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What I'm reading
Sep. 2nd, 2019 07:43 amI've been reading alll the Witcher fics in Astolat's catalog.
Next up (or soon, anyway) will be reading the original novels by Andrzej Sapkowski. This will be the second time I've found a new canon by way of fanfic, the first being when LightGetsIn's story A Temporary Inability To Go Either Up Or Down lead me to Megan Whalen Turner's Queen's Thief series.
I'm looking forward to seeing how the experiences compare. I'm a little nervous that Sapkowski's canon will disappoint me. Astolat is such a strong writer, and this time I've read ten fic stories, not one, so I'm pretty invested in her take on the characters. And yet, the fact that someone whose own writing I enjoy so much, liked the Witcher world enough to spend that much time playing in its sandbox, must speak well of the canon, no?
I'm eager, though, to see how many of my guesses about the shape of canon turn out to be true. It will be like listening to someone describe a country that's unfamiliar to me, then traveling there and seeing it for myself. Wow, I love reading.
Next up (or soon, anyway) will be reading the original novels by Andrzej Sapkowski. This will be the second time I've found a new canon by way of fanfic, the first being when LightGetsIn's story A Temporary Inability To Go Either Up Or Down lead me to Megan Whalen Turner's Queen's Thief series.
I'm looking forward to seeing how the experiences compare. I'm a little nervous that Sapkowski's canon will disappoint me. Astolat is such a strong writer, and this time I've read ten fic stories, not one, so I'm pretty invested in her take on the characters. And yet, the fact that someone whose own writing I enjoy so much, liked the Witcher world enough to spend that much time playing in its sandbox, must speak well of the canon, no?
I'm eager, though, to see how many of my guesses about the shape of canon turn out to be true. It will be like listening to someone describe a country that's unfamiliar to me, then traveling there and seeing it for myself. Wow, I love reading.
