Andrzej Sapkowski Witcher Series Collection 8 Books Set (Last Wish, Sword of Destiny, Blood of Elves, Time of Contempt, Baptism of Fire, Tower of the Swallow, Lady of the Lake, Seasons of Storms)

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Whitbrook, James (June 21, 2015). "How To Get Into The Witcher Novels". Io9. Archived from the original on November 5, 2018 . Retrieved November 4, 2018. Sapkowski, Andrzej (June 24, 2013). Time of Contempt: Witcher 2 – Now a major Netflix show. Orion. ISBN 978-0-575-08843-6. With the positive reader reception to his short stories, Sapkowski decided to write a fantasy saga. [12] He claimed that Polish publishers at the time believed only Anglo-Saxon fantasy authors were worth publishing and that Polish writers of the genre were too risky. SuperNowa were the only publisher willing to take the risk, and "Now everybody envies" them. [14] For the saga, the author expanded on the story he used for "A Question of Price" and "Sword of Destiny". [14] Blood of Elves, the first novel in The Witcher Saga, was published in 1994. [12] The story focuses on Geralt of Rivia and Ciri, who are linked by destiny. Ciri, princess of a recently conquered country and a pawn of international politics, becomes a witcher-in-training. Geralt is drawn into a whirlwind of events in his attempts to protect her.

Last, in addition to the Netflix series and video game franchise, The Witcher has also been adapted into graphic novels. A couple of times, in fact! And while the earlier series have not been translated to English, Dark Horse Comics started a Witcher series in 2014 based on the storyline from the video games. In 2013, Dark Horse Comics announced a comic book series likewise called The Witcher, based on the video-game series and made in collaboration with CD Projekt Red. [55] It began publishing in 2014. [56] Most of the stories are based on original plots not written by Sapkowski, with different writers and artists working on different issues. [57] Handel, Christian (February 3, 2020). "Andrzej Sapkowski Answers (Most Of) Our Burning Questions About The Witcher". Audible . Retrieved March 9, 2022. a b Holbrook, Damian (December 10, 2019). " 'The Witcher's Henry Cavill Says 'Tough' Geralt Has a 'Heart of Gold' ". TV Insider . Retrieved June 23, 2021.Vladimir Vasilyev — The Witcher of Grand Kiev]. Миры Анджея Сапковского[ Worlds of Andrzej Sapkowski] (in Russian). January 29, 2009. Swiatek, Bart (June 28, 2019). "Andrzej Sapkowski's Son has Passed Away. Without Him, there Would be no Witcher". Gamepressure . Retrieved March 10, 2022. Wiedźmin: Przygodowa Gra Karciana". Gildia.pl. Archived from the original on February 2, 2015 . Retrieved February 2, 2015. In 2015, Platige Image planned an American film adaptation of the novel series to arrive in 2017. [67] In May 2017, they announced that they would be producing a The Witcher TV series in cooperation with Netflix and Sean Daniel Company, with Tomasz Bagiński as one of the directors and Sapkowski as a creative consultant. [68] [69] [70] Created by Lauren Schmidt Hissrich, it stars Henry Cavill as Geralt. [71] [72] [73] [74] On October 10, 2018, it was announced that Freya Allan and Anya Chalotra had been cast as main female characters, Ciri and Yennefer. [75] The first season was released on December 20, 2019, with all eight episodes available. [76] A second season was announced on November 13, 2019. [77] All eight episodes were released on December 17, 2021, featuring many of the same characters and some new stars. [78] In September 2021, Netflix renewed the series for a third season. [79] Starting in the show's fourth season, Liam Hemsworth is scheduled to replace Cavill as Geralt. In 2001 a pen and paper role-playing game called Wiedźmin: Gra Wyobraźni ( The Witcher: A Game of Imagination), based on Sapkowski's books, was published by MAG.

The Witcher series has been described as having a cult following in Poland and Central and Eastern European countries. [45] [46] They have been translated into 37 languages and sold over 15 million copies worldwide as of December 2019. [38] Two weeks after the Netflix TV adaptation was released in 2020, revenue from the books was reportedly up 562% compared to the same period in 2018. [47] Entries in The Witcher series have earned Sapkowski the Janusz A. Zajdel Award three times; "The Lesser Evil" (1990), "Sword of Destiny" (1992), and Blood of Elves (1994). [48] The Last Wish won the 2003 Premio Ignotus for Best Anthology in Spain. [49] In the United Kingdom, Blood of Elves won Best Novel at the first David Gemmell Awards for Fantasy in 2009. [50] Sword of Destiny won the 2012 Tähtifantasia Award in Finland. [51]Sapkowski chose wiedźmin as the male equivalent of the Polish word for witch ( wiedźma). [39] In his book 2005 book-interview Historia i fantastyka, Sapkowski noted that the word "witcher" is a natural male version of the English word "witch", and implied that the similarity between those two words, as well as between the German terms, was the inspiration coining wiedźmin as a new Polish word. [39] Polish video game designer Adrian Chmielarz claimed to have invented the translation of wiedźmin into English as witcher around 1996–1997. [40] Flood, Alison (June 19, 2009). "Gemmell prize for fantasy goes to Polish novel, Blood of Elves". The Guardian . Retrieved March 8, 2022. CD Projekt Red and R.TALSORIAN GAMES Announce The Witcher Role-Playing Game". July 29, 2015. Archived from the original on July 31, 2015 . Retrieved July 31, 2015.

Eddie, Makuch (November 5, 2015). "The Witcher Movie Coming in 2017 From The Mummy Producers". Gamespot.com. Archived from the original on November 7, 2015 . Retrieved November 5, 2015. From 1993 to 1995, Sapkowski's stories were adapted into six-issue comic books The Witcher by Maciej Parowski and Sapkowski (story), Bogusław Polch (art). [54] NYCC 2013: THE WITCHER COMES TO DARK HORSE". Dark Horse Comics. October 11, 2013. Archived from the original on March 20, 2014 . Retrieved March 20, 2014.

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Jones, Alistair (February 17, 2020). "The Witcher Book And Game Sales Are Up 500% On Last Year". Kotaku . Retrieved March 8, 2022. a b c d e f g Cutali, Dan (July 13, 2015). "Interview with Andrzej Sapkowski". Sugarpulp . Retrieved March 9, 2022.The Witcher was adapted into a 2002 TV series and a shorter 2001 film version, both titled The Hexer ( Wiedźmin) and directed by Marek Brodzki. Michał Żebrowski portrayed Geralt. In several interviews, Sapkowski has criticized these screen adaptations: "I can answer only with a single word, an obscene, albeit a short one." [66] With Blood of Elves, the main saga begins in earnest. Blood of Elves is set about a year after the downfall of Ciri’s kingdom. This tragedy sets off a hunt for the missing princess, with factions on all sides vying to get their hands on her. Unfortunately for them, young princess Ciri has fallen under the protection of one of the most famous witchers alive. Sandra Gonzalez (September 4, 2018). "Henry Cavill will lead 'The Witcher' series for Netflix". Edition.cnn.com. Archived from the original on September 21, 2018 . Retrieved September 5, 2018.