I think the audiobook for The Way of Edan might be the first time I've anticipated an audiobook release! I'm really looking forward to hear how Allen brings the story to life in that format!
I still get shivers when I think about the "Earthseed" duology. I keep thinking about Octavia E. Butler and how would she have reacted to some of the events from her books becoming reality.
So apparently Dr. Fantasy is a specialist! Your practice takes generosity and graciousness to the highest heights, and I'm so grateful to have become a patient. Thanks for all you do for writers, particularly those of us who self-publish. And ultimately for readers! Looking forward to pitching in and helping the SPFBOX team. Another fun video. Happy Saturday, my friend.
Thank you so much for mentioning BellTube! It wouldn't be the same channel without your appearances to have somewhat a voice of reason involved! and I KNEW IT! I knew somehow, someway you've been kicked out of Vegas! I just love these recap videos because it reminds me of how many great experiences I've had watching your channel since the prior recap.
So excited for SPFBOX!!! (I would pay handsomely to see with my own eyes Philip being kicked out of Las Vegas because of his poker face 😈 what a wonderful image!)
Great updates! I'm especially looking forward to seeing your take on a new batch of SPFBO titles...I can't wait to see if you find any that strike you as hard as the last two.
I can’t wait for your rant review of The Book That Broke the World! 🔥Keep it cordial, Dr. Fantasy. 😂 I’m excited for our future discussion about The Judging Eye. Peril’s Gate might take me a while thanks to Mt. TBR, but I’m looking forward to that discussion as well. Happy reading!
How could you tell a rant was coming? What gave me away?! 😂 The Judging Eye already has me simultaneously depressed and impressed. I’m excited to discuss it with you, Johanna!
Wow, you’ve been up to quite a bit recently, Philip! I’m going to have to read some of your SPFBO books you reviewed. So many of them sound good. And great news on the Edan Trilogy front with audiobook updates and also a potential special edition! Congratulations for that! Can’t wait to see what you’ve got coming up. Hope all is well, my friend!
Thank you for all your amazing work on SPFBO 9--and congratulations to the winner! And you're reading more Bakker??! Fantastic! Also, thank you from the bottom of my heart for your interest in The Altar of My Fate! Hope you enjoy the read, and seriously, thank you again for taking an interest.
Wow, so many standout books in the works! I'm looking forward as always to your thoughts, and hoping I can jump into some of these worlds too! Jiminez in particular impressed me to no end. Spear is a story like no other.
What an amazing whirlwind of events and reading in this video! I have a unicorn left and right propping me up right now because I'm all dizzy after watching this.😵💫😂 It was wonderful to talk to you about Fantasy & Religion, Philip! The panel would have been incomplete without you! The unicorn stables are starting to get excited for SPFBOX and the books we will be reading. And I can't wait to be back for all the great discussions we have lined up. I need to check out that LOTR discussion as I have talked myself into something that might require (make that definitely will require) rereading LOTR.😂 And I'm very curious what you will make of Parable of the Sower. I like Octavia E. Butler quite a bit. Have a wonderful weekend, my friend!
@@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy No rush, Philip! But I'm very much looking forward to discussing great books and meeting a lot of new wonderful people! I think I'm starting to miss the BookTube community more than I thought I would.
I re-read The Judging Eye a few weeks ago and its still one of my favourites of the series, i hope to return to that world very soon for The White-luck Warrior but i currently have a re-read of the original First Law trilogy and I've just started Rain Wild Chronicles. Maybe I'll continue my re-read of Aspect-Emperor as you go. I too have impeccable poker face, to the point a friend said that I was either lucky or only pretending to not understand the game 😅
In truth, I know very little about poker, and if were to play, my ignorance would be my only weapon. You are reading some fantastic books, and, of course, you are most welcome to read Aspect Emperor along with Johanna and me!
I am definitely looking forward to your and Johanna's thoughts on the Aspect Emperor series! I just finished the initial three and really enjoyed your discussions about them!
Excited to hear your thoughts on the new Lawrence! Just started it myself. The Month of Philip is progressing nicely, Beowulf has been finished and we'll both keep our poker faces on until the end of the month 😂 Cheers! C.
I'm very much looking forward to watching your video with Johan about Tolkien's LOTR. I'm happy that you're still on the R. Scott Bakker train. I've been getting so many messages that I should finish the Prince of Nothing series and its sequel series. I think I'm going to prioritize that this summer.
Though I don’t always enjoy the bleakness of the world he’s created, Bakker is too talented a writer for me not to finish his series. I had a great time chatting with Johan about Tolkien. Cheers, Jordan!
Great video Philip, as always! Congrats and exciting news about THE WAY OF EDAN audiobook! Can't wait to listen, as a 're-read', with the amazing Allen narrating! Also congrats on the Special Edition! Amazing! Must be a really special feeling, as well, that your SPFBO 9 selection for finalist won the whole thing! Loved my recent discussions with you including on Religion and Fantasy & Big Brain Page Chewing! And thank you for the kind words & shout out about PAGE CHEWING! Hope you enjoy your upcoming reads & lives, and of course, love watching these updates! Especially interested to see what you have to say about Olivia Butler's work! Another iconic author! And buckle down for Peril's Gate! It is an absolute ride!! The ending....
I really enjoyed Cahill's The Fall. I have been slowing making my way through the first proper novel. The fall is an interesting prologue to the series as whole. First novel has a slower intro feeling like the 80s/90s fantasy that i read as a teen.
Hello Dr. C. I'm currently reading Telling Lives: The Biographers' Art ed. by Marc Pachter, and The Confessions of Saint Augustine. I recently bought a copy of The Vanished Birds, so I may join your group in reading that one next month. It's always nice to see you. I hope you have a fine weekend.
Congrats on having your finalist become the winner of SPFBO9, that was a well deserved win! So excited to get my batch for SPFBOX (love that abbreviation, haha), hope it's gonna be another amazing year! Super exciting to hear the news about The Way of Edan audiobook! Just curious, are you going to be audible exclusive or wide? I listen to audiobooks on Everand, so that is why I am asking. Anyway, I am sure Allen nailed it, he is brilliant! Sounds like you had some very exciting weeks of reading and recording. I hope you enjoy your upcoming reads, cheers!
Thank you, Esmay! I actually haven't decided yet about the platform for the audiobook. I'm looking into my options and will decide in the near future. I like the idea of going wide, but it's tough to do anything without the juggernaut. All the best!
I finally broke down and joined audible so every month I can buy The War of Light & Shadow series! One book a month. I actually did email her publisher to please produce audiobooks for the entire series!! I think they must have seen her new popularity on booktube and stepped up!
Thank you, Will! Murder at Spindle Manor is a very deserving champion in my opinion, and I hope you’ll enjoy it. It will be a very special day when I get to hold that special edition of The Way of Edan. I hope your studies are going well!
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on The Book that Broke the World and The Judging Eye. My mind is spinning in all directions trying to decipher your feelings on Lawrence's latest through your poker face.
All the best to you and Allen on the Edan Audiobooks!😊 I will be starting on the «Prince of Nothing» Trilogy this Summer, so will definitely be listening to your discussions with Johanna, Raf and Jimmy while reading! 😄 You, Josh, AP & Bridger talking Classic Fantasy, now THAT’S A PARTY!🎉😎 After a slow March, I finished in April «The Fort» by Adrian Goldsworthy (City of Victory Trilogy #1, Historical Military Fiction set during the Campaigns of Roman Emperor Trajan, Sequel Trilogy to the «Vindolandia» Trilogy), «Empire of Silence» by Christopher Ruocchio (Sun Eater #1, Space Opera/Sci Fantasy), «Islands in the Net» by Bruce Sterling (80’s (Post-)Cyberpunk 😄), «Howling Dark» (Sun Eater #2) and «Idoru» by William Gibson (90s Cyberpunk 😄). For now, «The Fort» is my book of the month, as I loved being back with the characters I had come to really enjoy by the end of the «Vindolandia» Trilogy and Goldsworthy really knows how to weave real history into his story! I have really enjoyed «Sun Eater» so far, I know «Demon in White» is the favorite of many, so maybe I just need one more book in the series to go from enjoying to loving it! And the Cyberpunk book where really fun and interesting, so a great reading month! I had to rearrange somewhat my April and May TBR, as Petrik & Jake Bishop group-pressured me (though in the nicest way, after all Petrik is Southeast Asian and Jake Canadian! 😄) into start reading «Howling Dark» right away after finishing «Empire of Silence» earlier in April, so I pushed back «The Green Pearl» (Lyonesse Trilogy #2) from April till May. Further on my May TBR List, I have: «The Wise Man’s Fear» by Patrick Rothfuss (Fantasy, sequel to «The Name of the Wind») «Madouc» (Lyonesse Trilogy #3) by Jack Vance ((Pre-)Arthurian Fantasy) «The Dragonbone Chair» (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #1) by Tad Williams (Epic Fantasy, a key influence for George R. R. Martin's « A Song of Ice and Fire»)
Thank you, MacScarfield! You are definitely reading some excellent books, which is no surprise to me. I'll be trying Sun Eater later this year myself, so I'll be curious about your thoughts. Cheers!
@@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy To give you a sample: In «Howling Dark» (book #2) the Main Character Hadrian is told by a (to put it spoiler free) opposing figure «Sibylla ti theleis». I am 100% sure that is a reference to the Epigraph of T.S. Elliot’s famous poem «The Waste Land» (which in a loose narrative deal with death and rejuvenation, faith and post-war depression, with multiple allusions and references to Ancient Literature, Religious Texts and Arthurian Myth, so quite fitting for «Sun Eater»😄), itself lifted from Petronius’ «Satyricon», meaning in Greek «Sibyl, what do you want?» (The Sibyl being a Roman Oracle, this specifically being the Cumaean Sibyl who in «The Aeneid» guides the Trojan Hero and Roman Ancestor Aeneas through Hades and who had been granted immortality (though importantly without eternal youth) by the god Apollo), to which she replies «apothanein thelo»: «I want to die»! Is it any wonder that it takes me some time to research and double check everything in «Sun Eater»?! 😂 And I have not read any Gene Wolfe or «Hyperion», so most likely I missing out on a whole bunch of stuff! 😅 Cheers! 😊
Ah, you're going to finish way ahead of me, but I'll be starting The Fall after I finish The Judging Eye. I'm looking forward to Parable very much. All the best, my friend!
Great video, Phillip! I am so excited to start Wars of light and shadow soon as it’s been on my list for years but never took the opportunity to get them. That changed last weekend when I found the first 6 books at a local used bookstore so fate is with me! I can’t wait to see how this series go and to watch the interview with Janny Wurts! Is it spoiler free btw? Have a great day
Philip, Are you going to narrate a foreword for your first (of many) audiobook? Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on your upcoming reads. Cheers.
We know you loved The Book That Broke The World Phil don’t lie to us lol. I’m looking forward to your thoughts on Water 7 and Enies Lobby. Also started Of Blood & Fire yesterday, already 20% in. Hooked.
Having just finished my White Luck Warrior reread, I am very much looking forward to your thoughts on Aspect Emperor. Rest assured that orifices of all sorts remain unwashed.
I read Blood Meridian after Second Apocalypse and see a lot of the influence now. The Tolkein was pretty obvious. But hope you are pleasantly surprised by the evolution of some of the characters. One topic that was brought up on Varsha's channel was why Bood Meridian is seen as great literature, but Second Apocalypse has been vilified. I have my own cynical opinion on that. I delved into some sci fi with Willful Child and Revelation Space but started Curse of Challion and am liking it.
I’d love to hear your cynical opinion anytime, Eric! I’ve already seen some fairly obvious Tolkien nods in The Judging Eye, and I’m not that far in. I hope to get to Curse of Chalion someday too!
@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy You might get a little slack if your book has gratuitous violence, including the killing of children, rape and zero female characters if you include allusions to other literary works. Or maybe it was reevaluated after he won the Pulitzer.
I think Bakker's Second Apocalypse books are the most incisive and mind-bending fantasy books ever written, and easily by leaps and bounds the best "grimdark" fantasy that I've read! Such an incredible mashup of high fantasy/epic fantasy on the one hand and grimdark on the other, and the influences of Gene Wolfe and Frank Herbert are even stronger than Tolkien and Guy Gavriel Kay, as strong as those influences are, in ways that knock my socks off. Every time I see those books mentioned it gives me the itch to dive back in again!
@@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy Absolutely! He takes the grimdark parts to pretty gruesome extremes, but it rarely feels overwrought or done for shock value (at least not primarily lol), but as integral parts of philosophical and psychological and sociological arguments he's making under the surface of the text. He is addicted to taking philosophical arguments to their extreme conclusions, and I think those parts not for the faint of heart being as few and far between as they are in his books is him RESTRAINING himself somewhat, given that lol
I still need to read The Book that Wouldn't Burn! I don't see how you have time for all this reading and booktube stuff and still maintain a full-time job. You have a lot going on. I can't believe spfbo9 is over. It feels like it went on forever, and then suddenly, it's done. Lol
I'm not sure how everything gets done, but I think the key is that I'm enjoying myself. Also, I think you'll enjoy The Book That Wouldn't Burn very much, Amanda!
I’ve sort of given up doing TBR videos because I never manage to stick to my highly aspirational plans. It’s funny because I’m a planner in most respects, but when it comes to books, I’m a kid in a candy store. 😁
Aspect emperor will ruin you Philip 🤣 you are not ready for the slog of slogs if you thought Prince of nothing was dark; however that being said some of the best writing I have ever read are in these books and can’t wait to see your reaction to The great ordeal, always remember kellhus knows all and there’s a head on a pole behind him 🧐
That's quite a lot going on! The conversation between you, AP and Library Ladder in particular is going to be very, very interesting to see. I'm sure the comments are littered with heads up that the Water 7 arc is going to be crazy (because it was), so what I'll instead say is that there's a scene in there between Nico Robin and a new character you'll meet that proves she's the most dangerous person in One Piece. You'll know it when you get to it and you'll remember this 😂
My offhand comment on one of AP's videos, which wasn't really thought through, caused him to make the "Parable of the Sower" video. I apologize for giving your nemesis content ideas. Not to be a downer, but I actually think what is portrayed in that novel will likely come to pass. It's kind of already starting in places in the country. The sequel "Parable of the Talents" has the president using the phrase "Make America Great Again". What?!?! These were written in 93 & 98. Did she have a time machine?
I'm about to watch the G-8 arc of the anime, which doesn't exist in the manga and seems to be well loved. I'll probably watch more moments too, but I don't think I'll ever watch the whole thing. Cheers!
I came for the one piece content and stayed for you, really love what you are doing here.
I appreciate your kind words so much! The support makes all the difference!
Glad us One Piece fans are welcoming you with open arms!
It’s been a very experience!
Bound and the Broken is amazing, I’m glad you’re reading it! And One Piece of course. Water 7 & Enies Lobby are very beloved arcs for a reason!
I’m excited for so many great reads ahead! Cheers!
I think the audiobook for The Way of Edan might be the first time I've anticipated an audiobook release! I'm really looking forward to hear how Allen brings the story to life in that format!
It’s definitely the first time I’m anticipating an audiobook release! 😂 Allen was born for this. I can’t wait for people to hear it!
I still get shivers when I think about the "Earthseed" duology. I keep thinking about Octavia E. Butler and how would she have reacted to some of the events from her books becoming reality.
It’s uncanny how some great authors understand not only their own time but also what’s coming.
So apparently Dr. Fantasy is a specialist! Your practice takes generosity and graciousness to the highest heights, and I'm so grateful to have become a patient. Thanks for all you do for writers, particularly those of us who self-publish. And ultimately for readers! Looking forward to pitching in and helping the SPFBOX team. Another fun video. Happy Saturday, my friend.
I am so glad and grateful to have you on the team, Vaughn! Cheers!
Thank you so much for mentioning BellTube! It wouldn't be the same channel without your appearances to have somewhat a voice of reason involved! and I KNEW IT! I knew somehow, someway you've been kicked out of Vegas! I just love these recap videos because it reminds me of how many great experiences I've had watching your channel since the prior recap.
Thank you, my friend! Or, should I call you “The Grand Poobah of The First Order of the Quilluminati”? 😁
Happy to be aboard for your journey
I'm so glad you're here! Thank you!
So excited for SPFBOX!!!
(I would pay handsomely to see with my own eyes Philip being kicked out of Las Vegas because of his poker face 😈 what a wonderful image!)
Ha ha! Alas, there’s no footage of that event. As they say, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas! 😁
I'm so happy I discovered John's channel Talking Story. He is exciting to watch.
John is wonderful! A deep thinker and a kind human. The best sort!
Great update Philip! Glad to hear the audiobook is coming along well. Allen is perfect, no doubt. I also want to read some Simon Jimenez.
Thank you, Chas! Allen is going to knock it out of the park!
I just started The Way of Edan and I'm so drawn in already! Loving it so far
Thank you! I’m very happy to hear this! My best wishes for the journey!
Can't wait for our chat on Wednesday so you can tell me all your One Piece success stories.
Ha ha! I’ll be happy to share all my guaranteed strategies with you, starting with tweed.
Great updates! I'm especially looking forward to seeing your take on a new batch of SPFBO titles...I can't wait to see if you find any that strike you as hard as the last two.
Thanks so much, Morgan! Happy reading to you too!
I can’t wait for your rant review of The Book That Broke the World! 🔥Keep it cordial, Dr. Fantasy. 😂 I’m excited for our future discussion about The Judging Eye. Peril’s Gate might take me a while thanks to Mt. TBR, but I’m looking forward to that discussion as well. Happy reading!
How could you tell a rant was coming? What gave me away?! 😂 The Judging Eye already has me simultaneously depressed and impressed. I’m excited to discuss it with you, Johanna!
Another great video, Philip. I have to say that you have a knowledge and passion for the fantasy genre. Your reviews are always great to watch.
Thank you, Joseph! I am grateful for your kind words!
Wow, you’ve been up to quite a bit recently, Philip! I’m going to have to read some of your SPFBO books you reviewed. So many of them sound good. And great news on the Edan Trilogy front with audiobook updates and also a potential special edition! Congratulations for that! Can’t wait to see what you’ve got coming up. Hope all is well, my friend!
Thank you, Colin! SPFBO 9 was a real treasure trove of stories. I hope SPFBOX will be the same. All the best!
Thank you for all your amazing work on SPFBO 9--and congratulations to the winner! And you're reading more Bakker??! Fantastic!
Also, thank you from the bottom of my heart for your interest in The Altar of My Fate! Hope you enjoy the read, and seriously, thank you again for taking an interest.
My pleasure, Michael! I’m truly looking forward to the read!
Wow, so many standout books in the works! I'm looking forward as always to your thoughts, and hoping I can jump into some of these worlds too!
Jiminez in particular impressed me to no end. Spear is a story like no other.
I am likely to read Spear as well this year, especially if I like The Vanished Birds, as I suspect I will. Cheers!
What an amazing whirlwind of events and reading in this video! I have a unicorn left and right propping me up right now because I'm all dizzy after watching this.😵💫😂 It was wonderful to talk to you about Fantasy & Religion, Philip! The panel would have been incomplete without you! The unicorn stables are starting to get excited for SPFBOX and the books we will be reading. And I can't wait to be back for all the great discussions we have lined up.
I need to check out that LOTR discussion as I have talked myself into something that might require (make that definitely will require) rereading LOTR.😂 And I'm very curious what you will make of Parable of the Sower. I like Octavia E. Butler quite a bit.
Have a wonderful weekend, my friend!
Thank you so much, Angela! I hope we'll have a great time with SPFBOX. Also, I'll be in touch soon about the discussion of The Library Trilogy!
@@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy No rush, Philip! But I'm very much looking forward to discussing great books and meeting a lot of new wonderful people! I think I'm starting to miss the BookTube community more than I thought I would.
I re-read The Judging Eye a few weeks ago and its still one of my favourites of the series, i hope to return to that world very soon for The White-luck Warrior but i currently have a re-read of the original First Law trilogy and I've just started Rain Wild Chronicles. Maybe I'll continue my re-read of Aspect-Emperor as you go.
I too have impeccable poker face, to the point a friend said that I was either lucky or only pretending to not understand the game 😅
In truth, I know very little about poker, and if were to play, my ignorance would be my only weapon. You are reading some fantastic books, and, of course, you are most welcome to read Aspect Emperor along with Johanna and me!
I am definitely looking forward to your and Johanna's thoughts on the Aspect Emperor series! I just finished the initial three and really enjoyed your discussions about them!
I’m so glad you enjoyed those chats! I’m excited to revisit Bakker’s writing. Cheers!
Excited to hear your thoughts on the new Lawrence! Just started it myself.
The Month of Philip is progressing nicely, Beowulf has been finished and we'll both keep our poker faces on until the end of the month 😂
Cheers!
C.
I will be keen to hear all revealed, Carlos! All the best!
I'm very much looking forward to watching your video with Johan about Tolkien's LOTR. I'm happy that you're still on the R. Scott Bakker train. I've been getting so many messages that I should finish the Prince of Nothing series and its sequel series. I think I'm going to prioritize that this summer.
Though I don’t always enjoy the bleakness of the world he’s created, Bakker is too talented a writer for me not to finish his series. I had a great time chatting with Johan about Tolkien. Cheers, Jordan!
When will we get your Review to the next One piece arc. Obsessed with your Videos so far.
Thank you! The next One Piece review, I hope, will be in a week. All the best!
Same 🎉
Im obssesed too ! Such overwhelming insight on the sagas ! :)
Great video Philip, as always! Congrats and exciting news about THE WAY OF EDAN audiobook! Can't wait to listen, as a 're-read', with the amazing Allen narrating! Also congrats on the Special Edition! Amazing! Must be a really special feeling, as well, that your SPFBO 9 selection for finalist won the whole thing! Loved my recent discussions with you including on Religion and Fantasy & Big Brain Page Chewing! And thank you for the kind words & shout out about PAGE CHEWING! Hope you enjoy your upcoming reads & lives, and of course, love watching these updates! Especially interested to see what you have to say about Olivia Butler's work! Another iconic author! And buckle down for Peril's Gate! It is an absolute ride!! The ending....
Oh, I can't wait for Peril's Gate! I have a good feeling about this one, based on what I've heard. Thank you for everything you do, PL!
Looking forward to your episode with Mike as well! Cheers!
Thank you, Jordan! I’ll be knocking at your door (as in emailing you) one of these days for DDF too!
@@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy I look forward to it! Any chance I can get to chat with Dr. Fantasy. :)
Btw, starting your book this weekend. Can't wait!
@@iWizard Fingers crossed you’ll enjoy it, but no worries if you don’t!
Parable of the Sower is one of my favorites. Looking forward to your review. Octavia Butler needs more recognition on booktube.
I’m looking forward to it! Cheers!
I got some great recs thanks to you!
I’m so glad! Thank you for letting me know!
I really enjoyed Cahill's The Fall. I have been slowing making my way through the first proper novel. The fall is an interesting prologue to the series as whole. First novel has a slower intro feeling like the 80s/90s fantasy that i read as a teen.
I’m looking forward to starting in a week or so!
Hello Dr. C. I'm currently reading Telling Lives: The Biographers' Art ed. by Marc Pachter, and The Confessions of Saint Augustine. I recently bought a copy of The Vanished Birds, so I may join your group in reading that one next month. It's always nice to see you. I hope you have a fine weekend.
It would be great to have you join us for The Vanished Birds, Curt!
Congrats on having your finalist become the winner of SPFBO9, that was a well deserved win! So excited to get my batch for SPFBOX (love that abbreviation, haha), hope it's gonna be another amazing year!
Super exciting to hear the news about The Way of Edan audiobook! Just curious, are you going to be audible exclusive or wide? I listen to audiobooks on Everand, so that is why I am asking. Anyway, I am sure Allen nailed it, he is brilliant!
Sounds like you had some very exciting weeks of reading and recording. I hope you enjoy your upcoming reads, cheers!
Thank you, Esmay! I actually haven't decided yet about the platform for the audiobook. I'm looking into my options and will decide in the near future. I like the idea of going wide, but it's tough to do anything without the juggernaut. All the best!
@@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy I totally get that. Make the choice that feels most right for you, I am wishing you all the best!!
I finally broke down and joined audible so every month I can buy The War of Light & Shadow series! One book a month. I actually did email her publisher to please produce audiobooks for the entire series!! I think they must have seen her new popularity on booktube and stepped up!
We did a good thing by petitioning Janny Wurts' publisher, and I wish them much profit from the audiobooks! Cheers, Heidi!
Lots of exciting Way of Edan news!!! I'm really looking forward to trying out Murder at Spindle Manor.
Will
Thank you, Will! Murder at Spindle Manor is a very deserving champion in my opinion, and I hope you’ll enjoy it. It will be a very special day when I get to hold that special edition of The Way of Edan. I hope your studies are going well!
Another great video, thank you Philip.
Thanks so much, Cody!
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on The Book that Broke the World and The Judging Eye. My mind is spinning in all directions trying to decipher your feelings on Lawrence's latest through your poker face.
Ha ha! Thank you for enabling me to keep my delusion about my poker face, Andrew!
All the best to you and Allen on the Edan Audiobooks!😊 I will be starting on the «Prince of Nothing» Trilogy this Summer, so will definitely be listening to your discussions with Johanna, Raf and Jimmy while reading! 😄 You, Josh, AP & Bridger talking Classic Fantasy, now THAT’S A PARTY!🎉😎
After a slow March, I finished in April «The Fort» by Adrian Goldsworthy (City of Victory Trilogy #1, Historical Military Fiction set during the Campaigns of Roman Emperor Trajan, Sequel Trilogy to the «Vindolandia» Trilogy), «Empire of Silence» by Christopher Ruocchio (Sun Eater #1, Space Opera/Sci Fantasy), «Islands in the Net» by Bruce Sterling (80’s (Post-)Cyberpunk 😄), «Howling Dark» (Sun Eater #2) and «Idoru» by William Gibson (90s Cyberpunk 😄).
For now, «The Fort» is my book of the month, as I loved being back with the characters I had come to really enjoy by the end of the «Vindolandia» Trilogy and Goldsworthy really knows how to weave real history into his story! I have really enjoyed «Sun Eater» so far, I know «Demon in White» is the favorite of many, so maybe I just need one more book in the series to go from enjoying to loving it! And the Cyberpunk book where really fun and interesting, so a great reading month!
I had to rearrange somewhat my April and May TBR, as Petrik & Jake Bishop group-pressured me (though in the nicest way, after all Petrik is Southeast Asian and Jake Canadian! 😄) into start reading «Howling Dark» right away after finishing «Empire of Silence» earlier in April, so I pushed back «The Green Pearl» (Lyonesse Trilogy #2) from April till May.
Further on my May TBR List, I have:
«The Wise Man’s Fear» by Patrick Rothfuss (Fantasy, sequel to «The Name of the Wind»)
«Madouc» (Lyonesse Trilogy #3) by Jack Vance ((Pre-)Arthurian Fantasy)
«The Dragonbone Chair» (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #1) by Tad Williams (Epic Fantasy, a key influence for George R. R. Martin's « A Song of Ice and Fire»)
Thank you, MacScarfield! You are definitely reading some excellent books, which is no surprise to me. I'll be trying Sun Eater later this year myself, so I'll be curious about your thoughts. Cheers!
@@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy To give you a sample: In «Howling Dark» (book #2) the Main Character Hadrian is told by a (to put it spoiler free) opposing figure «Sibylla ti theleis». I am 100% sure that is a reference to the Epigraph of T.S. Elliot’s famous poem «The Waste Land» (which in a loose narrative deal with death and rejuvenation, faith and post-war depression, with multiple allusions and references to Ancient Literature, Religious Texts and Arthurian Myth, so quite fitting for «Sun Eater»😄), itself lifted from Petronius’ «Satyricon», meaning in Greek «Sibyl, what do you want?» (The Sibyl being a Roman Oracle, this specifically being the Cumaean Sibyl who in «The Aeneid» guides the Trojan Hero and Roman Ancestor Aeneas through Hades and who had been granted immortality (though importantly without eternal youth) by the god Apollo), to which she replies «apothanein thelo»: «I want to die»!
Is it any wonder that it takes me some time to research and double check everything in «Sun Eater»?! 😂 And I have not read any Gene Wolfe or «Hyperion», so most likely I missing out on a whole bunch of stuff! 😅
Cheers! 😊
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on Parable of the Sower.
Thank you so much! I'm excited to see what I learn!
I am trough the Fall 100 pages into Blood and Fire can't wait to talk! I think you will love Parable of Sower.
Ah, you're going to finish way ahead of me, but I'll be starting The Fall after I finish The Judging Eye. I'm looking forward to Parable very much. All the best, my friend!
Love that T-Shirt👍🏼
Thank you, Ernst!
Great video, Phillip! I am so excited to start Wars of light and shadow soon as it’s been on my list for years but never took the opportunity to get them. That changed last weekend when I found the first 6 books at a local used bookstore so fate is with me! I can’t wait to see how this series go and to watch the interview with Janny Wurts! Is it spoiler free btw? Have a great day
Wow! What a bargain you found! The first interview with Janny Wurts is spoiler free, I think. Cheers!
Philip, Are you going to narrate a foreword for your first (of many) audiobook? Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on your upcoming reads. Cheers.
No narration from me -- I will save the spotlight for Allen! Cheers, Francois!
Hmmm based on that indecipherable poker face I’m guessing you hated the Lawrence book then? 😊
Thrilled to hear the Edan audiobook is on the way!!
You will have to live in suspense until my review comes out on Tuesday. 😁I'm also very excited for Allen's narration! Cheers, Ben!
We know you loved The Book That Broke The World Phil don’t lie to us lol. I’m looking forward to your thoughts on Water 7 and Enies Lobby. Also started Of Blood & Fire yesterday, already 20% in. Hooked.
What gave me away? 😁 Good to hear that about Of Blood and Fire, Marco! I suspect I’ll love Water 7!
Having just finished my White Luck Warrior reread, I am very much looking forward to your thoughts on Aspect Emperor. Rest assured that orifices of all sorts remain unwashed.
Ha ha ha! I figured as much. I will brace myself for all the unwashedness of Bakker's world. Cheers, Mitch!
Can't wait to hear your thoughts on The Judging Eye!
I’m excited for the read!
Wow Philip this office looks great! (Read Salem's Lot 🧛♂️)
Thanks so much! I’m keeping Salem’s Lot in mind!
I read Blood Meridian after Second Apocalypse and see a lot of the influence now. The Tolkein was pretty obvious. But hope you are pleasantly surprised by the evolution of some of the characters.
One topic that was brought up on Varsha's channel was why Bood Meridian is seen as great literature, but Second Apocalypse has been vilified. I have my own cynical opinion on that.
I delved into some sci fi with Willful Child and Revelation Space but started Curse of Challion and am liking it.
I’d love to hear your cynical opinion anytime, Eric! I’ve already seen some fairly obvious Tolkien nods in The Judging Eye, and I’m not that far in. I hope to get to Curse of Chalion someday too!
@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy You might get a little slack if your book has gratuitous violence, including the killing of children, rape and zero female characters if you include allusions to other literary works. Or maybe it was reevaluated after he won the Pulitzer.
@@EricMcLuen Ah, allusions! Make note to self: Pack my next book with allusions!
So hard to read that poker face! Just really can't tell if you liked The Book That Broke the World 😉Excellent wrap up!
You will have no clue whatsoever until my review comes out! 😁Also, I'll be in touch soon about our discussion of The Library Trilogy!
Hey I know it is a bit early, as it is in the next saga. but avoid reading the titles for ONE PIECE chapter 572-574 when you get to them.
Love your content btw
Thanks so much for the heads up and the kind words!
I think Bakker's Second Apocalypse books are the most incisive and mind-bending fantasy books ever written, and easily by leaps and bounds the best "grimdark" fantasy that I've read! Such an incredible mashup of high fantasy/epic fantasy on the one hand and grimdark on the other, and the influences of Gene Wolfe and Frank Herbert are even stronger than Tolkien and Guy Gavriel Kay, as strong as those influences are, in ways that knock my socks off.
Every time I see those books mentioned it gives me the itch to dive back in again!
Well said! Bakker’s books are also not for the faint of heart!
@@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy Absolutely! He takes the grimdark parts to pretty gruesome extremes, but it rarely feels overwrought or done for shock value (at least not primarily lol), but as integral parts of philosophical and psychological and sociological arguments he's making under the surface of the text.
He is addicted to taking philosophical arguments to their extreme conclusions, and I think those parts not for the faint of heart being as few and far between as they are in his books is him RESTRAINING himself somewhat, given that lol
I still need to read The Book that Wouldn't Burn! I don't see how you have time for all this reading and booktube stuff and still maintain a full-time job. You have a lot going on. I can't believe spfbo9 is over. It feels like it went on forever, and then suddenly, it's done. Lol
I'm not sure how everything gets done, but I think the key is that I'm enjoying myself. Also, I think you'll enjoy The Book That Wouldn't Burn very much, Amanda!
Will you be doing a Summer TBR? 😊
I’ve sort of given up doing TBR videos because I never manage to stick to my highly aspirational plans. It’s funny because I’m a planner in most respects, but when it comes to books, I’m a kid in a candy store. 😁
Octavia Butler really is underrated.
I'm excited to read Parable of the Sower!
Special Edition Edan??? WANT.
Thanks, Alec! More later!
Aspect emperor will ruin you Philip 🤣 you are not ready for the slog of slogs if you thought Prince of nothing was dark; however that being said some of the best writing I have ever read are in these books and can’t wait to see your reaction to The great ordeal, always remember kellhus knows all and there’s a head on a pole behind him 🧐
That sounds like Bakker, alright! Cheers!
That's quite a lot going on! The conversation between you, AP and Library Ladder in particular is going to be very, very interesting to see.
I'm sure the comments are littered with heads up that the Water 7 arc is going to be crazy (because it was), so what I'll instead say is that there's a scene in there between Nico Robin and a new character you'll meet that proves she's the most dangerous person in One Piece. You'll know it when you get to it and you'll remember this 😂
Cool! I look forward to that scene!
Can you please make timestamps and put them into a description so that we can watch only the part that is interesting to us? Thanks.
I guess I should learn how to do that . . . Cheers!
No way man. There were so many topics talked about in this video on quick succession the amount of timestamps needed would be enormous
I have a feeling you might want the other books available to you on hand in The Bound and the Broken... just sayin'😁
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I anticipate an engaging read!
@@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy I'm really anticipating your thoughts!
My offhand comment on one of AP's videos, which wasn't really thought through, caused him to make the "Parable of the Sower" video. I apologize for giving your nemesis content ideas. Not to be a downer, but I actually think what is portrayed in that novel will likely come to pass. It's kind of already starting in places in the country. The sequel "Parable of the Talents" has the president using the phrase "Make America Great Again". What?!?! These were written in 93 & 98. Did she have a time machine?
Wow. Just wow. Well, that makes me more keen to read Butler’s story. Cheers!
How can I trust a Grendel slanderer? They have his arm on display and you all think its fine.
#JusticeForGrendel
You’ve been listening to John Gardner, haven’t you? He’s an incorrigible Grendel sympathizer.
Did they even give you a moment to breathe between SPFBOs? :D
Ha ha! Not really!
13:55 was there a smirk on that poker ♦️ face 🧐
Moi? 😁
Does Philip watch any TV Shows?
Very rarely! However, I just watched the first episode of Shogun last night!
Will You ever Consider Watching the Anime of One Piece?
I'm about to watch the G-8 arc of the anime, which doesn't exist in the manga and seems to be well loved. I'll probably watch more moments too, but I don't think I'll ever watch the whole thing. Cheers!
SPIFFBOCKS……..nice……🤓
Ain’t it, though? 😁
Philip! Philip! Philip!
😊 Cheers, Matthew!
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Thank you, Mr. Rorosuri!
Ja man
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Time stamps guy where you at
I'm old. I guess I should learn how to make time stamps, right?
I can only say one good thing about Of Blood and Fire, I sold my BB edition for $500! Other than that it’s is a very mediocre series
Wow! You made a nice profit there!