Data Analyst Uncovers 'Glitch in the Matrix' in Brandon Sanderson's Latest Novel: Exact Same Sentence Found in Unpublished Manuscript from 1995
SALT LAKE CITY, UT — A data analyst has discovered what they are calling a "statistical impossibility" in the work of fantasy author Brandon Sanderson. While running a plagiarism detection algorithm on Sanderson's latest secret project novel, the analyst found a single, 12-word sentence that appears verbatim in an unpublished, typewritten manuscript from 1995—a manuscript Sanderson has said he lost in a house fire years ago. The coder, who wishes to remain anonymous, confirmed the two texts have zero other overlapping strings, making this lone, perfect echo a "glitch in the matrix" of literary history. "It's not a coincidence; it's a time stamp from a forgotten timeline," the analyst said in a statement. Sanderson's team has not commented, but fans are already calling it the "Cosmere Echo Theory."