unJon Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 10 hours ago, garneac said: Any news on upcoming Parker stories? Please, I'm jonesing. Did you read the latest: Mightier Than the Sword? Novella but classic Parker and really well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unJon Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 So the Two of Swords #16 just downloaded on my kindle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Moody Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 It's been so long since I preordered #16 at Amazon that the order was glitched, asking for an update on my payment method and refusing to accept anything I tried to use. Fortunately I could just redo the order from the product page. Interesting change in format for this installment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unJon Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 On 9/5/2017 at 5:17 PM, Brendan Moody said: It's been so long since I preordered #16 at Amazon that the order was glitched, asking for an update on my payment method and refusing to accept anything I tried to use. Fortunately I could just redo the order from the product page. Interesting change in format for this installment. Agree. I enjoyed it. Felt like things may be coalescing. And it looks like the next few installments are coming out weekly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted September 11, 2017 Author Share Posted September 11, 2017 45 minutes ago, unJon said: And it looks like the next few installments are coming out weekly! They'd have to since the 3 omnibus collections are coming out in Oct/Nov/Dec. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unJon Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 2 hours ago, AncalagonTheBlack said: They'd have to since the 3 omnibus collections are coming out in Oct/Nov/Dec. I'll be interested in hearing whether there is any new content in the Omnibus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted September 12, 2017 Author Share Posted September 12, 2017 12 hours ago, unJon said: I'll be interested in hearing whether there is any new content in the Omnibus. I will be getting these,will let you know if any bonus content has been added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Moody Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 It’s kind of ironic that as The Two of Swords finally shifts from slow-burn preliminaries to conflict and action, the format changes in a way that makes the world-shaking events feel much less meaningful. I assume Parker had some trouble figuring out how to structure the conclusion— that must be why the series took a hiatus of a year and a half— and this was what he felt worked best. But it loses a lot of what made the series unusual and interesting. The last four parts are basically the final third or so of a more conventional Parker novel. Which means they’re funny and dark and thoughtful, but still there’s something of a damp squib effect compared to the promise of parts one through fifteen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Longfoot Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 I've been really curious about learning more about the specifics of the Two of Swords books- although I plan in any event to buy the omnibuses when they come out. I did wonder if there was some drop off in quality, because while I couldn't read the second review (not being a member), I noted that RT gave the first omnibus a glowing review and then rated the second at only two stars. On another topic, Subterranean Press just announced/made available to order a new anthology that collects all of the other Parker stories to date- https://subterraneanpress.com/slider-tabs/just-announced/father-of-lies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unJon Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 1 hour ago, Brother Longfoot said: I've been really curious about learning more about the specifics of the Two of Swords books- although I plan in any event to buy the omnibuses when they come out. I did wonder if there was some drop off in quality, because while I couldn't read the second review (not being a member), I noted that RT gave the first omnibus a glowing review and then rated the second at only two stars. Funny as the switch in style should only be in the third omnibus. If the second omnibus got two stars it was probably due to it being just more of the same as in the first omnibus without moving along the overall plot. Which would be a fair complaint. I liked the final set of volumes and do think Parker had trouble trying to figure out how to bring everything together, necessitating the long break in volumes and the change in style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 And of course that anthology is already missing a story. Booo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Longfoot Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 The one that is going to be in Book of Swords? And I suppose also missing is that novella "Mightier Than the Sword". And come to think of it, there's also that Priest's Hole from that 5 stories, which I haven't read. Surprised that one wasn't included. Guessing in like a year or two there will be a "Swords" anthology from Subterranean that will include those and subsequent ones. It's kind of interesting to me with the upcoming "Father of Lies" anthology that there were enough stories to support a "deal with the devil" theme. Some more literally than others. Granted, not all of them fit. Like "The Dragonslayer of Merebarton" and "Safe House" really don't fit and are probably included for the sake of completeness. I think they'd probably better fit in a hypothetical anthology that included the Book of Swords story that would be like "K.J. Parker does heroic fantasy". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 I was thinking of Mightier Than the Sword. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Longfoot Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Yeah. That seems obvious in retrospect. I guess part of Subterranean's business model is probably waiting a bit for people to purchase the individual novellas before including them in collections which are a better deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted February 22, 2018 Author Share Posted February 22, 2018 WTF? Thought this was a new book.What a twat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanF Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 I thought The Best Man Wins, in the Book of Swords, was rather good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 1 hour ago, AncalagonTheBlack said: WTF? Thought this was a new book.What a twat! Whoa. I smell a puppy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted March 14, 2018 Author Share Posted March 14, 2018 New KJP book coming out later this year,if Amazon placeholder is to be believed: New K. J. Parker Novel Paperback – 27 Nov 2018 Quote The first novel in a new epic fantasy trilogy from World Fantasy Award-winner K. J. Parker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted October 4, 2018 Author Share Posted October 4, 2018 Thanks to Brother Longfoot for the heads-up. Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City by K. J. Parker (April 2019) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sixteen-Ways-Defend-Walled-City/dp/0316270792/ Quote The powerful new novel from World Fantasy Award-winner K. J. Parker and the start of a sweeping new epic fantasy series. A siege is approaching, and the City has little time left to prepare. The people have no food and no weapons, and the enemy have sworn to slaughter them all. Their only chance rests with a colonel of engineers - a despised outsider, a genius, a master of military and political strategy with the wrong colour skin. He is the City's only hope. But nobody, rich or poor, wants to take orders from a jumped-up Milkface. Saving the City from itself might be more difficult than surviving the coming siege. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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