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{{Short description|Short story collection by Brandon Sanderson}}
{{Infobox book
| name          = Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection
| image         = ArcanumUnbounded.jpg
| caption       = Cover of the hardcover
| author        = [[Brandon Sanderson]]
| cover_artist  = [[David Palumbo]]
| illustrator   = {{unbulleted list|Ben McSweeney|Isaac Stewart}}
| country       = United States
| language      = English
| series        = [[Brandon Sanderson#Cosmere|Cosmere]]
| genre         = [[Epic fantasy]]
| published     = November 22, 2016
| publisher     = [[Tor Books]]
| media_type    = Print ([[hardcover]] and [[mass-market paperback]]), [[audiobook]], [[e-book]]
| pages         = 672 (hardcover)
| isbn          = 978-0-7653-9116-2
| oclc          = 935985784
| dewey         = 813/.6
| congress      = PS3619.A533 A6 2016<ref>[https://lccn.loc.gov/2016043665 "Arcanum unbounded : the Cosmere collection"] (first edition). LC Online Catalog. Library of Congress (lccn.loc.gov). Retrieved April 30, 2017.</ref>
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'''''Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection''''' is a collection of [[epic fantasy]] short stories and novellas written by American author [[Brandon Sanderson]] set in his [[Brandon Sanderson#Cosmere|Cosmere]] universe. It was published on November 22, 2016 by [[Tor Books]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865666448/Utah-author-Brandon-Sanderson-spins-fantasy-tales-read-by-millions-around-the-world.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106160732/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865666448/Utah-author-Brandon-Sanderson-spins-fantasy-tales-read-by-millions-around-the-world.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 6, 2016 |last=Benson |first=Lee |title=Utah author Brandon Sanderson spins fantasy tales read by millions around the world |publisher=[[Deseret News]]|date=November 5, 2016|accessdate=April 29, 2017}}</ref>
==Contents==
The nine stories in the collection are set in the worlds of ''[[The Stormlight Archive|Roshar]]'', ''[[Mistborn|Scadrial]]'', ''[[Elantris|Sel]]'', ''[[Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell|Threnody]]'', ''[[Writing Excuses#Shadows Beneath anthology|First of the Sun]]'', and ''[[White Sand (graphic novel)|Taldain]]'', which are all a part of Sanderson's ''[[Brandon Sanderson#Cosmere|Cosmere]]'' universe.<ref name="barnesnoble">{{cite web|title=Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection|url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/arcanum-unbounded-brandon-sanderson/1123274877#productInfoTabs|website=[[Barnes & Noble]]|accessdate=3 November 2016}}</ref><ref name="PW review">{{cite web|title=Fiction Book Review: Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7653-9116-2|publisher=[[Publishers Weekly]]|accessdate=3 November 2016}}</ref> The collection also includes essays and illustrations for the various planetary systems in which the stories are set. All have been released individually or as part of multi-author anthologies in the past.
The collection includes the following works:
#''[[The Emperor's Soul]]'', a novella originally published in 2012
#''The Hope of Elantris'', originally published as an e-book in 2007
#''The Eleventh Metal'', originally released in 2011 as part of the ''[[Mistborn Adventure Game]]''
#''Allomancer Jak and the Pits of Eltania, Episodes 28 through 30'', originally released on August 3, 2014 as part of the ''[[Alloy of Law]]'' extension to the ''[[Mistborn Adventure Game]]''
#''[[Mistborn: Secret History]]'', a short novel originally published in 2016 as an e-book
#[[White Sand (graphic novel)|''White Sand'']], an excerpt of the [[White Sand (graphic novel)|graphic novel]] originally published in 2016 and a previously unpublished opening section of the original prose version of the story.
#''[[Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell]]'', a novella originally published in 2013 in the ''[[Dangerous Women (anthology)|Dangerous Women]]'' anthology
#''[[Writing Excuses#Shadows Beneath anthology|Sixth of the Dusk]]'', a novellette originally published in 2014 in the ''[[Shadows Beneath]]'' anthology
#''Edgedancer'', a ''[[Stormlight Archive]]'' novella
==Reception==
''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' called the collection required reading for fans of Sanderson's work and noted that it also offers a lot to readers who are undaunted by learning a lot.<ref name="PW review"/> ''[[Kirkus Reviews]]'' wrote that many of the stories were "good...with all the quick wit, richly detailed settings, and memorable characters fans have come to expect from this prolific writer." However, they also stated that some of the stories lacked solid character building and felt "more like deleted scenes".<ref name="kirkus 201611">{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/brandon-sanderson/arcanum-unbounded/|title=Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection by Brandon Sanderson|publisher=[[Kirkus Reviews]]|date=7 September 2016|accessdate=23 November 2016}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* {{isfdb title|id=2068856|title=Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection}}
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