Unraveling The Witcher Books' Biggest Problem (Essay)

Описание: EDIT: The map showing Witcher translations depicted at 1:36 and 3:58 erroneously depicts the Crimean Peninsula as part of Russia, instead of Ukraine. Please see the pinned comment for more context on why this is wrong.

"Are the Witcher books based on the game?"

Regardless of how much it pains fans to hear, this is one of the most commonly-asked questions about The Witcher... in the English world, that is.

Witcher arrived in the Anglosphere as not as books, not as games, but as BOTH: as *transmedia*. But what is transmedia, and how has it defined how Witcher is understood in the English language today?

How did the Witcher games and books' joint arrival into English affect both their reception and perception? Why do so many not know that the Witcher is originally a BOOK series? and... Does Andrzej Sapkowski hate the Witcher games?!?!

Let's investigate these questions and more, in Episode 1 of this new mini-series of essays: slated to cover transmedia, publication, and translation of the Witcher book series.

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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
2:30 The First Ventures
6:44 The Convergence of the Spheres
17:55 A Community is Created
32:58 "Books based on games"?
56:57 The Law of Surprise

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Spoilers: Spoilers for the Witcher books and games are included in this video.

Copyright: The original text of the Witcher is the intellectual property of and © Andrzej Sapkowski and published by SuperNOWA. The Gollancz-Orion English translations are © Danusia Stok and David French. This video is categorized as fair use. Read more about fair use at: https://www.copyright.gov/title17/92c...