Jordan/Sanderson

Crikey the new Robert Jordan ghost-written Gathering Storm is a mighty beast! Brandon Sanderson has obviously studied Jordan's previous work well, and no doubt there are about six hundred separate references to an Aes Sedai twitching her shawl. Why did I ever stop reading that series..? Anyway, I promise to get my scales set up very soon so you get some accurate weight information. This crucial research can be delayed no longer.

Inaugural, unscientific posting

I don't have my precision book-weighing scales set up just yet, so I'll start by just saying that I read Neal Stephenson's Anathem in Trade Paperback (TP) format (ISBN 9781843549154) a while ago and it was pretty hefty. Imagine if I'd bought the Hardback (HB) version! It was 800 pages of creative intelligence that I felt just on the verge of understanding. See http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/s/neal-stephenson/anathem.htm
 I also loved Stephenson's Baroque Cycle books because I enjoy footnotes in fiction works.