India, May 15 -- Fantasy author Brandon Sanderson has given fans of his Cosmere universe a quiet but encouraging update. On his weekly podcast Intentionally Blank, Sanderson and his wife Emily sat down to review the first season of Apple TV's Murderbot series, the adaptation of Martha Wells' Murderbot Diaries books that first premiered in May 2025, according to IGN.

Sanderson was clearly impressed. "I think I would give it a nine," he said on the podcast, "but I also am comparing it to the books. It's possible that this is a 10 because: Is there anything I can imagine they should have done better?" His wife rated it slightly lower, closer to the 8 out of 10.

The review itself was not just casual viewing for Sanderson and it turned out t...