Argenti he/him Posted July 13, 2023 Report Share Posted July 13, 2023 (edited) Yesterday I wondered how many pages/ words there are in the cosmere; I looked it up and couldn't find any real source (I found this one and this one, but they're both outdated). Then today, someone asked if anyone knew it, and I decided to do it myself. I still have some gaps and would love your help to find any mistakes. (I only included Arcanum essays becuase otherwise there would be duplicates) Here's mine! Edited July 13, 2023 by Argenti 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treamayne Posted July 13, 2023 Report Share Posted July 13, 2023 19 minutes ago, Argenti said: Yesterday I wondered how many pages/ words there are in the cosmere; I looked it up and couldn't find any real source (I found this one and this one, but they're both outdated). Then today, someone asked if anyone knew it, and I decided to do it myself. I still have some gaps and would love your help to find any mistakes. (I know Arcanum unbounded page number, but I'm leaving it out until I know how many words are in it.) Here's mine! Can you please be more explicit on what you need? For example - does "word count" for an anthology like AU only count in the stories - or does that include every word in the whole product (copyright, dedication, acknowledgments, etc). For example Calibre reports there are 190290 words in Arcanum Unbounded - but that is every word from cover to cover. Where as the Selish Essay reports 652 words. Emperor's Soul reports 32259 (not including title page or post script - just Prologue to Day 101). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argenti he/him Posted July 13, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2023 16 minutes ago, Treamayne said: Can you please be more explicit on what you need? For example - does "word count" for an anthology like AU only count in the stories - or does that include every word in the whole product (copyright, dedication, acknowledgments, etc). For example Calibre reports there are 190290 words in Arcanum Unbounded - but that is every word from cover to cover. Where as the Selish Essay reports 652 words. Emperor's Soul reports 32259 (not including title page or post script - just Prologue to Day 101). I'm counting the essays for AU. Not post scripts though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treamayne Posted July 13, 2023 Report Share Posted July 13, 2023 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Argenti said: I'm counting the essays for AU. Not post scripts though. How very nonspecific. Just to clarify - essays only; no stories, no postscripts, etc? Edit: I have an idea - please stand by Edited July 13, 2023 by Treamayne 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firesong she/her Posted July 13, 2023 Report Share Posted July 13, 2023 I have 3,697,907 Words, not including the AU Essays, which wouldn't add much. I also did not include Way of Kings Prime, Aether of Night, or White Sand Prose, due to them not being canon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argenti he/him Posted July 13, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2023 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Firesong said: I have 3,697,907 Words, not including the AU Essays, which wouldn't add much. I also did not include Way of Kings Prime, Aether of Night, or White Sand Prose, due to them not being canon. It apears we're about 8k off from each other, did you round anything? Quote How very nonspecific I try but pretty much the stories are their own thing Edited July 13, 2023 by Argenti 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firesong she/her Posted July 13, 2023 Report Share Posted July 13, 2023 4 minutes ago, Argenti said: It apears we're about 8k off from each other, did you round ever? I did not round anything, as far as I recall. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argenti he/him Posted July 13, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2023 Just now, Firesong said: I did not round anything, as far as I recall. Hmm.... I'm gonna go check my math 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argenti he/him Posted July 13, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2023 Just checked, all my word counts are as right as the coppermind is 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treamayne Posted July 13, 2023 Report Share Posted July 13, 2023 24 minutes ago, Argenti said: 42 minutes ago, Argenti said: 44 minutes ago, Firesong said: I did not round anything, as far as I recall. Hmm.... I'm gonna go check my math Just checked, all my word counts are as right as the coppermind is Here, we'll see if this works and you can use the numbers you need: Spoiler Folder Name Pos Word count WC Totals titlepage.xhtml 1 2 title.xhtml 2 6 mini_toc.xhtml 3 60 copyrightnotice.xhtml 4 107 dedication.xhtml 5 15 acknowledgments.xhtml 6 532 preface.xhtml 7 654 endpaper.xhtml 8 6 Selish System part1_split_000.xhtml 9 9 Star Chart part1_split_001.xhtml 10 6 Sel Essay chapter1.xhtml 11 652 TES TP part2_split_000.xhtml 13 9 TES image part2_split_001.xhtml 14 6 The Emperor's Soul chapter2.xhtml 15 468 31759 Day 2 chapter3.xhtml 16 3911 Day 3 chapter4.xhtml 17 2870 Day 5 chapter5.xhtml 18 246 Day 12 chapter6.xhtml 19 1737 Day 17 chapter7.xhtml 20 1791 Day 30 chapter8.xhtml 21 3683 Day 42 chapter9.xhtml 22 1094 Day 58 chapter10.xhtml 23 985 Day 59 chapter11.xhtml 24 983 Day 70 chapter12.xhtml 25 1105 Day 76 chapter13.xhtml 26 3426 Day 85 chapter14.xhtml 27 423 Day 97 chapter15.xhtml 28 789 Day 98 chapter16.xhtml 29 6279 Day 101 chapter17.xhtml 30 1969 TES PS chapter18.xhtml 31 587 THoE TP part3_split_000.xhtml 32 21 THoE Image part3_split_001.xhtml 32 6 The Hope of Elantris part3_split_002.xhtml 34 6118 THoE PS chapter19.xhtml 35 430 Scadrian System part4_split_000.xhtml 36 9 Star Chart part4_split_001.xhtml 37 6 Scadrial Essay chapter20.xhtml 38 631 TEM TP part5_split_000.xhtml 39 19 TEM Image part5_split_001.xhtml 40 6 The Eleventh Metal part5_split_002.xhtml 41 6791 TEM PS chapter21.xhtml 42 259 AJ TP part6_split_000.xhtml 43 56 AJ Image part6_split_001.xhtml 44 6 Allomancer Jak part6_split_002.xhtml 45 5369 7319 AJ Footnotes footnotes_split_000.xhtml 150 53 1950 footnotes_split_001.xhtml 151 49 footnotes_split_002.xhtml 152 71 footnotes_split_003.xhtml 153 39 footnotes_split_004.xhtml 154 42 footnotes_split_005.xhtml 155 43 footnotes_split_006.xhtml 156 34 footnotes_split_007.xhtml 157 27 footnotes_split_008.xhtml 158 6 footnotes_split_009.xhtml 159 10 footnotes_split_010.xhtml 160 15 footnotes_split_011.xhtml 161 91 footnotes_split_012.xhtml 162 41 footnotes_split_013.xhtml 163 27 footnotes_split_014.xhtml 164 34 footnotes_split_015.xhtml 164 68 footnotes_split_016.xhtml 166 23 footnotes_split_017.xhtml 167 150 footnotes_split_018.xhtml 168 40 footnotes_split_019.xhtml 169 28 footnotes_split_020.xhtml 170 70 footnotes_split_021.xhtml 171 6 footnotes_split_022.xhtml 172 100 footnotes_split_023.xhtml 173 14 footnotes_split_024.xhtml 174 36 footnotes_split_025.xhtml 175 59 footnotes_split_026.xhtml 176 21 footnotes_split_027.xhtml 177 29 footnotes_split_028.xhtml 178 127 footnotes_split_029.xhtml 179 38 footnotes_split_030.xhtml 180 55 footnotes_split_031.xhtml 181 48 footnotes_split_032.xhtml 182 133 footnotes_split_033.xhtml 183 16 footnotes_split_034.xhtml 184 43 footnotes_split_035.xhtml 185 18 footnotes_split_036.xhtml 186 46 footnotes_split_037.xhtml 187 37 footnotes_split_038.xhtml 188 33 footnotes_split_039.xhtml 189 6 footnotes_split_040.xhtml 190 10 footnotes_split_041.xhtml 191 114 AJ PS chapter22.xhtml 46 332 MSH TP part7_split_000.xhtml 47 27 MSH Image part7_split_001.xhtml 48 6 Secret History part7a.xhtml 49 9 chapter23.xhtml 50 4231 chapter24.xhtml 51 1982 part8.xhtml 52 9 chapter25.xhtml 53 4418 chapter26.xhtml 54 963 chapter27.xhtml 55 2381 chapter28.xhtml 56 483 part9.xhtml 57 9 chapter29.xhtml 58 1865 chapter30.xhtml 59 3183 chapter31.xhtml 60 1479 part10.xhtml 61 9 chapter32.xhtml 62 298 chapter33.xhtml 63 1263 chapter34.xhtml 64 1044 chapter35.xhtml 65 1542 part11.xhtml 66 9 chapter36.xhtml 67 503 chapter37.xhtml 68 2795 chapter38.xhtml 69 2561 part12.xhtml 70 9 chapter39.xhtml 71 2499 chapter40.xhtml 72 1575 chapter41.xhtml 73 665 chapter42.xhtml 74 2237 chapter43.xhtml 75 1325 chapter44.xhtml 76 574 chapter45.xhtml 77 1321 chapter46.xhtml 78 2144 chapter47.xhtml 79 528 chapter47a.xhtml 80 696 MSH PS chapter47b.xhtml 81 471 Taldain System part12a_split_000.xhtml 82 9 Star Chart part12a_split_001.xhtml 83 6 Taldain Essay chapter48.xhtml 84 465 WS GN TP part12b.xhtml 85 32 WS GN Preview bm1.xhtml 86 6 bm2.xhtml 87 6 bm3.xhtml 88 6 bm4.xhtml 89 6 bm5.xhtml 90 6 bm6.xhtml 91 6 bm7.xhtml 92 6 bm8.xhtml 93 6 bm9.xhtml 94 6 bm10.xhtml 95 6 bm11.xhtml 96 6 bm12.xhtml 97 6 bm13.xhtml 98 6 bm14.xhtml 99 6 bm15.xhtml 100 6 bm16.xhtml 101 6 bm17.xhtml 102 6 WS Prose Sample chapter49.xhtml 103 1501 8008 chapter50.xhtml 104 6507 WS PS chapter51.xhtml 105 414 Threnodite System part13_split_000.xhtml 106 9 Star Chart part13_split_001.xhtml 107 6 Threnodite Essay chapter52.xhtml 108 527 SFS part14_split_000.xhtml 109 14 Image part14_split_001.xhtml 110 6 Shadows for Silence part14_split_002.xhtml 111 17769 SFS PS chapter53.xhtml 112 420 Drominad System part15_split_000.xhtml 113 9 Star Chart part15_split_001.xhtml 114 6 Drominad Essay chapter54.xhtml 115 367 SotD TP part16_split_000.xhtml 116 10 Image part16_split_001.xhtml 117 6 Sixth of the Dusk part16_split_002.xhtml 118 17881 SotD PS chapter55.xhtml 119 437 Rosharan System part17_split_000.xhtml 120 9 Star Chart part17_split_001.xhtml 121 6 Roshar Essay chapter56.xhtml 122 659 Edgedancer TP part18_split_000.xhtml 123 19 Image part18_split_001.xhtml 124 6 Edgedancer chapter57.xhtml 125 2327 40532 chapter58.xhtml 126 2193 chapter59.xhtml 127 2089 chapter60.xhtml 128 1724 chapter61.xhtml 129 454 chapter62.xhtml 130 2460 chapter63.xhtml 131 2251 chapter64.xhtml 132 3938 chapter65.xhtml 133 1726 chapter66.xhtml 134 2135 chapter67.xhtml 135 925 chapter68.xhtml 136 1134 chapter69.xhtml 137 1729 chapter70.xhtml 138 2904 chapter71.xhtml 139 1990 chapter72.xhtml 140 890 chapter73.xhtml 141 1804 chapter74.xhtml 142 2838 chapter75.xhtml 143 2938 chapter76.xhtml 144 2083 Edgedancer PS chapter77.xhtml 145 331 adcard.xhtml 146 98 abouttheauthor.xhtml 147 138 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argenti he/him Posted July 13, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2023 2 minutes ago, Treamayne said: Here, we'll see if this works and you can use the numbers you need: Hide contents Folder Name Pos Word count WC Totals titlepage.xhtml 1 2 title.xhtml 2 6 mini_toc.xhtml 3 60 copyrightnotice.xhtml 4 107 dedication.xhtml 5 15 acknowledgments.xhtml 6 532 preface.xhtml 7 654 endpaper.xhtml 8 6 Selish System part1_split_000.xhtml 9 9 Star Chart part1_split_001.xhtml 10 6 Sel Essay chapter1.xhtml 11 652 TES TP part2_split_000.xhtml 13 9 TES image part2_split_001.xhtml 14 6 The Emperor's Soul chapter2.xhtml 15 468 31759 Day 2 chapter3.xhtml 16 3911 Day 3 chapter4.xhtml 17 2870 Day 5 chapter5.xhtml 18 246 Day 12 chapter6.xhtml 19 1737 Day 17 chapter7.xhtml 20 1791 Day 30 chapter8.xhtml 21 3683 Day 42 chapter9.xhtml 22 1094 Day 58 chapter10.xhtml 23 985 Day 59 chapter11.xhtml 24 983 Day 70 chapter12.xhtml 25 1105 Day 76 chapter13.xhtml 26 3426 Day 85 chapter14.xhtml 27 423 Day 97 chapter15.xhtml 28 789 Day 98 chapter16.xhtml 29 6279 Day 101 chapter17.xhtml 30 1969 TES PS chapter18.xhtml 31 587 THoE TP part3_split_000.xhtml 32 21 THoE Image part3_split_001.xhtml 32 6 The Hope of Elantris part3_split_002.xhtml 34 6118 THoE PS chapter19.xhtml 35 430 Scadrian System part4_split_000.xhtml 36 9 Star Chart part4_split_001.xhtml 37 6 Scadrial Essay chapter20.xhtml 38 631 TEM TP part5_split_000.xhtml 39 19 TEM Image part5_split_001.xhtml 40 6 The Eleventh Metal part5_split_002.xhtml 41 6791 TEM PS chapter21.xhtml 42 259 AJ TP part6_split_000.xhtml 43 56 AJ Image part6_split_001.xhtml 44 6 Allomancer Jak part6_split_002.xhtml 45 5369 7319 AJ Footnotes footnotes_split_000.xhtml 150 53 1950 footnotes_split_001.xhtml 151 49 footnotes_split_002.xhtml 152 71 footnotes_split_003.xhtml 153 39 footnotes_split_004.xhtml 154 42 footnotes_split_005.xhtml 155 43 footnotes_split_006.xhtml 156 34 footnotes_split_007.xhtml 157 27 footnotes_split_008.xhtml 158 6 footnotes_split_009.xhtml 159 10 footnotes_split_010.xhtml 160 15 footnotes_split_011.xhtml 161 91 footnotes_split_012.xhtml 162 41 footnotes_split_013.xhtml 163 27 footnotes_split_014.xhtml 164 34 footnotes_split_015.xhtml 164 68 footnotes_split_016.xhtml 166 23 footnotes_split_017.xhtml 167 150 footnotes_split_018.xhtml 168 40 footnotes_split_019.xhtml 169 28 footnotes_split_020.xhtml 170 70 footnotes_split_021.xhtml 171 6 footnotes_split_022.xhtml 172 100 footnotes_split_023.xhtml 173 14 footnotes_split_024.xhtml 174 36 footnotes_split_025.xhtml 175 59 footnotes_split_026.xhtml 176 21 footnotes_split_027.xhtml 177 29 footnotes_split_028.xhtml 178 127 footnotes_split_029.xhtml 179 38 footnotes_split_030.xhtml 180 55 footnotes_split_031.xhtml 181 48 footnotes_split_032.xhtml 182 133 footnotes_split_033.xhtml 183 16 footnotes_split_034.xhtml 184 43 footnotes_split_035.xhtml 185 18 footnotes_split_036.xhtml 186 46 footnotes_split_037.xhtml 187 37 footnotes_split_038.xhtml 188 33 footnotes_split_039.xhtml 189 6 footnotes_split_040.xhtml 190 10 footnotes_split_041.xhtml 191 114 AJ PS chapter22.xhtml 46 332 MSH TP part7_split_000.xhtml 47 27 MSH Image part7_split_001.xhtml 48 6 Secret History part7a.xhtml 49 9 chapter23.xhtml 50 4231 chapter24.xhtml 51 1982 part8.xhtml 52 9 chapter25.xhtml 53 4418 chapter26.xhtml 54 963 chapter27.xhtml 55 2381 chapter28.xhtml 56 483 part9.xhtml 57 9 chapter29.xhtml 58 1865 chapter30.xhtml 59 3183 chapter31.xhtml 60 1479 part10.xhtml 61 9 chapter32.xhtml 62 298 chapter33.xhtml 63 1263 chapter34.xhtml 64 1044 chapter35.xhtml 65 1542 part11.xhtml 66 9 chapter36.xhtml 67 503 chapter37.xhtml 68 2795 chapter38.xhtml 69 2561 part12.xhtml 70 9 chapter39.xhtml 71 2499 chapter40.xhtml 72 1575 chapter41.xhtml 73 665 chapter42.xhtml 74 2237 chapter43.xhtml 75 1325 chapter44.xhtml 76 574 chapter45.xhtml 77 1321 chapter46.xhtml 78 2144 chapter47.xhtml 79 528 chapter47a.xhtml 80 696 MSH PS chapter47b.xhtml 81 471 Taldain System part12a_split_000.xhtml 82 9 Star Chart part12a_split_001.xhtml 83 6 Taldain Essay chapter48.xhtml 84 465 WS GN TP part12b.xhtml 85 32 WS GN Preview bm1.xhtml 86 6 bm2.xhtml 87 6 bm3.xhtml 88 6 bm4.xhtml 89 6 bm5.xhtml 90 6 bm6.xhtml 91 6 bm7.xhtml 92 6 bm8.xhtml 93 6 bm9.xhtml 94 6 bm10.xhtml 95 6 bm11.xhtml 96 6 bm12.xhtml 97 6 bm13.xhtml 98 6 bm14.xhtml 99 6 bm15.xhtml 100 6 bm16.xhtml 101 6 bm17.xhtml 102 6 WS Prose Sample chapter49.xhtml 103 1501 8008 chapter50.xhtml 104 6507 WS PS chapter51.xhtml 105 414 Threnodite System part13_split_000.xhtml 106 9 Star Chart part13_split_001.xhtml 107 6 Threnodite Essay chapter52.xhtml 108 527 SFS part14_split_000.xhtml 109 14 Image part14_split_001.xhtml 110 6 Shadows for Silence part14_split_002.xhtml 111 17769 SFS PS chapter53.xhtml 112 420 Drominad System part15_split_000.xhtml 113 9 Star Chart part15_split_001.xhtml 114 6 Drominad Essay chapter54.xhtml 115 367 SotD TP part16_split_000.xhtml 116 10 Image part16_split_001.xhtml 117 6 Sixth of the Dusk part16_split_002.xhtml 118 17881 SotD PS chapter55.xhtml 119 437 Rosharan System part17_split_000.xhtml 120 9 Star Chart part17_split_001.xhtml 121 6 Roshar Essay chapter56.xhtml 122 659 Edgedancer TP part18_split_000.xhtml 123 19 Image part18_split_001.xhtml 124 6 Edgedancer chapter57.xhtml 125 2327 40532 chapter58.xhtml 126 2193 chapter59.xhtml 127 2089 chapter60.xhtml 128 1724 chapter61.xhtml 129 454 chapter62.xhtml 130 2460 chapter63.xhtml 131 2251 chapter64.xhtml 132 3938 chapter65.xhtml 133 1726 chapter66.xhtml 134 2135 chapter67.xhtml 135 925 chapter68.xhtml 136 1134 chapter69.xhtml 137 1729 chapter70.xhtml 138 2904 chapter71.xhtml 139 1990 chapter72.xhtml 140 890 chapter73.xhtml 141 1804 chapter74.xhtml 142 2838 chapter75.xhtml 143 2938 chapter76.xhtml 144 2083 Edgedancer PS chapter77.xhtml 145 331 adcard.xhtml 146 98 abouttheauthor.xhtml 147 138 Out of curiosity, what's in the post scripts? Is Brandon writing or Khriss? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treamayne Posted July 13, 2023 Report Share Posted July 13, 2023 Just now, Argenti said: Out of curiosity, what's in the post scripts? Is Brandon writing or Khriss? Brandon, discussing the story. Example: Spoiler Emperor's Soul Postscript (beginning): Quote In writing classes, I was frequently told, “Write what you know.” It’s an adage writers often hear, and it left me confused. Write what I know? How do I do that? I’m writing fantasy. I can’t know what it’s like to use magic—for that matter, I can’t know what it’s like to be female, but I want to write from a variety of viewpoints. As I matured in skill, I began to see what this phrase meant. Though in this genre we write about the fantastic, the stories work best when there is solid grounding in our world. Magic works best for me when it aligns with scientific principles. Worldbuilding works best when it draws from sources in our world. Characters work best when they’re grounded in solid human emotion and experience. Being a writer, then, is as much about observation as it is imagination. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argenti he/him Posted July 13, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2023 1 minute ago, Treamayne said: Brandon, discussing the story. Example: Hide contents Emperor's Soul Postscript (beginning): Ah, Thanks! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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