Is there an in-depth video explaining how the multiverse works?

I really liked it, but in comparison to Children of Earth & Sky and A Brightness Long Ago it is underwhelming. My favourite parts were the cameos and tie-ins to the other novels, though I did really like Nadia as a protagonist.

I am so glad that when I worked at MIT's college bookstore, I came across THE KING OF ELFLAND'S DAUGHTER. It was (and remains) the most beautiful prose I have ever read.

Great review! The overworld/otherland mistake is no big deal at all. There’s so much social commentary in Matt’s books. So much philosophy. It’s hard to express how much in a review. This is a book where it’s kind of hard to tell who are the protagonists and who are the antagonists. But anyone on the fence, I highly recommend you take the plunge. I will say, I enjoyed Tyshalle more, not less. But to each their own. Stover intentionally changed tone across all four books.

ME ENCANTARIA SER SU VECINO.

What a great video and summary of Moorcock. Thank you very much

MOORCOCK complains that KABUL (only in French at present) is considered steamunk because it has an airship on the cover. THERE is only a MENTION of an airship in one chapter! The book is about the politic and personal relationships leading to WW3.

And here I was expecting a video about L E Modessit Jr.

I can’t believe I just found out about this…. Need to start Von Bek stat. 😮

Parallel world morality stories have certainly been around since MEN LIKE GODS (Wells) or even A CONNECTICUT YANKEE (Twaine), Moorcock's dialogue was with British 'lefties' -- mainly Fabians -- who continued to support the notion of Empire and he gives many clues with mentions of Bastable (Nesbit) Conrad, Kipling (NIGHT MAIL) and other Eminent Edwadians. He was definitely writing a morality tale (no steam in it, as I RECALL!) and that was a simple difference. The Eternal Champion was done in rough in a fanzine in 1957, I understand but Moorcock's BASTABLE stories examined 1) Leftwing justification of empire 2) liberal attitudes to racism and 3) the left's struggle to accept Stalin. That is,more chewy problems than 0over-population and so on. Looking Backward might hav had some influence Great point about Peake, whon had planned more books in the series but became too il to write them. If parallel worlds is the subject, why not include Tolkien ?

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Sir, Your channel is extremely valuable and provides insight not only to book readers but to the world at large. It is truly inspiring. I am sure your videos have already spread to countries outside the United States. It is always a pleasure to watch and gain something new from your videos. Keep up the excellent work on this amazing channel!

Carrion Comfort and The Terror are favorite works of his so far, highly recommend

THANKS. I just ordered "Ascent of Wonder" I want to get back into reading science fiction.

Jumped into NS with ‘Anathem’ this week. 70 pages in and I think I’m ‘getting it’… slowly. Excited for the journey thanks to this channel.

What is Caine doing when Hari is not present? What changes for Caine between his Actor Hari being absent and present? I should add that I started but did not finish the book, but after all these years I still am trying to understand the world-building.

Nice to see you recommended the Alan Garner novels. I read them as a child in the 60's and have re-read them many times since. They are my favourite kids books. I've been trying to get my granddaughter to read them recently. We'll see how that goes! I live not too far away from Alderley Edge, and have visited the many of the scenes from the stories, so it's easy to place the stories in the real world, as well as on the map.

I completely agree with the criticisms raised. In your GGK ranking video comments, I called it a "hot mess," but you've articulated the issues more eloquently (although, essentially, we're on the same page!). I hold his books to a higher standard, which is why I was disappointed. Cristin would describe my sentiments more aptly. The references to DR and Z were particularly troublesome for me too. In truth, your critique might deter people from rushing to read this one, and that's probably for the best.

Love all the novels from Tigana to A Brightness Long Ago - but he has a dud = All the Seas of the World. It was a hot mess. Such a disappointment.

Please don't use AI images as your thumbnail of the video. It cheapens your whole account. There are numerous public domain images of real artists you could have used....

Hello Bridger, are you planning on doing a retrospective on the Newcastle Forgotten Fantasy Library? This Ballantine video was the video that introduced me to your channel, and I picked up so many recommendations from it. Thank you for educating me on the history of my favourite genre! 😊

Really happy I stumbled onto this channel and its awesome that you're shining a light on some not as widely discussed authors. I've been getting back into reading for fun in the past couple years and read through the MST trilogy, the two bridge novels, and the released LKOOA novels in quick succession. Needless to say I can't wait for Navigator's Children and its a shame that the Last King series hasn't gotten more buzz. Currently reading Tigana as my first GGK novel and loving it and found your videos when I was trying to find more discussion of Kay's bibliography. Excited to check out your other videos and find some hidden gems. Keep up the good work!

In my opiniion, The Navigator's Children is THE fantasy book of the year, and anticipation is super high among me and my fantasy-loving friends.

I almost finished reading all of the Ian Fleming's 007 books. Only Octopussy. Goldfinger, Thunderball and The man with the golden gun left. This bond feels more realistic than the movie Bond. Ian fleming's Bond knows fear. Makes mistakes and suffers dearly for those mistakes.

I just finished the cryptonomicon, this video was great for recomending the other books of this autor

Great video 👍 I've been steampunked for years. It's okay no harm. I'll bet if you talk the way you do narrating this video ALL the time around the house that it drives your wife crazy 😎👀

Stephen R. Donaldson, Guy Gavriel Kay, Tad Williams, Steven Erikson. Those are the top 4.

Kay is an amazing writer. The Sarantine Mosaic changed the way I look at fantasy. It's his masterpiece. Under Heaven is a close second.

The books I collect right now are those which I think will give me something back - be that knowledge, personal enjoyment, expanding my horizons, and aesthetic value.

The Last Chronicles, while not as good as the first two, still provides many fantastic moments and great accomplishments of imagination. I'm personally disappointed in you that you didn't like them more. The flaws shouldn't be too great to enjoy the books, especially for fans of the first two Chronicles. I honestly don't "get" why this series bothered you so much. Still giving you a thumbs up and subscribing, though.

The Second Chronicles is amazing. Essential reading for sure in my opinion.

The greatest fantasy series of all time

Carrion comfort. ❤❤❤❤

Rene Guillot....Henri Bosco.. ...ian Serrailler

10:12 The work of Chretien de Troyes employed highly sophisticated narrative techniques that are still being unraveled by academics today.

Today I saw part of a video which mentioned Piers Anthony. I thought it was one of your videos but unfortunately I now cannot seem to find the video. As such, this comment is out of place. The segment I saw stated that because of the typically less serious nature of the Xanth series, the reviewer was trying to avoid that and stick to more serious works in the genre. That is also my general attitude when it comes to fantasy but I must say I was amused by The Color of Magic mini-series that I found to be well done (I believe still freely streamable on Tubi). Containing a more British sense of humor. Never read the novels but the mini-series did get me to think more positively toward fantasy writing that is less serious in tone.

Although it's not a book, oddly the legend of Kora is probably one of the better examples of modern steampunk, it begins to examine questions of law and social responsibility in Transitioning from a traditional to an industrial society, where the role of spiritually is in a post traditional society and what it means to be born powerless in a world dominated by the privilege of power and how technology shifts the balance of power but, because it is a kids cartoon, it never really develops the ideas to full fill a resolution

Love to see you examine the Shaft novels with Ernest Tidyman!

Don't surpose you would consider providing a complete list of all these amazing books referenced here?

As with the second series video, "the epitome of excess" seems to be a very appropriate description of the third series just as I would consider "overkill" to be an appropriate description in general. That said, the wonderfulness of The Land was more than enough to overcome any criticism (at least as far as pertains to the first 6 books). In the third series, I made it to the second book but frankly don't recall if I managed to get any further than that. As far as I'm concerned, the entire series could have stopped after book 6. As with the first 2 videos, excellent review here too. Your description very much matches my sense of the books in the third series (to the extent that I managed to read them).

"Overkill." Definitely an appropriate description of the writing in the series as a whole. Particularly as it pertains to the incessant and tiresome rehashing Thomas Covenent and later Linden Avery do. That said, The Land and it's inhabitants definitely make up for this and perhaps the stark contrast between the two makes this even more appreciated due to the terribleness of the main characters. As with the first video, excellent review.

3:23 - Well said. Though I think for myself I slightly differ in that I *strongly dislike* Covenant (and his tiresome, repetitive whiny self flagellation) while at the same time I love The Land, it's inhabitants and the many fantastical elements portrayed throughout the series. Excellent video review!

I read all of the original Fleming novels in a row over a single summer. My favorite novel is "Casino Royale", and my favorite movie is "Dr. No".

A Fire Upon the Deep is so good.

I gre up with Sean Connery and Roger Moore , but Cancino reroll with Daniel Craig I must say, is my favorite best film

I think the John R. McNeil illustrations for the Oz books by L. Frank Baum are among the best illustrations matched to the written works. My favorite of all the books in the series isn't the most popular of the bunch, Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz, but the gorgeously illustrated Ozma of OZ.