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1:47:12 YES MY GOD!!! them trying to shove in Geralts conversation with the Priestess by having him talk to his HORSE was the first inclination they had gotten it all wrong 🤦‍♂️

Wow, I read all the Witcher books instead of Season of Storms and I never realized the idea of the "destiny" beeing the literal destiny wrote on the pages, a Ciri beeing the only one to escape from there and create her own destiny (that explains why she travel to the King's Arthur story, something that caught me off by surprise). That really improves a lot my love for the series. I started reading the books because of playing The Witcher 3. It's sad that the games made some harm to the perception of the books, but if you can understand each media by itself you can really enjoy both.

About three quarters is at the time I'm writing this. Great novel so far, Sapkowski is back in shape. More in my short spoiler-tagged post at r/wiedzmin.

The first and most important thing when the games were released Andrzej was already a grandfather in his 60s, for whom the computer was a more sophisticated typewriter.

A book read in one day. I think you will like it.

0:42 - This isn't accurate. You might be surprised, but the first time he talked about the new book was back in 2018. At the time, he was calling it a 'sidequel'.

too much yapping

Excellent video! I'm glad to have found your channel and look forward to more videos from you.

1:16:42 - point 7 of the quoted post: "This will be a great movie one day". Well... aged like fine milk. 1:43:35 - a Bagiński tutaj pierdoli jak potłuczony. Do dzisiaj nie mogę uwierzyć, że koleś się tak tanio sprzedał. Kompletnie straciłem do niego jakikolwiek szacunek po tym, jak w udzielanych wywiadach twierdził, że Flixer to dobra produkcja.

this is very cool but the problem(accoding to polish fans) is the translations of the English versions are god awful and miss or leave out lots of nuances that are in the polish versions.

Dzisiaj byłem w Empiku i kupiłem książkę. Zabawne, pomimo że obejrzałem ją dokładnie przed zakupem, nie zwróciłem uwagi na kolor oczu na tylnej okładce. Rzeczywiście jest tak jak powiedziałaś. Cóż, zabieram się zaraz za czytanie, zobaczymy czy Sapkowskiemu wróciła forma po dosyć miernym "Sezonie burz".

I see that you have already seen the Polish film and series The Witcher 2002 and 2002. There is another Polish film about The Witcher titled "Alzur's Legacy" from 2019.

Great video! See you on the trail 🐺⚔

I'm hoping that Orbit will release a hardcover version that'll match their hardcover set 😬

When I hear about the book Geralt he reminds me of Ekko from Arcane, The Boy Saviour.

So. I’ve just finished reading the book. It’s covered first two years of Geralt being a witcher. It was really interesting to read about 18 years old Geralt and 29 years old Nenneke.

"ch" in Polch reads as "h" in "ha" so Polh

Czech fan here: Beautiful and very well made video! :) Just to add my bit: From what I've heard, the English translation of The Witcher is garbage that lacks the humor Sapkowski uses and translators resigned on finding equivavalent idioms, phrases etc. to capture this unique Sapkowski's irony style. That could be one of the problems why the books are not that popular as well. But I cannot really say, I didn't read them :) Good job, Inis!

It's very nice to watch you :) professionalism.

Great work - tbh the original Witcher is still brilliant - just what Netflix do was crab

Geralt made his own code, but he was inspired by Vessemir teachings, and way of thinking.

woah, are you even real

I am glad that there are young fans abroad who appreciate Sapkowski's work, it's nice to see your analysis of his work! For me, Sapkowski's writing skills outclass many famous authors such as George RR Martin, especially in terms of dialogues, humor, irony, descriptions of nature, emotions, unfortunately he often uses old Polish dialect to contrast intelligentsia and peasant characters, which may be incomprehensible for English translations. Have you read "Maladie and Other Stories"? A collection of short stories containing two stories from the Witcher world, especially "The road from which there is no return" about a contract for a monster that Geralt's parents fight and about how they met ;) The collection also contains short stories from other genres such as horror, science fiction, a side from which you may not have known Andrzej Sapkowski, I highly recommend it ;)

For the English covers I hope Gollancz will do another in the old style again (the ones with just the characters on them, not the new ones for netflix) since it's the one all of mine are and I don't want it to stick out too much if it's in another style. Plus I kinda like the cover version I have. There's better but I can't get that new hardcover set 😭😭

Hi, a fragment of one of the stories from "Rozdroże Kruków" appeared in polish magazine "Nowa Fantastyka" couple of days ago. SPOILER ALERT . . . . . . . . . There we meet one of Geralt's mentors, another white-haired witcher named Preston Holt that seems to have a great influence on Geralt's young years. It might be his eyes at the back of the cover.

I can reveal that the first review has already appeared and it is a good review.

Sapkowski said to Polish magazine "Polityka" that he is writing another Witcher book. There is a paywall for it, so I am not exactly sure what was said there, but I found quote from this article in other place: "Nowa książka będzie. Szczegółów naturalnie nie zdradzę. A kiedy powstanie? Nie wie nikt. Gdy określę horyzont czasowy na rząd trzech-czterech lat, to będzie bez dużego ryzyka"/"There will be a new book. Of course, I won't reveal the details. And when will it be ready? Nobody knows. If I set a time horizon of three to four years, there will be no big risk"

Brilliant work! Congratulations on this amazingly well researched and thoughtful video! The young author brings me back hope that not everything is lost in our culture dominated by the algorithmic groupthink, mindless entertainment and omnipresent noise swallowing all which is noble and deep. Thank you. Stay yourself and continue on this path of rigour and deep engagement with your passions, society and art.

I'm really hoping for a bit more information on the formation of the witcher trials. I think it would also be interesting if we got more information, at least in world speculation, on the conjunction and monsters.

A new video? Let's freaking go, thank you Queen!! 🙏

i do feel more comfortable getting a prequel, in a way the series was properly ended with ciri's destiny. there's a lot of worldbuilding potential in exploring the past

Thank you for taking the time to learn how to pronounce the title in Polish friend

Good video, respect for your Polish pronunciation😃 I wonder if you were able to read this short excerpt from "Nowa Fantastyka" (I guess you can read Polish quite well😃)? Maybe minor SPOILER: The excerpt is the direct aftermath of the encounter with his first "monster", which Geralt mention in the monologue to Iola.

Great video!

The first review is already on polish RUclips. Channel name - Strefa Czytacza.

It's nice that you pay attention to the pronunciation of Polish words and names. A lot of foreign language RUclipsrs are butchering it. This shows that you have respect for the author and his culture and that you are prepared for what your doing👍

I reckon they’ll try to spark the interest of the younger reading generation, so there’ll be an element of teenage fantasy. This time, though, it might actually be good and deeper than what’s typically associated with the term. As for the title, it reminds me of a battlefield - quite intriguing. Ah, never mind. I’ve always liked Kurt Vonnegut’s style when it comes to book titles.

Another good vid and a great breakdown. I do hope with this prequel novel we actually get more action than previously. It’s a young Geralt in his prime he should be taking on contracts left and right killing a bunch of monsters. Nows the perfect time to make an action fantasy novel.

Great video. If my copy of the new book's cover has any Netflix show iconography, I'm going to be very upset.

Holy moly! You sure did your homework when it comes to all the polish pronunciations

i like your style

17:52 He probably went to Oxenfur right after his metting with Yen. She must be the one who make him visit demonology classes after his epic fail with exorsism in The Last Wish.

​@inisvitre Rozdroże means "place where road splits". As in you can go left or right, on the other hand crossroad implies also moving forwards as well and we have a different word for that, "skrzyżowanie", which originates from "krzyż" = "cross". Kind of minor point, but it goes to show how difficult translating minor things like that can be. Crossing is simply stupid mistranslation, don't even bother thinking more about it.

11:30 😂 Lmao! Glad you covered this release. I am so excited, The Witcher books are my favourite. I really like your insights on the books. Keep up the great work ❤ cheers from Poland 😊

I have good feelings about this book, even though it's a prequel. I've already preordered a copy.

Not a fan of prequels in general, they necessitate the end point of your story. And also Sapkowski's writing in the last 20 years was not that good, Season of Storms being just 'decent' was a n exception. I'm lukewarmly positive on this one though and my prediction is he'll pour his feeling about adaptations, CDPR debackle and his son's death into it.

There's also been a Szpony i Kły book, or in English Claws and Fangs! I don't think it has been translated to English tho. 🤔 It's a collection of Sapkowki's favourite fanfics sent in a competition. I read it and I liked it.

About the Witcher Codex: so the "witcher codex" as a concept in not only Geralt's because I think it's either Foltest that was previously aware of it before chatting to Geralt in the short stories. The point is that the fact that there IS no codex is a profession kept secret so that every witcher can do as they see fit. So i think on the description it could just be their way of saying that Geralt learned idk his morals from Kaer Morhen or smth like that. :)

i love how Sapkowski went rogue and marketed it all himself 😂 02:13 traumatized me all over again... thanks

I'm so happy you're covering this! I can't wait for the books' release!