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[dopey]

Re Witcher: How good are the books? Tolkien level? Martin level? Or more like Terry Brooks?

 

[venividivicibj]

most times i prefer to have unknown actors - lets you be immersed in the story a bit more, rather than 'oh hey, that's henry cavill, didn't know he was in this'

 

[wojt]

Re Witcher: How good are the books? Tolkien level? Martin level? Or more like Terry Brooks?

The two of collections of short stories are imo fantastic(Sword of Destiny and The Last Wish)
The Saga is very good too, especially the first 3books, the 4th one is decent and the 5th one is meh.

What's great about Sapkowski is that his historical/mythical research and knowledge is very good; also on things like politics and trade. Hard to compare it to Tolkien or Martin, it's more magic heavy than Tolkien or Martin, but the world described is more like Martin's; grim and 'realistic', not really good-vs-evil. Stories and first books are on highest level.

 

[dopey]

The two of collections of short stories are imo fantastic(Sword of Destiny and The Last Wish)
The Saga is very good too, especially the first 3books, the 4th one is decent and the 5th one is meh.

What's great about Sapkowski is that his historical/mythical research and knowledge is very good; also on things like politics and trade. Hard to compare it to Tolkien or Martin, it's more magic heavy than Tolkien or Martin, but the world described is more like Martin's; grim and 'realistic', not really good-vs-evil. Stories and first books are on highest level.

OK - downloaded the Last Wish from the NYPLibrsry. That will be my subway reading when I am done with the Illiad.

 

[Geoffrey Firmin]

Spoiler: DD

Finished season 3 last night brutal and brilliant. And the ending is set up for a fourth season. Wonder if it will be on Netflix or will Disney have their own cable channel running by then and it will screen it there. Also DD 131 first appearance of Bullseye graded 8 went for $900 probably pushed by the Netflix series.

 

[dopey]

OK - downloaded the Last Wish from the NYPLibrsry. That will be my subway reading when I am done with the Illiad.

I started Last Wish this morning. That is some awful writing. I deleted it. The plotting and world-building may be good, but it read like teenage fan fiction.

 

[wojt]

I started Last Wish this morning. That is some awful writing. I deleted it. The plotting and world-building may be good, but it read like teenage fan fiction.

Sorry that you did not like it, my first contact was with audiobook with dubbing with good voice acting so I could be biased, but well I disagree

 

[dopey]

yeah . . . we don't have to all like the same stuff. I would probably like the show as I like the genre. I just thought the writing, including the dialog was overwrought and, well, just awful.

 

[Jr Mouse]

I could never get that into fantasy novels. Sci-fi literature was always more my cup of tea.

I do agree with wojt that having great voice work for an audiobook can go a long way towards elevating an otherwise average story.

 

[Geoffrey Firmin]

@Jr Mouse if you like sci-fi audio books I highly recommend Transition by Ian M.Banks.

 

[venividivicibj]

Is there a fantasy book thread? (As opposed to film)

 

[lefty]

@venividivicibj

https://www.styleforum.net/threads/fantasy-novels-worth-reading-as-an-adult.90067/

lefty

 

[wojt]

I do agree with wojt that having great voice work for an audiobook can go a long way towards elevating an otherwise average story.

Lately I find it increasingly hard to read any sort of fiction to be honest. Audiobooks are a blessing that they can fill up up the house work and city communication time yet it is often even more exciting to hear out a well played dialogue than to read it.

 

[dopey]

Finished DD Season 3. Yep. It really was as good as everyone says.

 

[Jr Mouse]

R.I.P. Stan Lee.

https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/11/12/stan-lee-comics-legend-has-passed-at-95/