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Amazing amazing amazing review. Subscribed right away.

My list of thoughts and references I caught: (2/2) Seige of Hinnereth: Somewhat akin to the seige of Nicea, where the Byzantines negotiated the Seljuks occupying it to surrender, with the Crusaders surrounding the city as leverage Nurbanu Soter: Ptolemy I SOTER (“the Savior”, Macedonian general under Alexander the Great, later the 1st Hellenistic Pharaoh of the Ptolemaic Dynasty of Egypt)? Eucalyptus: Only native to the Pacific Ocean Sycamore (Figs): Are mentioned multiple times in the Bible, including as trees destroyed in the ten plagues of Egypt in the psalms Shigek: Egypt was the intended target of multiple later Crusades, with the 7th under French King Louis IX being the closest, capturing the Port City of Damietta for a time. Iothiah: Mix of Memphis (Old Dynasty Capital) and Alexandria (site of the legendary library), with a Tolkienian-sounding name The Kerathotics: Akin to the Miaphysites and the Armenian Eastern Orthodox local to the Holy Lands, who sometimes aided their Frankish fellow Christians during the Crusades The Great Ziggurat of Xijoser: The Kheops Pyramid mixed with the (Step) Pyramid of Djoser (the earliest Egyptian pyramid) Husyelt: Celtic Cernunnus, Biblical Nimrod, the Valar Oromë, the mythical Hern the Hunter? Angeshraël: Twisted mix of Moses (The Burning Bush) and Abraham (who in serveral Jewish & Islamic traditions has a rivalry with Nimrod, and in Islamic Tradition is saved from a burning fire) “Though you lose your soul, you will gain the world”: Reverse intention of Matthew 16:26 in the New Testament Merchant caste: In the Hindu Varna System, Merchants (together with farmers and herders) belong to the Vaishyas Caste, the second lowest after the Brahmin (Priests) and Kshatriyas (Aristocracy/warriors) and above the Shudras (Artisans/Laborers/Servants) and the casteless (Dalit), while in the Confucian Caste Systems of East Asia, they were technically the lowest caste under scholar/officials (China) aristocracy/warriors (Japan), farmers and artisans (but often occupied a much more important role, being able to fund important persons and projects). Achamian dodging and “jousting for scrolls” with the Scarlet Spires/Ainoni in Iothiath: Straight out of a Cold War Spy Story in Divided Berlin (or the Divided Occupied Vienna of “The Third Man”) The Sareots: The Great Library of Alexandria was founded by Ptolemy I SOTER and parts of the Library survived as the SERAPEUM (also the Essenes, the Jewish Monastic Mystics who most likely wrote the Dead Sea Scolls) Seleukara: Mix of Seleucia (First Capital of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, near modern day Baghdad, Iraq), as well as Gandhara (Indian City, once Capital to the Indo-Greek Kingdom after the death of Alexander the Great)? Conriya & High Anion: Mix of Persian (looks, names) with both Medieval and Cold War German elements (Palatines, phalanxes (pikemen akin to German Landsknechts), former empire divided into multiple nations) Cnaiur’s distress over his obsession of have Serwë: Again, hints to Achilles sulking over losing Briseis to Agamemnon in the Iliad Ishterebinth, last of the Nonmen Mansions: Rivendell or the Vadhagh Castles of Moorcock’s “Corum”? Akka’s visions: The Battles of the Silmarillion mixed with the Iliad and the battles between the Tuath Dé Danann & the Fomorians in Irish mythology The Seige of Caraskand: Clearly inspired by the Seige of Antioch (former Capitol of the Seleucid Empire, Roman built walls), during the First Crusade, first captured from the Seljuks by the Crusaders and then surrounded by several Seljuk Atabegs & Emirs. Similar to Imbeyan, Yağısıyan the Seljuk Emir of Antioch tried to escape, but unlike Imbeyan being captured, humiliated and hanged, Yağısıyan was cut down by an Armenian and his head brought to the Crusaders. Saubon’s nickname “The Blonde Beast”: 1) Metaphor used Nietzsche for his “Master Race” of “good, noble and pure aristocracy” of the Aryan race (though he also counted the aristocracy of Japan and Arabia among them) above their “dark-haired native” subjects. 2) Nickname for Reinhard Heydrich: SS Officer, Gestapo Director and “Deputy Protector” of German-occupied Bohemia and Moravia (Modern-day Czech Republic) Saubon declaring himself King of Caraskand, despite the Nansur Indenture: Similar to Bohemond of Taranto declared himself Prince of Antioch, something the other Crusader Princes agreed to, feeling themselves absolving to any Byzantine oaths, after Bohemond lead the Crusaders to take the city on their own, after Tatikios left the seige (something contested by the Byzantines, given their constant supplies to the Crusaders and Tatikios supposedly left to secure more) Mastodons: Elephants were never extensively used during the Crusades (except individuals given as peace gifts by the Sultans of Egypt to Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II after the 6th Crusade and King Louis IX of France after the 7th Crusade), so more likely inspired by the Haradrim Oliphants from “LOTR”. Padirajah Kascamandri: The Seljuks were very fragmented under several atabegs and emirs during the First Crusade (largely the reason for its surprising success) as their Sultan Berkyaruq was just a teenager, so the Seljuk seige of Antioch was lead by Kerbogha, the Atabeg of Mosul, together with the Emirates of Damascus, Homs & Aleppo, neither of which perished. The Unmasking Room: Straight out of Josef Mengele’s experiments or Clive Barker’s “Hellraiser”, YIKES! The Inchoroi: Sauron mixed with the “Hellraiser” Cenobites and the Devils from Arthur C. Clarke’s “Childhood’s End”? Anyway, the Epilogue: DOUBLE YIKES!💀💀

My list of thoughts and references I caught: (1/2) The Dragon/Wracu mocking Seswartha: “Our Lord (…) hath tasted thy King’s passing, and he saith, ‘It is done’” (Jesus’ last words, “It is finished”, Gospel of John 19:30, also Frodo after the Ring falls into Mount Doom) “Thy tribe hath perished, dashed like a potter’s vessel by our fury” (Jeremiah 18) “Bent Bow” (Psalms 11:2) and “whetted bronze” (Iliad, Book 13) Seswarta: Merlin meets Siddhartha (Gautama Buddha and the famous eponymous novel by Hermann Hesse) The Sogian Way: The Sogdians, people know as traders and missionaries of various faiths along the Silk Road Trysë: Troy/Trysil, Norway? Inrithi Holiday of Venicata: Latin «I came down/through» The Death of High King Anasûrimbor Celmomas on the Fields of Eleneör & his prophecy: The Death of King Theoden at the Battle of the Fields of Pelennor + the prophecy of the Return of the King from “LOTR”/The Death of King Theodoric of the Visigoth against Attila and his Huns at the Battle of the Plains/Fields of Catalaunian+The Mythical Prophesied Return of King Arthur. “Sweet Home Mo-ma-ann, Where the Skies are so blue!”: Royals/Imperials and Alabama, eh! 😬😅 Cnaiur and Conphas share both elements with the Byzantine General Tatikios, who was of Turkish origin and lead the “Princes’ Crusade” through Anatolia to Antioch Asgilioch: Osgiliath, Gondorian Capital reduced to a ruin, captured by Mordor Gielgath: Elvish High King Gil-Galad/“Gath” Noldorin for “Cavern” in Tolkien’s Legendarium Ruöm: (The Sultanate of) Rum, made out of lands in Anatolia/Modern Day Turkey captured by the Seljuk Turks from the Byzantine/East Romans (“Rum”-the Seljuk name for “Rome”) Gedea: Judea Shibboleth: Password/custom used to identify fellow members of a group from outsiders, taken from a Hebrew Civil War in the Old Testament (The Book of Judges, Chapter 12), with the Tribe of Ephraim’s pronouncing of the word marking them out “Periodically he paused to search the darkness behind him. Old habit” The Kian “while they ride - fire backward at their pursuers”: The (in)famous Parthian Shot, tactic used by the Parthian and Sassanid Persians, as well as the peoples of the Steppe, such as the Scythians, the Huns & the Mongols The Galeroth Agmundrmen with teardrop-shaped shields & the Tydonni Numaineiri using kite shields: Akin to the Normans. There were two Norman Armies in the First Crusade: One under Robert Curthose (Duke of Normandie, eldest son of William the Conqueror) and one under Bohemond of Taranto/Hauteville (oldest son of the Norman Conqueror of Southern Italy and Scilly, Robert “Giscard” (“the Fox”/“the Cunning”), but disowned for a younger halfbrother, fought the Crusade together with his nephew Tancred, with them later becoming the first Crusader Prince of Antioch and the Count of Galilee/Regent of Antioch, respectively) Agmundrmen with longbows: Akin to the English and Welsh, especially during the Hundred Years War The second battle of the Holy War at Mengedda: (Minus the sorcery of the Cishaurim and the Tears of God, obviously 😅) Seems inspired by the Battle at Dorylaeum, where the Crusader Vanguard under Bohemond of Taranto and his nephew Tancred (somewhat similar to Prince Saubon and his nephew Earl Athjeäri) and the Byzantine General Tatikios held their ground while ambushed and their camp surrendered by the Seljuk Turks under Kilij Arslan (the Sultan of Rum, who had previously destroyed the Popular Crusade similar to Skauas with the Vulgar Holy War, but unlike him, Kilij was just a teenager) near a marsh, before being saved by Crusaders from the main force riding to their rescue. When Bishop Adhemar (representative of Pope Urban II at the First Crusade) ambushed the undefended Seljuk Camp, the Seljuk retreated. The Shiral Knights’ charge at the Cishaurim, made me think of the (in)famous Charge of the Light Brigade, when the British Light Brigade Calvary under Lord Cardigan during the Crimean War, due to a misunderstood order, charged right into a well-defended Russian Artillery position (with less successful results then the Knights). Inspired the eponymous poem by Tennyson (“Into the Valley of Death, Rode the Six Hundred”), which in turn inspired the Iron Maiden song “The Trooper”! The Galeroth game of Gandoki/“Shadow”: A hint at Jung’s theory?

Problem with such extreme individualism and ego centrism, that it is hurting humanity as a whole. As we can see currently, unlimited development of industrialism causes harm to the planet and makes it unlivable. When you are not considering future generations or other people, only yourself, it's easy to do whatever, since you don't have to live with consequences. Her anarcho-capitalism results in monopolies which will lead to enshittification of products, because they can cut costs and bully/buyout competition instead of providing good product. Characters of industrialist are pretty shallow and look like chivalry, never saw such capitalists anywhere.

This was such a stimulating discussion!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Great review but hardly no spoilers lol

This guy gets it.

10:10 No Jordan! Not the Brett Cooper comparison!! 😂😂😂 In all seriousness I just finished the book this afternoon and it’s definitely in my top two of the series! Chapter 40 is one of my favorite chapters in anything fantasy ever. I was on the edge of my seat throughout this book more so than any Sun Eater book before.

Always liked Alastair Reynolds, but never read Terminal World - looks really good. Love Gibson, but hate Sterling so I never got on with the Difference Engine. Tales of the Ketty Jay series is lots of fun, and highly recommended. Didn't really get on with Perdido Street Station, something about the style. Aeronaut's Windlass is absolutely bloody brilliant!

Suneater has definitely moved up in my queue!

Absolutely astonishing 🍍

This is one of my favorite fantasy series I've read in the past couple years! I didn't enjoy Kristoff's previous series that much. This series seems to take all the good parts of previous series while removing most of the bad. I enjoyed the banter, world building, and pacing. I read half on kindle and listened to half on audible, highly suggest both. Agreed, Book One > Book Two.

I am currently writing a Vampire novel of my own that has a lot of world and lore-building, and I am hoping people who like the Jay Kristoff books would like the one that I'm writing. I was inspired by Vampire Hunter D, Mad Max, HP Lovecraft, and the Necroscope Series by Brian Lumley. Where my story is set in a far-off post-apocalyptic future that centers around a group of Vampire Hunters who hunt Vampires for money. Unlike most Vampire fiction, my Vampires are not romantic, they are evil, visceral, and deeply disturbing in how they victimize their human prey. Brian Lumley's vampires from his Necroscope series were the main inspiration. His Vampires are the scariest ever in literature. There is no romantic story in what I am writing, but there are philosophical and deep discussions about faith and a belief in the divine. The goal for me is to combine gothic horror with cosmic horror and eschatological apocalyptic horror found in religion when talking about the end of days. I hope fans of Vampire fiction will enjoy this experimental piece of work.

EotV is one of my fave ever books.. love the lore, world building, plot and characters... so, so good. I felt the same way about EotD, it didn't quite reach the heights of the first one, but still some cool things happened. Very much looking forward to the 3rd book, love this series so much.

I’ve been waiting for this review ever since the Vampire video series earlier this year! I think Kristoff style likely wouldn’t work for me, but I suppose it’s worth a shot sometime!

read "century rain"

Once upon a time I would have agreed with you that King writes antagonists as caricature, but having lived through the Nazification of our society, I now believe that all along he had his finger on a pulse which the rest of just could not feel. Can you really look at the news and not think that some of the villains walked right out of a Stephen King novel? Read some of his earlier and smaller books. Read _The Dead Zone._ Read _Pet Sematary_ and _Misery._ See if you can see echoes in our society now.

prefect example of ideology as rationalization for asshole behavior

Nice video! 🍍

Started listening to the audio books a few weeks ago, and one thing I'm not sure of is why people group The Elric Saga in with sword and sorcery. I mean S&S in the way that some define it as a gritty subgenre of fantasy, like Conan or Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser. It's gritty and the magic is strange, but it seems far too high fantasy in terms of spectacular extra dimensions and a main character motivated by empathy, that can use powerful magic. Then again I'm relatively new to that subgenre as well and as a whole, so maybe I need to keep reading.

What a spectacular conversation. Between you and Philip, my english/writing/literature education in high school and college could have been infinitely better had i been exposed to you guys then!

Great discussion. I think part of Ruocchio’s appeal-apart from his skill-is that he’s a conscious mythmaker, or perhaps I should say mythic sub creator, in the vein of Tolkien. Like Tolkien, his fiction isn’t superficially Catholic, but it takes mythic cycles, symbolic realities, good and evil, and the honor of striving with the former against the latter very seriously. There’s a deep hunger for fiction that does that.

Fantastic review. Really well done.

Amazing interview! Quick question, what inspired your youtube channel name? 🍍

Great video 🍍

A wonderful conversation about reading, history, and art. I've not read the Sun Eater books yet, though I would like to. I would also enjoy talking to Ruocchio if I ever got the chance. He seems very generous, even with smaller channels like my own. A beautiful rendition of Ulysses as well. *whispers* I also did a reading on my channel.

Incredible conversation. The topic of boys/men reading is…vast

Are fades really the new normal.... On another note, really liking the discussion. I think the Ruocchio interviews levelled up with Parker and now you are taking it even further. You can see he definitely thrived in this discussion. Big props to you. Greetings from South Africa

I have not watched this yet. I'm still reading the Sun Eater saga. Will I receive some spoiler? Because I can wait...

Amazing, thank you very much for this throughout review! Great quality and much appreciated indeed

Christopher never gives a bad interview or an uninteresting discussion

Great conversation! So cool that you got to meet him in person!! I thought the whole discussion of aesthetics was really interesting. I have this problem with the gnostic sorts who see people as only spiritual. The way you dress and present yourself is directly connected to your spirit. You cannot divorce the spiritual from the physical. Construction and beauty actually makes a difference in how we view places of government or places of worship.

I'm rereading black sun rising

Big brother is watching me 😰

nice video

I've never even heard of this book, thanks for pointing me this way. I am quite fascinated by indigenous cultures and their culture and myths. Perhaps I'll give this one a shot. Great work as always!

Hello, Mr. Hill. Danny Maldonado is a fake name, and I have am a student from one of your freshman classes. Perhaps it will be a fun investigation to discover who is responsible for this comment. For now, my only hints will be that I have dark hair and I frequently participate. Anyhow, you’re a great teacher and your channel seems very informative. Best regards, Danny Maldonado

I personally LOVED 1984 thanks for your insights on the book. Also really agree with what @TheBreadSniffer had to say♥️

I'm about 2/3 of the way through this book and uave overall absolutely loved my time with the series, but have specifically had a smile on my face so often whilst reading Disquiet Gods. I'm a Christian, and I love science fiction stories, but so many of them have next to zero religious themes or if those themes are present they're basically always painting specifically Christianity in a negative light. Disquiet Gods, instead, is building Christian mythos into its world, and I think it's absolutely amazing all while still not being a "Christian" book. Nearly any scifi I have ever read would have a being like The Quiet be a villain or a fiction within the world and wouldn't take it seriously, and certainly not have it be even remotely based on a God figure that is part of a current world religion. I just think its amazing and wholly unique of things that I have read. Also, love the differing philosophies of the different groups and empires and such. The Cielcin Gnosticism rings so true to the kind of race they are/with their relationship to The Watchers, and The Watchers relationship to The Quiet. Love it. So excited to finish this book and be caught up and then to see how the Suneater ends. Cool review! Not many people are interested in talking about the philosophy behind stories, only the happenings of the story. Looking forward to your interview with Ruocchio!

I've never seen anything as beautiful as this amazing masterpiece. Please continue to do this amazing work. Kudos to you for contributing to the deeper meaning behind Orwell's 1984 and the world of literature. ❤

Alright man, I'm sold

Thanks for the review Jordan. I hadn’t heard of this one before but it definitely sounds interesting. I did find it funny when you said you weren’t a prude and then described the behavior portrayed in the book that you felt like was a bit much. Behavior that would make the Marquis de Sade blush. Anyway it made me chuckle. Despite all that you’ve definitely got my curiosity peaked.

I actually write sci-fi, I have not touched historical fiction just yet but your presentation about this book has me highly interested. I appreciate your method and manner in sharing your thoughts on this fascinating book. Aztecs have always held a special interest for me so I will pick this up right away.

I usually read Sci-fi but I am also interested in historical fiction! Thank you for reviewing this book. I will definitely give this series a look. Thank you!

He was speaking Vodalus then. The part about losing technology then he was corrected by him that it was just power.

1:11:30 Right on the money. Lovecraft doesn't trust the reader, even to the point of having the same reactions to a description, so everything is underscored as "loathesome," "evil," "eldritch," "queer" (his most overused word, even more so than the usual suspects), and so on. If you are thinking "whoa, cool" to his mere description of a tentacled soapstone idol, you are a moral failure according to Lovecraft.

this discussion just turns me off your whole channel. Speculating with the assumption of feminist obsession with patriarchy - i repeat speculation bast on a pre conceived notion of the power dynamics. What a load of crap - im taking back her translations of the Iliad and the Odyssey that i bought.

I stopped watching around minute 32 because you guys started spoiling the 3rd and the 4th book. Don't call this video a discussion about the first two books when you're gonna spoil the rest of the series. Shame!