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Wiedźmin – pierwsze opowiadanie o wiedźminie Geralcie autorstwa Andrzeja Sapkowskiego i debiut literacki pisarza. Opublikowane zostało w grudniowym numerze miesięcznika "Fantastyka" z 1986 roku, będąc jedną z prac nadesłanych na konkurs ogłoszony przez to czasopismo.
Na początku było słowo.

WIEDŹMIN

Później cykl opowiadań i pięciotomowa saga o Geralcie, białowłosym pogromcy potworów.

W magiczny świat prozy Andrzeja Sapkowskiego wprowadza nas Narrator

KRZYSZTOF GOSZTYŁA,

a ludziom i nieludziom swych głosów użyczają:

Krzysztof Banaszyk – Wiedźmin, Anna Dereszowska – Yennefer, Sławomir Pacek – Jaskier, Dorota Segda – Nenneke, Henryk Talar – Foltest, Marian Opania – Velerad, Maria Pakulnis - Królowa Calanthe, Mariusz Benoit - Nivellen, Wojciech Pszoniak - Mistrz Irion/Stregobor, Jacek Braciak - Diabeł Torque, Kazimierz Kaczor – Caldemeyn, Marcin Bosak – Civril, Piotr Zelt – Chireadan, Denis, Teresa Lipowska – Babka, Andrzej Mastalerz – Eist Tuirseach, Maciej Rayzacher – Windhalm z Attre, Myszowór, Burmistrz Neville

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Agnieszka Judycka, Aleksandra Kowalicka, Andrzej Gawroński, Arkadiusz Bazak, Artur Janusiak, Beta Sadowska, Grzegorz Kwiecień, Ignacy Gogolewski, Jan Kulczycki,Janusz R. Nowicki, Janusz Wituch, Jarosław Gruda, Joanna Jeżewska, Kazimierz Wysota, Leon Charewicz, Magda Kusa, Marek Frąckowiak, Mieczysław Morański, Miłogost Reczek,Mirosław Wieprzewski, Andrzej Blumenfeld, Paweł Szczęsny, Piotr Bajor, Piotr Kozłowski, Robert Czebotar, Robert Kuraś, Stanisław Brudny, Sławomir Holland, Stanisław Załuski, Tadeusz Borowski, Tomasz Marzecki, Waldemar Barwiński, Włodzimierz Bednarski, Zbigniew Konopka

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Andrzej Sapkowski

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Andrzej Sapkowski, born June 21, 1948 in Łódź, is a Polish fantasy and science fiction writer. Sapkowski studied economics, and before turning to writing, he had worked as a senior sales representative for a foreign trade company. His first short story, The Witcher (Wiedźmin), was published in Fantastyka, Poland's leading fantasy literary magazine, in 1986 and was enormously successful both with readers and critics. Sapkowski has created a cycle of tales based on the world of The Witcher, comprising three collections of short stories and five novels. This cycle and his many other works have made him one of the best-known fantasy authors in Poland in the 1990s.

The main character of The Witcher (alternative translation: The Hexer) is Geralt, a mutant assassin who has been trained since childhood to hunt down and destroy monsters. Geralt exists in an ambiguous moral universe, yet manages to maintain his own coherent code of ethics. At the same time cynical and noble, Geralt has been compared to Raymond Chandler's signature character Philip Marlowe. The world in which these adventures take place is heavily influenced by Slavic mythology.

Sapkowski has won five Zajdel Awards, including three for short stories "Mniejsze zło" (Lesser Evil) (1990), "Miecz przeznaczenia" (Sword of Destiny) (1992) and "W leju po bombie" (In a Bomb Crater) (1993), and two for the novels "Krew elfów" (Blood of Elves) (1994) and "Narrenturm" (2002). He also won the Spanish Ignotus Award, best anthology, for The Last Wish in 2003, and for "Muzykanci" (The Musicians), best foreign short story, same year.

In 1997, Sapkowski won the prestigious Polityka's Passport award, which is awarded annually to artists who have strong prospects for international success.

In 2001, a Television Series based on the Witcher cycle was released in Poland and internationally, entitled Wiedźmin (The Hexer). A film by the same title was compiled from excerpts of the television series but both have been critical and box office failures.

Sapkowski's books have been translated into Czech, Russian, Lithuanian, German, Spanish, French, Ukrainian, and Portuguese. An English translation of The Last Wish short story collection was published by Gollancz in 2007.

The Polish game publisher, CD Projekt, created a role-playing PC game based on this universe, called The Witcher, which was released in October 2007. There is also a mobile version of the game which has been created by Breakpoint Games and is being published by Hands-On Mobile in Western Europe,Latin America and Asia Pacific.

The English translation of Sapkowski's novel Blood of Elves won the David Gemmell Legends Award in 2009.

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93 reviews5 followers
March 2, 2020
Sama książka bardzo mi się podobała, ale w formie słuchowiska jest jeszcze lepsza!
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103 reviews2 followers
July 25, 2021
ciekawie napisane jak na opowiadania, myślałam że będzie bardziej nudne z tego co slyszałam fabulous ma byc lepszq a to sa takie poboczne historie Geralta, jako jego postaci no złoto, ideał dziekuje
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20 reviews2 followers
August 7, 2022
This book feels so nostalgic. For more than one reason. I've read it in middle school. But also since I'm Polish, it feels very much like hmm home. It has elements of slavic folklore, which we carry from generation to generation, and gives this specific great atmosphere. Sapkowski retold many well and less known tales, reflected in a brutal, more realistic but still magical world, with morally grey characters. Speaking of, I love that element in books, the fact that we can appreciate characters who are not perfect yet so endearing. I found the way the author kept sneaking in the title of each story during the dialogues so clever and entertaining! This book presents the beginning of the love tale between Geralt and Yen in such an amazing way, I could feel the emotions so well. I am planning to read it again sometime in the future but in English, I'm very curious how the vibe will change and what decisions the translators decided to make. I just want to add, I am a fan of books, games, now TV show and Geralt and his world will always be dear to my heart ♡
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288 reviews3 followers
December 26, 2019
I love absolutely all the characters, especially brotp Geralta and Jaskra
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13 reviews
September 5, 2021
Jeden z najlepszych audiobooków, jakie dane mi było posłuchać do tej pory.
Zdecydowanie warto zainteresować się w miejscu tradycyjnego czytania książki - muzyka, efekty dźwiękowe i aktorzy głosowi robią dobrą robotę.

Sama twórczość lekka, wciągająca, a jednocześnie czasem potrafi zaskoczyć przemyśleniem. Niesamowite uniwersum bazujące na legendach, mitach wielu kultur, przedstawiające mniej lub bardziej po cichu problemy rasizmu, przemijania, przeznaczenia czy przywar ludzkich.
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162 reviews4 followers
January 23, 2020
Projíždím Polskem, pletu a za okny jsou místní démoni, tahle rozhlasovka je n e j l e p š í.
Jaskier schovávajíci na univerzitě vodku za atlasem je mood. Jaskier pěstující růže taky. Precious bard a soft Witcher ❤️
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49 reviews
June 7, 2020
Rewelacyjne słuchowisko bardzo dobrej książki. Wiedźmina nie trzeba nikomu przedstawiać więc tylko pochwalę sam kunszt aktorów i całkiem dobrze dobraną muzykę i efekty dźwiękowe. Kolejne części liczę, że będą podobnie dobre.
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January 5, 2022
i would marry this audiobook if i could
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February 18, 2022
Моя перша повністю прочитана книжка польською мовою. Блискуче зроблена аудіокнига. Самі ж ці оповідання, звісно, — давно серед улюблених творів.
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7 reviews
July 31, 2023
nie dziwią mnie niskie oceny wystawiane przez niepolskojęzycznych czytelników
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