An interview with Andrzej Sapkowski about the Witcher and Season of Storms
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- čas přidán 21. 05. 2018
- Legendary fantasy author Andrzej Sapkowski discusses Season of Storms and the future of the Witcher series in this exclusive interview.
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The Witcher: The Last Potato
The Witcher: Potato of Destiny
The Witcher: Blood of Potatoes
The Witcher: Potato of Contempt
The Witcher: Baptism of Potatoes
The Witcher: The Tower of Potatoes
The Witcher: Potato of the Lake
The Witcher: Season of Potatoes
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im crying from laughing so hard at this comment.😂😂😂😂😂😂 my only question is will he write more sidequels?
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I just shit my self from laughing🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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I don't want another book about Geralt.
I want another 20 books about Geralt.
Greeeeeeeeed
Are you sure you don't want a potato about geralt?
@@shottygod13 No, I want a hammock of cake about Geralt.
I would love to see a book about the golden age of the Witchers. Like a book that follows the abduction, the training and the early life of young witchers of different schools.
Especially other schools, like Cat and Griffin witchers, would love to get to know all of their individual specialties
"There's no competition, the more people write the more will people read."
- Frank Herbert
Great analogies with him "You cant judge the soup by the groceries" and now the potato one lol
So, Mr. Sapkowski loves potatoes...
That is the only sure thing for now :D
Milex1977 Actually, we prefer onion. But potatoes with onion is a perfect match!
PS I woudn't live without onion soup, but few pepole are still normal! My dad hates onion. OK, you're right. Most of Polish love onion, but we're sleeping on the potatoes. It's pretty creepy.
Potatoes are just raw vodka
He loves potatoes and he himself look like one.
my life, is a potato.
now I'm afraid Geralt will be dealing with an invasion of interdimensional potatoes in the new book..
I will read it!
Mimik
I hear there will be a new weapon you can master in the next game: the potato peeler.
Fuck
Nope. Another famous Polish fantasy author, Stanislaw Lem, has already written such a story about criminal, aggressive, intelligent potatoes from the space. Many years ago. The book is entitled: 'Mortal engines'.
An entire book about Jaskier or Regis - that would be something!
VenediVid Well, about Regis...
Vitor Assis Santos heheheh
he ded in the books
Barny Miggo well they could bring him back like the games
A book about Regis's past
The Witcher: Potatoes of Destiny
"Talent is like a diamond in a pile of potatoes"
What a fucking legend
It's rather annoying how so many people fail to understand Sapkowski's humour
culture is different everywhere, take for instance,->brazil, they do not even know who this guy IS "LOL" UHEUHE, so we can assume dumb people are everywhere. just overlook it and let us be happy .... :p
Agreed
@Terra that's pretty racist, don't you think?
@@PabloMBH actually. Do you still keep this old fashioned thinking? Think again. After the New orders coming do the World. What Will be defining as separation Will not be race but knowledge. And whoever knows the truth about média and Other things Will be Free from domination. At the same time you need something tô travel inside of yourself. That is your RPG/fantasy/ book/. That is wht I never told a racist phrase. The knowledge is there for ALL of us. Still we accept everything industry inputs. Should not the poorest persons in the World consider us criminals? And not worthy of life? You Will say NO OFF COURSE. I WANT TO LIVE. AND I HAVE THE RIGHT TO IT. SO...give It some thought and make more efforts tô make the good knowledge and good costumes tô the next layer of population. You don't know what happens in my country . You never knew what a mono ideology is. When everyone thinks the same thing and trying tô teach reverse is bullshit and alien techlonogy and Bogus and boogieman. And demon. Whatever you put tô fashion that. Brasil is learning now what should have occured 100 years Ago. Consider that racist If you want. Brasil hás everything tô bem better than United status. And we pay in "taxes only" more than the revenue of a sum of many european countries. Still we are a thrash in many internacional rankings. That is why It is a critic. Not racism.
@Terra I don't think you can generalize an entire nation. I don't know from which region of Brazil are you, neither how are the people around you. But it makes no sense for you to generalize 250 mi people. But I agree with you about taxes, so there's that...
The philosophia of polish potato ;) love this old talented prick.
Greetings from Poland.
Cool Profile photo 😎👌
Getting the feeling that he was very hungry during this interview
he is always hungry, you can tell by the books, he describes foods analytically and in a mouth watering way. Maybe he should've become a chef.
I love this man he has such a great cheeky humor and is also a great storyteller
Thank god there will be a new book! I love this guy so much!
Regardless of when the books are no longer made, the legend of Geralt will never end.
Imagine like a post-apocalypse when books and games are lost and people tell epic poems, songs or just orally transmitted stories about Geralt...
The important thing is that he’s modest❤️❤️❤️
Humble bragger
Personally i am saddened by the fact that witcher saga ended at such a opportunistic moment.
HEAVY SPOILERS!!!
Sure geralt and Yen are KIA(up until he allegedly comes back in the end of season of storms), but what happened to Ciri? The games did an amazing story for her. But i always wished to see how Sapkowskij would portray her travels.
"...and everything else was in front of them." Or " and before them was everything"
Thank you Mr. Sopkowski. Your books are truly fantastic. I really like Season of Storms.
The subtitles have to be checked. "cycle or saga" subtitled as "Cyclone saga"... xD
Sorel's death scene still has me.
The way he says 'talented' is so awesome.
What competition? You are already staying apart from any competition. Please write something. Anything. Here is a great idea: Geralt discovers a mutagen that allows him to cook potatoes in 19min.
I want a saga which happens a hundred years later, with a new generation of witchers brought back to activity because of another multiverse acurance like the conjunction of spheres
I want a book about young vesimir or even just the other Witcher’s like Eskel and Lambert (haven’t finished Tower of Swallows or Lady of the lake yet so don’t don’t kill me for this one) and Coen. And In my head the games are canon since I refuse to believe that lady of the lake is it, and season of storms is just a sidequel
I love when authors give analogies for how to not give a timeline on “the next book”
We Poles can't imagine a meal without potatoes.
Tell that to an Irishman
@@hydro6814 What about the Irish?
@@Vero_la_fea they ran out of potatoes
Better "An interview with Andrzej Sapkowski about the Witcher and Potatoes"
That's was hilarious what a random example, I loved it.
How about doing another book in the same universe then, not about Geralt?
Valdemar M. R. Lenschow yes! I would love to know more about the mysterious lands to the east, like Zerrikania and so on.
Valdemar M. R. Lenschow something from ofier would be fun as well
He is already working on a new book of the Witcher
Yes. Not about Geralt. ABOUT CIRI!!
Renfri just want to pay my tribute to the name, RIP shriek!
"Talent is a big big big big heap of pOtaToEs!" --Some genius fucking writer.
I thought he was going to say shit and went with potatoes
He doesn't sound very eloquent because English isn't his first language.
Love this guy.
He was smart, with this new sidequel started in 2013 he can write new stories about Geralt and Witcher world without touching and continue the story ended in 1999. C'mon Sapsky I'm waiting a new Witcher book now, because I know you want to write new Witcher books, so, stop your laziness and let us dream. Oh, by the way, the new Sign he created in the new book? Somne? Put people to sleep? it was really nice, hope to see new Signs in future books (electrokinesi, invisibility maybe?)..
He really loves his food metaphors...
I think that what we can learn from this interview is that talent does not look like a potato.
TALENT!
i just ordered this book and also 4 comic books ...
Andrej Sapkowski uses deadpanning as his way of telling jokes. He really is a good man... He's just being cheeky.
Andrzej “Potato” Sapkowski
If you don't mind my asking, what's it like to be in commercials?
I'd love to see a book about Geralt First setting off on the path
He is the reason we are still exist now
I love his Witcher Series.
Waiting to see what really happened after the tragedy in Rivia ...
Yeah, what The hell happened in the end?
Witcher 1, 2, and 3. and dlcs of course
@@filipfindejs2596 honestly that's how I interpreted the ending, even if Sapkowski said that the games aren't really canon, I just hate open endings like this lol
@@filipfindejs2596 👍👍
@@spacecats7832 there was no open ending. The books are pretty much closed and the ending is good. Games are great (especially 2 and mostly 3) but the way they bring back geralt to life in 1 is very rough handed and just simply forced. It is a fanfic story after all :P Geralt and Yen die in the books and they have poetic end. There is no 'open ending' in witcher saga if anyone cared to really read it. Yen and Geralt die together. Ciri lives on in hopefully better world and the friends they managed to save. Games are the only fanfic continuation we are gonna get and I feel like its fine. They are not bad, even if the beggining of them kind of was, especially storywise xd
Nilfgaardian capital with golden palace. he should take us there!
as long as it has potatoes
He should write one more sequel to the main story. Something that will start on Avalon island with Geralt and Yen, and then it will take on something close to what happens in the games.
I love this slav man
Lol...I see where Geralt gets the sarcasm
Ha ha
yup, he clearly projected a lot of himself into geralt. I feel like everything he says is heavily dosed in sarcasm
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I have a feeling that Andrzej is not gonna write another Witcher book now that his son has tragically passed away. I really hope he keeps writing but I fear for the worst.
Polish do love their potatoes with some Kielbasa sausage.
So, that video means that I need to get a lot of potatoes in order to write a great book... That's awesome, i loved his sense of humor.
Genius
This guy is awesome. He love potatoes, fantasy and science fiction.
I got one question guys 😇🙈
When you finish the short stories, is it better to start with season of Storm or the 5 part Saga ? Cronologicaly it would be Season of Storm...
Filip mrx after the first short story book "The Last Wish" you would have to read the first novel "Season Of Storm" and then the second short story book "Sword Of Destiny" Only after that you should read the other books, 😄
@@xxllx86 Well, I already started "Sword of Destiny" 🙈 but after that I will read "Season of Strom" and than the saga 😊 thank you
Filip mrx you are welcome. The books are great! I'm currently playing Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales. Also great stuff. Nice Gameplay, really nice Soundtrack and Atmosphere.
Season of Storm is best enjoyed after reading the whole saga. While it is a sidequel it contains elements I guess you can say, from the saga. The epilogue itself is after the books and only really makes sense when you've read the others. And with knowledge of Arthurian legend lol.
Always read and watch movies in order they were released. This way you will never get confused as it is the way that everyone that followed the specific media while it was released was enjoying it. Never listen to 'chronological orders'. If something was released after something it still may contain hints from previous stuff and add to it, so there is no reason to jump ahead, even if the story itself happens 'earlier' in that world. You will always get more of it while watching / reading in release order
Even though he said he wouldn't, personally id like more books continuing from Lady of the lake since you don't know for sure they are dead, ending being ambiguous and since its sci-fi fantasy can always find ways to bring someone back
The Witcher games by CD Projekt Red are the only sequel you're gonna get, whether Sapkowski considers it canonical or not. They do exactly what you suggested.
@@tankgaming6464 yup. Anyone can consider Sapkowski's books to be canon, ended story and games -To be a great fanfic if anyone would like it to continue... Well, the third game at least was great xD While the first one had amazing climate and captured the witcher feeling, the bringing back of Geralt was very rough handed and didnt make any sense xD The second game i didnt played in full, but I liked the Leto concept and idea of Geralt getting framed for King-Killing.
I think that will never happen and its for the better. Some endings have to be left as they are. I could only see perhaps book about Ciri's ongoing adventures, but Geralt and Yen are gone in the books. Its quite poetic ending and I really enjoyed it. It would be shame to ruin it
I like this guy hahaha
What we really need is "Cooking Potatos with Geralt and Dandelion"
And please throw in a more detailed recipe of the gangs legendary fish soup
I ate so much potatoes today that i might be hallucinating, wait… is this a dream?
I don't understand Why you people think he's arroagant. He just says that he's talentend and that's the truth. Saying the truth does'nt make you arrogant.
And he says it in jest as well. Sarcasm and dry humor isn't for everyone it seems.
Maybe they think that he is arrogant because he said, not so long ago, that he doesn't know anybody who is intelligent and plays video games. Overall he is very salty about the game because he took all money in advance (only 40k PLN if i remember correctly). I've read witcher series 9 years ago but he seriously is arrogant. Especially in his many interviews in polish.
But rejecting royalty offers for a video games based on his books, thinking video games will never take off (it's like the guy never socially progressed past the 80s or something), stupidly requesting a lump sum instead *and* now thinking he suddenly deserves more money from said video games because of the aforementioned fuck up does make him look like a bit of a muppet.
Authors have always been overrated as artists.
He's now suing CD Projekt Red for 16 million dollars because he feels entitled to the royalties even though he refused them and called video games a stupid medium incapable of telling good stories.
coz you dont know what he is talking about in polish man many times!
Actually the polish version of this book was released few years ago and it's called "Sezon Burz". I think that you will just get a translated version of what was written before.
Bardzo groźny jeżyk is that perhaps, "Season of Storms"? Or something else?
Edit: I looked it up, that is Season of Storms (in English). That has released in English this past month.
@@snarp408 'Sezon burz' means 'season of storms'.
He kind of did write what happened after Lady of the Lake. Epilogue of Season of Storms is set in 1373, when Nimue allegedly meets Geralt.
whisky instead of vodka is the real secret!
Bleh. You have no taste.
one of the best writers of the modern age. only second to George RR Martin
Dont forget Steven Erikson - I growed up on Witcher (I am Polish) but when I got to the Malazan Book of the Fallen I felt that I found a gem again. Recommend series
asoiaf isnt too bad but nothing still compares to tolkein.
You guys should try reading Robin Hobb
Gonna be honest, RR Martin is one of my least favourite writers. The writing style is a bit boring at the best of times, and overtly vulgar at the worst of times. Not to mention his weird fetish for grotesque penises and big chocolate nipples.
He has an interesting accent. It's not a typical Polish accent, it's not very polished either (no pun intended), but it sure is interesting. His English is very good though.
Big hipopotatoes ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° )
What I got from this: diamonds don't look like potatoes
Great series, great games. Only question, what is the price of selling ones integrity?
I would love it if he created the whole new story, set in new universe (or in history). For me The Witcher is over. I like it very much but one have to know when he should stop. I prefer good, finished story over the never ending sages. He is the good writer though, and his historical trilogy is awesome so I would gladly take another novel from him.
The Witcher: Season of Potatoes
Seasoned potato
Spud of Destiny
I am so talented and when I use a metaphor, there will always be potatoes.
Due to ur profile pic I read this comment having Peter voice in my head.....giggedy
Potion of Potatoes. Potatoes will not attack you for 90 sec.
Will there be more to Geralt's story?
A.S: POH-TAY-TOES
Man! He loves potatos, probably vodka as well!
Mohamed Mohamed we do vodka from potato too so it is not surprising...
mess meg Lol, I know thats why, I have inside information, Potato Vodka is the tastiest, you know he loves vodka from his books also, mentioned there almost every other chapter
Two things I learned about this Men, he likes potatoes (vodka is made from potatoes) and he knows he is talented.
Well GRRM is talented also well, victim of their own success?
sapkowski must like soup a lot hes always talking about making soup lol
Soup is the comfort food of the soul
wait there will be another book? how did i not know that .. jestem debil! :D
I admire his dedication to potato analogies
Please make another witcher book before you die.
Arya Faeqy Ha,ha,ha. How charming and polite: ".....before you die....". Sapkowski would appreciate this sense of humour. :D
lavendel blue I know right. Both of us are eccentric when it comes to humor.
I guess there will be a plenty of Witcher books before the Winds of Winter finally appear xD
SMiki55 lol, I'm still stuck in the first Game of Thrones book so that is really true for me.
He too busy getting bitter over "young people who come to his book signings" and getting money off other people's success, to write a book. Its been 12 years and the latest news is about him trying to blackmail cdprojekt for 16 million. Nice chap.
The Witcher a great series of Books but not sure about the Authour, still cant knock his writing Rock on Potato Head
Wait... Another book...
Oh hell yeah.
So no sequel? That sucks
The games are literally the sequels
@@davipogorzelski4787 The games aren't canon.
@@vojtasjedyny They can be though since the ending in left for interpretation
@@maxim196 It doesn't matter if ending is clear or not. Games are adaptations, not the source. Witcher isn't Star Wars.
This guy should be polish king
Sir Gus the Mighty. What a pity, that Poland is a republic....:)
Raczej nie
yep. he's got potato throne. oh, it was only my dream. so geralt isn't my husband...
He is our potato king. ;)
Don't get me wrong I love him.
Sapkomir the Potatonent
If you hadn't known the author of the Witcher was Polish before...
I disliked The Last Wish so much that I wish he would write a new book to replace it. Make "A Grain of Truth" non-canon (because it was bad), rewrite "A Question of Price" (because it was poorly written but it was an important events in the rest of the books), and re-write "The Edge of the World" (because it was poorly written and seems like it didn't fit with the rest of the books very well).
Dere will be neww buk
I'm from Poland. I just want to know Ciri's history. His books are all my life. Game is amazing, but book's history is so much better.
I felt so bad when the last book finished. And I was so exicted Season of Storms (I don't know how they translate Sezon Burz). But I didn't read it. It was so boring. When I once slept reading it, I said stop. Now I hope that the new book will be about Ciri.
Honestly new book can't be about Ciri. This character is complete. And he is not a "woman novel" writer. Princess got married with prince Artur. That's the end of a story.
While you'd like to continue developing Ciri's story it would likely end into feminist book. And modern feminism is not what we love Ciri girl or Ciri woman for, right? She's not one dimensional characer. She's a sorceress, witcher and princess in one child.
In some sense if you've loved those characters in your youth and they affected you in a way - you're a Ciri now, and it's your story to tell. Not Mr. Sapkowski.
evilwarez I like your response.
@@evilwarez "end into feminist book"? What are you smoking m8? Did you even read the witcher, where Ciri is basically main hero and sorceresses (women) rule the world and all the kingdoms? These books always had those messages in them as well as many others, mainly about racism and simple folk being prejudiced towards others (obviously, one of the main themes of the book, where the worst monsters among all the ghuls and werewolfs are most often people themselves). There would be no need to ''end up'' anywhere. These books always had these very obvious messages, which I respect Sapkowski for, as they never felt forced, but they were still very noticeable and main forces in the books. Witcher is heavily women focused series as well, so saying Sapkowski is not a "woman novel" writer is simply a lie. I dont know if we dont spend most time with female characters in witcher saga (not counting two first books of short stories)
If only george r r martin was as dedicated to his work as this man is dedicated to his
If only
Potato vodka
Sooo... what I got out of this is that he eats a lot of potatoes.
IT'S ALL ABOUT POTATOES
100 % of comments is about potatoes
I wonder how much I can dislike the guy whilst really liking the stories and characters he produced...
I mean, I get his humor. I would also jokingly say that, and probably repeat those thinga. But he doesn't seem to be joking...
Witcher: The Last Potato
He sure loves his potatoes.
I don't care about potatoes, write another book! Geralt must live!
Anon likes potatoes
Andrzej Spudkowski.
Potato, Potahtos
so there will be potatoes
Writing a novel on a couch - Couch potato
Toss a potato to your witcher