Chatting With Nutts - Episode #23 ft Christopher Ruocchio
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- Опубліковано 24 лют 2022
- Chatting With Nutts - Episode #23 ft Christopher Ruocchio
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Welcome to the 23rd episode of Chatting with Nutts! My guest this episode of Chatting With Nutts is one of my new favorite authors and, in my opinion, someone who will be mentioned among the greats in science fiction, Christopher Ruocchio. We will definitely be talking about Empire of Silence and The Sun Eater as a whole but we will keep it spoiler free. I will also be talking to Christopher Ruocchio about his journey into SFF, as well as how he got into writing! I hope you enjoy this conversation on Chatting with Nutts as we talk about the current topics in fantasy/Sci-Fi as well as what we are reading and have already read that blew our minds.
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Wonderful conversation as usual Jimmy, with @Sun Eater being a great guest. Thanks for your time Christoper Ruocchio, I enjoyed spending time with you both :)
Realizing I should have explained: The room behind me is so empty because it's still under construction. My desk is the only thing in it.
I didn't even notice 😅
@@thefantasynuttwork Someone asked in another comment, so I figured I should put out the APB.
@@SunEaterBooks I was just joking around, all good! Thanks for your time, very enjoyable conversation to listen to.
@@joshramirez7 You're cool--I just realize it makes me kinda look like a crazy person if I don't explain!
Allen needs to read his work and link up with him. The conversation over books, history, philosophy, and even theology (and much, much more) would be such a good time.
Top 3 Chatting with Nutts for me.
So glad to hear it 😊
I love how for Ruocchio's favorite historical setting he picks the setting The Sarantine Mosaic is based on
Almost done with Empire of Silence and already bought Howling Dark, I haven’t been this captivated by a sci-fi series in years
Love to see it!
Haven't read any of the Sun Eater books, but this chat was still super interesting and fun. And Christopher, congrats on becoming a guest on the best fantasy podcast with the great Jimmy Nutts😆
Hahaha Christopher is awesome!
Loving this so far!
Think this is my 2nd time watching this interview & just noticed Jimmy's auditioning as an umpa lumpa 🤣 suneater's on my 24 TBR really looking forward to it
Ruocchio is definitely as genuine and nice as they come. From his background though, he is either a minimalist or moving houses haha great conversation as always.
Thanks!
I should have explained! My office is under construction, but I'm not really supposed to move things into it until the city inspector has cleared it, so all that's up here is my desk.
Great interview. I can't wait to get farther into his series.
But wow, the author Christopher mentioned learned Ojibwe! It's one of the hardest languages to learn. Trust me, I've studied it. Here's the word for blueberry pie - miinibaashkiminasiganibiitoosijiganibadagwiingweshiganibakwezhigan.
Pretty wild!
Another awesome CwN episode. The Sun Eater books have been on my radar for a while now and this episode has finally made me pull the trigger. Really looking forward to getting stuck in.
It's a great time
Just got around to finishing. Thanks so much for asking him about Berserk. That was awesome, and while I knew he loved the series, finding out that Miura was his favorite living writer was really shocking since manga isn't really treated with respect in literary circles. That made my day
That's awesome man
Going through the back catalogue (as it were)….. buddy, not only are your guests on point, but I’m here because YOU MAKE the experience that much better, adding to the greatness of your guests.
I really appreciate it, 🙏
Pope Leo I, also known as Leo the Great, is credited with convincing Attila the Hun not to sack Rome in 452 AD. According to historical accounts and artwork such as Raphael's fresco "The Meeting of Leo the Great and Attila," Leo I met with Attila and persuaded him to spare the city.
Great video!! Happy reading to you!! 😊
Appreciate it 😁
I will start watching the replay now. I subscribed to your channel because of the ASOIAF readalong. Chatting with Nutts is great, and I have almost seen the whole playlist. Your readalong is the reason why I read all the five ASOIAF books in January-February. I had only read the first three before 2022 :)
This made my day, so glad to hear that!
Great conversation, two hours flew by 👍
Thanks!
The man who discovered a strain of wheat that helped alleviate famines in the 1970s was Dr. Norman Borlaug. He developed a high-yielding variety of wheat known as "dwarf wheat" or "semidwarf wheat" that was resistant to diseases and produced larger grains. This strain of wheat, combined with improved agricultural practices, became known as the Green Revolution and played a significant role in increasing food production, particularly in developing countries. Dr. Norman Borlaug's contributions to agriculture earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 for his efforts to combat world hunger.
Wow!
From the preview of the first 5 chapters of «Empire of Silence», I caught:
Jadd: The Jaddite Faith from several Guy Gavriel Kay novels (GGK’s mix of Christian Trappings and the Sun Cults from Antiquity: Unsurprising given Ruocchio here states himself as a fan of GGK, with signed books by him) & Jeddah, an Ancient Port City in Modern Day Saudi Arabia
Birth Vats for the Nobility: «Brave New World» by Aldous Huxley
Hadrian’s home planet of Delos: Greek Island, Holy Site for the worship of Apollo and Artemis and the Athenian-led Delian League which fought Sparta in the Peloponnesian War of the 5th Century BC + The Name of the Mega-Corporation running the parks in «Westworld»
Hadrian’s brother Crispin: The St. Crispin’s Day Speech from «Henry V»
The Alien Antagonists, the Cielcin: Ciel (French: Sky) + sin (Mr. Ruocchio is Catholic, alright! 😄)
Lothrian: Have some similar language structure as the Free City of Lorath from GRRM’s «ASOIAF» + Lotharingia/Lorraine in Modern Day France
Hadrian’s family name Marlowe and their Devil Symbol: Christopher Marlowe wrote «Doctor Faustus», about the eponymous scholar who make a pact with the devil Mephistopheles (+ a reversed color scheme of the Manchester United Devil Logo, given the Marlowes’ English Ancestry?)
The Mother of Hadrian’s Family Name, Kephalos: Cephalus, whom Socrates have a dialogue with in Plato’s «Republic». Cephalus give as a definition of justice «to give each what is owed to them», which Socrates refutes by saying that returning a borrowed knife to someone who has turned mad and might therefore hurt themselves, is not just…(cue philosophizing on justice and madness!😅)
Sorry I missed the live stream, had a date night. I have to say as much as I love Hadrian's perspective Crispin's was awesome in The Lesser Devil.
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Thanks Jimmy for doing this chat with Ruocchio!
My pleasure, thanks for watching 😁
My favorite booktuber and my favorite author: bliss ✨💥🌟💖
That's so nice to hear 😁
I missed this live, gotta catch up on the VOD.
This must be
Hope you enjoy bro
Absolutely loved the discussion on herber, tolkien, cynicism, deconstruction of heroes and how Tolkien used those lush long descriptions of nature in an artistic way to show the beauty of nature and how important it is. Another banger Jimmy, Sun Eater is the next scifi series I will check out for sure!
Thanks bro, hope you love it as much as I do!
I will definitely be checking out silva rhetoricae. What a great suggestion for working on prose.
I agree, tons of great info in this one
I've actually never watched or read LotR, when I was younger it just never came up, and as an adult I wasn't sure if I'd enjoy it, so I've just been prioritizing things that seem to be more in line with my taste. But Christopher's breakdown of what LotR means to him has probably been sparked my interest more than anything else, which is saying something because I've heard a LOT about the book
That's awesome
I worlbuild first, get a sense of things, then start writing, changing or adding to the worlbuilding as needed. Hlaf the time though, I only use like 30% of what I've done in the actual manuscript itself,the rest of it merely giving me a better sense of the story
but sometimes I just discovery write the whole thing,do no prep, and it turns out pretty good. So it all depends on the story you're telling,at least to my mind
People: Star Wars or Star Trek?
Me: Doctor Who...
I wanna start reading Ruocchio series, but I can't find any Hardcover version of Empire of Silence in Europe. I refuse to get the paperback. Anyways, great interview.
Thank you! And yes the hardbacks desperately need a reprint
Go digital in that case then because the Hardcover EOS is super hard to find. You gotta get lucky basically. I don't christopher even has any copies he could sell you.
Yeah.... Jimmy, Chris, I ma going to need that book and author list or bad stuff is going to happen.
Oh my 😂
Ruocchio: "I don't see why tearing Tolkien down is necessary, I don't see a need for tearing down authors"
-> I agree.
Feeling a need for moving beyond Tolkien is another matter for me, though. In top tier fiction, there is simply no place for the large parts of the main plot being driven by "fighting evil". Whether it's Tolkien, or Wheel of Time, or fighting the Others in AWOIAF.
Evil to me is a child like, and somewhat narrow minded (and even low key fascist) concept.
I am of the belief the others will be revealed to have an entire culture and nuanced reasons behind their actions, but I do understand your point. I thought Tad Williams did a nice job in memory sorrow and thorn of it
@@thefantasynuttwork About the Others: That would be really cool, and that's what I am hoping for, too. Have to look up Tad Williams, thanks for the tip. I think Ken Liu did a great job of showing how vicious and cruel a warrior society can be, without having to resort to ominous, non psychological evil.
@@tsentenari4353 yeah absolutely, Liu is great at that!