Is it really good news that an employer can fire someone over allegations alone and not only because something was actually proven concretely? Doesn't that make it seem as if that employer is actually more concerned about "saving face" or protecting their image and/or preserving their reputation than really concerned with taking action against harm or wrongdoing? (Don't get me wrong, I'm not disbelieving that these things very well may have truly happened, I'm just saying that for better or for worse the distinction between what can and can't actually be proven should still matter....even if sometimes that does mean that bad people might get away with doing really bad things simply because we aren't able to prove what they did, because it is important to make it as difficult as possible to punish good people for things they actually didn't do, because sometimes it can be just as difficult to prove that a good person didn't do something as it can be to prove that a bad person did.)
Or good costumes (mostly the armours). Or fight scenes. Or dialogues. Or plot. Or CGI (wargs). It's honestly easier to list what RoP did good/not bad than not.
It's an absolute honour to have Eleventh Cycle be featured and mentioned on your channel, Daniel! It has been a very hectic start to the year, so this made my day.
@@stormeyedselkie I am so happy to hear! I am deep in the trenches, and am so proud of how it is shaping up. I also truly feely like I have improved much since the first book!
Waterstones have changed their layout in the last year moving Science Fiction and Fantasy to a more prominent place. It used to be upstairs and at the back of most shops but now they're mostly downstairs closer to the doors. I think this tells us a lot about what's selling!
My local Waterstones has expanded the Manga section into the Sci fi Fantasy section. It is still up the back. Different stores do different things with their layout.
I've always had great chats with one of the staff members at my local Waterstones. Even suggested he tune into sci-fi book tube. I think Waterstones is making sure to employ book fans rather than business people.
My favorite alternate history: Temeraire by Naomi Novak! Series starts with "His Majesty's Dragon" and is a retelling of the Napoleonic Wars except there are aerial corps of the miliary who ride dragons in combat. I think the author's world building and characterizations are just so good.
I second Temeraire! Awesome, awesome series of 9 books, they recently released newer trade paperback versions that form a picture on the spines. Originally was a mass market paperback. The world building is really world-encompassing, as they go traveling everywhere, exploring different cultures and how they develop or change with dragons and Napoleon getting involved. Lots of different dragons, lots of interesting mixes of history and culture. The nature of the series is centered around one dragon in particular, Temeaire, and how his presence does change things. It starts off mostly from his rider's viewpoint, but eventually Temeaire does develop his own viewpoint in the series, too. Very interesting philosophy from a dragon's perspective too-growing up very quickly in a large form, while being intelligent and young and trying to understand human society. Especially early 1800s human society.
@@yourstruly9013 thirding Temeraire with a *passion* - I’m a sucker for the Napoleonic wars, and Novik does her worldbuilding so dragons are not only a natural piece of the world, but their existence impacts world history. (I’m still arguing I would pay for a nine-book series that takes Ning trough the next 200 years. That would be *so awesome*!) (And no, no one who hasn’t read the entirety of Temeraire will know what I’m talking about. You’re welcome…) :D
As someone who’s writing a book right now that takes certain dnd and Tolkien races like Elves, Dwarves, Halflings, Orcs, and Goblins, and plucks them in a setting inspired by the Napoleonic era, I’m always on the lookout for fantasy like this. Got any more similar recs?
@@yourstruly9013 Novik got her start in fandom and it shows. Random transitions, out of nowhere characterization, frankly bizarre translations of Chinese names, etc. Things that would be somewhat forgivable in a fanfic(iirc the first book was originally Master and Commander fic) but become quickly frustrating in a published piece of work. I wouldn’t put it at above average.
It's been a really tough couple of months for my family. My brothers and I recently lost our Papa, my mum's husband. It's been hard for me to find anything to smile about. I have to say I was thrilled at Daniel putting in the handles for the cover artists! I really appreciate that, thank you Daniel for highlighting talents once again. If anything, it's light in the dark. All the people who do so much and don't get acknowledged - love to you ❤ Pa love to you wherever you are xxxxx
Since I feel like people glide over the NG news as a simple company dropping him, just remember that there was a writer adapting his work to comics, an artist, a letterer, an editor, people lost jobs because of him.
Yeah, uh did they really lose their jobs though, or are they going to just redirect to another project as happens all the time in comics? Course, I hope whatever work they put in was paid for by Dark Horse, otherwise they'd be the villains here.
@@MagusMarquillinng is the vallain here. Job losses would be on him too. We also don’t know what the deal is with those artists, they may have already completed their work and been paid, they’ll likely be paid for work already done. If there is loss of financial stability for people as a result of all this, can’t really blame the publisher, the publisher didn’t mess it all up by being a pest.
Daniel, you made me look up Chuck Tingle's books and I found "Not Pounded By The Physical Manifestation Of Someone Else's Doubt In My Place On The Autism Spectrum Because Denying Someone's Personal Journey And Identity Like That Is Incredibly Rude So No Thanks" and I have so many questions
Chuck Tingle is autistic, and one of the main points "haters"* make is that he's not actually autistic and his way of storytelling is part of an ongoing bit. He's talked a lot about how wearing a literal mask has helped him metaphorically unmask and be his true self (to the point that he experiences a lot less chronic pain from not carrying that tension around) but because he's unapologetically and sincerely weird, people find it hard to believe and think it must be ironic. So "Not Pounded by the Physical Manifestation of Someone Else's Doubt..." was written in part for himself and in part for his fellow autistic buckaroos who also face doubt. It's one of my favourite non-pounding Tinglers. *haters is probably the wrong word, because some people don't think they're doing harm in doubting the sincerity of his absurdism and often mean it in a "But you don't look autistic" way, but my brainfog ate the word I was looking for **Also, sorry for the info dump, Chuck Tingle's bibliography is a special interest of mine 😅
Omg! I LOOOOOVE those double sided books. I have a copy that I found at some used garbage bin somewhere that is Frankenstein/Dracula and it is just such a cool idea! I wish more publishers would try weird/unique stuff like this!
If you want alternate history recommendations my favorites are the Temeraire series by Naomi Novik, The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson, and the The Powder Mage trilogy by Brian McClellan.
Big fan of Temeraire & The Powder mage series & its spins offs. But calling Powder mage alternate history is stretch a no ?? Inspired by history definitely
Years of Rice and Salt was GREAT. Robinson is dense but delicious, and following the reincarnated souls was amazing ton of fun. The Temeraire series turned me off Novik entirely. She got her start in fandom and it shows in lazy habits that are forgivable in a fanfic but annoying in a published work.
the thing that stops me from preferring amazon over a brick and mortar is that amazon doesn't seem to show a real cover picture any more ie the actual look of the physical book like whether it has deckle edges etc.
I am not in an english speaking country and book stores do not have the variety i want, but damaged books is the biggest issue i have with amazon. If i had the option to go to a physical store i would in a heartbeat
Daniel, are you willing to compile a list of special edition publishers and make it easily accessible? I get endlessly confused which places do the actual publishing of them or are just a distributer that receives them and sells them (i.e. Wraithmarked vs Anderida). Additionally the subscription model ones vs. non-prescription are weird to navigate too since some sell individual copies and others don't. A video breaking them down could be super cool! I love supporting special edition books for their art, more financial support for authors, and more.
I work at a tiny used bookshop, and while idk about yearly profit margins, I don't do the book keeping, this January has been really good, as far as Januarys go. Generally Januarys are pretty slow, since folks tend to burn through all their cash in the festive season, but this year it's like October numbers, which is hella good.
I work in a target distribution center and we got 1500 copies of onyx storm that all sold out on preorder and it was quite the operation to make them prepped correctly to get shipped out. It doesn't surprise me there were issues
Studio Fortiche wanting to make a Vagabond adaptation is extremely exciting. I haven't read it yet, but I've always heard amazing things about it. And Pantheon on Netflix is great. I've heard tons of great things about that one, so I will definitely need to see it now.
I watched Pantheon after watching most of your review, loved it to bits, and despaired at not being able to watch season 2. I literally was looking up ways to watch it in very legal means yesterday and in the process found out that it was releasing next month on netflix, and now I can’t be any happier :v
The special editions for Onyx Storm are getting out of hand! And not that is necessarily bad to take images from stock and improve them - but I am not sure if for this one they should have invested a bit more time?
Target has never been good at preorders and online sales launches. Products sold out to bots within a minute of going live. Preorder cancelations, products being unavailable while in your cart, ugh. Also, the physical stores randomly put product on the shelves and then won't sell it to you because the street date is tomorrow. They're a terrible retailer.
I previously read American Gods by Gaiman because of the show that came out years ago and have been meaning to get back to his works. Well now I’m glad I never did and that opens up so much more room on my tbr
I've been eager for news about the Rendezvous with Rama adaptation for months now. Even though it's just confirmation that Denis Villeneuve really wants to make it happen, I'm still happy. Thanks so much for covering it here this week, Daniel. 😀
Just finished season 1 of pantheon and am happy to see netflix is adding season 2. You deserve royalties for your review. I think the show could have been better with 10 episodes or just longer episodes since so much was jam packed into each one, it was hard to keep up with every reveal.
Keith Robert's "Pavane" is generally heralded as one of the best alternative history books ever. It's basically a "what if Spain's 'Invincible Armada' was actually able to get to and conquer Britain in the late xvi century" and how that would affect everything else
Best alternative history books I love is the Anno Dracula Seties. Takes the Dracula story beyond the book into Holmes era London, WWI and the 60s. Uses a ton of public domain characters and adds some action intrigue and some humor.
If you're doing alt history then a look at Harry Turtledove is absolutely required. I'm not sure if they hold up as books but he's certainly a titan of influence on the genre.
Don't remember if you read 11/22/63 by Stephen King but that is my favorite Alt history and fave book ever. Also would love a series of you interviewing everyone in the book process from: Writers, editors, agents, binders, bookshop owners, etc. I know you've done agents and writers already
Absolutely second Pavane as a recommendation as well as the Temeraire series. Pavane is a classic for me, especially for the bittersweet tone of the stories
Vagabond adaption would be explosive for sure I always maintained that the art is so crazy that it has better chance of getting a good live action adaption over an animated one. I dont trust fans to not be rabid over any lapse in quality or even a take different from their headcanon
Connie Willis books Daniel! She is a Hugo Award winner and writes amazing sci-fi based historical novels (time travel). Doomsday Book is phenomenal and some of my favorite books ever is the Blackout/All Clear duology You must check her out if you’ve never read her books.
Daniel, just a quick call out, AVP isn't cannon to the Xenomorph world. Nothing that goes on in those comics or movies ties into the timeline or plots of the separate Predator and Alien franchises.
17:48 Now is the perfect time for you to get into Vagabond with the new hardcover deluxe editions they are releasing. Basically the same as the Berserk ones
Alternate history/historical fantasy rec: The Philosopher’s Flight and The Philosopher’s War by Tom Miller. Presumably more books at some point but no readily available information at current.
Alternate history suggestions: - Naomi Novik’s Temeraire series and Susannah Clark’s Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrel hold the crown. - The Wild Cards series is great, though fair warning there is a lot. I really enjoyed Knaves Over Queens, the first in the series focused on the British Isles. - my wife and I are having fun with the Dangerous Damsels series by India Holton but don’t expect much history there, just a lot of swashbuckling fun and witty dialogue. - Rust in the Root by Justina Ireland is a decent YA though I personally felt it didn’t quite live up to the promise. - The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates is one I’m excited to get to once the PhD stops eating up my reading time.
For alt-history or historical novels I'd recommend Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle (and/or Cryptonomicon). And, of course, Temeraire series by Naomi Navik as who doesn't love Napoleonic wars with dragons!
The Levithan trilogy by Scott Westerfield is great. It is middle grade, but I think it's worth a read. It's an alternative history of WWI with advanced technology. The Axis powers are the Clankers with steampunk mechs and the Allies are Darwinists with bioengineered war machines including the titular Leviathan a living hydrogen blimp formed mostly from whale, jellyfish, and hydrogen producing bacteria.
One of my favorite alternate history books is She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan. It's a reimagining of the beginning of the ming dynasty in China with fantasy elements. Phenomenal writing and characters. Seriously so good.
For alternate history, others have already rightly mentioned Temeraire. I also really like the Carolus Rex duology by Mercedes Lackey and Rosemary Edgehill, first book being The Shadow of Albion.
If you like Denis Villeneuve, you should watch Polytechnique and Incendies. They are filmed in Québec French but they should certainly be available at least with English subtitles. Incendies (2010), was nominated for an Oscar and won many other film awards. Now considered a classic and masterpiece of Québec cinema. Polytechnique (2009) is what introduced Denis Villeneuve to Québécois and was the beginning of his popularity. This film tells the true story of the massacre of 14 female students at the Polytechnique school in Montreal in 1989. Mass shootings are very rare in Canada, but in addition, one that targets women ... this tragedy is commemorated every year in the province of Québec. Denis Villeneuve pays tribute to the victims in this film which is not easy to watch, but essential for the memory of these women. I hope I have piqued your curiosity enough to watch these movies. :) And by the way, I love your work and what you do for the book community! Thank you!
Those Ace Doubles are worth picking up when you see them. Some are great and some are bad and even the bad ones are better than most books published by writers who only think they are writers.
Very happy to see that Pantheon is going to be available outside of New Zealand or Australia, I wasn't keen on the idea of "moving" there just to watch S2 since I am almost done with S1...
I had to get 3 different copies of the anniversary Hardcover Lies of Locke Lamora from Amazon because they kept shipping it in soft bags and the cover was getting destroyed. The 3rd was finally in a box. If i could have found it locally I would have absolutely done so.
Wild Cards is my favorite book series, particularly the first seven books. I always expected it to gain more acclaim once Martin hit it big and yet almost no one talks about them.
As much as I didn't like either season of Rings of Power, I do appreciate that Amazon is still giving the show a chance to course correct for season 3. Do I have faith it will improve? Nope. But in a world where shows are cancelled way too early, it gives me hope
I suppose you have to give them that, Netflix seems to have canceled almost anything people love and was doing well. Honestly I’m surprised they didn’t cancel Arcane after season 1.
@@pointfrogg But the quality also changed to the others'... lol. There is a timeline where both ended as intended and RoP is actually the next gold standard in high fantasy shows.
A fun YA alternate history is "Airborn" by Kenneth Oppell. It's an alternate history of what if airships became the way to travel. I read the series as a kid and loved it. I still go back and reread the first one because it's so fun!
I only bought books from Amazon for one series .. because I couldn't get them anywhere else .. and it literally hurt me to see the condition that book 2 came in 🙄 The 2 in 1 books are really cool! I'd be down for some of my favorite novellas to be printed that way 🤙🏼
those covers and special editions look awesome. Might need to check out the authors, to see if I want to buy the beautiful versions. Good to hear there's some sort of upswing for bookstores. I'll always prefer that, and the longer I can put off even creating an Amazon account, the happier I'll be in general. I just wish Chapters (my local big box book retailer) had a better website...but really, I should know the local small retailers better.
Neil Gailman case, honestly, devastated me. His works are one that I always want to read and explore. Coraline is the first horror story I've ever encountered in my childhood. I understand and support the importance of deplatform him. But I mourn the story that won't ever be published.
One amazing alternate history I love is River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey, a western- genre heist novella with killer hippos! Also, ANYTHING by P. Djieli Clark, but especially The Haunting of Tram Car 015!
"The Years of Rice and Salt" by Kim Stanley Robinson "The Man in the High Castle" by Philip K. Dick (I actually like the show more) I have come to peace with the idea that George RR Martin will not finish ASOIAF. This leaves me free to speculate as to who should finish. My vote is Joe Abercrombie, although I would be open to other Grimdark authors.
I dont think anyone will finish it. We are not talking about something like WoT where the author had everything planned out but was denied the opportunity to finish their work due to an untimely and tragic death. GRRM has not shown any sign of making progress with the series in well over a decade. If he has gotten so stuck even he can't find a way out I doubt anyone else can.
It's good enough to watch if you're not hyper-critical about it. Literally no TV Show can stand up to the type of scrutiny a show receives when the angry fandoms that hate everything new decide to pick something apart while hate-watching it. To be clear, I am not saying it doesn't have issues, I am just saying people should just not watch something they don't like and move on with their lives instead of investing so fully in a takedown of media that other people DO enjoy.
I am a fan of Arcane, but vagabond in their style... I don't know, vagabond has one of the most serene, beautifully drawn panels I have ever seen, doing that digitally no way in hell it would convey the same sense of awe. The boy and the Heron is the best modern example, mighty expensive but the result shows the artistry so well. Don't hate digital, but for Vagabond I'm not convinced..
I can't find any information on the double bindings for Stephen Graham Jones or Ellen Datow books. Is there another link you can provide? I want to pu them on my calendar
Correction: alien earth is a tv series. I can’t keep that franchise straight anymore.
Is it really good news that an employer can fire someone over allegations alone and not only because something was actually proven concretely?
Doesn't that make it seem as if that employer is actually more concerned about "saving face" or protecting their image and/or preserving their reputation than really concerned with taking action against harm or wrongdoing?
(Don't get me wrong, I'm not disbelieving that these things very well may have truly happened, I'm just saying that for better or for worse the distinction between what can and can't actually be proven should still matter....even if sometimes that does mean that bad people might get away with doing really bad things simply because we aren't able to prove what they did, because it is important to make it as difficult as possible to punish good people for things they actually didn't do, because sometimes it can be just as difficult to prove that a good person didn't do something as it can be to prove that a bad person did.)
I love that the channel motto is now "in my opinion allegedly"
A good motto for a litigious age.
The interview with an expert in special editions and book bindings sounds amazing, really hope you go forward with the idea
Signed yes plsss!!!
@@jamesphillips30 Absolutely. Book binding has an amazing history and many people still practice the art.
Rings of Power is the ultimate proof that a enormous budget cannot buy creative vision.
Or good costumes (mostly the armours). Or fight scenes. Or dialogues. Or plot. Or CGI (wargs). It's honestly easier to list what RoP did good/not bad than not.
I mean it can, they just chose to buy things that aren't creative vision
@@rikremmerswaal2756 The show is fantastic. If canceled, it’s just proof that brainwashed haters ruin everything.
@@MrCBTman IYO
@@MrCBTman The brainwashed haters are the people who made the show lol. Same with Wheel of Time and The Witcher.
It's an absolute honour to have Eleventh Cycle be featured and mentioned on your channel, Daniel! It has been a very hectic start to the year, so this made my day.
Oh I LOVED reading Eleventh Cycle! Such a good book and I cannot wait for book 2! 🫶🏻🖤
@@stormeyedselkie I am so happy to hear! I am deep in the trenches, and am so proud of how it is shaping up. I also truly feely like I have improved much since the first book!
George RR Martin will literally publish everything except Winds of Winter 😂😂. I’m not even upset, just amused.
Bet that he has it fully written, and will release it posthumously?
@@eikebehrmann3493 He has had a huge draft for a few years now, but it won't be enough if he doesn't write one for the Dream of Spring, too.
I'm upset enough for all of us tbf
He’s going to have Brandon write it at this point
I’m upset
Waterstones have changed their layout in the last year moving Science Fiction and Fantasy to a more prominent place. It used to be upstairs and at the back of most shops but now they're mostly downstairs closer to the doors. I think this tells us a lot about what's selling!
My local Waterstones has expanded the Manga section into the Sci fi Fantasy section. It is still up the back. Different stores do different things with their layout.
I've always had great chats with one of the staff members at my local Waterstones. Even suggested he tune into sci-fi book tube. I think Waterstones is making sure to employ book fans rather than business people.
I'm a Waterstones bookseller and in my experience a LOT of us read a great deal of sci-fi/fantasy
My favorite alternate history: Temeraire by Naomi Novak! Series starts with "His Majesty's Dragon" and is a retelling of the Napoleonic Wars except there are aerial corps of the miliary who ride dragons in combat. I think the author's world building and characterizations are just so good.
I second Temeraire! Awesome, awesome series of 9 books, they recently released newer trade paperback versions that form a picture on the spines. Originally was a mass market paperback. The world building is really world-encompassing, as they go traveling everywhere, exploring different cultures and how they develop or change with dragons and Napoleon getting involved. Lots of different dragons, lots of interesting mixes of history and culture. The nature of the series is centered around one dragon in particular, Temeaire, and how his presence does change things. It starts off mostly from his rider's viewpoint, but eventually Temeaire does develop his own viewpoint in the series, too. Very interesting philosophy from a dragon's perspective too-growing up very quickly in a large form, while being intelligent and young and trying to understand human society. Especially early 1800s human society.
@@yourstruly9013 thirding Temeraire with a *passion* - I’m a sucker for the Napoleonic wars, and Novik does her worldbuilding so dragons are not only a natural piece of the world, but their existence impacts world history. (I’m still arguing I would pay for a nine-book series that takes Ning trough the next 200 years. That would be *so awesome*!) (And no, no one who hasn’t read the entirety of Temeraire will know what I’m talking about. You’re welcome…) :D
As someone who’s writing a book right now that takes certain dnd and Tolkien races like Elves, Dwarves, Halflings, Orcs, and Goblins, and plucks them in a setting inspired by the Napoleonic era, I’m always on the lookout for fantasy like this. Got any more similar recs?
Yes! This is an amazing series. It managed to not just build a fascinating world, it also taught some great history.
@@yourstruly9013 Novik got her start in fandom and it shows. Random transitions, out of nowhere characterization, frankly bizarre translations of Chinese names, etc. Things that would be somewhat forgivable in a fanfic(iirc the first book was originally Master and Commander fic) but become quickly frustrating in a published piece of work.
I wouldn’t put it at above average.
Bringing in an expert hook binder would be a cool video. Awesome idea.
Captain Hook is waiting.
I smell a collab with NerdForge? (Again?)
Lots of videos on bookbinding here on YT. Lot's do it as a hobby. It's pretty interesting but seems a lot of work.
It's been a really tough couple of months for my family. My brothers and I recently lost our Papa, my mum's husband. It's been hard for me to find anything to smile about. I have to say I was thrilled at Daniel putting in the handles for the cover artists! I really appreciate that, thank you Daniel for highlighting talents once again. If anything, it's light in the dark. All the people who do so much and don't get acknowledged - love to you ❤
Pa love to you wherever you are xxxxx
I already watched S2 of Pantheon (I was definitely totally absolutely in New Zealand) and I’m glad the rest of the world will also get to see it ✨
😂
Nerdforge would be a great guest regarding book binding!
Yassssssssssssssss
Since I feel like people glide over the NG news as a simple company dropping him, just remember that there was a writer adapting his work to comics, an artist, a letterer, an editor, people lost jobs because of him.
Yeah, uh did they really lose their jobs though, or are they going to just redirect to another project as happens all the time in comics? Course, I hope whatever work they put in was paid for by Dark Horse, otherwise they'd be the villains here.
In the comic industry most creatives are freelancers. There's not always security that you'll get placed on another project quickly.
@@MagusMarquillinng is the vallain here. Job losses would be on him too.
We also don’t know what the deal is with those artists, they may have already completed their work and been paid, they’ll likely be paid for work already done. If there is loss of financial stability for people as a result of all this, can’t really blame the publisher, the publisher didn’t mess it all up by being a pest.
@@No8Named8Shadow Gaiman's fault. He bears the full blame.
They have already gotten paid for their work. Neil doesn’t deserve to gain ANY money moving forward.
Dark Horse doesn’t need Gaiman rather he needed the publisher. Having listened to yv_edit read the Vulture article it made my stomach crawl.
ew
Almost all men have skeletons in the closet. It’s just a matter of how many and what they’ve done to them.
Daniel, you made me look up Chuck Tingle's books and I found "Not Pounded By The Physical Manifestation Of Someone Else's Doubt In My Place On The Autism Spectrum Because Denying Someone's Personal Journey And Identity Like That Is Incredibly Rude So No Thanks" and I have so many questions
Harriet Porber might be my fave of Tingle's. On concept alone.
Tingle is a master of his craft. A craft he is more or less the only one apart of, but a master nonetheless.
Chuck Tingle is autistic, and one of the main points "haters"* make is that he's not actually autistic and his way of storytelling is part of an ongoing bit. He's talked a lot about how wearing a literal mask has helped him metaphorically unmask and be his true self (to the point that he experiences a lot less chronic pain from not carrying that tension around) but because he's unapologetically and sincerely weird, people find it hard to believe and think it must be ironic. So "Not Pounded by the Physical Manifestation of Someone Else's Doubt..." was written in part for himself and in part for his fellow autistic buckaroos who also face doubt. It's one of my favourite non-pounding Tinglers.
*haters is probably the wrong word, because some people don't think they're doing harm in doubting the sincerity of his absurdism and often mean it in a "But you don't look autistic" way, but my brainfog ate the word I was looking for
**Also, sorry for the info dump, Chuck Tingle's bibliography is a special interest of mine 😅
@@xoPotatoTreexo Don't have much to add, other than that I love "brainfog ate the word I was looking for" for some reason lol.
@@xoPotatoTreexo my questions were supposedly rhetorical but that is an excellent explanation, thank you!
Denis Villeneuve is probably the best director to tackle Rendezvous With Rama. Legit excited at the thought.
Omg! I LOOOOOVE those double sided books. I have a copy that I found at some used garbage bin somewhere that is Frankenstein/Dracula and it is just such a cool idea! I wish more publishers would try weird/unique stuff like this!
I am off X and cannot seem to find the double sided books Daniel showed on the broken binding. were you able to find these?
Folio Society has done some as well. They have a “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” / “A Scanner Darkly” 2-sided book that’s pretty cool.
@@Kim-gy9pl nah, didn't even look for em. Sorry. It might only be posted on Twitter if you can't find em elsewhere. Sorry.
I'd love to see a video where you explain Special Editions
I'm super excited for the Mary Robinette Kowal release- mad it took me so long to get into her. Her scifi is so detailed yet so accessible.
Thank you!
@MaryRobinetteKowal wow! of course! And thank you for introducing me to 4thewords as well!
If you want alternate history recommendations my favorites are the Temeraire series by Naomi Novik, The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson, and the The Powder Mage trilogy by Brian McClellan.
Big fan of Temeraire & The Powder mage series & its spins offs.
But calling Powder mage alternate history is stretch a no ?? Inspired by history definitely
Years of Rice and Salt was GREAT. Robinson is dense but delicious, and following the reincarnated souls was amazing ton of fun.
The Temeraire series turned me off Novik entirely. She got her start in fandom and it shows in lazy habits that are forgivable in a fanfic but annoying in a published work.
Thank you for your kind words!
I adore your narration of the October Daye books!
the thing that stops me from preferring amazon over a brick and mortar is that amazon doesn't seem to show a real cover picture any more ie the actual look of the physical book like whether it has deckle edges etc.
I am not in an english speaking country and book stores do not have the variety i want, but damaged books is the biggest issue i have with amazon. If i had the option to go to a physical store i would in a heartbeat
I'm still upset that Amy Adams didn't even get nominated for Arrival.
Razbuten is here?!
it's been like 10 years and all of us are still salty over it.
Daniel, are you willing to compile a list of special edition publishers and make it easily accessible? I get endlessly confused which places do the actual publishing of them or are just a distributer that receives them and sells them (i.e. Wraithmarked vs Anderida). Additionally the subscription model ones vs. non-prescription are weird to navigate too since some sell individual copies and others don't.
A video breaking them down could be super cool! I love supporting special edition books for their art, more financial support for authors, and more.
Like the River Nile, The News must flow!
I work at a tiny used bookshop, and while idk about yearly profit margins, I don't do the book keeping, this January has been really good, as far as Januarys go.
Generally Januarys are pretty slow, since folks tend to burn through all their cash in the festive season, but this year it's like October numbers, which is hella good.
I work in a target distribution center and we got 1500 copies of onyx storm that all sold out on preorder and it was quite the operation to make them prepped correctly to get shipped out. It doesn't surprise me there were issues
@Daniel, the top shelf Alternative History choice is Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. It's time to get footnotey.
I'm with you on Labyrinth... not every beloved movie *cough* Beetlejuice *cough* needs a sequel :P
After enduring his Nosferatu remake, I don't think Eggers should be allowed near Labyrinth with a ten foot pole
Dude! City and the City needs to go on the "to read" list.
Keep in mind we got a new epic of Gilgamesh reveal (small hand sized tablet discovered) before we got winds of winter…..
Studio Fortiche wanting to make a Vagabond adaptation is extremely exciting. I haven't read it yet, but I've always heard amazing things about it.
And Pantheon on Netflix is great. I've heard tons of great things about that one, so I will definitely need to see it now.
Temeraire would be a good fit if you want to review an alternative history fantasy
I watched Pantheon after watching most of your review, loved it to bits, and despaired at not being able to watch season 2. I literally was looking up ways to watch it in very legal means yesterday and in the process found out that it was releasing next month on netflix, and now I can’t be any happier :v
Fortiche, please adapt Mistborn.
Thanks!
And thanks to you bradysandy!
@@SeiShinCasios I’ve been thinking the same thing since watching Arcane and reading Mistborn both for the first time last year
The special editions for Onyx Storm are getting out of hand! And not that is necessarily bad to take images from stock and improve them - but I am not sure if for this one they should have invested a bit more time?
Target has never been good at preorders and online sales launches. Products sold out to bots within a minute of going live. Preorder cancelations, products being unavailable while in your cart, ugh. Also, the physical stores randomly put product on the shelves and then won't sell it to you because the street date is tomorrow. They're a terrible retailer.
I previously read American Gods by Gaiman because of the show that came out years ago and have been meaning to get back to his works. Well now I’m glad I never did and that opens up so much more room on my tbr
I've been eager for news about the Rendezvous with Rama adaptation for months now. Even though it's just confirmation that Denis Villeneuve really wants to make it happen, I'm still happy. Thanks so much for covering it here this week, Daniel. 😀
11:32 I would be incredibly interested about learning bookbinding and special additions
As would I
Same!
I went and watched pantheon for you Daniel and LOVED It, so glad season 2 is coming to Netflix!
The City and the City is one of those books that had a huge impact on me. That cover makes total sense to me, but I like the ombre paperback better.
Just finished season 1 of pantheon and am happy to see netflix is adding season 2. You deserve royalties for your review. I think the show could have been better with 10 episodes or just longer episodes since so much was jam packed into each one, it was hard to keep up with every reveal.
Keith Robert's "Pavane" is generally heralded as one of the best alternative history books ever. It's basically a "what if Spain's 'Invincible Armada' was actually able to get to and conquer Britain in the late xvi century" and how that would affect everything else
Reading The City and the city now and it's so far my book of the year
Best alternative history books I love is the Anno Dracula Seties. Takes the Dracula story beyond the book into Holmes era London, WWI and the 60s. Uses a ton of public domain characters and adds some action intrigue and some humor.
I've got those on my bookshelf and need to start them!
If you're doing alt history then a look at Harry Turtledove is absolutely required. I'm not sure if they hold up as books but he's certainly a titan of influence on the genre.
My friend made the Straw Hat lego teaser and adores One Piece! I am so happy she got to work on that ❤
Don't remember if you read 11/22/63 by Stephen King but that is my favorite Alt history and fave book ever.
Also would love a series of you interviewing everyone in the book process from: Writers, editors, agents, binders, bookshop owners, etc. I know you've done agents and writers already
Wild Cards is a crazy series
I highly recommend
Absolutely second Pavane as a recommendation as well as the Temeraire series. Pavane is a classic for me, especially for the bittersweet tone of the stories
you should read his Majesty‘s Dragon by Naomi Novak
Vagabond adaption would be explosive for sure
I always maintained that the art is so crazy that it has better chance of getting a good live action adaption over an animated one. I dont trust fans to not be rabid over any lapse in quality or even a take different from their headcanon
As someone who unfortunately works at Amazon I can say yeah these people don't handle the products with care.
What's wrong with BLUE?! ....Daniel, there are literally several blue spines on your shelf right behind you even as you say that!!! 😅 😂😂
Connie Willis books Daniel! She is a Hugo Award winner and writes amazing sci-fi based historical novels (time travel). Doomsday Book is phenomenal and some of my favorite books ever is the Blackout/All Clear duology You must check her out if you’ve never read her books.
@@Gigemwhoop second that! doomsday is amazing. Same universe, but funny- To Say Nothing But The Dog (that might be a little off…)
Daniel, just a quick call out, AVP isn't cannon to the Xenomorph world. Nothing that goes on in those comics or movies ties into the timeline or plots of the separate Predator and Alien franchises.
Alternate that feels incredibly relevant to the current climate for news sources today: The Newsflesh trilogy by Mira Grant
17:48 Now is the perfect time for you to get into Vagabond with the new hardcover deluxe editions they are releasing. Basically the same as the Berserk ones
Alternate history/historical fantasy rec: The Philosopher’s Flight and The Philosopher’s War by Tom Miller. Presumably more books at some point but no readily available information at current.
Alternate history suggestions:
- Naomi Novik’s Temeraire series and Susannah Clark’s Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrel hold the crown.
- The Wild Cards series is great, though fair warning there is a lot. I really enjoyed Knaves Over Queens, the first in the series focused on the British Isles.
- my wife and I are having fun with the Dangerous Damsels series by India Holton but don’t expect much history there, just a lot of swashbuckling fun and witty dialogue.
- Rust in the Root by Justina Ireland is a decent YA though I personally felt it didn’t quite live up to the promise.
- The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates is one I’m excited to get to once the PhD stops eating up my reading time.
For alt-history or historical novels I'd recommend Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle (and/or Cryptonomicon). And, of course, Temeraire series by Naomi Navik as who doesn't love Napoleonic wars with dragons!
The Levithan trilogy by Scott Westerfield is great. It is middle grade, but I think it's worth a read. It's an alternative history of WWI with advanced technology. The Axis powers are the Clankers with steampunk mechs and the Allies are Darwinists with bioengineered war machines including the titular Leviathan a living hydrogen blimp formed mostly from whale, jellyfish, and hydrogen producing bacteria.
One of my favorite alternate history books is She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan. It's a reimagining of the beginning of the ming dynasty in China with fantasy elements. Phenomenal writing and characters. Seriously so good.
I would love to hear more about how special editions are made!
Not sure if you've read it but a great alternate history fantasy series is Temeraire by Naomi Novik! Basically the Napoleonic Wars with dragons
For alternate history, others have already rightly mentioned Temeraire. I also really like the Carolus Rex duology by Mercedes Lackey and Rosemary Edgehill, first book being The Shadow of Albion.
If you like Denis Villeneuve, you should watch Polytechnique and Incendies. They are filmed in Québec French but they should certainly be available at least with English subtitles.
Incendies (2010), was nominated for an Oscar and won many other film awards. Now considered a classic and masterpiece of Québec cinema.
Polytechnique (2009) is what introduced Denis Villeneuve to Québécois and was the beginning of his popularity. This film tells the true story of the massacre of 14 female students at the Polytechnique school in Montreal in 1989. Mass shootings are very rare in Canada, but in addition, one that targets women ... this tragedy is commemorated every year in the province of Québec. Denis Villeneuve pays tribute to the victims in this film which is not easy to watch, but essential for the memory of these women.
I hope I have piqued your curiosity enough to watch these movies. :)
And by the way, I love your work and what you do for the book community! Thank you!
Love the double binding. Really wish I had one.
The Thursday Next books by Jasper Fforde are really fun and play a lot with literature 👍
Those Ace Doubles are worth picking up when you see them. Some are great and some are bad and even the bad ones are better than most books published by writers who only think they are writers.
Very happy to see that Pantheon is going to be available outside of New Zealand or Australia, I wasn't keen on the idea of "moving" there just to watch S2 since I am almost done with S1...
I had to get 3 different copies of the anniversary Hardcover Lies of Locke Lamora from Amazon because they kept shipping it in soft bags and the cover was getting destroyed. The 3rd was finally in a box. If i could have found it locally I would have absolutely done so.
Wild Cards is my favorite book series, particularly the first seven books. I always expected it to gain more acclaim once Martin hit it big and yet almost no one talks about them.
For an Alt history book: Temeraire! Its the Napoleonic Wars but with dragons. Its soooo good!
As much as I didn't like either season of Rings of Power, I do appreciate that Amazon is still giving the show a chance to course correct for season 3. Do I have faith it will improve? Nope. But in a world where shows are cancelled way too early, it gives me hope
But there is nothing worth saving at this point. The show is bafflingly bad.
I suppose you have to give them that, Netflix seems to have canceled almost anything people love and was doing well. Honestly I’m surprised they didn’t cancel Arcane after season 1.
In a different timeline Rings of Power was cancelled on its first season and Sense8 ended as it was planned.
@@pointfrogg And season 23 of Firefly would just be airing
@@pointfrogg But the quality also changed to the others'... lol. There is a timeline where both ended as intended and RoP is actually the next gold standard in high fantasy shows.
A fun YA alternate history is "Airborn" by Kenneth Oppell. It's an alternate history of what if airships became the way to travel. I read the series as a kid and loved it. I still go back and reread the first one because it's so fun!
I really like the idea for those double books.
Hi Daniel, some of the links in your description do not correspond correctly with the headlines. Love your videos!
For alt-history: My favorite alt-history book is the fascinating "The Mouse that Roared."
Thank you Goblin Lord for getting us pantheon season 2
What fidget are you using, and where can I get one?
Wild cards... now that is a blast from the past, been decades since I read those books!
Stephen Graham Jones is such a wild author. You will love it or hate it. But I think he is brilliant.
I’m very much looking forward to The Buffalo Hunter Hunter. An SGJ historical epic with a vampire in the old west, sign me up
I only bought books from Amazon for one series .. because I couldn't get them anywhere else .. and it literally hurt me to see the condition that book 2 came in 🙄
The 2 in 1 books are really cool! I'd be down for some of my favorite novellas to be printed that way 🤙🏼
those covers and special editions look awesome. Might need to check out the authors, to see if I want to buy the beautiful versions.
Good to hear there's some sort of upswing for bookstores. I'll always prefer that, and the longer I can put off even creating an Amazon account, the happier I'll be in general. I just wish Chapters (my local big box book retailer) had a better website...but really, I should know the local small retailers better.
do you know if there is a way to access Martin's paper? I would really like to read it
Mat traded his bed robe from Seasons 1-2 for a dress 😂
Neil Gailman case, honestly, devastated me. His works are one that I always want to read and explore. Coraline is the first horror story I've ever encountered in my childhood.
I understand and support the importance of deplatform him. But I mourn the story that won't ever be published.
I would love if you had someone from the book binding/production industry to talk on this channel! I'm always so interested in that process
Alternate history - Harry Turtledoves stuff is sometimes A LOT but it's fun and he's REAL history nerd champion level.
One amazing alternate history I love is River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey, a western- genre heist novella with killer hippos! Also, ANYTHING by P. Djieli Clark, but especially The Haunting of Tram Car 015!
"The Years of Rice and Salt" by Kim Stanley Robinson
"The Man in the High Castle" by Philip K. Dick (I actually like the show more)
I have come to peace with the idea that George RR Martin will not finish ASOIAF. This leaves me free to speculate as to who should finish. My vote is Joe Abercrombie, although I would be open to other Grimdark authors.
I dont think anyone will finish it. We are not talking about something like WoT where the author had everything planned out but was denied the opportunity to finish their work due to an untimely and tragic death. GRRM has not shown any sign of making progress with the series in well over a decade. If he has gotten so stuck even he can't find a way out I doubt anyone else can.
@@kityhawk2000 It all depends on who owns the rights and whether they can make money on it.
Wild Cards is great! Not everything there has aged well, but the stories and characters are truly incredible. The premise is somewhat X-Men like,
Temeraire by Naomi Novik is an excellent alternate history -> what if the Napoleonic Wars were fought with talking dragons?
Not gonna lie, I didn’t know rings of power had a season 2
It's not the greatest television ever, but it is a huge improvement over season 1. And some parts are damn good (and some that are not).
It's good enough to watch if you're not hyper-critical about it. Literally no TV Show can stand up to the type of scrutiny a show receives when the angry fandoms that hate everything new decide to pick something apart while hate-watching it.
To be clear, I am not saying it doesn't have issues, I am just saying people should just not watch something they don't like and move on with their lives instead of investing so fully in a takedown of media that other people DO enjoy.
I am a fan of Arcane, but vagabond in their style... I don't know, vagabond has one of the most serene, beautifully drawn panels I have ever seen, doing that digitally no way in hell it would convey the same sense of awe. The boy and the Heron is the best modern example, mighty expensive but the result shows the artistry so well. Don't hate digital, but for Vagabond I'm not convinced..
Good to see GRRM so enthusiastically completing his side quests 😊
I can't find any information on the double bindings for Stephen Graham Jones or Ellen Datow books. Is there another link you can provide? I want to pu them on my calendar
The Killer on the Road / The Babysitter Lives by Stephen Graham Jones
Night / Day edited by Ellen Datlow