Reviews: The Heroes and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

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[@XxSircampsalotXx]

I don't even read books like this, but I came for One Piece and just kinda stuck around. It's nice here.

[@SK-pj8mg]

u should start some

[@XxSircampsalotXx]

@@SK-pj8mg I could... but I have the attention span of a squirrel on crack.

[@Gedebongbagong]

Yeah me too lol

[@iamdivan7368]

@@XxSircampsalotXx I feel you in both comments, bro Let's wait for Friday together

[@johanjoseph4802]

It's definitely Nice here

[@blackaciddevyl1au]

Whirrun of Bligh is one of my favourite characters in any fantasy novel of all times. The cheese trap is one of my favourite moments from the book.

[@teksnotdead902]

The chapter Casualties in The Heroes is one of my favorite chapters ever to read. The way the POV moves around the battlefield is so visual.

[@Thecatladybooknook_PennyD]

I'm reading Best Served Cold and The Heros this month with a friend.

[@marco.savini.128]

Jules Verne wrote 54 novels in his extraordinary voyages collection, his goal was to make a compendium of all of the scientific knowedge of his era in a fun engaging way, that's why his books are heavily descriptive and full of scientific discourse, so sometimes it can be very dry and can feel like tmi but the reader must keep in mind what his original goal was in order to understand why it is that way thats part of why i like his books, you have to take it as kind of a mix of fiction and non fiction

[@nikif.166]

19 undulations?!? That's a crime, there should be more.

[@toshomni9478]

It's the ocean. Things undulate. There's no getting around it.

[@zofiabochenska1240]

At elast this one is happening in the sea, so it's almost justified. Almost.

[@wingracer1614]

Then let me recommend Piers Anthony and his Cluster series. It appears over 40 times in each book. Of course this could be considered cheating. He named a whole species "Undulants."

[@ducky36F]

Could have at least got to 20

[@nikif.166]

@@ducky36F agreed

[@LEOrgill]

Isn’t 20000 Leagues Under The Sea a translated work, so the word choice of undulate the fault of the translation not the author.

[@wingracer1614]

Yes

[@thegleeman7535]

Personal opinion is that all the English translations actually suck of Vernes works.

[@username7735]

I've read translations of Jules Verne in 2 different languages. One in my native language and one in English... the latter was underwhelming. I feel like English speakers often get the short end of the stick when it comes to translated work. I had the same problem with The Witcher series. I don't know why but English translations always come out dry and less immersive. It could be because the language doesn't lend itself to poetic writing, to begin with, but I'm no authority on that so I could be wrong.

[@Pulsar77]

The word does exist in French, though ('onduler'). It would be interesting to check if they are in the original text.

[@lostschedule51]

One book closer to A little hatred! I can't wait for the review for that one

[@coleton7048]

The Trouble With Peace was even better than A Little Hatred though.

[@nxsardella]

@@coleton7048 True, Trouble With Peace is maybe my 2nd or 3rd Abercrombie work, though that may just be because it finally made me realize that he has my absolute favorite writing style and that I could probably just read him forever and be happy. 😅

[@coleton7048]

@@nxsardella He's my favorite writer as well. But do you mean it's your second or third book of his you've read? Or that it's you're second or third favorite?

[@nxsardella]

@@coleton7048 Ah yes I meant 2nd or 3rd favorite, I’ve read all his works in order, it just took me until that one to realize that. He’s not actually my favorite writer but the way he writes is my favorite if that makes sense? The way he constructs scenes with subtle details and writes 3rd person point of view is just so good.

[@coleton7048]

@@nxsardella Who's your favorite writer then?

[@Alfonso88279]

20 thousand leagues under the sea was my favorite book as a kid. I mean, maybe together with the Hobbit. The thing is, the hobbit was my first book and I forgot about it when I was 9 or 10, so I always repeated that 20 thousand leagues under the sea was my favorite one... Those descriptions that made challenging to finish the book for you, were fascinating to me. I wanted to know how were those animals, how was the submarine, I used to daydream about traveling underwater... those mysterious and huge worlds unexplored, those strange creatures waiting for me to find them, so amazing... Now I read it again and yes, it's a bit dry. I won't say that the magic is no more but as an adult, it's a very different experience. Nowdays, A journey to center of the earth (is that the name in english?) is my favorite Verne book. It's a bit more comfortable to read. But it's astonishing the things Verne could imagine in his time... a true visionary no doubt... Maybe he didn't see the future, maybe he CREATED IT, when the people who grew enjoying his books tried so hard to reach the world he hinted.

[@theloudstarkirby4203]

Good

[@Merlijn1994]

I've never clicked this fast on a video, I'm so curious what you think about the heroes!

[@Merlijn1994]

Please go read the age of madness, it's AMAZING

[@iamdivan7368]

Is it glitch, that your comment is from two days ago, but video came out 19 in minutes?

[@Lynn-CA]

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[@Auron200004]

One thing I really love about Abercrombie's later books is the theme of legacy. Any time a character from earlier in his series are referenced, you really feel the weight of those references (e.g. the Northmen losing their minds when they think the Bloody Nine is present).

[@miokjr6286]

Yeah! It is great to see references, call backs and reappearances from other books.😄 Keep those longtime readers happy I say! Also the way he connects them we can almost see the big picture the way players like Byaz sees it...

[@themarcazard]

What a coincidence! I just finished The Heroes last night. Starting Red Country today :)

[@teksnotdead902]

I read both this year and liked both.

[@k-majik]

I'm pretty sure Half a King is in Abercrombie's YA series, it isn't part of First Law. So it's probably fine to read out of order! The Heroes is hilarious and bloody in equal measure, it's a great time. Red Country is also top tier fantasy (although not my favourite), it recontextualises some past characters and I like the new industrialising Wild West part of the world that is explored.

[@eliasfurufors5230]

Half a King, and that series, was my introduction to Abercrombie. As someone who has read some YA, but not a lot, it's still a very adult version of YA, kinda an in between way. He is just too grimdark to fully commit to YA, it felt like. I loved it though. Haven't read it for a long while so I might have to reread it.

[@lianneeden4873]

20 000 leagues under the sea is so nostalgic for me because my father read it to me when I was a kid and I still remember some scenes very vividly

[@bjdunne5113]

I've read The Heroes several times. Love it

[@miokjr6286]

He is definitely one of the best at writing battles😊 to be honest I almost felt like reading it again right after finishing it😂

[@eavanodonoghue]

You have to read The Liveship Traders trilogy by Robin Hobb. I’m really enjoying it. I’m on the second book and if you’re looking for books about the sea, sailing, pirates etc, this is definitely a top recommendation.

[@srswriter1165]

I'm glad you enjoyed the Heroes. It's one of my favourites. It would be great to hear a spoiler review of the book if you have time. I'd really like to hear what you thought of some of the specific characters and their arcs.

[@lucasbertsche3710]

Let’s go, I was hoping you would continue First Law soon! I just finished A Little Hatred and loved it. Starting The Trouble with Peace today

[@nimthiriel9]

I totally agree with you about the descriptions in 20,000 Leagues. I've read several of Jules Verne's works, and I struggled with the descriptions. I also thought 20,000 leagues referred to depth before I read it. I'm glad I'm not alone. ☺

[@totallysick88able]

Iv read The Hero’s twice! Its the most brilliant medieval warfare story ever written that doesn’t involve Fantasy creatures

[@Craigathy]

Heroes is probably my favorite book I read this year! Absolutely loved it. Also read Half a King. Kinda on the fence. Definitely different from his other works.

[@Merlijn1994]

YOU LIKED IT!!! I'm so ridiculously happy about that

[@katkag.1799]

Jules Verne is one of my favourite authors, his books are filled with so much information, full of adventures, perhaps simpler characters, you know immediately who is good/bad, still, I love his books and recommend to read his books.

[@rachelsanders3537]

This is exactly how I felt about 20,000 leagues! It was such a struggle to get through but the good parts made me want more. I stuck around waiting for more info on Captain Nemo and we didn't really get much sadly...

[@Jorah123456789]

If you want more info on Captain Nemo you should read Verne's Mysterious Island. I did not like it nearly as much as 20.000 Leagues Under the Sea but the second part gives more info on Nemo so there is that.

[@belalaloca]

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a classic. I've read it a few times since I was a kid and it's a great book

[@joshramirez7]

Verne wrote about submarines before they were ever invented, so I think all the descriptions in the beginning are warranted and maybe a good reference for the military to copy him haha

[@DrMetalpin]

Really not true. Submarines were built as far back as the 1500’s and 1600’s. Verne wrote 20,000 somewhere around the 1870’s. I’ll take Verne’s Nautilus over any of those other designs though. :)

[@joshramirez7]

@@DrMetalpin Yeah, that is true. Verne definitely stepped it up though! Lol

[@Philistine47]

Sorry, but that's just not correct. People had been building submarines for a couple of hundred years before Verne was even born - including _Turtle,_ the first submarine put to military use (in the American Revolution), _Nautilus,_ built by Robert Fulton in 1800 and explicitly acknowledged by Verne as inspiring the name of his fictional boat, and _Plongeur,_ a French experimental submarine which Verne inspected in some detail in 1867. It would take another thirty-ish years after the novel's publication for developments in propulsion and armaments technology to make submarines truly *practical,* but "invented" had long since come and gone. Furthermore, most of the "modern" features shared by Verne's _Nautilus_ and the practical descendants of those early pioneers already existed by the time the book was published - including ballast tanks to control buoyancy, hydroplanes to allow rapid and precise changes in depth, internal subdivision into watertight compartments, and a long, narrow hull form for speed - were already known to shipbuilders of the day. The one thing Verne anticipated that was really new was use of a fossil fuel powerplant to charge batteries, which in turn would drive the ship forward with electricity. But Verne's model of "mining coal from the seabed and burning it to separate sodium for a sodium-mercury battery" is pretty different in detail from "running diesel generators to charge lead-acid batteries." TL;DR, Verne's _Nautilus_ was much more inspired by existing submarines than it was an inspiration for future developments.

[@joshramirez7]

@@Philistine47 Thanks for the lesson, but yeah, maybe should have worded my comment better. My point was that he popularized it and others may have taken his ideas and turned them into what we see today! ;)

[@nikostheater]

20.000 Leagues Under The Sea is a part of a Trilogy, with the Mysterious Island being the masterpiece in my opinion. Verne though wrote in another age, where scientific exploration and the visions and expectations about the future was all the rage and he actually predicted a lot of inventions that actually happened, like the submarine. Verne’s work isn’t fantasy, it’s adventure-sci-fi of its era, aimed at young adults but also adults and I would say, he is nailing it. Try again to read his work. Don’t read it with the mindset and expectations you have with modern authors like Ambercrombie. Let the book take you to the journey and try to mentally be in the era it’s describing and it’s written. Vernes work is wildly satisfying.

[@mateuszzielonka9007]

I read 20,000 leagues under the sea. I liked the story and characters, I actually preferred the first half because it felt more like an adventure while the second half was too fast paced for the story. i 100% agree that I did not need to know the dietary habits of EVERY SING fish in EVERY CORNER of the ocean, Mr. Arronax!

[@Highlite17]

I'm new in my journey through the First Law novels, but am already quite excited for each one. The Blade Itself was an excellent book. Finished that one a few weeks back, and after reading through some stand alones (The Martian/Between Two Fires) and The Shadow of the Gods, I'll be starting Before They Are Hanged next. Beyond excited for this one! Love Abercrombie's writing style and characterizations. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea was one of the first classic novels I read growing up. It is also one of the few books I have re-read in my life, in addition to The Hobbit and LOTR. Perhaps I will read it a third time someday.

[@jonasvanmaldeghem688]

The heroes is the book that blew me away most of all Fantasy books I've read.

[@eduardobrachetti4684]

Narwhals! Narwhals! Living in the ocean, causing a commotion, cause their are so awesome!

[@Adam-se5ur]

Late comment (I didn't see the video until 5 days after it was released), but this song stuck in my head from the moment she said 'narwhal'.

[@eduardobrachetti4684]

@@Adam-se5ur yup

[@tomsharo8457]

Very Honest review ... thanks Merphy.. you really got the book!

[@andrewpearson2666]

The Heroes and Best Served Cold are my favorite Joe Abercrombie books.

[@harmanpiano]

The Heroes is one of my all-time favorite books, really enjoyed hearing your take on it. Just FYI, Half a King (or the Shattered Seas trilogy) is Abercrombie’s YA series.

[@JoeK7]

looking forward to see what you think to Red Country next :D

[@riakm921]

I adore Jules Verne!

[@thatsci-firogue]

I go back and forth whether or not Best Served Cold or The Heroes is my favourite of the standalones. Safe to say I love them equally, probably.

[@miokjr6286]

I mean it is difficult to compare the two... but personally I think I prefer war to vengeance... but safe to say that he does both phenomenally😊

[@nickzilla656]

Got read the unmarked sequel to 20k Leagues next. The Mysterious Island. Still has lots of descriptions and contains a blueprint for how to restart society if you need one, but is much more heavily loaded with adventure than 20k Leagues.

[@rotcod1771]

The "King" series is actually YA-High School and is a different universe to First Law. I've read the trilogy to my students before (with omissions) and the kids liked it because they connected to the characters

[@captainblubber]

Typo in the title Merphy. Can't wait to listen to this later. The Heroes is my favourite Abercrombie book! 😄👍🏼

[@Florfilm]

Does it have a lot of torture. I want to read it but I can’t handle torture scenes very well.

[@captainblubber]

@@Florfilm Can't remember actually. Don't think so. But it does have plenty of gruesome stuff. If you can handle his other books you should be fine.

[@Florfilm]

@@captainblubber I haven't read any of his other books. I'll give this a try. It's the one that intrigues me most.

[@theloudstarkirby4203]

My favorite book i dont have. Can you do a video on a list of books you have and rate what ones we shoud read

[@nikostheater]

I haven’t read this the Heroes by Ambercrombie, usually though his characters aren’t strictly good or bad and not really relatable. His worlds are cinematic and interesting though and he tosses around enough humor, adventure and world building along with some character work to keep you invested. His style though I feel doesn’t really work with multi volume epic series but mostly as stand alone stories.

[@miokjr6286]

While the characters that Abercrombie writes might not always be the most relatable, he still manages to get the reader to understand their motives. To me understandable characters are often more important than relatable ones. I kind of agree that his stand alone books are better, but then again I think that it makes sense to view the First Law series as a single story split up in to three parts, and also all of the stories are connected... Each story depicts moves made by the real players of the world he has build and their subsequent consequences most of which only seem to affect the smaller players or pieces really...

[@miokjr6286]

Also if you haven’t yet you definitely should😊 it is definitely worth the read!😊

[@shantanubopardikar7719]

I can relate to so many points you mentioned for 20000 leagues under the sea, like I too went into the book expecting 20000 leagues straight down rather than horizontal. I also found the first half a bit boring than the second and my god he gives the details of every fish they see.

[@KristinMomentsOfSanctuary]

Love 20k - I thought it was depth as well- glad I wasn’t alone in that. Verne was such a visionary and I love his characters and care about their adventures. Thanks for reviewing it.

[@skellumfh]

I like the reversal that in "The Heroes" the characters most respected as "Great Warriors" are often the ppl you would probably classify as mentally ill today while the whimps are the ppl you could imagine in the modern world

[@ethansou]

20,000 leagues was something we read in 6th grade but it was shortened to fit inside a 250 page text book.

[@iamdivan7368]

Great video, thanks Jules Verne is arguably(very arguably) the most important science fiction writer ever, so nice to hear your opinion on his work

[@dallenhumpherys7911]

Merphy, have you read journey to the center of the earth?

[@kimesch9698]

I read that book 11 times in the 5th grade! Loved it so much. Why are the movies so terrible?

[@greenergrass4060]

I lowkey love the Main Trio of 20000 Leagues. By the end of the Book (when they safely escaped the nautilus and all embraced in the Hut, i was CRYING)

[@zofiabochenska1240]

I know it's a classic, but didn't Merphy specifically explained, how to avoid spoliers? :P

[@kimesch9698]

Spoiler!!! ☹️

[@lulupain18]

Half a King! Yay! I loved the Shattered Sea Trilogy so much. Book 2 has my favorite character of all time. The magic system is more in the background of the plot, but is one of the most unique ones I have read.

[@nxsardella]

Are you referring to Brand or Thorn?

[@lulupain18]

@@nxsardella Thorn. She is so strong and flawed. I like Brand too.

[@jegergladformad86]

Spoiler but what magic ;) I loved that trilogy. If you liked his twist. read "Prince of thornes" by Mark Lawrence he kinda does the same thing playing with the tecnical genre of his universes. loved 'em (read you comment again you've read all tree i understand now but the recomdation is good if you hav'nt read the Broken Empire trilogy give it a chance I found it a great read 8.8/10

[@bethanygreenwood8259]

-"there are 19 though" 🤣🤣🤣

[@kratos7358]

After just finishing The Ember Blade I am still kind of in a mood for some gritty fantasy, and this might have convinced me to use 20k Leagues for prompt 3 hardmode. Great vid~

[@SabineThinkerbellum]

The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne is some sort of a sequel and one of my favorite Verne novels.

[@theonlyslagathor]

Just to add for The Heroes and Joe Abercrombie in general: He tends to have characters that have like an almost pure optimistic outlook on life (or at least relative to the rest of the cast). He does tend to have those characters challenged and tries everything he can to stamp out that optimism, but I do like that there's always someone who comes out of it not necessarily for the worst? (I make no sense in the morning. Or ever for that matter) But also OMG HALF A KING IS PRETTY GOOD! you'll probably like it.

[@miokjr6286]

I would consider those characters more hopeful than optimistic...at least most of them... and the stamping I would consider them coming to terms with hard reality and giving them the opportunity to reevaluate their stand and choices.😊

[@miokjr6286]

Also even though they seem to come out alright in the end I personally think that most of them have just been put on hold for a while😊

[@theonlyslagathor]

@@miokjr6286 oh yeah these are way better put than what I was trying to say lol!

[@miokjr6286]

The Heroes is definitely one of the best books I’ve ever read character wise. The weird thing about the plot, at least to me, is that you don’t really know where the book is going until it is all over... only after the battle can we think about the implications of what just happened... in the way Joe Abercrombie writes the battle it almost makes the reader a witness to the whole thing. I mean even though the entire book only spanned over three days SO much stuff happened! We follow so many people and we get to connect with all of them. We even root for them even though some of those goals are mutually exclusive... also a lot of them don’t even really know what they want or don’t want until they stand amidst the bloodshed. This book has definitely made Joe Abercrombie one of my favorite authors when it comes to writing battle sequences. I’m very interested to know if you know any other authors who can potentially compete for the title of the Best Writer of Battles

[@Florfilm]

I want to read an Abercrombie book but I can’t do torture. It triggers me so much. Is there much torture in this book. I little I can handle but not Glokta levels.

[@miokjr6286]

@@Florfilm Glokta isn’t in this book and there is no torture scenes as far as I remember... Only gruesome battle😊

[@Florfilm]

@@miokjr6286 Thanks. I'll try this book. Gruesome battle I can handle most of the time.

[@cipriandinca1768]

I love Jules Verne, as a child it was my favorite writer. You should also try (The Children of Captain Grant) and A Captain at Fifteen.

[@gunveersingh5893]

Gotta start reading Joe Abercrombie.

[@falakparmar4491]

Merphy calling JULES VERNE " this author " ! Me :- Hehe ya, very funny, uhhm ha ha 🙂

[@onfaerystories]

I don't know if you've read Eighty Days by Jules Verne, but I think it was a clever story, I really enjoyed the humor and especially the ending, and I really loved his character Phileas Fogg. :) I thought Jules Verne wrote for a younger audience, some people told me it wasn't the case, but I must disagree. Yes, it reads like a classic so the language is richer, but the story telling style doesn't seem to fit for an older audience. Also, I'm reading Malice by John Gwynne and we've undulated 4 times already. 😂 I'm on page 110. I should be reading Before They Are Hanged next, I'm really excited to read more by Abercrombie, I loved The Blade Itself!

[@miokjr6286]

How does John Gwynne compare to Abercrombie? He is also writing grim dark isn’t he? I’ve been considering picking up one of his books, but would love to know a little bit more about his writing style before committing to a new author😊

[@onfaerystories]

@@miokjr6286 I'm glad you're asking me that as the quality of the prose is very important to me too! For now, I prefer John Gwynne's writing and overall structure (his world-building is really good, he intertwines it with the story in clever ways). I got attached to his characters quicker because you immediately jump into family dynamics, where we are mostly following broken, lonely and violent characters in The Blade Itself. Gwynne's older characters are also mysterious and intriguing. I can't really explain it very well as I've read The Blade Itself in February, so it's not as fresh in my mind, but once I get to Before They Are Hanged (I should pick it up by the 20th of June) I could give you a better idea. I'd say Gwynne seems to have a better balance between plot and characters and I love his descriptions of the world (I think it was a bit lacking with Abercrombie, at least in the first book - but maybe I'm saying that because Gwynne describes things more lyrically). I hope it was helpful, but I'll need to read a bit more before making my mind.

[@aamnamalik212]

Merphy Can you make some under the sea /underwater book recs please. And also I am in a reading slump right now so it would be awesome if you could share some reading slump experiences with us and how to get out of it. LUV your content.

[@timwodarczyk3952]

I read it last year and also remember being like "ohhhhhh" when I realized the leagues were length and not depth haha.

[@Steve_Stowers]

Years ago, Saturday Night Live did a whole sketch about this.

[@cynthiaholmes5124]

I'm going to be reading heroes soon I absolutely love best served cold I don't think the heroes will be topping that one I really enjoyed the shattered sea trilogy 💖💝🥰😍😆

[@miokjr6286]

Don’t say that yet 😊 The way Abercrombie writes battle in this book is unrivaled... but also there is a lot of characters in this one so maybe dot down a few notes as to not get confused... I kind of wish I had done that... I have a feeling that I could have gotten a lot more out off it if I had done that🤔

[@LightningRaven42]

Make sure to watch Sergio Leone's Films before reading Red Country. The Dollars Trilogy are a great binge watch, but Once Upon a Time in The West will definitely give you the picture Abercrombie is trying to paint in his book.

[@zofiabochenska1240]

I'm curious for half a king review of yours, they have it in my library while they don't have any of the standalones, and I'm craving more Abercrombie

[@charliesmith5783]

20,000 leagues deep would be about 69046.767 miles which is about a 1000 miles off the diameter of the earth! I thought the same too when I first saw the title as who uses leagues

[@yfvortex5203]

just by hearing her talk is making me want to read books

[@jegergladformad86]

Read the Viking trillogy !!!! It has an amazing twist witch is set up in the first book and brough to fruition in the second and hammered home in the tird, and it changes the whole genre this book is in. Amazing twist from an amazing auther. I heard that this trilogy has been bashed alot by ppl whom imho only must have read the first book of the series. and sees a high fantasy low magic, comming of age troped hero protagonist book. where in fact it ends up being none of those really. But a great introduction to Joe Abercrombies exellent charater building. also recomended for a younger ordience 10+.. 9,5/10

[@Vuquochuu]

Thing is 20000 Leagues Under the Sea is sci-fi, many of the things Jules Verne described in the book are imagination (based on scientific knowledge of course), things that did not exist or explored at the time, hence the need to be detailed.

[@teksnotdead902]

I read both these earlier this year…neat.

[@nxsardella]

I recently finished the Shattered Sea trilogy and they are very good as well if not up to the par of First Law world stuff. For what it’s worth there isn’t actually toooooon of seafaring stuff in it (more in the second book than the first and third) but it definitely scratches that Viking-style itch. Those ones are marketed as YA but the first book is the only one that really feels like YA, the overall tone is very similar to other Abercrombie stuff, if maybe ever so slightly lighter/more positive, but still very dark, and the overall content-level is more like a hard PG-13 than the hard R of the First Law books. But they’re short and quick so I think you’d be fine to go to those before continuing First Law or at least before starting The Age of Madness.

[@miokjr6286]

I mean it makes sense that it is not quite up to par with First Law... It is some of his earlier work... not saying that it is not worth the read 😊 I actually think that a lot of fantasy gets a bad rep just because they have been categorized as YA... I think a lot of fantasy authors come into their writing styles by starting out with a lower risk passion project such as a YA... And having read most of his newer works it might be fun to go back and see how he tackled a YA Viking series... Would you say it is worth adding to my tbr?

[@nxsardella]

@@miokjr6286 The Shattered Sea trilogy actually was written after the First Law trilogy and all three standalones so in a sense it’s one of his more recent works! Strictly speaking the writing/prose in it is probably better than the original First Law stuff and the style isn’t “dumbed down” for YA or anything like that. It’s just different - I’m not sure he even set out to write a YA series per se, that’s just where it ended up, because it truly isn’t any less adult than a lot of what’s marketed as adult fantasy (especially if you’re talking classic stuff which usually focused on teen/young adult characters and was low on super explicit content/language). The main characters are all teens (though one of the neat things about the trilogy is that each book focuses on a new set of POV characters with a time jump so that the previous POV characters feature as side characters and are a bit older) so naturally there’s a significant coming of age/finding one’s place in the world theme. If you enjoy Abercrombie’s style and are looking for more they’re definitely worth a go.

[@clementdenis4212]

I think the best books by Verne are "Michel Strogof" and "Travels and aventures of captain John Haterras". I highly recommand them if you liked 20 thousands leagues.

[@austinrogers4132]

i had to read 20,000 leagues under the sea in fourth grade because i was in the “gifted” english class.... all i remember about it is that my whole class hated it because we didn’t understand a single thing that happened. now that i enjoy reading classics i’ve been meaning to read it again and hopefully enjoy it as much as i enjoyed the disney movie

[@lakinther7183]

I would really love for you to cover " The Mysterious Island " by Jules Verne

[@rotcod1771]

"A new Joe Abercrombie bo-" Bought, don't even have to finish the sentence. Probably the best fantasy "character" writer currently. Best Served Cold proves that, the whole cast is nothing but villains but you root for them as you hate them

[@nxsardella]

“The whole cast is nothing but villains.” Don’t you do my precious Friendly and Shivers like that, they both deserve to be protected at all costs. 😤 Everyone else is certainly a villain though. 😂

[@jellyghostt]

I just reread the Shattered Sea trilogy and 👌👌👌 do it

[@uzairkhanonstuff]

Please Bring Back Reading Vlogs :)

[@animehype62]

If you like vikings you should read Vinland saga!!

[@kxbrewsky]

20,000 Leagues is a book a really liked when I read it, and going into it I thought the same thing, that they would go down 20,000 leagues, i think most people think that, but that would definitely mean they'd go down through the entire planet and I can't imagine Verne writing a giant squid that they would pursue through the core of the planet, that'd be a little too unrealistic even for him.

[@tylerflowers4592]

I liked The Heroes a lot. Not my favorite from Mr Grimdark but his books never displease me in the least!

[@blank3914]

Hopefully I can read that book online :(

[@bob12474]

NO MORE UNDULATIONS!!!

[@beyonddaylight5556]

Don't forget we all know what submarines are, when this was written that wasn't the case for people, which goes a certain way to explain some of the hefty descriptions.

[@august1837]

Ok, I have to comment on the undulating thing. So, I watched avatar for the first time this month, and being blind, I had the audio description on. And there was an undulating in the audio description. It’s just one, but after Merphy’s video, it stood out to me more than it should’ve. I mean, whoever was writing the audio description was under no pressure to have good prose, therefore they didn’t need to use big words. But still they used undulating. Sorry, this is unrelated, but I thought it was really amusing. I will continue watching the video now

[@sumaitarahelaali2161]

Ever since Merphy's video, I keep seeing undulating everywhere. It's terrifying

[@august1837]

@@sumaitarahelaali2161 I know right. The word undulating is going to keep undulating before us forever now

[@adrithmanvik1853]

Did you ever finish fullmetal alchemist?

[@fluffypenguins]

Well half a king and the rest of the shattered sea trilogy is not part of the first law world so you can read it whenever, or before red country if you want to

[@vwkflynn]

Please tell me where you got that cute sweater! I'd love to get one for my wife, it's absolutely her style!

[@donkevinbrown9906]

You should Read "Red Country". I enjoyed it the most of All of his books but.... If you have not read the others Red Country would not be as good. That may sound completely silly but it is how I feel about it.

[@miokjr6286]

Not silly at all really.😊 I mean even the stand alones aren’t really stand alones... at least not if you’ve read the other books 😄 to me the stand alones hints of what is to come, and sometimes clues to the strategies implemented by the big players in the world he has built.

[@miokjr6286]

Then again any of the stand alones are probably a good entry point for his style of writing and if people get hooked they can always go back and read the previous books... Also isn’t it a mark of great writer that he has something exiting for both new and long time readers😊

[@rhyleygrant5660]

Cant wait for book 3 in age of madness series of joe abercrombie

[@imtheguy3886]

Tomorrow is one piece day❤️❤️

[@vincentfranco2917]

If you want to read some vikings I highly recommend that you read Vinland Saga a viking manga

[@erenjaeger9681]

Jules vernes, le père de la science fiction. L'un des meilleurs auteurs de tout les temps et certainement celui dont j'ai admiré ses romans le plus. Merci jules Vernes, mon enfance a été forgée grâce à toi.

[@playingwithdimethylcadmium2766]

The only book I ever enjoyed😅

[@sicdav1d0ff]

Curnden Craw is such a cool dude, no?

[@RandomPerson8908]

20,000 Undulations Under the Sea. 🙃

[@bullbythehorns808]

Spoilers. Joe Abercrombie writes good characters

[@emmanuelboakye1124]

🤣🤣

[@erenjaeger9681]

I love jules vernes. But I've read all his books in french. It's better that way.

[@dukeofdenver]

20,000 Undulations Under the Sea

[@Xagzan]

When I first read the unabridged English translation of 20K, I definitely skipped over the numerous lists of fish. Those were the most tedious things I've ever seen in a classic novel lol. It made me suspect that a story like this, about what it might look like under the sea, must have been a lot more exciting for readers who hadn't yet seen what it actually did.

[@AshLink07]

I think your criticisms are a bit harsh for 20000 Leagues under the sea. This book was written in 1869 and you need to remember that not many people knew about what a submarine was and looked like at that time. Verne describing those things in detail was essential for the reader to imagine the setting of the main charecters. Reading this book in 2021 and mentioning that you don't need to know all the details just takes away from the book given when it released. It just doesn't seem fair. I agree with the being slow part because of when it was released but disagree on the part where details on the submarine are not essential Also I dont know about Undulate but this book is written in French and I am not sure whether this word exists in French. Maybe it was a choice of a modern translator and the actual book did not have it?

[@blank3914]

Master try to read steins gate