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I just started reading The Blade Itself, I'm 17% through it according to my Kindle. I'm really liking it so far, never read anything else by Abercrombie before. I picked it up off a goon recommendation. The dark humor really gets me, and I've found myself chuckling quite a few times.
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May 21, 2011 03:48
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Can any one explain to me the lineage of The Maker and his sons, and Bayaz? Mostly how Bayaz threw The Maker off the tower and then...... I finished The Blade Itself and have moved on to the second book, but I have some lingering questions. I am enjoying the hell out of these books so far but this one bit of canon. Thanks duders.
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Jun 8, 2011 01:40
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Thanks for filling me in. It's not much of a spoiler, it just seemed like when it's explained in book 1 that he throws a bunch of names at you really quickly.
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Jun 10, 2011 01:51
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I've torn through over 60% of Before They Are Hanged in three sittings. The Blade Itself was really good but it seemed like by book two the characters really take hold and allow the reader to really grasp the difference between them. I've found myself fighting off sleep to keep reading it. Still alive.
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Jun 16, 2011 08:45
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Can anyone offer me a physical description of the Gurkish and the Shanka? From what I can piece together the Gurkish are just savage men and the Shanka look like goblins.
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Jun 22, 2011 03:25
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I always felt Logen was basically Korgoth of Barbaria And I imagined the Practicals looked like this: 
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Jun 23, 2011 18:47
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I also finished Last Argument of Kings yesterday. Going to start Best Served Cold in a few days. I already have The Heroes but I definitely want to read them in order.
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Jun 29, 2011 02:28
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I picked up Best Served Cold today, and will probably start it tomorrow (it's my day off.) I didn't realize that this thing was such a behemoth of a book. I swear to god my Kindle feels heavier after getting it. More pages just means more bloodshed 
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Jun 30, 2011 03:19
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StabbedUp posted:I did smile to see him claim in an interview that he's playing Red Dead Redemption as research. I hope he's been playing the Undead Nightmare expansion. 
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Jul 7, 2011 18:27
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Well, I finished Best Served Cold and I loved it. The whole idea of revenge only brings more revenge really tied into Shivers character (hating Logen) and Monza's idea of payback. I can't wait to start The Heroes tomorrow. The only downside is this is the last Abercrombie book I'll be able to read for quite some time. Also sheesh duders I was kidding about the zombies. Bump: Spent the past two nights reading The Heroes all night. At first I was sure it was pretty much just another Abercrombie book. Then on day one when the actual battle started I was blown away. I love how he would describe some mundane commander or soldier and have them killed, then switch to the perspective of their killer. The leap-frogging around has me hook, this is his best one yet. Beastie fucked around with this message at 19:32 on Jul 14, 2011 |
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Jul 9, 2011 05:00
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I tore threw the last 10 chapters of The Heroes this morning. The ending was a bit more of a let don than the other books. I'm not sure if I feel that way because it seemed uneventful, or if this is the last of this series for some time. I really did like how he would describe the battle from both sides and flip flop between killers and the killed.
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Jul 28, 2011 23:03
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Yeah he knows what he wants but he goes about getting it in such round-about ways and in the end he just screws himself over Also gently caress Bayaz, in the first book you admire him and then you slowly realize how he is such a cocksucker for no loving reason.
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Jul 31, 2011 02:22
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That's why someone a few years ago made this pilot for [adult swim]. Unfortunately it was too expensive. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYJ8G_ou6Dc I mentioned earlier that Logen is basically Korgoth.
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Aug 11, 2011 21:40
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Well the ending of Last Argument Of Kings made it seem like he's dead but I wouldn't be surprised if he does make an appearance.
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Aug 14, 2011 03:13
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I had not even thought of that .
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Aug 20, 2011 23:14
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That would be interesting if Ninefingers came back only to get axed almost immediately in The North. Seems like a pretty brutal way to have him go. Arrive gloriously and get taken out only a few pages later.
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Aug 23, 2011 03:57
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The Gunslinger posted:It really clicked for me at about the 3/4 mark into the first book, I'd stick with it a bit longer. If Logen isn't growing on you by the end then I'd just finish it up and not bother with the rest though. Gunslinger is right. For me the first 3/4 of the book was a decent fantasy novel but all of a sudden it just becomes really really engrossing and the rest of the series is completely badass.
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Sep 26, 2011 19:46
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I just started rereading the First Law Trilogy. I have all 5 books on my Kindle but snagged the trilogy in analog form and gave them to my brother to read for the summer. He's hooked, the worst part is he doesn't even know how big of a oval office Bayaz is.
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May 12, 2012 21:59
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You know, I read all 5 of these books a year ago and it's only just now on my second read through that I get the thread title.
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May 14, 2012 03:35
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Quick question, what music do you guys listen to while reading this series? I've been listening to a chick band called Warpaint. They really seem to nail a grim battle environment. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssGW6n3YCHQ
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May 14, 2012 20:23
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Logen is missing one of his middle fingers because in Before They Are Hanged Logen mentions how handy it is to have one middle finger wink wink nudge nudge.
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May 19, 2012 02:48
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Is there ever given an explanation as to why the magic is leaking out of the world? Is it just a results of the gates to the other side being closed all those years ago? I know the spirits and Bayaz both say that magic is leaving this world but there never seems to be an explanation.
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May 22, 2012 21:13
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I totally forgot that Terez of Talins is a lesbian
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May 30, 2012 21:41
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I just started BSC again, and man are the first couple of chapters way better than the trilogy. He really hit his stride with this book and it shows. That said my little brother (also a goon) is about halfway through Last Argument of King. He's been avoiding this thread for fear of spoilers. Its so funny to have him text me "Holy poo poo!" every few hours. He thinks that Sult is the Eater in Adua, not Sulfur.
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Jun 1, 2012 22:15
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It's not an argument of whether The Union deserves him, if only for the fact that he's been at the reigns since day one. The Union has been his pet project for a long time. Some one else mentioned earlier, and I agree, Bayaz doesn't give a poo poo about The Union. It's just a means to an end to him Destroying Khalul
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Jun 4, 2012 05:33
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I finished round 2 of Best Served Cold tonight. Is there a backstory to Shenkt that I am forgetting? I know how he refuses to kneel to Bayaz and that he must undo all that he has done. But was there ever a reason why he left Bayaz? Is it purposefully vague or am I just being forgetful?
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Jun 10, 2012 07:38
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Above Our Own posted:Gorst may be a natural killer, but Logen is a supernatural killer who shrugs off lethal wounds and blows fire spirits at people and poo poo. I believe that all the spirits left the world at the end of The Blade Itself.
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Jun 12, 2012 03:51
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The first one that Logen meets mentions that he is one of the last. Then when they reach the edge of the world to find the seed I believe the very last of the spirits hands off "the seed" before mentioning that he is the last of the spirits. Maybe I am wrong, hell, I hope I am wrong but I just reread the trilogy.
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Jun 12, 2012 04:23
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I didn't realize this the first time I read The Heroes, but Craw mentions using an eye glass that he got off a frozen Union officer a couple of years back. That frozen soldier is Ladisla!
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Jun 15, 2012 20:02
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Your Gay Uncle posted:....and in Bayaz's speech to Calder at the end of The Heroes it is implied he is eating a human steak. He aslo eats part of Black Dow for dessert, if I remember correctly. That's not entirely true. At the end of The Heroes Deep and Shallow lead Calder to a meeting with Bayaz and Sulfur near a mass grave that has Dow in it. As they are leaving, Calder tells Sulfur to leave the meat "in case I am hungry later." He then jokingly asks for dessert, to which Sulfur replies as he leaves "Black Dow has it"
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Jun 19, 2012 23:45
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I realized this while reading last night, but after reading this series twice I can almost not expect characters in other books to come out alright or have a happy ending.
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Jul 2, 2012 14:30
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I like the American versions of Best Served cold and The Heroes. They're cheesy as hell but totally awesome at the same time. Kind of like how the original covers of old sci-fi novels from the 60's look awful. Or how the Evil Dead films are so loving over the top that they're awesome.
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Jul 25, 2012 07:33
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I always pictured Bayaz As Locke from Lost, but with a beard.
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Aug 29, 2012 18:38
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I was under the impression that Bayaz was eating meat and had tricked Calder into eating Black Dow, although he doesn't make it clear until Calder mentions dessert. Bayaz then makes some off the cuff remark along the lines of "Black Dow has it."
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Aug 30, 2012 19:12
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Oh man I wasn't going to read that but I lasted about 15 minutes. Cant wait!
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Sep 5, 2012 02:12
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I'm torn between the UK cover and the US one for Red Country. My three copies of the original trilogy all have the cover with maps and blood, while my copies of BSC and The Heroes are the hokey ones with the models. I get a huge discount at work so if I hold out and wait for the US version I get 30% off, but I have to wait until Nov. 13th. First world problems in a First Law Series.
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Sep 27, 2012 20:36
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They take place a few years after the trilogy. I would highly recommend reading all three of the new books. Read Best Served Cold, then The Heroes, then Red Country. That's the chronological order.
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Oct 6, 2012 18:57
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I went camping this weekend and someone asked if I had a knife on me. I had three, and they asked if that was excessive, to which I replied "You can never have too many knives."
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Oct 9, 2012 20:30
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I got my "no cheating didn't get it off BookBarn early or from the UK Kindle Store" copy of Red Country today. I have a some good beer and some cheap whiskey to drink while Iread it.
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Nov 13, 2012 23:50
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Papa Ring is totally Don King.
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Nov 21, 2012 07:05
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