Snowbeat Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 I just ordered The Blade Itself from Amazon.co.uk. Unfortunately, I bought it from a vendor so it'll take two weeks to get to me. Dammit, I need some decent fantasy to hold me over! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronn Stone Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Finished it over the weekend - I had intended to wait for the US release but it was too far away. Amazon.ca, FTW. Loved it. Going to look into BTAH next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. X Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Finished it over the weekend - I had intended to wait for the US release but it was too far away. Amazon.ca, FTW. Amazon.ca? Oh sure, take the easy way out. We flew to the UK to pick up a copy. (No really, we bought it in Gatwick Airport on the way home yesterday.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xray the Enforcer Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Bought my copy of the book whilst in the UK. Have plowed through half of it and an thoroughly enjoying it. Well done, Joe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Abercrombie Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 (No really, we bought it in Gatwick Airport on the way home yesterday.) No way, man! I thought they only sold proper books at the airport? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xray the Enforcer Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 No way, man! I thought they only sold proper books at the airport? Nope. We were down to our last pounds, and we hadn't gotten a chance to make it to a bookstore after meeting you on that fateful drunken Thursday (sorry I wasn't much of a conversationalist -- was totally knackered by the flight). And 'lo! There it was in its glory: The Blade Itself. It was the only decent book in the entire shop, I am quite certain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Warrior Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Igotta tell y'all, I'm really hyped up waiting on TBI to show up! Especially since it's the first time I've ordered anything from overseas, and living in Texas, but it should be here in the next day or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Warrior Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 I finished The Blade Itself last night. I really think this book kicks ass! Especially the characters, they carry everything along so well! I can't afford Before They Hanged right now, but can't wait to find out the next part of this adventure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat5150 Posted May 28, 2007 Share Posted May 28, 2007 You can see the US cover art for The Blade Itself here. I'm happy Pyr decided to keep basically the same cover art, as the Gollancz cover rocks! Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubby Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 at Pat's new user name. Brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymeria87 Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 Am reading it this very moment and utterly enjoying it...yay for the advantages of ZERO shipping-costs of amazon.de, I can live in Germany and don't have to pay a cent for shipping and it only took 3 days instead of the 6 to 9 they'd told me Love the cover-art btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneeye Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 I just started this one, really like the characters so far. World building is pretty interesting too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 Just thought I'd mention that Gollancz seems to have made a deal with Joe for a new book after the First Law trilogy, to come out in April 2009 and titled "Best served cold", apparantly a tale of revenge. Joe, if you're here next time maybe you could eloborate a bit on this book, unless you're still in the earliest stages of writing/thinking about it of course? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 Best Served Cold: a bloody tale of revenge against an evil restaurant-owner after the hero is served gazpacho soup...warm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 There's a synopsis already: Mercenaries are a wonderful thing: they fight as you tell them, whom you tell them, and when you tell them, for nothing more precious or complicated than money. And Monzcarro Mercatto, and her brother (and lover) Benna Mercatto, are the two most successful, most popular, and most wealthy mercenaries in Styria...but wealthy, popular mercenaries are not such a good thing. In fact they're a downright dangerous thing. Which is why Grand Duke Orso of Styria arranges to have them dealt with. Permanently. With hindsight, he may come to consider this a tactical error. Through sheer good luck - which her brother doesn't share - Monzcarro survives the long and fatal drop Orso arranged for her, and staggers away from her encounter with a ruined right hand, an opium addiction ...and a plan to come back with a fortune, plently of bladed weapons, and a single-minded determination to kill the seven men in the room when her brother was murdered. Preferably in as gruesome a manner as she can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltaran Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 Best Served Cold: a bloody tale of revenge against an evil restaurant-owner after the hero is served gazpacho soup...warm Does this involve misquoting Space Corp Directives at any point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Abercrombie Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 Just thought I'd mention that Gollancz seems to have made a deal with Joe for a new book after the First Law trilogy, to come out in April 2009 and titled "Best served cold", apparantly a tale of revenge. It's true, it's true, it's all true. There's a deal with Gollancz for two stand-alone books set in the same world as The First Law of which Best Served Cold will be the first. I guess you could call it a fantasy thriller, low on magic, high on blood. It's set in Styria, and will feature a few new characters, and some peripheral characters from the previous books in more central roles. It's about poison, treachery, money, violence, and, of course, revenge. What's not to like? Best Served Cold: a bloody tale of revenge against an evil restaurant-owner after the hero is served gazpacho soup...warm An evil restaurant owner may or may not be involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereward Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 It's about poison, treachery, money, violence, and, of course, revenge. Quality. In a totally unrelated question, are you interested in Conservative Party politics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Warrior Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 Best served Cold sounds cool, always looking forward to Joe's work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Snow Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 Echoes of Kill Bill I'd say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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