Emo Jon Snow Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 I can't tell if I love the series or just Abraham's writing in general. These books are fantastic, don't get me wrong, but I feel like Daniel Abraham could post his shopping list and I would probably enjoy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karaddin Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 I have found his bloggish posts well worth reading when I see them, so there is definitely some of that going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. X Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 I can't tell if I love the series or just Abraham's writing in general. These books are fantastic, don't get me wrong, but I feel like Daniel Abraham could post his shopping list and I would probably enjoy it. I'm not sure I'd read D.A.'s shopping list, but if he were to post his shopping list with some commentary about each item on that list and the reasoning that led him to place it on the list, I think I would have a hard time not declaring that the best thing on the internets. On an unrelated note, I remember talking to Daniel at the BWB party at Denver Worldcon, which was just after An Autumn War had been published. I told him that one of my favorite things about that book was finishing it and thinking, "I have no idea what's going to happen next!" He smiled and said something along the lines of, "Yes, isn't that great?" If he had shown up in London, we would have had almost the exact same conversation about The Widow's House. So anyway, is The Spider's War here yet? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underfoot Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 So anyway, is The Spider's War here yet? :) I completely missed hearing what the name of the final book was! Thanks for posting that. Ahh, so excited! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tears of Lys Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 I completely missed hearing what the name of the final book was! Thanks for posting that. Ahh, so excited! Yeah, I hadn't heard that either. It'd be funny if a giant spider goddess actually DID show up. :P No, not really. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterOJ Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 So it's The Spider's War? Not the Spiders' War? Because the placement of that apostrophe is sorta telling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underfoot Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 According to one page on Daniel Abraham's website, The Spider's War is forthcoming. However, it doesn't list anything about The Widow's House, so I wonder if The Spider's War is a previous title for for the fourth book? Can the summon author spell work again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. X Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 It's The Spider's War according to this post on DA's blog. You can find the cover art in a few different spots on the internet, such as this blog post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underfoot Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 It's The Spider's War according to this post on DA's blog. You can find the cover art in a few different spots on the internet, such as this blog post. Awesome, thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 I like that cover a lot more than the other covers. I'd love to find out more about the Dragons' civilization. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xray the Enforcer Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 I was really taken with the idea of a character so far on the wrong side of history that he lapped himself. That might be the best sentence I have ever read on this site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxom 1974 Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 I like that cover a lot more than the other covers. I'd love to find out more about the Dragons' civilization.It really is quite gorgeous. I'm not actually sure I won't to know that much more though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illrede Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 It really is quite gorgeous.I'm not actually sure I won't to know that much more though. I don't know, it's kind of out of theme, taking "fire" as a weapon. Then again, there is "dragon" as a weapon. They turned humanity into dogs, probably using the classical method; people that instinctively mapped dragon body language to human body language over time had sufficient selective pressure that they took over the relevant gene pool (humans that are alive that pass on their genes), likely through the mechanism of "ever so slightly less likely to be eaten when a peckish dragon wandered near the pens/had to pick between multiple humans within easy reach in private". Making Firstblood humans in the sense that a cattle-dog is a wolf. Well, Jasaru are the cattle-dogs, I think. If mankind had any kind of civilization when dragonkind showed up, that is some kind of horror. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterKing Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Just finished widow's house, after some shaenigangs in getting the book( damn you Amazon!).Loved it, the dragon is very interesting, because he is not the super weapon I was expecting.Can't wait for the next one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tears of Lys Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Making Firstblood humans in the sense that a cattle-dog is a wolf. Well, Jasaru are the cattle-dogs, I think. If mankind had any kind of civilization when dragonkind showed up, that is some kind of horror. That's why Marcus and Kit exchanged a look fraught with meaning as Inys went on about how he would repopulate the world with dragons. And every time Inys would refer to the humans as "slave" in such a casual manner was pretty chilling, but spot-on. Humanity was the dragons' tool to use as they wished. Makes one stop and think, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HairBearHero Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 That's why Marcus and Kit exchanged a look fraught with meaning as Inys went on about how he would repopulate the world with dragons. And every time Inys would refer to the humans as "slave" in such a casual manner was pretty chilling, but spot-on. Humanity was the dragons' tool to use as they wished.Makes one stop and think, eh? I very much get the impression that dragons view humans almost exactly as humans view dogs, which would be a fairly uncomfortable situation if you were living it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 HBH,I very much get the impression that dragons view humans almost exactly as humans view dogs, which would be a fairly uncomfortable situation if you were living it.That's a great analogy. Hell, they turned us into different breeds in this world. "Firstbloods" equate to wolves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HairBearHero Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 HBH,That's a great analogy. Hell, they turned us into different breeds in this world. "Firstbloods" equate to wolves. Yep, that was precisely what I was thinking. Actively interfered with breeding for specialised purposes, view them as beings of lesser sentience, mostly regarded as "working tools" with a few favoured pets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illrede Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 HBH,That's a great analogy. Hell, they turned us into different breeds in this world. "Firstbloods" equate to wolves. "Wolves" don't exist anymore. The Firstblood are close, but they aren't feral humans- they respond too well to Dragon body language. They're "domesticated" themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 illrede,So, "Firstbloods" are more like wild dogs than Wolves? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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