Congratulations on the special edition and Italian translation Philip. Gotta say, reading Sanderson after Bakker is like watching Disney's Aladdin after Barker's Hellraiser.

“He is not clearly gonna be luffy’s ally ” some gold right there😂 26:21

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This might be vague, but an important supporting character is going to come up in a flashback during the Fishman Island arc who will reappear much later in the current day. And when he does, you're going to feel even sorrier for the Celestial Dragons. Only then will you understand the gravitas of how you put it, 'unaware of the prison they are trapped in.' Also, not to undercut you, but Mr. Morj, one of the big mainstay One Piece channels has a bunch of excellent analysis videos. Most of them have spoilers, but I recommend his big analysis on Marineford, which you have just finished. It hits so many nails on the head over aspects that make Marineford a masterclass in sending your character to the belly of the whale and utterly breaking them, as well as discussions about how it reframes and refocuses the story as Luffy's journey to Pirate King, and Ace and Whitebeard's importance as supporting characters that complete the theming and message of the Summit War saga overall. Best part is that the only major spoiler I found comes in a snippet from 37:47 to 37:53. If you have One Piece fans in your discord or contacts or a fellow literature channel like Merphy Napier, you can easily have that and the rest of the video checked for any spoilers i missed. Overall, I think you'd really enjoy that and come out with an even greater appreciation for Marineford.

Lot's of great reading there, and a lot of those books I have finished in the last couple months including Of War and Ruin and Rhythm of War. And I think these books being so dang long is starting to take away my enjoyment. Particularly from Of War and Ruin. I think I might need to focus on shorter snappier stories for at least the beginning of next year. I am nearly done with the Saxon Chronicles, I have been reading one a month for most of the year. I think I might replace them with Cornwell's Sharpe series after I finish Uhtred's story. Or I might give his Warlord King Author retelling a second try, I remember DNFing the first book years ago, but even then I thought it was just the wrong time.

49:50 - I LOOOOVED when Paragon sensed Brashen and Althea having sex, and he can only think of it being rape until he slowly realizes and remembers.... Then Althea says, post-coitus how she almost thought they were flying. And that is SO cool because, in the Rain Wild Chronicles, they say that dragons mate mid-air, so it's like Althea was sharing some of Paragon's dragon memories that he had forgotten after all the trauma that had happened aboard him.

Does it say somewhere in the text that Kennnit's charm is his conscience? I thought it was just the charm with the soul of a dragon with Kennit's face and voice, helping Kennit do good things and trying to course-correct Kennit's heartlessness. I never saw him as a charming man with a conscience he buries deep down but as a broken, interesting, and bad man who--to a comic extent--kept accidentally making people love him.

So happy to have grabbed that special edition. I can’t wait to complete the series

I had so much fun listening to this discussion. Thank you, guys, for making it happen. It was a perfect blend of thoughtful discussion and good old-fashioned banter. Allen saying he likes order when he's such a force of chaos on stream is a mystery for the ages, or is it just you, Philip, who brings out the agent of chaos within him?😂 Also concerning the next big arc, I'm not worried at all that you're going to enjoy it, as the criticisms against it are not things that would bother you, and its strengths are exactly what you love One Piece for. So I'm really looking forward to your next arc review, as I think you'll have a lot of fun dissecting what makes the arc great.

Yay! I’m so excited to hear you plan on watching the one piece fan letter 😁 Did you have any thoughts about a video on your theories or expectations of one piece after the war?

Ah, I feel you, Philip! The tough life of an educator. There we spend all that time and energy to come up with something nice for the students to write their essays on and then it's not at all appreciated. Never mind all the work that then goes into grading. We really need to raise more awareness about the plight of teachers.😁 Who is that woman you're discussing Anna Smith Spark with? I don't think I've heard of her before. One of those newish channels, I presume.😁 Enjoy the rest of your Sunday, Philip!

Congrats on the Italian translation, Philip! Now we need The Way of Edan to be translated into Spanish!! Greetings from Argentina :)

Obligatory MY EARS comment :P

Wow 3 books a month for SpFbOx 😮 that’s serious commitment 🫡

Well, that sums it up pretty well for me

this discussion was so satisfying to listen to, you guys touched on so many of the best/important beats and themes while also having a blast with the bantering. i loved the line up!! i hope to one day see Mike joining in on these too, he's also one of my fav booktubers whose opinions i'm always interested in hearing, so i hope once he catches up we'll get to see you guys link up more and more about one piece.

A week or so ago i concluded Tad Williams' Memory Sorrow & Thorn, (superb) and the day before yesterday I finished the 2nd arc of Wurts' Wars of Light & Shadow with Warhost of Vastmark. This series really is shaping up to becoming one of my favourites. I planned on taking a break between arcs (which I still plan on doing) but I'll be getting to Arc 3 sooner than later. As for what I'm currently reading: Fitz & the Fool 2: Fool's Quest

Congratulations for the Italian translation. Also hope there'll be a German translation in the near future because I would love my mother to be able to read them. She's quite a big fantasy fan herself (reading Stormlight Archives at the moment ^^), and I'm pretty sure she would love the Edan trilogy.

Just got my copy. Can’t wait to see the special edition.

Wow an Italian translation, that's huge! Congrats and congrats on the Broken Binding edition nearly selling out!

Love all of your thoughts on the arcs, they are incredibly amazing. You mentioned not being sure how Akainu is pronounced. It's Ah/Uh-Kai-New more or less. Japanese is very syllabic, in that each syllable should sound the same every time for the most part. So his name is A-Ka-I-Nu but the Ka blends into the I sound. Hope that helps❤

I plan to read The Last Kingdom and listen to y’all’s discussion on it in December, so I’m excited about that. I’m hoping to finish Rhythm of War and Wind and Truth by the end of December. I’ve enjoyed The Stormlight Archive so far but I totally agree with you about the magic system. I too enjoy soft magic more than hard magic. I appreciate what Sanderson has done for the genre but I enjoy Gwynne’s style a lot more.

I ordered mine as soon as I was able.

Philip, I'm obviously a gigantic Stormlight fan and I'm definitely not gonna be done with my reread when Wind and Truth comes out. Yeah, it annoys me slightly that I won't get to be on the bandwagon right when everyone else is, but I'll be reading Stormlight anyway and really, a few extra weeks doesn't really. Don't worry about it.

Every time I see that boxed set of Hobbit/LOTR paperbacks on your shelf it makes me smile. My mom gave me the exact same set when I was a kid and it sparked my love for fantasy. I still have it and it’s one of my most cherished possessions. I mentioned it to her the other day and it made her happy to know how much it meant to me. Do you recall where you got yours?

Congratulations on the Broken Binding editions and them flying off shelves!

Congratulations on the Broken Binding and the Italian translation!

RoW does have a lot of science of magic. I find I feel the same. WoK and WoR were much better than OB and RoW.

Can’t wait to listen to the audiobook! I picked up a copy and I should get to it in December.

The Lord of the Rings vs. Harry Potter? That's not a fair matchup! Harry Potter shouldn't be pitted against literary fantasy, because it isn't literary (not that it's devoid of anything literary, but just on the whole it doesn't try to have the kind of prose, diction, or craft associated with the literary genres). HP vs. Sanderson seems much fairer. Conversely, HP against any other nonliterary children's/YA fantasy probably wouldn't be a fair fight either (e.g., Percy Jackson, Artemis Fowl), because that's what's special about HP-she found a way to write nonliterary children's fantasy better than anyone else. HP is a titan because, for its particular niche, nothing compares. I have great admiration for the Harry Potter books, and yet I would never push for them to win against The Lord of the Rings. That's like making me say, "Which is better, _A Christmas Story_ (1983) or _It's a Wonderful Life_ (1946)?" Why are we even comparing these things? Sure, there's a clear winner; but they're both great, and comparing them to each other isn't helping either. (Not that I'm criticizing the upcoming debate-have fun!)

I’m so glad to be able to get a copy of the special edition and can’t wait for the rest of the series.

Hello, sir, would I be able to order a copy of the special limited edition and have it shipped to the college you work at so you could sign it for me?

16:16 Dark Gilf Rayleigh, my goat!!!

I feel like stormlight is fantasy for sci fi fans, and I totally understandd what you aree saying

Thank you for your honesty on Sanderson. I feel seen haha

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Brandon Sanderson is a hack and nothing can convince me otherwise. One of the worst fantasy writers out there. I am not trolling. I am shocked that so many are falling for his elementary school fantasy. When you have writers like Tolkien, Martin, Steven Erikson, Dan Simmons, Gene Wolfe, Robin Hobb, R. Scott Baker, Clark Ashton Smith, Tad Williams, Stephen R. Donaldson, Robert E Howard, Raymond Feist - it is a sin and an obscenity to read the embarrassing drivel of Sanderson.

Thank you for having such a positive, happy channel. We had to put our dog to sleep on Wed, and I really appreciate the distraction of booktube. I considered re-reading Rhythm of War before the new book comes out, but that's just not going to happen. I'm going to Sanderson's Dragonsteel convention in Utah in 2 weeks, and hopefully it'll be a great time.

For what it's worth, I'm the prime Harry Potter generation and grew up with the books as a kid/teen, and even though i like HP for what it is, i wouldn't dare say HP is on the same level as LotR lol that will be an enjoyable video. Thanks for the content you put out, it's great stuff!

I just stumble on this channel. Are we nos spoiling in the comments?

Cannot wait for The Way of Edan to arrive next year. Gives us something to look forward to during the post Christmas blues! So many of the books you are reading are now on my TBR. So many books, so little time!

Philip, congrats again on all the recent success for The Way of Edan! I can't wait to get my grubby mits on the book 2 audio! I'm also excited for you to read Bernard Cornwell! And very curious about your thoughts on Rhythm of War haha

Hi Philip. The Broken Binding edition looks wonderful. I hope your students have written a bunch of terrific essays this semester. I've been grazing through lots of miscellaneous non-fiction of late, including an autobiography of rocker Suzi Quatro, The Last Genteman Adventurer (about coming of age in the Arctic), The Ancient Mediterranean by Michael Grant. Forthcoming soon is the new novel by Haruki Murakami (The City and It's Uncertain Walls) I hope to finish Don Quixote by years end, and I'd like to at least start A Clash of Kings. Happy holidays.

SO excited for you with the BB editions and I can't wait for my copy to arrive! That's awesome that Abel is going to translate. I look forward to the Weeks That Were on my Saturday mornings!

Another amazing episode of the weeks that were! Thanks so much for the lovely shoutout Philip! ❤ you are one of the kindest people I’ve met on BookTube, and I can’t describe in adequate words how much I enjoyed our chat - can’t wait to chat much more in the future! 😊 If you were feeling the tediousness of the magic / science described in oathbringer, it’s even more so in ROW unfortunately - on this re-read I’ve been reading slowly and in between other books and that’s helped tremendously! Congrats on the broken binding edition, bringing Edan to Italy (and soon worldwide) and the success of the audiobook!! So excited for book 3 😊

Kneel down kids I am reading Malazan 😊

read manga Naruto!!!

WHAT, Abel is going to do a translation?! That is soooo cool, he is just the best! It truly never fails to bring me tons of joy whenever you talk about all the success and exciting updates on your books, you deserve to be so proud of yourself 🥰 Also really happy to hear that OWAR is living up to the hype for you, you're making me want to re-read it haha. And speaking of re-reads, I am currently 70% into my re-read of Rhythm of War and whereas all the other 3 have gone up in enjoyment the 2nd time around, this 4th one is just still not totally doing it for me (sorry, this is probably not helping you get more excited to prioritise it haha oops). Hope all the other books on your TBR bring you lots of joy, happy reading!

I'm really excited to get to more of Le Guin's Earthsea works as well, I have that same edition and it's just so darn beautiful. My writing professor said my work reminds him of some of the Le Guin short stories in that collection, which I think can't possibly be right, but I absolutely have to read more so I can find out how the master does it! I look forward to hearing more of your thoughts on Le Guin and Earthsea!!!