Yevah Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 To be honest, I read the first six chapters of The First Law trilogy a few months ago. Haven't read a single page since. I just couldn't get into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedEyedGhost Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Will it have all of the short fiction for that world? I'm still pissed about all of those freebies for people that bought their books at Waterstones. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Yeah, they get a deal with HBO. How nuts would it be if [spoiler]Logen got Ferro pregnant in the first trilogy and their child is a POV in the next. I just imagine his craziness and the superpowers she's rocking at the end of LAoK[/spoiler] I can't remember the amount of time that passed from book 2 to the end of book 3 but with magic included it's possible. Fun idea! Will it have all of the short fiction for that world? I'm still pissed about all of those freebies for people that bought their books at Waterstones. :P I definitely read somewhere that the waterstone freebies will also be present. They feel more like early chapters that were edited out of the final book but they are still enjoyable. Update: I think the interview about his next trilogy plans can be found here or summarised here. it's from 3 years ago so I'm sure his plans have changed - especially having done Shattered Sea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Pretty cool that it will have several new stories including a novella. Reading more about Glokta and Logen is good news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jurble Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 How nuts would it be if [spoiler]Logen got Ferro pregnant in the first trilogy and their child is a POV in the next. I just imagine his craziness and the superpowers she's rocking at the end of LAoK[/spoiler] I don't think that's a way Joe would go, but [spoiler] I've had a pet theory that Ferro bore multiple kids for Uthman-ul-Dosht while she was in his harem. Her revenge-obsession and hatred of Uthman makes her not care about the kids, hence their lack of appearance in her PoV. And to take the crackpot a bit further - Khalul intentionally had Ferro brought to Uthman's harem because he's been breeding the Gurkish royal line for centuries to recreate an Euz-type figure. Just consider that Uthman was raping Ferro regularly and Ferro was a super-strong demonblood thing even before her powerup. If Uthman himself didn't have super-strength, would he have bothered wasting all the strength and energy, and getting horrible wounds as well, just to rape Ferro? So, that's my suspicion. Uthamn-ul-Dosht is a demonblood, possibly a very powerful demonblood, he had children by Ferro, and those kids are possibly as strong as Tolomei, perhaps as strong as Euz' sons. [/spoiler] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicomo Cosca Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 I'm very excited to read this! I haven't read any of the short stories set in TFL universe but knowing Joe they're probably great! Has he made any coments regarding what the short stories will be about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhom Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 To be honest, I read the first six chapters of The First Law trilogy a few months ago. Haven't read a single page since. I just couldn't get into it.I would encourage you to try again. There's a reason the author gets near universal praise on this forum full of cynics. The Blade Itself is by far Abercrombie's weakest work, but it does work to am exciting conclusion and then you have Before They Are Hanged and Last Argument of Kings which are great. Its also fairly short.Certainly nothing along the lines of Malazan's "Read this confusing thousand page doorstopper and then the next book has nothing to do with it" opener. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentRoamer Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Equally however, Abercrombies style is clear and distinct. If you don't dig his style I can imagine it would be hard to read. Similar to how I found Susanna Clarke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Abercrombie Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 It'll contain all the short fiction that's been published in the First Law world, wherever that may be, plus a few new stories including a long one. Novella might be a bit generous. 13 stories altogether with a lot of familiar faces turning up plus a sort of unifying thread of stories with Shev and Javre, my female Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser style pairing. New ones will include a story about the last ride of the beautiful young Colonel Glokta and one about the idealistic chieftain Bethod struggling to make peace in spite of his psychopathic champion. There'll be a more detailed announcement next week, probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhom Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 It'll contain all the short fiction that's been published in the First Law world, wherever that may be, plus a few new stories including a long one. Novella might be a bit generous. 13 stories altogether with a lot of familiar faces turning up plus a sort of unifying thread of stories with Shev and Javre, my female Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser style pairing. New ones will include a story about the last ride of the beautiful young Colonel Glokta and one about the idealistic chieftain Bethod struggling to make peace in spite of his psychopathic champion. There'll be a more detailed announcement next week, probably.I'm in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicomo Cosca Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 It'll contain all the short fiction that's been published in the First Law world, wherever that may be, plus a few new stories including a long one. Novella might be a bit generous. 13 stories altogether with a lot of familiar faces turning up plus a sort of unifying thread of stories with Shev and Javre, my female Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser style pairing. New ones will include a story about the last ride of the beautiful young Colonel Glokta and one about the idealistic chieftain Bethod struggling to make peace in spite of his psychopathic champion. There'll be a more detailed announcement next week, probably. Shut up and take my money! Honestly it sounds amazing! I'm going to preorder it on my kindle whenever it becomes available! Looking forward to the cover desing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Looking forward to this. The only short stories I've read are "Some Desperado" and "Tough Times All Over". Will be great to have all the short fiction set in TFL universe in one book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhom Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 You know, I'm familiar with Fahfrd and the Grey Mouser but I've never read any of them. Do they hold up well? I don't even know where to begin with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Seswatha Jordan Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 I'm actually on Half a World at the moment. Love Abercrombie and his writing just keeps me wanting more. Love the world of First Law, can't wait to read more about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 The big question though is going to be "what order do I read the collection in". There's going to be so many variables - do I read it in the order they are presented in the book, do i dip in and out according and read the full length books in a given order. Given how often this question is asked I'm sort of hoping the collection will feature a detailed "how to read" guide foe the series so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Writhen Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 A_Harvester_Of_Souls™? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Abercrombie Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 The big question though is going to be "what order do I read the collection in". There's going to be so many variables - do I read it in the order they are presented in the book, do i dip in and out according and read the full length books in a given order. Given how often this question is asked I'm sort of hoping the collection will feature a detailed "how to read" guide foe the series so far. Funnily enough they'll all be dated and in chronological order, with the dates of the books supplied for their easy insertion into an author approved reading sequence. Or you could just start with the longest titles and progress to the shortest ones, like any reasonable person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon AS Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 "Author approved reading sequence"? It's as if this Abercrombie fellow has never heard of the Death of the Author. I call on my fellow readers to reject this imposed framework and liberate the texts from chronological tyrrany! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 It'll contain all the short fiction that's been published in the First Law world, wherever that may be, plus a few new stories including a long one. Novella might be a bit generous. 13 stories altogether with a lot of familiar faces turning up plus a sort of unifying thread of stories with Shev and Javre, my female Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser style pairing. New ones will include a story about the last ride of the beautiful young Colonel Glokta and one about the idealistic chieftain Bethod struggling to make peace in spite of his psychopathic champion. There'll be a more detailed announcement next week, probably. Oooooh niiiice. Take my money as well please. I hope the long one is about either of those last two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The BlackBear Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Will the Bethod and Glokta ones be their POV? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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