![]() ![]() The Last Wish isn’t so much a novel, but rather a set of interconnected stories, told themselves within the frame of another story, The Voice of Reason. ![]() Like those characters, Witchers are viewed with a great deal of rumor, fear, skepticism, and prejudged notions. While his own character, Geralt reminded me at times of Indiana Jones, Elric of Melnibone, Doctor Who, and Batman. Geralt is a monster hunter, a magic wielding cross between a bounty hunter and mercenary. It is with that type of preamble that Sapkowski makes his splash into the US Fantasy market through Orbit Books, one year after the first English translation was published by Gollancz in the UK. Furthermore, his most recognizable creation and subject of The Last Wish, Geralt de Rivia is the basis for a computer game published in October. UK – Gollancz ISBN 978-0575077829 June 2007Īdrzej Sapkowski is Poland’s preeminent fantasy writer, having won their genre’s most prestigious award, the Zajdel (the Polish equivalent to the Hugo). ![]()
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