“The Witcher”.  There is more than one way to read Sapkowski’s books

“The Witcher”. There is more than one way to read Sapkowski’s books

Andrzej Sapkowski wrote his first short story about The Witcher for a competition organized by “Fantastyka”. And he didn’t even win it! Today, his saga is a classic, which has, among others, series, musicals and games. However, it all started with the paper on which The Witcher was brought to life. The reading order may vary.

Supposedly . Since 1986, the series has grown to nine books. “The Witcher Saga” consists of five novels, but there are also collections of short stories and a continuation of the story, i.e. “Season of Storms”. How can you read this story?

Reading order according to the release of subsequent parts

  1. “The Sword of Destiny” – a collection of short stories (1992)
  2. “The Last Wish” – a collection of short stories (1993)
  3. “Blood of Elves” – volume I of the Witcher saga (1994)
  4. “A Time of Contempt” – volume II of the Witcher saga (1995)
  5. “Baptism of Fire” – volume III of the Witcher saga (1996)
  6. “The Tower of the Swallow” – volume IV of the saga about the witcher (1997)
  7. “The Lady of the Lake” – volume V of the Witcher saga (1999)
  8. “Something Ends, Something Begins” – short story collection (2000)
  9. “Season of Storms” – a separate thing in the Witcher story (2013)

Chronological order

  1. “Last wish”
  2. “Storm season”
  3. “Sword of Destiny”
  4. “Blood of Elves”
  5. “Time of Contempt”
  6. “Baptism of Fire”
  7. “Tower of the Swallow”
  8. “Lady of the Lake”
  9. “Something ends, something begins”

And these are still not all ways. Yet another, according to “canonical chronology”, you will find. The smaller problem is with the series. We’ve had two series so far, on June 29, Netflix introduces the first part of season three. And here the episodes are best watched simply according to their numbering.

Will there be a sequel to The Witcher? Sapkowski on the next books: There are plans

In January this year, during the book fair in Taiwan, Andrzej Sapkowski The Witcher / The Witcher. He did not want to reveal details, but admitted that he is planning more books set in this universe. “They are in the plans,” the writer revealed.

Interestingly, at first he didn’t think about more than one story at all. However, when he took third place in the competition, people associated with “Fantastyka” started talking to him. – Suddenly, out of the blue, “Fantastyka” started sending me telegrams, letters, inviting me to some conventions, sabbaths, literary workshops and other Polcony (and then I had no idea what it was). I was really surprised! I even told them: ‘But I already got my fee! What else do you want from me?’ – mentioned the writer in one of the interviews.

Source: Gazeta

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