Reddit reviews The Last Wish
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They deliver to the US
If anyone wants to start reading The Witcher novels I made a guide over on the "Featured Character" comment section that I'll repost here:
Short stories:
Novels:
Overall:
The short stories are a must-read before the novels because they introduce many characters and plot points for the main saga. There is also a prequel story called Season of Storms which hasn't been officially translated into English yet, but there are fan translations if you can't wait. I haven't read it myself, but I hear that it is best read after the others. If you want to know more about The Witcher lore there is always The World of the Witcher^UK which will give you more backstory and details.
I will edit this comment tonight to contain a link!
Edit; https://www.amazon.de/Last-Wish-Andrzej-Sapkowski/dp/0575082445/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?hvadid=379350559415&hvdev=m&hvlocphy=9064006&hvnetw=g&hvpos=1t1&hvqmt=b&hvrand=790025916265452916&hvtargid=kwd-300929200721&keywords=witcher+book&qid=1570478376&sr=8-2
Yes, ordered them from here on the 7th if you live in the UK. If you live somewhere else they might be different dimensions.
Sword of Destiny
Lady of the Lake
Blood of Elves
The Last Wish
Tower of Swallow
Baptism of Fire
Time of Contempt
Give "The Last Wish" a go, if the first couple of short stories about the White Wolf don't grab you, so be it and have a good day sir :) but it might just make a reader of you yet ;)
Going for peanuts on Amazon
The full set on Amazon, including SoS.
Amazon also sells them separately, what you have to do is click the link that says "See all formats and editions" on the individual book's page, then browse the editions under "Paperback". Here's The Last Wish.
You're probably thinking of the UK versions, the only thing is that P&P might cost a bit.
Edit: All of the Witcher books, apart from lady of the lake and season of storms, are available with the better covers
Edit 2 (All books): https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0575082445/ref=s9_simh_gw_g14_i7_r?ie=UTF8&fpl=fresh&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=&pf_rd_r=VQ4X0QZWHXKCZ7D040C4&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=16f14aeb-bd11-4e9e-8c26-9ca0139074ee&pf_rd_i=desktop
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1473211549/ref=pd_sim_14_4?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=M4XTC8VMRK55E0NP173A
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0575084847/ref=pd_sim_14_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=M4XTC8VMRK55E0NP173A
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0575090944/ref=s9_simh_gw_g14_i5_r?ie=UTF8&fpl=fresh&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=&pf_rd_r=VQ4X0QZWHXKCZ7D040C4&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=16f14aeb-bd11-4e9e-8c26-9ca0139074ee&pf_rd_i=desktop
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0575090979/ref=s9_simh_gw_g14_i4_r?ie=UTF8&fpl=fresh&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=&pf_rd_r=VQ4X0QZWHXKCZ7D040C4&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=16f14aeb-bd11-4e9e-8c26-9ca0139074ee&pf_rd_i=desktop
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1473211565/ref=pd_sim_14_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=M4XTC8VMRK55E0NP173A
You can get the European print paperbacks. They have darker coloured and considerably less flashy covers than the US ones. Finding them locally might be a bit of a pain if you're in Canada or the US, but if the covers are a major enough point of contention for you, they can be bough off Amazon UK.
if you do get interested even a little their is a short stories collection. so no need to invest in an entire series of novels https://www.amazon.co.uk/Last-Wish-Andrzej-Sapkowski/dp/0575082445
Amazon?
Well, I don't know about wrap up covers, but the UK version of the books are pretty decent. You can find them on Amazon as well: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Last-Wish-Andrzej-Sapkowski/dp/0575082445
Ok, so your response was a little confusing, but after a bit of homework, it's become more clear: Danusia is the translator for my copy as well, and that's fine - I'm only a few pages in, it may very well get better later on. She was responsible for TLW and Blood of Elves. But apparently after the first two, she stepped down and Mr. French took her place for Time of Contempt and Baptism of Fire, along with presumably any future translations.
It sounds like you've been enjoying the full series quite a bit, regardless of translator. What is your opinion of French's work, and does it detract at all compared to Stok?
UK book covers look a bit nicer IMO
Depends which Publisher you are talking about...Orbit is guilty of this, Gollancz did a great job with their covers putting only the characters which had more presence in those stories.