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A Nice Boy posted:You may want to read BSC...Some HUGE poo poo happens to Shivers which changes his character quite a lot, and he's in The Heroes, too. So if you've read the original trilogy, post BSC Shivers is going to be really weird to you. Yeah, read BSC first. You advance copy gently caress.
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Unkempt posted:Mmmmm. I know it says not for sale, but seriously, how much do you want? (after you're done)
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I am prepared to offer a very large number of lemoncakes for one of those ARCs... Edit: Aw poo poo, neither of the guys who posted about them even has a WILDCARDS tag. WTF?
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So, just to clarify is Shenkt in any of the first trilogy at all? I figure that's probably not his real name, especially given the interlude with Vitari, but I wasn't sure. I want more backstory, he's badass.
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eyebrow posted:So, just to clarify is Shenkt in any of the first trilogy at all? I figure that's probably not his real name, especially given the interlude with Vitari, but I wasn't sure. I want more backstory, he's badass. Nope, it doesn't seem so.
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I am sat here with BSC on the chair next to me. I thought "I wonder if any goons like Abercrombie's stuff?" And then I found this thread. My dad (he's a 60 year old retired headmaster) got me into Abercrombie about a year ago. "Read this trilogy here, I know you don't like fantasy but give it a go, it's a bit different." I bloody loved every single page. What's also great is that Joe is happy to chat to you through Facebook, exchange emails etc, just a really nice guy. And I'd definitely go gay for him
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Well, I finished 'The Heroes', and I have to say I liked it more than 'The First Law', which I liked quite a lot. I can't think of anything more to say about it that doesn't involve spoilers but if anyone wants some then ask away.
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Unkempt posted:Well, I finished 'The Heroes', and I have to say I liked it more than 'The First Law', which I liked quite a lot. I can't think of anything more to say about it that doesn't involve spoilers but if anyone wants some then ask away. Just a yes or no on this will suffice. Does Logen show up?
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Ornamented Death posted:Just a yes or no on this will suffice. His name gets thrown around a lot but no.
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Sep 23, 2010 14:33
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Unkempt posted:His name gets thrown around a lot but no. Well, that sucks a donkey dick. 
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Hughmoris posted:Well, that sucks a donkey dick. I'm rather glad. Either he gets his own book or we never see him again would be the two options I'd like to see for him. I don't think being a side character in a book would the rest of his story justice.
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Decius posted:I'm rather glad. Either he gets his own book or we never see him again would be the two options I'd like to see for him. I don't think being a side character in a book would the rest of his story justice. If it turns out to be number two, then Abercrombie can go gently caress himself.
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Skellen posted:If it turns out to be number two, then Abercrombie can go gently caress himself. I seriously doubt he would have ended that storyline so ambiguously if it was the last we were going to see of that character. Leaving things in doubt isn't really something he does much, if at all.
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Logen had a fantastic arc that pretty much encompassed everything you needed to know about him except: "Who is his dad" and maybe a clearer explanation of his berserking. That and the way the ending mirrored how we met him, I mean, that's pretty much a goodbye, with a very Abercrombian shrug of "sometimes you live through a big fall. More often you don't."
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Evfedu posted:Logen had a fantastic arc that pretty much encompassed everything you needed to know about him except: "Who is his dad" and maybe a clearer explanation of his berserking. You have to be realistic I kid, I kid, I'd love to see more of Logen.
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Well, well! Look what arrived today! Along with this note from his editor...  Ha ha. Now I am cool, too! Right guys? RIGHT?! Just opened the prologue. It is great.
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Hating you right now.
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Evfedu posted:Logen had a fantastic arc that pretty much encompassed everything you needed to know about him except: "Who is his dad" and maybe a clearer explanation of his berserking. That last line of yours definitely helps me figure out exactly what was happening with the ending. Great point. And now I feel happy and satisfied with the trilogy all over again.
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I don't have much knowledge of the literary world but how do you assholes get these advance copies?
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Hughmoris posted:I don't have much knowledge of the literary world but how do you assholes get these advance copies? I was getting excited thinking all these posts meant it was coming out soon! Then I checked, not till February 7. 
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Dryb posted:I was getting excited thinking all these posts meant it was coming out soon! Then I checked, not till February 7.
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Sep 27, 2010 23:53
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Hughmoris posted:I don't have much knowledge of the literary world but how do you assholes get these advance copies? We share a publisher.
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anathenema posted:We share a publisher. I don't, my girlfriend just runs the SF department of a largish bookshop. There are a couple of copies on EBay (not mine) if anyone wants one that bad. http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_trksid=p3907.m570.l1312&_nkw=abercrombie+heroes&_sacat=See-All-Categories
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Unkempt posted:I don't, my girlfriend just runs the SF department of a largish bookshop. There are a couple of copies on EBay (not mine) if anyone wants one that bad. Independent? British?
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anathenema posted:Independent? British? No, Yes. A branch of Waterstone's. They're getting a lot better for allowing individual stores to do their own ordering etc. these days.
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Evfedu posted:Logen had a fantastic arc that pretty much encompassed everything you needed to know about him except: "Who is his dad" and maybe a clearer explanation of his berserking. Is this a spoiler from the first four books or The Heroes? I want to read it but don't know if I should.
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Grand Prize Winner posted:Is this a spoiler from the first four books or The Heroes? I want to read it but don't know if I should. The post you quoted is about the ending of The First Law trilogy.
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Oct 1, 2010 19:25
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I just started The Blade Itself and I have got to say the writing is excellent! Jesus I've never been so pleased with an author's writing in fantasy fiction before. Off to lose a few more hours of sleep.
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Oct 5, 2010 05:35
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The writing only improves from there. I loved The Blade Itself at the time but the first half of the book, on re-read, is lacking the tightness of what Abercrombie writes later.
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I just found out Abercrombie is going to be at New York Comic Con this weekend and I'm pretty excited because I was already planning on attending. I want to bring Best Served Cold for him to sign but I can't find the dust jacket anywhere. Is it tacky if I show up with a hardcover book without the cover at the signing? I don't think my paperbacks of the trilogy are in good enough condition to have him sign either.
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I never take dust jackets to signings, especially when the signing is at a convention - it's likely the jacket will get hosed up somehow before the end of the day. The only downside to not having the dust jacket is that if you're carrying the book in your hands all day, it's probably going to get kind some smudges on it from your filthy hands. So, you know, take a book bag.
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Oh okay, cool. Thanks. I've never gotten a book signed before so I didn't know what was appropriate. edit: I'm going to thank him for writing fantasy that I don't have to be embarrassed to say I read.
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On Abercrombie's dust jackets, his bio says that he edits video for Iron Maiden and other bands. I'd love it if Maiden would do a song about his series like they did for Dune.
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savinhill posted:On Abercrombie's dust jackets, his bio says that he edits video for Iron Maiden and other bands. I'd love it if Maiden would do a song about his series like they did for Dune. "Bloody Nine" Would be the most metal song ever. 
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I'd like to hear a song about Cosca and how great he is.
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Mr.48 posted:"Bloody Nine" Would be the most metal song ever. There's already a song that pretty much covers him... sort of. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MhYBGzcNMQ
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sarsbar posted:There's already a song that pretty much covers him... sort of. Haha, I've listened to that song a ton and I've never thought of Logen before. Now I always will and it will be better for it.
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KidDynamite posted:I just started The Blade Itself and I have got to say the writing is excellent! Jesus I've never been so pleased with an author's writing in fantasy fiction before. Off to lose a few more hours of sleep. You just wait for the sex scenes. Those will blow your mind! 
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I am a big fan of ASOIAF, but I don't read much other fantasy (well at least since high school). That said after reading the first couple of pages of this thread I just ordered the first book and I am looking forward to it. Sounds just like my cup of tea. Thanks.
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Burned through First Law in about four days, just starting up with BSC now. About the short story: I don't have any interest in buying the anthology it comes packaged along with, so is there any other way to get my hands on it? I don't have a Kindle or iPad or anything, for what difference that makes. I'm happy to pay, I just don't often find myself a fan of fantasy and would rather not slog through (and put dollar down for) a whole collection of it for one story I'm interested in. Also, if that untagged spoiler about Shivers on the first page of the thread is true, I'm gonna be really full of impotent rage at the internet in about a day or two.
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