Fantasy Book Critic Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 I personally enjoyed Mr. Abraham's debut and am looking forward to his new novel. So, on that note, here's an interview that I just did with him: "For me, one of the more pleasant surprises and enjoyable reads of 2006 was the debut of Daniel Abraham’s “A Shadow In Summerâ€. While many readers, myself included, were probably turned on to Mr. Abraham by the George R. R. Martin recommendation, by no means was the book A Song Of Ice & Fire clone. On the contrary, Daniel Abraham possesses his own unique style and with volume II of the Long Price Quartet set for release this summer, I thought it prudent to do a little interview to hopefully shed some light on an up-and-coming writer that deserves to be read:" Full interview here. Thanks as always for reading. Much love & respect. Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antares Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 Gesture and posture convey as much information as spoken words in Abraham's impressive first novel, a fantasy set in a world where poets create and bind powerful shape-shifting creatures called "andat." The Empire hangs on, literally, by a thread; the cloth industry depends on the ability of andat Seedless to magically remove seeds from cotton plants to keep commerce flowing and the barbarians in check. Seedless, who can also remove unborn children from their mother's womb, aims to drive his poet-creator, Heshai-kvo, mad with grief. A love triangle develops among a threesome -- Heshai's apprentice, Maati; Itani, a laborer with a past; and the beautiful scribe Liat -- as they unknowingly assist the andat in his plot to abort a wanted child. When Liat's master, Amat Kyaan, uncovers the plan, Amat must flee and live as a bookkeeper in a brothel. The complex characters all struggle to navigate a path between their duty to their Empire and to themselves. A blurb from George R.R. Martin will help alert his fans to this promising newcomer. All I could do was scratch my head as I read that plot summary... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronn Stone Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 Because typically people ask questions in new threads that could have been easily answered by looking through existing topics It is especially cruel of you to impose the ancient bitchfest between Stego and Ashara that characterizes the first few pages of this thread on anyone wanting to read something substantive about Abraham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 Check out the gorgeous cover for the third book, an Autumn War: http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y141/igal...niereAutumn.jpg The second cover is up as well ( book comes out in August) http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/515l...zmL._SS500_.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konstantine Posted May 28, 2007 Share Posted May 28, 2007 My one-sentence review: I really wanted this to be better than it was. I just finished this and that's exactly what I thought. I got bored while reading it, and actually skimmed through it quite a bit even though it was short. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tears of Lys Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 It is especially cruel of you to impose the ancient bitchfest between Stego and Ashara that characterizes the first few pages of this thread on anyone wanting to read something substantive about Abraham. Ancient bitchfests are what I live for. They are little nuggets of gold buried among the "appreciation" threads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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