I have one again become biggest Aakens hater in span of 5 pages. It is my third time. I tend to forget how fucking bad is he. Like "for sure my guy, Pier van Dyken, is a war criminal and i hate him but it cant be that bad, right?". IT IS THAT BAD MY DUDES IT FUCKING IS!!

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Pan Lodowego Ogrodu, book 1 by Sergey Shikin

Czym innym jest czas liczony od dnia narodzin, a czym innym czas, który się przeżyło. Miesiące płyną raz szybciej, raz wolniej. Czasem kilka dni są jak całe lata. Dni, a nawet godziny mogą zmienić człowieka na zawsze. Kiedy indziej znowu nic się nie dzieje i mimo że czas płynie, to tak, jakby stał w miejscu. Człowiek się niczego nie uczy, trwa, nie zmienia się.

~Jarosław Grzędowicz:"Pan Lodowego Ogrodu - tom II"

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partner's getting back to reading pan lodowego ogrodu and i almost told him that's one of my favourite (bc it's definitely unconventional) sci-fi books i've ever read, which would probably left him in wonder why the fuck am i calling this clearly fantasy book a sci-fi, just before ruining the biggest plot twist of the entire serie.

"Mądrze czyni, gdy umknie w porę ten, co szydzi z drugiego. Nie wie ów, co kpi a prześladuje, że go odwet czeka.# / Pan lodowego ogrodu

#bookstagram #bookstagrampl #książka #czytaniejestsexy #czytam #czytamfantastykę #fantastyka #grzędowicz #fabrykasłów #panlodowegoogrodu

"- wychodzę - oznajmiam. - W razie czego wiecie, gdzie rosnę. Jestem zajęty, muszę zrzucić liście. Jesień, rozumiecie. Pełne gałęzie roboty."

Jarosław Grzędowicz, Pan Lodowego Ogrodu - tom II

this is just like when i read that polish sci-fi fantasy series hoping that'll get me back into books bc i always loved fantasy and this one was supposed to be good but it turned out it was just the author's way of laundering his fears of the EU and feminism

zaczne drugi tom, ale jprdl 1/3 tych rozwodow moznaby wyciac i lepiej by sie to czytalo.

dlaczego polscy fantasci maja taka potrzebe monologowania, ja nie wiem. czytam "przemyslenia" bohatera i dwa zdania dalej juz wiem ze siedze u Grzedowicza w glowie a nie w fabule ksiazki.

bariera jezykowa czy nie, mam wrazenie ze w anglojezycznych tego nie ma, albo moze te polskie sa mi kulturowo blizsze przez co latwiejsze do rozpoznania.

bonusowe punkty musze przyznac za znalezienie wymowki zeby wcisnac ta wymiane zdan "-europa srodkowa -a czyli europa wschodnia (mowi gosc z zachodnim nazwiskiem, lekcewazaco, a potem przekreca nazwisko bohatera trzy razy w rozmowie)" w ksiazce ktorej akcja dzieje sie na obcej planecie na kurwa drugim koncu wszechswiata. impressive.

I'm starting 😊😊😊

Vuko Drakkainen || Cyfral

Illustrations for the book "Pan Lodowego Ogrodu" part III - Jarosław Grzędowicz

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Just decided to post some of my recent drawings.The woman in the robes is a character from a book called "Pan Lodowego Ogrodu" by Jarosław Grzędowicz.

Hi.....can I ask, what are your top 10 favorite books? And why? Sorry if you've answered this question before....Thanks a lot....

Excluding danmei (because that’s already been talked about a lot here ;D)

Not entirely in the order of most fav to least fav, just books I really like or stayed with me for different reasons:

The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy by Douglas Adams

Great humor, incredibly witty, each sentence is a joy to read, loved the metaphors and cynical remarks about humans and our society, 100/10 would read again

The name of the wind (the kingkiller chronicle) by Patrick Rothfuss

A tale of a bard in a fantasy world, who discovers his talent for magic, lives through a lot of traumas, and experiences the world from slightly different angles than most people do. I really enjoyed the way the story unfolds, the way it’s written, and how intriguing the magic, the cultures, and the characters are; but I was especially fascinated by the more abstract and vague parts of the world’s mechanics which I crave to see more (still waiting impatiently for the next book to be published)

The stormlight archive by Brandon Sanderson

While the kingkiller trilogy is written like a story of an individual, spoken by a taleteller by the firepit or sang by bards, the stormlight archive is more like a vast other world to discover. An alternate universe to ours, a different planet with unknown horizons which hold complex history buried under piles of secrets and conspiracies, inhabited by numerous original cultures with curious societies. There are a few main characters whose fates are entangled even though they do not even know others exist at the beginning of the series. Must say, I am really impressed by the variety and originality of the world there, from the fleshy characters, to cultural customs which often sound so bizarre yet completely believable, to fauna and flora (vastly different to ours and also meticulously described).

The sword of truth by Terry Goodkind

I mentioned it already when I talked about my fav couples but let me dig it out and paste here: It’s an old high fantasy series which I read when I plunged straight into puberty, I haven’t read it as a more mature person so I wonder if there are some harmful stereotypes I didn’t see or how many typical tropes there are (well e.g. the main guy is so ridiculously overpowered and smarter/holier-than-thou, and there is a lot of black and white there) but also it’s a really complex world with interesting mechanics. However, what truly makes me remember this series fondly is because it was there with me when I was going through a lot of hardships, showing me a rich world with many people worth loving, strong women who I admired and strived to be, wise people of different backgrounds, cultures, and ages. It taught me how important it is to be kind and compassionate, that no matter how desperate your situation can get there is always hope and a way, that people who care about you will be there for you when you need them, and that you need to reciprocate as well. To always “think about the solution, not about the problem” which became the thing I repeat to myself every time I start struggling. The main couple also showed me what I want to strive for in a good relationship - support, understanding, standing by each other’s side no matter what, deep respect for each other and treating each other as equals, working for the relationship, and most importantly trusting each other. The series might be a typical high fantasy but for my growing and messed up mind it was a good teacher who reminded me of things we consider obvious but tend to forget, and might have played a significant role in who I am now.

Pan lodowego ogrodu by Jarosław Grzędowicz (in eng it would be sth like ‘The lord of the ice garden’)

A mixture of sci fi and fantasy, unfortunately I’m not sure if it got translated to english. The main character gets sent to explore the planet on which a research crew disappeared. There, he discovers that something we’d consider “magic” seems to exist. It’s an abstract story in a world which is hard to grasp, with almost dream-like events and places. Tbh I might have been too young to understand many of the book’s nuances when I read it, but the images which I still have in mind still fascinate me in a nostalgic and curious way.

The witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski

Also read it when I was definitely too young to understand a great deal of the story, especially any politics lmao. I know it blew up on the whole world in the recent years, getting many adaptations and interpretations, but to me it’ll always be this rough world filled with slavian mythology of my country, whispering to me a cynical story of someone who is considered a monster and has to fight monsters which often could be considered more human than those proudly calling themselves as such, all unfolding in front of my eyes and blowing my mind as I lay on the sofa at my grandma’s during a warm sunny day of summer holidays. Haven’t yet played the games but I’m eager to laugh at all the political jokes of recent years that I know cd project put in there lmao

Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky

Postapocalyptic sci fi in a russian metro. Humanity stripped of most of its pretenses, dirty and ruthless but also still able to show compassion in the most unexpected moments. Fighting for survival while trying to keep the sanity of the mind, which seems to get so easily pulled into those dark tunnels, either empty or filled with unspeakable terrors...

Granica by Zofia Nałkowska (eng. the Frontier)

For many of my peers it was just another book we had to annoyingly read in high school, but it really hit me at that point of time and some scenes stayed with me till today. Translators always do what they can, but unfortunately what didn’t manage to be conveyed by the translation of the title is the multitude of the meanings which the word ‘granica’ can has - it can be a frontier or a border, but also a limit, a range, a boundary, a confine, as much physical as personal. One of the first scenes of the book which drilled into my memories was the observation of a dog on a leash, its day to day life and how its whole world was just those few meters of space until it ran away. In short, the book talks about many different borders/limits, which gave me a lot of thoughts at the time.

Seth speaks by Jane Roberts

Let’s just say it gave me quite a lot of validity when I was in a searching phase of my spiritual identity and beliefs, and struggling with bizarre phenomenons frequently occurring ;d Very interesting ideas, though the language can prove to be challenging and hard to grasp.

The hidden life of trees by Peter Wohlleben 

Couldn’t really decide on the last position, but let’s go with this. An intriguing and enlightening zoom in on the plants, their chemistry, communication, and coexistence with each other. A point of view which can make you look differently at the world around, see its subtle complexity so often missed by our ignorant or frantically running about eyes.

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All of these have flaws, may be problematic in some way, or tend to be overly trying or typical in some tropes, but they still left an impression on me or I enjoyed them (possibly exactly because they were typical and thus light to read xd)