SFF Top 10 and Channel Introduction

[@RAlexandria]

Hi Sam, welcome to Booktube! 👋🏽

[@reading_faerie]

4:40 tropes are good! They are the ingredients to many good stories. I do love when they’re done in new and fresh ways though.

[@jonathanhacker5627]

Fantastic first video

[@SamNot-so-wise]

@@jonathanhacker5627 Thank you!!

[@reading_faerie]

Love the lime green wall lol welcome to booktube!!

[@SamNot-so-wise]

@@reading_faerie haha yeah my wife likes bold colours. It's also kind of funny as we're both musicians and we call it the 'green room' (which at least in the UK is where performers chill before their show). Thanks for watching :)

[@NicholasOfAutrecourt]

Hi, Sam! I'm looking forward to hearing about all bookish things you want to share with us. From an oldie content creator to a newbie, welcome aboard. We're so glad to have you here!

[@SamNot-so-wise]

@@NicholasOfAutrecourt Thank you so much, I really appreciate that.

[@jopagan7602]

Another UK Sam. Subscribed!

[@SamNot-so-wise]

@@jopagan7602 Thank you very much! Yeah Sam is a very very common name in the UK. There were some 20 Sams in my year group at school.

[@FurryBison212]

Great first video. Enjoyed your top 10 and look forward to more videos

[@SamNot-so-wise]

@@FurryBison212 Thank you very much :)

[@LunaciaBooks]

Hi and welcome to booktube from a long-timer (but with a really small channel). Fantasy and SF are among my favourite genres. I must admit I'm noo strickt if people can't pronounce a name correctly. There are so manylanguages in the world, and we really can't speak them all. I tried reading Game of Thrones, but DNF-ed it at around 100 pages. It really got on my nerves! Thanks, but no thanks. Being a Brit, you really should read Emma Newman's books. She's such an underrated and BRILLIANT author.

[@SamNot-so-wise]

@@LunaciaBooks Thank you! That's fair, afterall no series is for absolutely everybody. Thanks for the rec, I'll check her out :)

[@CinematicGalaxy]

Welcome aboard, Sam! I'm early in Book 5 of Wheel of Time right now. I've been enjoying the ride, braid tugging, bitter laughs and all!

[@SamNot-so-wise]

@@CinematicGalaxy How about the very long descriptions of clothing?! In all seriousness that's always great to hear. Thanks for the warm welcome and watching my video :)

[@iSamwise]

Although LOTR is much higher for me, I appreciate the balls of putting it lower and also Stormlight lower. (Tbh if it weren’t a gateway for so many or Sanderson such a juggernaut, I think that would be more common). Love seeing Ian M Banks and Peter Hamilton here! They’re on the TBR list but I hope you can make more content about them and get the ball rolling!

[@SamNot-so-wise]

@@iSamwise hahaha thank you but I certainly don't intend to lie to anyone about these things. And the good thing about lists like these is they naturally move around the more you think about them (and do rereads) :) I think I need to reread LOTR next year and take stock as a more experienced reader. Another must for next year is another Hamilton series! Glad to hear Banks is on the TBR, I am hoping to make a video about him in the next couple of months (got to let the channel grow a bit before I do anything too obscure!). Thank you for watching :)

[@Altruismisreal27]

Well done! You’re a natural 🎉 ❤

[@SamNot-so-wise]

@@Altruismisreal27 Wow thank you so much :)

[@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy]

Say, are you British? 😁Brilliant first video, Sam! You're supposed to be much worse at this when you start a channel, with all sorts of awkward pauses and stumbles. Didn't you get the memo? I look forward to more videos!

[@SamNot-so-wise]

@@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy You mean you couldn't tell?! Must speak more RP in the future. Thank you so much, I appreciate it. I must admit there were a couple of takes that didn't make it...

[@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy]

@@SamNot-so-wise Only a couple takes? It's supposed to be twenty at least! 😁

[@heathergoldsmith]

Hey welcome. I enjoyed your top 10. I've just finished the Farseer trilogy and completed The Ship of Magic last night and have The Mad Ship in front of me right now - I'm in the library.💜

[@SamNot-so-wise]

@@heathergoldsmith Thank you so much! That's brilliant, I envy you, I wish I could read that trilogy for the first time again. Hope you are enjoying it as much as I did :)

[@NevsBookChannel]

Great first video Sam! Welcome aboard

[@SamNot-so-wise]

@@NevsBookChannel Thankyou!!

[@SeaninsShelf]

Today I posted my first video on my channel as well, although it was just the newbie tag. I'm actually finishing the Way of Edan presently. I really enjoy Tolkien and like Sanderson as well. I've never read GoT but idk if I will eventually or not. Some good works on here, thanks for the list!

[@SamNot-so-wise]

Thank you for watching! I'll be doing the tag video later in the week. I want to watch a few of them before doing mine so I will for sure be checking yours out. Really hope you're enjoying Way of Edan, I found it a great first book. Fully recommend GoT!

[@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk]

Hello and welcome to book tube Sam. I’m still pretty new to all this malarkey and finding my way around. Look forward to hearing what you have to say. Best wishes with what you choose to read. I hope you get some great stories.

[@SamNot-so-wise]

@@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk Thank you so much! Yeah it feels like a bit of a minefield right now but I'm sure we'll bed in soon enough. I will be checking in on your channel :)

[@rokudodamaza]

I was about to make a Sam is wise joke but then I finally got the joke

[@SamNot-so-wise]

@@rokudodamaza hahaha!! Well thank you ;)

[@safinan8008]

Hi 👋 I’m from uk 🇬🇧 I like most of the books 📚 you’ve read!!! 😊

[@SamNot-so-wise]

@@safinan8008 Hello fellow Brit! Sounds like you have a fantastic taste in books ;) Thank you for watching :D

[@gregray4011]

Hi Sam! Very Nice 1st video. You got my sub. Looking forward to more from you! (Added some books to check out from your list. Thanks!) The Culture series is new to me. You say it is a series of standalones. Do i need to read them ion the 1-10 order? or does it not matter where to start? Thanks again!

[@SamNot-so-wise]

@@gregray4011 Oh thank you so much!! Glad to hear I can be of service too. Technically you can read The Culture in any order, they aren't linked by any narrative threads, just the world in which it is set. However I think it is more fun to read them chronologically as Banks does add easter eggs and builds on his world. One big caveat is I wouldn't recommend starting with 'Consider Phlebas' (the first book) as it is considered by most as the weakest and not necessarily reprentative of the series as a whole. But they are all their own seperate stories and all utterly brilliant, a huge recommend from me!

[@gregray4011]

@@SamNot-so-wise Excellent! I will definitely look into these. I appreciate you responding to me! I look forward to chatting with you again as we read through amazing stories!

[@SamNot-so-wise]

@@gregray4011 Great to hear! Oh my pleasure, chatting to people is the whole reason I decided to give this a go. Looking forward to chatting to you more in later videos!