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This was a great conversation, thank you. It's always nice to see Papa Gwynne on here as well. Julie's insight was incredible. I've personally submitted to her a couple of times and have received great feedback and comments. Hope you're both well, and have a wonderful Christmas and New Year.

See I just looked up the title and got your video suggested and now after your dedicated review (love the fit btw) im Definitely picking it up!

Ed, Assassin's Quest is definitely the sloggiest of Hobb's books for me. Howling Dark was also just ok for me. Sun Eater is one of those series that suffers from not having super well-developed characters. Howling Dark has an insane ending that subverts expectations which is why it stands out for people. Demon in White is book 3 and my favorite in the series so far as the pacing is the strongest. It focuses more on politics and court intrigue and spends more time with the core characters. I do have to say, 4 books in (I recently finished Kingdoms of Death) Sun Eater is solid for me, but not top tier. I think the scope is what people love about it, and Hadrian's philosophical progression. As a character-driven reader, and one more appreciative of themes than philosophy, I enjoy it but it doesn't do those two things as well as others in my opinion. -Maddie

Even separated you two just have the best brotherly chemistry! Totally living for this ACOTAR journey. And oooh I am so excited to get back to the Wyrdwood series, Barker never disappoints 🤩

Dorothy Dunnett is THE BEST HISTORICAL FICTION author ever!

Love Warlock!!!

Thank you so much for this conversation! I'm a writer with dreams of publishing and Julie was so insightful, so helpful, so wonderful to hear from. Learning more about the process and celebrating how great art is a collaborative effort is such a gift.

I love this sort of conversation because I am fascinated by the process of working with an editor (and a really great agent functions as an editor too). The creative interplay as an editor makes suggestions to the author often results in some compelling choices for the story. A great example that came up here is killing off a beloved character. It’s painful, but does it make the story more compelling? In this case, I think the answer is yes. My thanks to all, and especially to Julie Crisp, for the insights and the excellent discussion!

Your funny dude, little funny edits got me cracking up💀

What you 2 have is special.

I just came across this video, thank you so much for having the courage to make more videos and content for your channel. I loved the final chapter of the bloodsworn trilogy, a master work John. You will go down as one of the greatest Fantasy writers in history.

Very good interview! I am now going to read all his books...

Throne. Of. Glass. Just sayin' haha. So much better than the fairy porn. Your "movember" convo cracked me up. The phrase I hate is "she released a breath she didn't know she'd been holding." It was okay the first time, but thirty-seven times later, I'm rolling my eyes out of my head. Congrats on finishing Farseer; that's amazing. Jealous! Will, so glad to hear your take on Fry with The Odyssey. That's the exact thing I'd been worried about, and BE was on point with the Gaiman/Norse comparison. I read Gaiman's NM. I knew all the stories so there was nothing new there, although I speculate that if I didn't know the stories I'd really have enjoyed his version. I was afraid Fry's Odyssey would be much the same; Will's thoughts confirmed. Two great storytellers can't make up for overfamiliarity with the subject matter. Not their fault, but think I will avoid it and stick to retellings that have a new angle like Barker/Haynes/etc. Enjoy those SO much. Loved the North & South series. I'm a huge sucker for period dramas, especially Victorian. Little Dorritt FTW!!! Was watching it just last night! Hope you guys have an awesome Christmas with the fam. Hugs to PG, Mum, Sadie, and TBI. I failed at getting TBI's package in the mail in time; won't arrive until Jan. I'm hoping she won't know the difference 😄

I am going to start reading the Robin Hobb books next year 😊 I absolutely loved North & South and want to read more Gaskell. I haven't watched the first gladiator since probably the early 2000s - time for a rewatch!! But I did love gladiator 2 and have watched a tonne of interviews with cast and crew. Paul Mescal is an amazing actor. First found him in Normal People too.

I'm at page 106 of Shadow of the Gods after one day. I don't know what a lot of the words mean, or how to say any of the names but I keep going "OOOOH" "AAAH" every second page. Must mean I like it 😸

You were both fantastic moderators! And I'm so glad that you both like the bracelets, Truth and Courage ⚔️ Fury of the Gods was truly amazing, probably my favourite book of the year. I agree that the battles were fantastic, but the character work throughout this entire series gripped me so much. The twists and turns were also insane. Absolutely blew me away. I already have a FatF reread planned because I miss having a Papa Gwynne book to read already 😂 Ed and Sadie have convinced me to try ACOTAR again, because I also love drama, and sometimes your brain just needs it

Well thanks to my brilliant university giving me shit loads of assignments my Novermber wrap up is a fat 0 Im jealous of you guys

In November I read: «The Steel Tsar» (A Nomad of the Time Streams» Trilogy #3) by Michael Moorcock (Multiverse/Alternative History/Time Travel Steampunk(?)😅) «The Stranger» by Albert Camus/illustrated by Jacques Ferrandez (Graphic Novel adaptation of the Absurdist Philosophical Novel) «The Duel» by Joseph Conrad (Napoleonic Historical Military Fiction Novella) «Lord of Light» by Roger Zelazny (Science Fantasy inspired by the Legend of Siddhartha Gautama/the Buddha) «The Fury of the Gods» (Bloodsworn Saga #3) by John Gwynne (Epic Fantasy inspired by Norse Mythology): Do not be afraid, I will ASAP post my list of thoughts and references on your discussions with Papa Gwynne & Professor Chase! 😎🙌 Currently reading: Just started on «Dreaming the Eagle» («Boudica» #1) by Manda Scott (Historical Fiction about the Celtic British Queen and her Rebellion against the Romans). My November Haul: The final two novels in Mary Gentle’s «The Book of Ash» series (90s Alt-History Military Fiction), «The Wild Machines» & «Lost Burgundy», as well as a Hardback Edition of Tolkien’s «The Fall of Numenor», Matthew Harffy’s «Forest of Foes» (Historical Fiction set in Anglo Saxon Britain), «The Lion & the Sword» by Roberta Cray (90s Fantasy inspired by Alexander the Great’s Conquest of Greece: Something of a hidden gem going by the few, but very enthusiastic reviews I found of it, anyway, I just saw that glorious cover by the lauded Tolkien Illustrator John Howe, and just had to have it!😄) and «The Women of Troy» by Pat Barker (retelling of the aftermath of the Iliad from the perspective of Briseis, the «War Bride» of Achilles)! As for movies/TV I have recently seen (November/December): «Gladiator 2» (while not a 5 Star, nor as iconic as the previous movie, I found it well worth the watch for the performances by the leads alone and a high 4 Star: In a battle I would 5/5 times choose Russell as my general, but as a synthese of the Farmer Warrior Maximus and the Philisopher Emperor Marcus Aurelius, Paul Mescal sold me as the better ruler and Denzel is clearly having a blast in his role!), «The Penguin» HBO Max Show (also a tour de force performance from the two leads!) & «Twisters» (Nice, wholesome disaster movie!😄), «The Desert of the Tartar» (70s Existentialist Film, about the slow decay of the men serving at a Border Fortress as they wait for a war that might never come: BEAUTIFULLY shot at a REAL Iranian Castle Ruin, with a young Jacques Perrin («Cinema Paradiso») and iconic Max von Sydow!), «The Day of the Jackal» (1970s Thriller based on the Frederick Forsyth novel about an attempt to assassinate the French President), «Cromwell» (1970 movie about the English Civil War: Richard Harris as Oliver Cromwell and Alec Guinness as King Charles 1», «Barbie» (Man, that «Godfather» Scene, Gerwig what I done to deserve such a hacker!🤣), «Flesh + Blood» (80s Historical War/Adventure Movie: Not for the lighthearted, but clearly an inspiration for the Grimdark Manga «Berserk») and «Ashes and Diamonds» (50s Polish Movie, set during the final days of WW2, when a Polish Home Army Resistance Group's assassination against the new Stalin-backed Communist Leadership goes awry, a favorite of Martin Scorsese & Francis F. Coppola: Very stylish, and I get why the lead was called the James Dean of Eastern Europe!) Cheers Chaps! 😊🙌

As I've gotten farther away from watching Gladiator II, i'm still as disappointed with it as I was when I came out of the cinema... Aftersun destroyed me, in the best possible way, be prepared Will! Book of the month was The Temple of Fortuna, such a perfect ending to a brilliant series! Probably in my Top 5 series of all time now.

If every great fantasy series should have cheese mentions, my fantasy series has it in the very title: The Edam Trilogy! 🧀 😁 Our discussion of The Fury of the Gods with Sam (who is much wiser than he pretends) and Papa Gwynne is a huge BookTube highlight for me. Thank you for taking part, gents! Truth and Courage!

Every time I recommend Elderlings to someone I have to convince them to continue after Assassin's Quest, it's by far her worst book and it is followed by my personal favourite trilogy in Liveships. Love North and South, the best last line in Victorian literature. My November book of the month was Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey, a doppelganger mystery.

Here's what I read The Graham effect by elle Kennedy The extraordinary life of an ordinary man by paul Newman memoir Icebreaker by hannah grace The Christmas swap by Maggie knox Love holly by Emily stone Bring me your midnight by Rachel Griffin Twisted love by ana Huang Long after we are gone by terah shelton Harris Scythe by neal shusterman My favorite reads Long after we are gone Love holly Twisted love

Fury of the gods is the best John Gwynne book for me.Absolutely goat trilogy !!!!❤

Hey fellas, just subbed. I finished The Shadow of the Gods last night. I was on a watch forum and a (nice )guy took a photo of his watch next to his kindle so I messaged him (he is in the USA) and he told me about how he had to been waiting a long time for Fury but I should start with Shadow. So I did, LOVED it and he told me about your chanel so I have some catching up to do !

Check out Richard Matheson's Journal of the Gun years. Follow a gunslinger from the civil war to his death through journal entries.

Will you be doing this again? How do I find you on Discord?

suggestion: speak slower, enjoy it

Oh... now I really must make The Heros a priority.... 🤣🤣🤣 Calen Bryer from the Bound and the Broken series is one of my top ten.... weirly... Sand dan Glokta is a favorite for me, but Logan Nine Fingers is up there too. If i had to choose a Gwynne character... oofff difficult so many 🥰... Brina.

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Great list!

Papa Gwynne

I started listening to audio books as a kid, when they were literally on cassette tape, so a long time ago!! My mum and i shared audiobooks from the library, and we had to wait until the other person had finished a tape so that we didnt lose our place! Gosh I sound old. I love books read by actors (eg sorrow and bliss narrated by Emilia Fox). I think my faves recently have been the girl with the louding voice (Adjoa Andoh), life after life (fenella woolgar) and i agree with you - the wolf den. You've got several great recs there as always!

Fantastic I’m gonna go straight to the crossing because of this. Also I’ve subbed to your channel because because of this. I already had Paradise lost in my saved books on Everand. About to get into it. Thank you thank you. I’d like to know more books that are dense and literary masterpieces. I’ve read most of McCarthy’s works that I know of, Blood Meridian, The Road, No country, Child of God, Outer Dark, Orchard Keeper, Suttree, The Passenger, and its companion, Stella Maris. By the way Outer Dark is very good trying to find another book such as that one is nye impossible.

100% ... most litrpg is unreadable garbage written by a vaguely inventive DM, full of irrelevant stat sheets and contrived / obvious storylines. Its a "trendy" genre that needs to move on

Zamil Akthar's Gunmetal gods and its sequel Conqueror's blood I would definitely suggest for Middle Eastern inspired Fantasy and Lovercraftian Horror.

Just found you guys. Great recommendations. Humane takes. Will be back!

Audiobooks can be better than physical reading but its definitely an art. The narrator's skill makes all the difference.

I’ve read or listened to these all but god of vengeance!🎉

You nudged me onto Audiobooks and I've had some great reads? Listened to some great books? Standouts so far Lancelot (Couldn't stop listening to that, then Camelot and now on Arthur) The War for the Rose Throne books, very much enjoyed through audiobook. And Andy Serkis read the Lord of the Rings. Hope you're both well.

Over a thousand audio books read, 400 to be read, and a never ending wishlist, audio books have let me experience books i would never of otherwise read, covering all kinds of genre's, read all on you list loved them, except red rising tired several times just can't get into it,

Just finished listening to Heir of Novron by GraphicAudio, but be warned. Your standard for audio books will be greatly heightened.

Will you are objectively wrong about the Dreaming the Eagle audiobook 😂 seriously though, I loved those audiobooks so I was surprised to hear you say they didn't work for you! But it is very subjective, some audiobooks just don't jibe with you even if the book does! Yep, I'll be rereading LotR with Andy Serkis narration this month, and I'm so excited!! Papa Gwynne does have fantastic audiobooks, I love listening to them! An audiobook I loved was The Hogfather, it's also a perfect read for this time of year

If you haven’t listened to The Way Of Edan you’ve gotta give it a try. Allen does an amazing job

Herald was such a wonderful read!! Looking forward to hearing your thoughts guys, Rob did a wonderful job of writing about the nuance of faith while also confronting the issues surrounding faith. And in classic Rob J Hayes fashion, the ending was the best part.