Filippa Eilhart Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 aha! he is called Hereward in the original, too!sigh. you know that taking out one book out of the bookshelf will mean the urge to reread all of them, right?also, I know how it all ends :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 aha! he is called Hereward in the original, too!sigh. you know that taking out one book out of the bookshelf will mean the urge to reread all of them, right?also, I know how it all ends :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crannogman Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 Hereward is a fine name. Reminds me of Hereward the Wake.Anyway... I read that short story linked to above. I must say... I'm impressed. Didn't like the first sentence, but then... it grabbed me as very few things have. Definitely swords and sorcery, both done very well. But a very good fairy-tale atmosphere on top of it, and a very strong resolution. Plus, a well done touch of mystery. I've got to find this book. Let's hope it's available on this side of the sea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bastard of Godsgrace Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 Last Wish is definitely first chronologically, a but for some reason it was published latter, IIRC. The parody story was first published in special issue of Gdansk SF Club fanzine, I don't recall for whom it was written. After that Sapkowski was forced to repeat in all convention that it is not how real saga ends:)Third collection has non-Witcher stories, but it lacks Maladie which Sapkowski himself thinks his best story (and I tend to agree). :( I am happy to hear that translation is good since style is probably the strongest point of Sapkowski's writing which makes it easy to kill by bad translation.EDIT: There was also a movie and a TV miniseries, but we prefer not to talk about it :sick: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinDonner Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 Ah, I might have to get this now. Jack Vance comparisons do that to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanin Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 Third collection has non-Witcher stories, but it lacks Maladie which Sapkowski himself thinks his best story (and I tend to agree). :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crannogman Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 Thanks!The translation has a few gaps in it, a few errors. But nothing that detracts from the power of the story. And a damn fine story it is. I'm very happy more of his work is going to be translated... this is up there with the best.In this one it's very impressive how he pulls it off. Heavy themes here, pretentious almost, and yet he gets away with it, leaves me feeling he has said something profound, and yet has me laughing out loud at the last sentence and pulls it all back down to earth.If his novels are anywhere near as good as these short stories, they'd better get on with those translations. I want to read them.Edit: minor annoyance with this particular story was a rather ham-fisted allusion to modern politics.I've also found another translated Witcher story available on the net. (on the website for that game.) Called "lesser evil." Haven't read it yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanin Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 I've also found another translated Witcher story available on the net. (on the website for that game.) Called "lesser evil." Haven't read it yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bastard of Godsgrace Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 Edit: minor annoyance with this particular story was a rather ham-fisted allusion to modern politics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Iceman of the North Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 Does anyone know when The Last Wish is supposed to be published? Both amazon and the book depository gives the date at 19 April, but it's still not available. Ayone in the know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronn Stone Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 I got an e-mail from Filippa saying it had been delayed until June. I don't know her source, but I think she's pretty on top of it. She's long been a Sapkowski fangirl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luzifer's right hand Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 I read the the second and the third book in the Witcher series and "Narrenturm"(same title as the original it seems) which is historical fiction.I enjoyed all three books. However it seems they never translated the first Witcher book into German... :tantrum: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted April 30, 2007 Author Share Posted April 30, 2007 Does anyone know when The Last Wish is supposed to be published? Both amazon and the book depository gives the date at 19 April, but it's still not available. Ayone in the know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perdondaris Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 Lucifer's right hand, the german publishing house dtv reissues the first two books (the story collections) starting this june and then - drum roll - they'll publish the five novels we've been denied before! :drool:Still, it will take some time. They'll probably publish just one book per year.To be on the safe side I started learning polish ( a beautiful language though trying at times - who needs seven (!) cases?). So one way or other one day I will be reading the whole Geralt cycle! Did I just delurk? Oh, my god! :leaving: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 The Last Wish is now on shelves in the UK! Let's see if he can dominate another book market! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astra Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 The Last Wish is now on shelves in the UK! Let's see if he can dominate another book market! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronn Stone Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 My copy is on the way. I can't wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filippa Eilhart Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 ....(there are 7 books not counting an alternate ending). there isn't an alternate ending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crannogman Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 Uh... the last wish is short stories. So why on earth would you care about the series taking a long while to get published? The last wish isn't part of the series. The couple of stories I read online stood by themselves. They just share the main character and setting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astra Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 CrannogmanAccordingly to all Russian sources and to people who have read all books it is a part of a 7 book sequence. The book is not listed as stand alone.I think the series title is Wedjmak or Vedjmak or something like that.Filippa EilhartWell, there is a small story :) I don't know the proper title, it sounds like: Something is going to end, something is going to begin...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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