Tag Archives: Joe Abercrombie

If Sam Sykes ran a Convention — SamCon 2013: Dare to attend!

Posted on March 25 2013 by Sam Sykes | 14 Comments

Thoughts experiments are dangerous things. You know what’s even more dangerous? Thoughts of any kind from the mind of fantasy author Sam Sykes. Thought experiments. . . well, those are just frightening. Nevertheless, Sykes tweeted this gem:

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I had to know more. What follows is Sykes’s proposed program of SamCon ’12. May God help us all.… Read the rest

Red Country by Joe Abercrombie

Posted on October 30 2012 by Justin | 8 Comments

He caught Handsome’s wrist just as he pulled his axe free, wrenched it up and with the other hand snatched the knife from his fancy belt and rammed it in his groin, dragging up the blade, ripping him wide open, blood spraying the pair of them.

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And so goes Red Country. For those living under a rock, Joe Abercrombie is the best living fantasist. Notice, I didn’t qualify that by saying he’s the best living British fantasist, or the best living fantasist who doesn’t write A Song of Ice and Fire, or the best living fantasist who isn’t quite as good looking as China Mièville. I say this, not to trade in unnecessary superlative, but because I genuinely believe it. He’s subversive, creative, authentic, and all together, undeniably, modern.

His original trilogy, titled The First Law, was a fantasy enfilade — hard hitting, gruesome  and completely unapologetic for a Nietzsche-esque worldview.… Read the rest