[gregski]

Luc0s said:

Gee I didn't know Sapkowski was such a douchebag. ›››

So easy to call people names on the internet. And mature!

[seamusgod]

heh people are too used to the effusive media savvy type, they get quite flustered with the detached type who refuses to grovel.

[slimgrin]

Well I'm not about to mistake him for Santa Clause.

[Nicolas F]

slimgrin said:

Well I'm not about to mistake him for Santa Clause. ›››

He does remind me a lot of the main character of a children´s series back in the 80s.

He´s fine (and fun) when you listen to him in person. He speaks his mind, but didn´t come across precisely arrogant to me.

[Boreas_Mun_bg]

So,fellow witchers are there any news for the upcoming book?

[Aditya_the_warrior_within]

totally forgot about this myself, any news since last posted?

[witchermasterofRolling]

Sirnaq said:

Actually witcher is translated to a lot of languages (13 if i remember correctly), only not english. Also the english translations are really bad quality, i guess language differences take a lot from the books.

Also im probably gonna be flamed to death for that but i consider polish literature to be simply superior to english. There is a lot of genius polish books lost forever to western audience because 1 - no one translated them 2 - doubt that someone from more western countries would understand them, i mean jokes, references etc. ›››

you come off sounding vary racist with that last comment. like polish are of higher intelligence or are superior in general. Of course your going to find polish Literature to be better. You clearly have a good understanding of English But its never going to be as good as your understanding of your native language.

Most English literature that's translated to another language will also suffer. You can piss off with your superiority complex.

[Guy N'wah]

I don't think a language and literary tradition that produced Chaucer, Shakespeare, Mark Twain, and James Joyce has anything about itself that should motivate anyone to consider it inferior (well, maybe it owes the world a big apology for Bronze Dan), but Sirnaq's point that Polish letters are largely ignored in the English-speaking countries remains a fair one.

Not even Stanisław Lem (The Cyberiad, Solaris) is an exception to that; even though Lem's works are widely read in English, he was repeatedly and fiercely snubbed by American writers in general and Philip K. Dick in particular.

[Gilrond]

Lem's works are at least translated to English and he is regarded as a science fiction classic. About being snubbed. Even some American authors can get this attitude, like for example Robert Sheckley who was the master of the short science fiction novels which are simply brilliant. But in America that genre is not as popular as big novels in general, so he often didn't get the credit that he deserved.

[slimgrin]

So...why the hell was Lem snubbed? Other than the fact American writers can be royal douche bags, and Dick was a drug addicted nut job?

[Guy N'wah]

slimgrin said:

So...why the hell was Lem snubbed? Other than the fact American writers can be royal douche bags, and Dick was a drug addicted nut job? ›››

Dick was indeed a few ants short of a picnic. Dick believed Lem was not a real person but a committee with the purpose of turning the SF readership against American authors, and he denounced Lem to the FBI: Stanisław Lem: The Official Site: FAQ

Ironically, Lem had praised Dick highly: Philip K. Dick: A Visionary Among the Charlatans

Lem had no use for most American SF writers and criticized them harshly; he considered their work superficial, unimaginative, and commercial. They returned his criticism by expelling him from the SFWA; after Ursula LeGuin's intervention, they offered him a new membership, which he pointedly declined.

[MBsnake]

Well...I'm excited />