheuniverse97]

Being in the UK it would have been easier to watch this video if it was in two parts 😟

[@outintheuniverse97]

@Maester Gryphon More than likely 8 but we would probably take a year to read them.

[@chogan30818]

Greatest comment ever

[@danielrichardson3946]

“On a feeling it level: I’m not” is going into my vocabulary.

[@fullmetaltheorist]

Me gets drunk : *"trashes my place"* Daniel gets drunk : *"reviews books"*

[@slotanchivay4810]

My day just got 10 times better. Thank you great Disheveled Goblin.

[@XCatherine]

I never thought I’d hear “Gothic Hobbit: Bilbo Walking in an Edgar Allen Poe forest.”

[@michaelandrews117]

Dresden next, and every time you mention Dresden's staff/outfit on the cover, you should take a shot.

[@ianbunn8982]

Are you trying to destroy his liver?

[@oscarrosenwald4001]

Like, actually. Do it!

[@AverageAwesomeDude]

The oath bringer cover is a pretty specific moment. SPOILER when the singers are attacking Thaylena they breach the wall, Jasnah just shows up kicks ass and soul casts an entire wall of bronze to close the breach like it’s no big deal

[@fabiang38]

Love to see you do Tolkien covers. Some are stunning, some are literally puke inducing

[@goldvondensternen]

Absolutely, especially when you get into international covers. (The recent Ukrainian set? Stunning. The 1981 Polish covers? Horrifying)

[@marlonbosch2717]

@@goldvondensternen links please

[@goldvondensternen]

Marlon Bosch Polish 1981 - middleearthnews.com/2012/01/10/vintage-tolkien-covers-from-the-charming-to-the-bizarre/ Ukrainian 2013(?) - www.reddit.com/r/tolkienbooks/comments/gv1b9q/from_leftthe_hobbit_the_lord_of_the_rings_the/

[@ANT96-x8d]

Question. What is a good High Fantasy series that has these qualities?: -A fantasy world that is its own mythology -Epic fight scenes and wars -Intense magic battles -A hugely expanded magic system -The archetypical hero’s journey -Dragons, Unicorns, Griffins, Sea Monsters, Phoenixes, and other known mythical beasts -Stunningly beautiful and smart female characters and love interests -Romantic story arcs that involve love and sex -Conflicts involving politics -Themes and elements and faith and religion -Spiritual and psychological themes -Elves, Dwarves, Goblins, Ghouls, Vampires, Merfolk, Fairies, Centaurs, and other non-human races -Different languages that are spoken by non-human languages -A feared and all-powerful dark lord who is after the main hero -the archetypal wise wizard -a community of wizards and sorceresses -Dark themes of tragedy, corruption, betrayal, and genocide -A tone that turns into being dark and gritty while always being mature from the start -Characters that are realistic and relatable in personality -Light and positive themes of faith, love, friendship, loyalty, honor, sacrifice and optimism

[@muhammadhashir6136]

He did that now, so be happy

[@jorgelopezromero9622]

One of my biggest disappointments is the fact that Wayne is holding a freaking shotgun (might be a rifle) on the cover of The Alloy of Law, when it's clearly stated throughout all the novels that he abhors firearms. It's such an integral part of his character that I can't believe someone greenlit it, and it's pretty obvious that nobody consulted with Brandon on that.

[@corbanbausch9049]

Same. That confused me, otherwise it's a great cover.

[@MorriganReads]

Also Wax looks like Tom Cruise for some reason.

[@feltrix334]

It's always incredibly frustrating to me how much art of Wayne with a gun I see.

[@harveymercer1383]

Up until this point I never actually realized that Adolin was on the ROW cover, thanks Daniel, very educational video

[@binibj582]

Daniel: raving about the way of kings cover and how different colours complement each other--- Me who has a kindle paperwhite edition of it: sure.....

[@SuperSGFreak49]

I always loved the clean and cohesive style of the uk covers. It made sandersons books really standout on the shelf because they would be this stark wall of white with swirls of colour. It also gave the sense right off the bat that everything was connected even before I knew about the cosmere. I didn't so much mind that stormlight books got split. I think they did it to match the size of the other cosmere books, which are quite small in paperback

[@bryson2662]

The Chinese covers are the best covers of any book I've ever seen

[@levelling2]

Brandon's books have been translated into a lot of languages. that's a lot of covers. too bad he didn't "cover" them.

[@nobu9705]

@@levelling2 That made me chuckle out loud.

[@Jagonath]

From George R R Martin (actual quote, about this exact topic): "Even Tolkien had to wonder why the US first edition of Lord of the Rings *HAD AN EMU ON IT."

[@joldomort5515]

Daniel should do a drunk interview with Abercrombie or someone and take a shot everytime they say grimdark

[@deanryanmartin]

Do it, Daniel. Please. Can't wait!!!

[@halliehurst4847]

The UK paperbacks baffle me. But here’s an explanation. So first: When they first come out there’s a hardback as you’d expect, then a big paperback the same size as the US ones. Then after a couple of moths they bring out the two normal ones. The centres ones, like 9:01, are the bigger covers and look really nice. They’re what I have except for way of kings (we’re getting to that). Sitting in two isn’t common at all in the UK, I can only think of a handful of other editions that have done it. There’s longer books, in fantasy and in general, that aren’t split in two or made into tall paperbacks. I know Sanderson has said that it makes them better for the UK market and I’d be interested to know what he means by that or if someone just told him that. He might be getting confused with elsewhere in Europe, of the places I’ve been Germany does it and maybe Austria? But someone from those countries would be better answering because I’m just going with what I’ve seen on holiday. It’s definitely not normal practice in the UK at least. Maybe the big paperbacks weren’t selling but in that case why split them in two instead of just making them normal sized and why continue to sell the bigger ones? The big ones don’t fit on the shelves in some Waterstones so maybe it has something to do with that? Which okay I get. However, the dark way of kings ( 8:48 )one is a normal sized book height wise, just thick. So I don’t understand why they didn’t do that for the others. The dark way of kings cover is an older edition before they changed the covers but is still easy to buy in shops. I wish they’d kept going with it for the rest of the series. Both height wise, for the design and the fact it’s not split into two. I don’t actually know if it’s possible to buy the whole series consistently in the UK. I don’t because I have the old way of kings cover then the big paperbacks. I guess if you’ve bought the split covers then you could? I’m not actually sure how the prices work out? I think the last one was £16.99 for the big paperback then £8.99 each for the normal ones? Something like that. So there you go. I’m aware that doesn’t help much. We’re all confused over here too.

[@unprofessionalcritic3107]

I've been scratching my head for a long, long time over the weird UK paperbacks of Stormlight Archive and you're the first person I've come across who cares enough about this write a long ass comment. 😂 I own the big size trade paperback of Way of Kings. It's hard to even find people who actually know about these editions. Everyone i see thinks they only came out in split in two versions

[@raffaelsteinmann7296]

I can only speak of the german versions we have here in Switzerland. It's litteraly insane. So many big fantasy series are split. ASOIAF? Bam, 10 Books. WoT? 36, here you go. Stormlight? 6. Oh, and you pay like 25 bucks for one. Not kidding.

[@lilibellenada7519]

Raffael Steinmann. I think I know why German translations are most often split into two parts: texts in German are often much longer than the same text in English. I don‘t know if we need more words to say the same thing as the English do, or if we have more letters in our words... Either way, the German books get sooooo large. Imagine the US Oathbringer (I think it has roughly 1200 pages?) and then the German version would probably have a few hundred more.

[@MsBlulucky]

Well yes, Germany does that, but still it's not that common. I only know that it happend to ASOIAF (and since I didn't want pay 10*16€ I just bought an english box set for 25€ total 😅) Page count is one reason, but I mean, I've got the German translation for LOTR as one single book which is 1300 pages long. So it's not like it's impossible to make such tombs. My guess is that it's both the page count and just plain capitalism...

[@diarya5573]

I've got all the split covers in a consistent form factor, so, newer editions, yeah.

[@seanpatrickgiblin9435]

Split the covers for one simple reason ‘hand cramps’. 🤗 I need a hand free to menacingly stir my tea ☕️

[@yremogtnomnad]

Maisie Williams would make an EXCELLENT Vin in a Mistborn movie/series.

[@XCatherine]

DANIEL I’M SORRY NOT SORRY FOR ALL THE COMMENTS BUT I CAN’T STOP LAUGHING AT THIS VID BLESS YOU DISHEVELED GOBLIN.

[@Rhadagar]

The most intriguing thing for me about the US Rhythm of War cover is how Adolin seems to be making the colours on the rock around him more vibrant...

[@U.Inferno]

Those Stain Glass covers are the Chinese covers for those various books and every time they look amazing.

[@firenthefire2]

Micheal Whelan is a master of fantasy and sci-fi covers. His Stormlight, Osten Ard, Memory of Light, Foundation covers are all awesome. And his fantasy art in general is just great. Him and Keith Parkinson really got me into fantasy art.

[@LightningRaven42]

Well, the Brazilian Covers are all amazing for Mistborne. Also for the Kingkiller Chronicle. Even though our books are expensive as hell, we at least get some top notch material, in fact our Kingkiller edition has extra material for the Kingkiller Chronicle (you can check out the wikia on the days of the week for that book, it's from our edition. It's quite cool)

[@alicepacheco8960]

Sério? Nunca nem as capas brasileiras de Mistborn. Mas tenho que admitir que em geral prefiro as capas brasileiras às a americanas

[@LightningRaven42]

@@alicepacheco8960 As daqui são muito boas. Tem algumas séries que as capas são estritamente superiores (em minha opinião).

[@martawolna6027]

I don't know if you've done this yet, but I feel like it would be fun comparing covers from around the world, not only US/UK, because they are sometimes REALLY nice

[@albinodeer7449]

Polish Mistborn covers come to mind

[@megravitt33]

elliot brooks did a video about this

[@alexisherbert687]

the spanish covers for all of the mistborn series are really good, also the one for elantris

[@iiXalexXii]

The UK editions also have full length versions (the miscellaneous ones you mentioned) :) They all look really awesome

[@jordancorgatelli9292]

You missed out on the greatest Cosmere cover ever: The original Hero of Ages cover where vin is on the spires of Kredik Shaw surrounded by steel inquisitors. That's one of the best book covers of all time and I can't believe that you missed it in a video about Cosmere covers.

[@vikingfiesta9048]

I’m so behind on reading books that you’ve covered. You’re the reason I read wheel of time, Stormlight archive‘s, and now reading miss born. I really appreciate your contacts thank you

[@heygus20]

This video is the kind of vibe I wanted and needed today. 10/10

[@gaybowser4967]

I will say, as a citizen of the U.K. our WoT books aren't split in half. TSR and LoC aren't split in half despite being 1,000 page long books (if you include the glossary) whereas the Stormlight Archive ones are. I dunno why, but I'll be honest I'm not complaining because in a way, I much prefer our covers to American SA covers. Other than The Way of Kings. That's beautiful.

[@calebdrew5684]

The Final Empire original cover is one of my favourites. Vin flying is just the coolest thing.

[@sjajsjsja4523]

Way of Kings's cover is an instant classic. It's the reason I started with that book as my first Sanderson novel.

[@MrValkilmer35]

Daniel: "...disheveled goblin host..." Me singing: "...down, down down to Goblin Town!"

[@BlackXSunlight]

That one weird Well of Ascension I actually like, maybe the colors are different in print because it was more obvious she’s wearing a laced up dress, but it’s very dynamic. The Hero of Ages from that line has a great cover, with a distressed Vin surrounded by Steel Inquisitors floating in place.

[@Mdgarsormr]

The Emperor's Soul (UK) cover is definitely one of the best, does the story justice and catches your eye facing out on a shelf.

[@nathanlarson9066]

There is an energy to this that I've only ever felt in my nightmares.

[@adamgribble3936]

Fella that worked at a bookshop once told me the reason for the split was because when printing the massive volumes it almost cost as much to print as they made selling them. Cutting them in half allowed them to charge twice and almost halve the cost of making them.

[@UdyKumra]

They had to split the Stormlight covers in the UK because a) it’s easier to print and b) you can split books more easily and still sell in the UK market. At least, that’s what I think Sanderson has said.

[@briang3598]

Emperor's Soul is definitely unique among the franchise for being something that could actually sit in an art gallery.

[@damanOts]

I can definitely say that the first Mistborn cover is the greatest book cover ever concieved

[@VAARBLM]

I recomend you checking out the Spanish Editions by Nova, specially the ones for Elantris and the Mistborn saga. I think they are really well done.

[@geryrrs]

Yesss

[@nicolasinvernizzi6140]

yes the elantris cover of the nova edition is my favorite.

[@rida5847]

Daniel: says “sweet summer child” Me: ( ͝סּ ͜ʖ͡סּ )

[@Ryan_Thompson_Guitarist]

Michael Whelan was the artist behind The Way of Kings. He is most know for doing the original book covers for Michael Moorcock's Elric series, and the original cover for 'A Memory of Light'

[@LRgreatness]

For the UK basically what happens is that the book gets sold in one single hardcopy then has a limited release as a single paperback before then getting split into two. I can't remember the exact reason for this but I vaguely remember reading about it being cheaper to print as two books in Europe. A similar happened with ASOIAF where both A Storm of Swords and A Dance With Dragons were split into two.

[@Jane-w]

You can tell the difference between the old UK titles and the new UK titles by the title font. The font that is swirly are the old covers, the font that is straight and thick are the new covers.

[@climbinguphill]

I loved this video when you did it for the Wheel of Time, never thought you’d do it again but I am so happy you did.

[@markomojsov63]

The International Covers are absolutely INFURIATING. I have some mild OCD tendencies so when i bought Stormlight 1 & 2 it pissed me of so much that they don't MATCH. Seriously. One is shorter one is longer, the placement of the author/book title is different on each. This was a problem since they came out. I seriously don't understand how, knowing there will be 10 books in the series you don't do something incredible like they did with Shadowhunters for example. They have released a cover update now, but I can see that they have no plans of making the spines match.. Pretty sure they're doing this so some people (like me) will buy the books twice.. otherwise it makes no sense.

[@elizabethday1175]

As a UK Person, you can buy the Stormlight Archive books as one in the UK, you just have a choice of what works for you. The weird ones you found of the battle for way of kings and the centre art placement for Oathbringer are when you get it all as one book

[@lbentforleather9654]

I love the Mistborn UK art, with the blue colors and everything they did with it. Especially The Final Empire .Personally, I think the Mistborn UK covers are masterpieces. Maybe its just personal preference, but I love the way the mist looks (swirling, blue) and the style of art used to show the buildings, how it doesn't reveal every little detail but still looks brilliant. Also The Way of Kings is just :)

[@allypotter4404]

Yes please, Australian/UK editions of Stormlight, I'd love to pay almost $50 for a single book split into two parts. They're so gorgeous, take all of my money.

[@geryrrs]

The spanish version of Mistborn and Elantris are amazing

[@guillermoandresramirezvera2268]

They're fucking amazing

[@scott7695]

"It's Bilbo walking into an Edgar Allen Poe forest" .....best line

[@mirandalew2420]

I got the Chinese Mistborn boxed set last year to help with language study, and they are the most beautiful books I own. I would google the Chinese covers for the Enders Game series, so gorgeous.

[@HeadCannon19]

Me at 14:28 : Daniel has betrayed us Me at 15:49 : Never mind, he's back

[@awesometurtle20]

I *love* the RoW cover. I haven't got any idea what in the Tranquiline Halls is happening there, but like, the squares remind me of gems, Adolin is probably looking over Shadesmar in wonder, Shallan is holding a mysterious smol orb, and while you thought she looked scared, I thought she looked curious and maybe a bit worried, but not in immediate danger, which is why Adolin wouldn't be doing anything. The ground they're standing on is waves turned to stone, the plants are otherworldly, and who knows, maybe some aliens pop up and drop a monolith on Roshar... I suppose the other reason a monolith would be there is that it's a Fablehaven crossover and the monolith is the Obsidian Wastes vault from book five... or... I've got it, the monolith is some building in Shadesmar, since I think that picture is in Shadesmar, especially after hearing what they wanted the art of the cover to be. I have no idea what they're *doing* in Shadesmar, I don't even own any cosmere books other than WoK, which I got yesterday, but whatever. I can't wait to read RoW, though I probably will have to wait... until Christmas, at least. The sea behind Shallan and Adolin is spotted and many-colored, like a sea of orbs- just like Shadesmar is described to have. Then Shallan is wearing that beautiful havah, speaking of which, I really need to hide my safehand, and Adolin's outfit is amazing. Shallan's dress has a glove, which is a lot more practical than those sweepy long sleeves that sound like so much fun, and I think that does show that she is changing, and practicality is certainly important. His sword looks beautiful, and also, the rainbow that he's sitting on... I wonder what that is... there are the little white teardrops, which could be some sort of light, or maybe a spren? The rocks that are waves really make me think of obsidian, I'm not exactly sure why. Obsidian is volcanic glass, and I guess the sort of rainbow reflective quality reminded me of glass, as well as Fablehaven's Obsidian Waste, which glowed with an inner rainbow light that only Kendra could see, since she was fairykind (oh look, that popped up again in this long paragraph... I apologize for writing an essay, but that's how things go when I explain things... True Sanderfan: writes much more than expected. True me: writes much more than expected then realizes there's a funny tangent in the middle) Then at the bottom left of the rock behind Shallan with the squares, there's a circle with a weird squiggly on it, and I'm pretty sure it means something but I have *no idea*. ok, so that was all in a weird order, I spewed my thoughts onto here as I noticed new details... I will change the order of the sentences and that's what you will see, also, if you read that whole thing, props to you! I seriously kept zooming in a ton and looking for details... plus, you have my confusing thoughts stuck in there as well. I have no idea how to break that up in a way that makes more sense or to separate it into sections since my thoughts flowed together in a torrential downpour. ok I think that's organized a bit better

[@Luiz2Gonzga]

For me, the Brazilian Mistborn covers are the best

[@nicolasinvernizzi6140]

they use the same covers in the spanish editions too and i agree with you. those are the best.

[@MrVivisexy]

Just checked them out and they're pretty dope

[@alicepacheco8960]

Nunca vi as capas brasileiras de Mistborn, já é o segundo comentário que eu vejo falando isso. Vou ver agora

[@Clayst]

I never knew before noticing something was off with the Words of Radiance cover that Daniel reviewed, but there's actually two variants of the cover. My copy has Kaladin holding his spear in a different position, fits to the ground with cracks around where he has landed. There's no red headband, no weird blue blob by his hand, and the jacket is also different.

[@ry2fly666]

THAT EDITING IS FANTASTIC

[@EnochDew]

The Rhythm of War cover is such a great PC wallpaper. Dark mode all the things!

[@TheAnnimusprime]

The UK Stormlight books come out in the big version first and then they split them in subsequent editions. We get the UK covers in NZ and I always buy them as soon as they come out to get the giant version.

[@noname3609]

I gotta love Gollancz,high quality material !!!

[@TheBralessDiaries]

I did not know Daniel did these drunk, but I’m so thankful for the way he announced it, with emphasis on the burrrrrp. 😆😆😆

[@FriiKKi]

This is suprisingly fun to watch when you're drunk yourself too. Keep up the good content my man! :)

[@FriiKKi]

And btw can you be the nice person that makes decent story rewind of SA before the release on Rhytm of War.. That would be nice! My skill of memory is god dang afwul :(

[@bobacrow79]

The further the video goes, the deeper into the bottle Daniel dives. XD

[@morganthedruid1]

The reason they split the UK books into two parts is because they have to print it in English and in Latin by law so the full book would be massive. You honestly should skim through it in Latin, it is so beautiful, we learn that stuff in school but we mainly read the English version.

[@BobTheSkull]

I think it would actually be a good idea to do the dresden files series for one of these. Go for the old school covers that were on the older books before it was changed to what it is now, golook and fawn over the Subterranean Press editions, and then do international versions like you normally do

[@rainvm]

Not only is the emperor's soul cover the best but it is also the best cosmere book overall

[@VoorNuNogVerandern]

You and your railings crack me up everytime. I keep that in mind if I'm ever putting a book out there.

[@michajerchel7350]

Funfact, they also split some Stormlight books in Poland, but only Oathbringer and Rythm of War

[@legenddairymilk2280]

I've been waiting for this ever since the first wheel of time one. My body is ready

[@sm0ky12]

the wallpaper engine version of the way of kings cover is amazing

[@andrewrodger2855]

I believe the UK books were only split in two for the softcover releases. I think the hardcovers were each single volume which is why there are different versions (half face versus full face). Not sure though - read it on kindle because who wants to hold up a 1000 page book for ours on end.

[@bencoleman1700]

In the UK we have hardbacks full size and paper backs in half for Stormlight

[@MeghanReads]

The spanish printing of Elantris is so nice and im always moody that my spanish is too shitty to warrant me buying that edition

[@cerebeluke]

OMG you made my day with this Drunkview! I dunno if you know this, but the Brazilian covers for Mistborn (Eras 1 and 2) and Elantris are totally different from the US/UK Covers (they are a lot better too IMO), so maybe you could check it out! I bet you'll like them!

[@CSWalters]

In the uk we have the two books which are in the traditional paperback size but they also released an omnibus volume which had the full cover which is more a hardback size. So the variants are for those full image covers which kind of goes against what you said about our attention span lol.

[@BaneOfXistence4]

I like Rhythms Of War's cover a lot. The darker theme doesn't feel muted or dull and the square geometries remind me of Vex landscapes from Destiny. Straight lines of metal terraformed into natural earth and rock formations.

[@green.goblin]

“It’s tantalizing in its oddness”

[@mattias9095]

Big fan, great vid once again, only... I NEED MORE VOER REVIEWS! It's such a big thing. Most of us care about what a cover looks like and if there are multiple options everyone will have their preferences.

[@kimmarie1398]

I actually love that they split the UK editions up! First of all their BEAUTIFUL (but i totaly agree that splitting up Jasnaha face is super weird) and second of all it’s just physically less exhausting to carry a smaller book around and not be killed by your book if you read late at night and accidentally drop it on your face, which of course never happens to me

[@LarsUelf]

The German editions are split in two as well, which really confused me at first. But I think it makes sense, I wouldn't want to carry around books that thick. And we get more artwork which is nice. Maybe the 'selling more books' things is part of the reason but I don't really mind that.

[@bookschocaholic]

I also like it because it's not going to have a messed up spine after the first five hundred pages!! 😂

[@Mikeztarp]

@@LarsUelf This might be a European thing, because in France the ASOIAF books were split into 2-3 each too.

[@kimmarie1398]

@@LarsUelf same but i never bothered to read the german versions after reading the first mistborn because the way they translated the names just ruins it for me

[@kimmarie1398]

@@Mikeztarp yeah same for the german version of name of the wind

[@nachikahn4923]

10/10 would watch again

[@johnfrancis7687]

Anyone else notice how similar the rythym of war and the shadow rising covers are? The columns, the light source, the sky

[@conoroneill8067]

For some reason, whenever a new Stormlight book comes out, it's in a single volume, but after the initial release, it seems they move to the two volumes version, which is all you can find in bookstores about a year after release. It's actually kinda irritating, because I like having consistent versions, and I have a single Oathbringer, but can't get a copy of WoK or WoR unless I buy it split, which bothers me. Which... maybe is part of the point? Like: "Hey, buy this limited edition now, or else you can never get this version/edition ever again and you will be forever doomed with an incomplete/inconsistent set." (I'm Aussie, by the way, but I'm pretty sure it's the same in the UK, since we also get the UK covers and the split-in-two thing.)

[@samuelleask1132]

Australian here too, I’m in same boat

[@Cairn9]

You being barefoot during this is cracking me up

[@trebuchette633]

9:34 I think the muddled, hazy colors make sense, seeing as Scadrial is constantly covered in ash - I like that the artist portrayed that 11:44 Vin looks like a Spy Kid to me, posing with her shoulders thrown back like that lmao

[@imptv]

Even if I don't agree with all of Daniel's inebriated art criticism, this was a lot of fun! I love that the audience for this channel is so passionate about books that most of the comments are about cover art and not how adorkably hot drunk Daniel is. LOL! 😅❤️

[@LRTableTop]

I really like how smart and clean the UK ones are, also I think in UK you have the option of buying them together or separately. That's why the Way of Kings had three options :).

[@johanjoseph4802]

UK paperback is split into 2 cuz it helps the binding. Even Storm of Swords and Dance with Dragons was split into 2.

[@kadeonines5178]

I rate this video 6/10 -4 points for not drunk enough (No slurred speech, coherent sentences, overall it feels like you could still drive)

[@matiasbaldoniamar8680]

The spanish Mistborn covers are awesome

[@SakylaElf]

Omg yes please Daniel buy all of the chinese editions so I can live vicariously through you!!!

[@Flarker09]

My favorite is The Way of Kings as well. In fact, I have a 24x36 print of it on my wall.

[@seamusb9012]

They've split all the SA books in Australia too and they sell for the same as a regular book. It annoys me a lot.

[@michellecamacho1428]

YES THOSE COVERS ARE BEAUTIFUL The guy's name is Jian Guo, his arts for Lotr are amazing too www.artstation.com/breathing Don't know if anyone has answered this already but here you go

[@stallgastgivargarden1224]

The Way of Kings -Why is there so many onions scattered across the rockface behind that knight? Guess I'll have to read the book to find out.

[@diarya5573]

Pretty sure there are 2 UK versions, the splits and the single volume SA. The ones you showed later are the single volume.