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Sapkowski wins David Gemmell Legend Award

Blood of Elves, by Polish fantasy author Andrzej Sapkowski, has received The David Gemmell Legend Award for establishing honour and lending dignity to the fantasy genre.

Sapkowski’s UK editor, Jo Fletcher, collected the award in front of an audience of publishing professionals, authors, media and fans at the Magic Circle headquarters in Euston, London. The inaugural award had the official support of Stella Gemmell and the trophy, supplied by Raven Armoury, took the form of a butterfly axe, named Snaga, that featured in Gemmell’s fiction.

Fantasy Book Review would like to offer Andrzej its warmest congratulations.

Read our full review of Blood of Elves

The runner-ups were each presented with a miniature version of Snaga. They were Joe Abercrombie (Last Argument of Kings); Juliet Marillier (Heir to Sevenwaters); Brandon Sanderson (The Hero of Ages) and Brent Weeks (The Way of Shadows).

Andrzej Sapkowski was born on the 21st of June 1948 in Lodz, Poland. Sapkowski studied economy and business, but the success of his fantasy cycle about the sorcerer Geralt de Riv turned him into a bestselling writer and he is now one of Poland’s most famous and successful authors, selling more in his own country than Stephen King or Michael Crichton. Sapkowski has won five Zajdel Awards, including three for short stories Lesser Evil in 1990, Sword of Destiny in 1992 and In a Bomb Crater in 1993, and two for the novels Blood of the Elves in 1994 and Narrenturm in 2002.

Posted: June 22nd, 2009
Author: Lee
Categories: Andrzej Sapkowski, Brandon Sanderson, David Gemmell, Joe Abercrombie

The short-list for The David Gemmell Award announced

At the beginning of 2009 the final long-list for the David Gemmell Legend Award [complete list of nominations] was announced. Comprising of 78 titles the list was in obvious need of pruning and this weekend came the announcement of the lucky 5 titles that had made it onto the short-list.

The short-list is:

• Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie
• Heir to Sevenwaters by Juliet Marillier
• The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson
• Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski
• The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks

The overall winner was originally going to be decided by a panel but feedback has lead to the final decision being made by public vote.

Source: British Fantasy Society

Good luck to all on the list and commiserations to those that did not make it. What do you think of the short-list? Let us know by leaving a comment below.

The inaugural David Gemmell Legend Award for Fantasy will be awarded to the best fantasy novel of the year (2008). The award has the official support of Stella Gemmell and has been instigated by friends and professional colleagues to celebrate David’s life and literary legacy.

The David Gemmell Award for Fantasy official site

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Posted: April 15th, 2009
Author: Lee
Categories: Andrzej Sapkowski, Awards, Brandon Sanderson, David Gemmell, Joe Abercrombie

The final 2008 longlist for the David Gemmell Legends Award

The David Gemmell Legend Award will be presented for the very first time in 2009 for the best Fantasy novel of 2008. The award will be given to a work written in the ‘spirit’ of the late, great David Gemmell, a true Master of Heroic Fantasy. Voting opens at midnight on 26th December – but you have until 31st March 2009 to
register your vote. Vote here!

1. The Margarets Sheri S Tepper
2. Red Wolf Conspiracy Robert V.S. Reddick
3. The Last Argument of Kings Joe Abercrombie
4. The Burning Man Mark Chadbourn
5. The Steel Remains Richard Morgan
6. Blood of Elves  Andrzej Sapkowski
7. Red Gloves Beth Vaughan
8. Ravensoul by James Barclay
9. The Grave Thief Tom Lloyd
10. Graceling Kristin Cashore
11. Dragonforge James Maxey
12. The Blood King Gail Z. Martin
13. The Ten Thousand Paul Kearney
14. Gladiatrix Russell Whitfield
15. Going Under Justina Robson
16. Bloodheir Brian Ruckley
17. The Company K. J. Parker
18. The Way of Shadows Brent Weeks
19. Shadow Gate Kate Elliott
20. Wolfblade Jennifer Fallon
21. The Riven Kingdom Karen Miller
22. Path of Revenge Russell Kirkpatrick
23. The Painted Man Peter V Brett
24. Royal Exile Fiona McIntosh
25. The Kingdom Beyond the Waves Stephen Hunt
26. Wrath of a Mad God Raymond E. Feist
27. The Twisted Citadel Sara Douglass
28. The Divine Talisman Eldon Thompson
29. Shadowmage Matthew Sprange
30. The Clockwork King of Orl Mike Wild
31. Heldenhammer Graham McNeill
32. Nagash the Sorcerer Mike Lee
33. Elfslayer Nathan Long
34. Magic Burns Ilona Andrews
35. City of Jade Dennis L. McKiernan
36. Dragon Strike (Age of Fire) EE Knight
37. Empire in Black and Gold Adrian Tchaikovsky
38. The Dog of the North Tim Stretton
39. Winterstrike Liz Williams
40. Heir to Sevenwaters Juliet Marillier
41. King of Ithica Glyn Iliffe
42. A Darkness Forged in Fire Chris Evans
43. The Return of the Crimson Guard Ian C. Esslemont
44. Toll the Hounds Steven Erikson
45. The Two Pearls of Wisdom Alison Goodman
46. Havemercy Jaida Jones and Danielle Bennett
47. Iron Angel Alan Campbell
48. Fallen Tim Lebbon
49. Tracing the Shadow Sarah Ash
50. Final Sacrifice Patricia Bray
51. Shadows Return Lynn Flewelling
52. The Vacant Throne Joshua Palmatier
53. A Magic of Twilight S.L. Farrell
54. The Hidden City Michelle West
55. Goblin War Jim C. Hines
56. The Shadow Ilse Katharine Kerr
57. The Dark Ferryman Jenna Rhodes
58. King’s Shield Sherwood Smith
59. The Soldier King Violette Malan
60. Foundation Mercedes Lackey
61. The Golden Tower Fiona Patton
62. The Dragons of Babel Michael Swanwick
63. In a Time of Treason David Keck
64. Steward of Song Adam Stemple
65. The Ancient RA Salvatore
66. Mage-Guard of Hamor L. E. Modesitt, Jr
67. Ill Met in the Arena Dave Duncan
68. The Phoenix Endangered Mercedes Lackey, James Mallory
69. The Hero of Ages Brandon Sanderson
70. The Gods Return David Drake
71. Thirteen Orphans Jane Lindskold
72. The Queen’s Bastard C. E. Murphy
73. Shadowbridge Gregory Frost
74. Victory of Eagles Naomi Novik
75. The Engine’s Child Holly Phillips
76. A Woman Worth Ten Coppers Morgan Howell
77. Dragon Strike EE Knight
78. City of Jade Dennis McKiernan

Posted: January 1st, 2009
Author: Lee
Categories: Andrzej Sapkowski, David Gemmell, James Barclay, Joe Abercrombie, RA Salvatore, Raymond E Feist, Steven Erikson

The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf will be released in the autumn of 2009

Atari has announced that it will release The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf in the autumn of 2009. Coming to both 360 and PS3, the game will be developed by CD Projekt RED and will be based on the PC role-playing game, The Witcher. The game will be an RPG and promises to bring an unrivaled next generation RPG experience with a new combat system and a new engine which promises to deliver unrivaled visuals.

Based on the Polish author’s, Andrzej Sapkowski, universe players will take the role of Geralt, a professional monster slayer who has been trained and mutated to fight battles that aren’t his own.

Andrzej Sapkowski was born on the 21st of June 1948 in Lodz, Poland. Sapkowski studied economy and business, but the success of his fantasy cycle about the sorcerer Geralt de Riv turned him into a bestselling writer and he is now one of Poland’s most famous and successful authors, selling more in his own country than Stephen King or Michael Crichton. Sapkowski has won five Zajdel Awards, including three for short stories Lesser Evil in 1990, Sword of Destiny in 1992 and In a Bomb Crater in 1993, and two for the novels Blood of the Elves in 1994 and Narrenturm in 2002.

Blood of Elves book review
The Last Wish book review

Posted: December 6th, 2008
Author: Lee
Categories: Andrzej Sapkowski

Fantasy Book Review: The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski

For over four years, Andrzej Sapkowski has been one of those authors that has been dangled in front of me, mentioned in passing by Polish readers here and elsewhere, along with an occasional mention on a couple of non-English-language sites that I frequent on occasion. Maciek (Vanin) in particular has been one who has been singing his praises to me, even going so far as to post a link to a fan-translated story (one that was done with Sapkowski’s blessing, I later learned). What I read was intriguing enough for me to want more. I looked into buying the Spanish-language editions, but the shipping costs (close to $25 per book) were too prohibitive for me to import from Spain and I never could find any available in American online stores. So I waited. And waited some more, fearing that Sapkowski might never be published in English translation. Until last year, when I heard that Gollancz, perhaps influenced by the upcoming The Witcher game (which stars the main character, Geralt, of most of Sapkowski’s stories), agreed to publish some of Sapkowski’s work in English translation for the UK market. The Last Wish is the first of those works to be published in English.

The Last Wish – read the full review

Andrzej Sapkowski was born on the 21st of June 1948 in Lodz, Poland. Sapkowski studied economy and business, but the success of his fantasy cycle about the sorcerer Geralt de Riv turned him into a bestselling writer and he is now one of Poland’s most famous and successful authors, selling more in his own country than Stephen King or Michael Crichton. Sapkowski has won five Zajdel Awards, including three for short stories Lesser Evil in 1990, Sword of Destiny in 1992 and In a Bomb Crater in 1993, and two for the novels Blood of the Elves in 1994 and Narrenturm in 2002.

Posted: November 12th, 2008
Author: Lee
Categories: Andrzej Sapkowski

October 2008 issue of Locus Magazine

The Locus Magazine covers the Science Fiction & Fantasy genres and the October 2008 issue is now available. This issue will feature:

• Interviews with Ursula Le Guin and Tobias S. Buckell
• Reports from Denvention 3, this year’s World Science Fiction Convention
• A new review column by Gardner Dozois, plus reviews by Gary K. Wolfe, Faren Miller, Russell Letson, and others, of two dozen two books by Paul McAuley, Nick Harkaway, Jo Walton, Judith Moffett, Neal Asher, Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, and many others; plus Graham Sleight’s “Yesterday’s Tomorrow’s” column on classic titles by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Bibliographic listings of the month’s New Books and Magazines published in the US and UK
• Notes on milestones, awards, books sold, etc., with news this issue about Ray Bradbury, Mike Resnick, Charles Stross, Ian McDonald, George RR Martin, Robert J. Sawyer, and many others
• Reviews by Faren Miller – Half a Crown, Jo Walton; The Bird Shaman, Judith Moffett; Pandemonium, Daryl Gregory; The Enchantress of Florence, Salman Rushdie; Blood of Elves, Andrzej Sapkowski, Eanusia Stok, translation

To subscribe to Locus Magazine follow this link – https://secure.locusmag.com/About/Subscribe.html

Locus Magazine, covering the science fiction and fantasy field since 1968, is a monthly 8 1/2 x 11” magazine often with a bright red border. Locus publishes news of the Science Fiction publishing field with extensive reviews and listings of new science fiction books and magazines.

The magazine is published from Oakland, California. The publisher and editor-in-chief is Charles N. Brown.

Posted: October 25th, 2008
Author: Lee
Categories: Andrzej Sapkowski, George RR Martin, Ursula Le Guin