Jussi Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 New interview Shawn Speakman: THE FOOLS ASSASSIN is the title of the first book in a new Fitz & Fool trilogy. What prompted you to return to their world? Robin Hobb: Astute readers know that all the threads pointing toward there being more to come are there. There was always a final chapter to this tale, and I always wanted to write it. I was not always sure that I should write it, or that readers would welcome that final chapter as I envisioned it. But it just seemed that now was the time. Bits of this have been rattling around in the form of notes and ideas for twenty years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortstark Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 I am one of those who thinks that the ending of the Farseer trilogy was perfect, I did not welcome Tawny Man and I am not looking forward to this... BUT, I read Tawny Man and enjoyed it so I will be getting these.. On Kindle though.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jussi Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 The Fool's Assassin will be published in August 2014: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CElxqQt8Z8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Fitzpatrick Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 New interview That to me suggests that, as I posted earlier, Fitz will die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkash Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 This is so amazing news ! I've almost finished the Rain Wild Chronicles (started Robin Hobb late), and damn, I so love her writing, her characters, her world, how she develops it ! Maybe visiting the Fool's Country behind the seas ! I would love that ! We know the Six Duchies, the Mountains, the Outisland, the Rainwild, Bingtown, Jamailia and the Pirate Islands very well now ! Time for a new place in the world ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Okay, I have a question. Are these books for grownups, or for young adults? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Fitzpatrick Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Okay, I have a question. Are these books for grownups, or for young adults? I'd say both. And to be honest, I think Hobb's prose are only fully appreciated by us more seasoned readers. She has a wonderful way with words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidan Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Okay, I have a question. Are these books for grownups, or for young adults? They're for everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Uh, Adults? I don't get the question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Uh, Adults? I don't get the question. Not sure how else I could have phrased my question to make it more understandable. Thanks, Frank and Aidan. Reading the thread, it's quite obvious that this is a series with many fans, and although my own tastes in fantasy lean towards the more adult side of the market, I may well give this a go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The BlackBear Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Not sure how else I could have phrased my question to make it more understandable. Thanks, Frank and Aidan. Reading the thread, it's quite obvious that this is a series with many fans, and although my own tastes in fantasy lean towards the more adult side of the market, I may well give this a go. Think of it more like an Adult Fantasy book that can be read by Young Adults. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inigima Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 I don't think of it as a YA series, if that helps. I'm going to have to reread Tawny Man sometime. All you guys are describing it as a sugary-sweet ending, but I remember finding it crushing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The BlackBear Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 I'm going to have to reread Tawny Man sometime. All you guys are describing it as a sugary-sweet ending, but I remember finding it crushing. I didn't read it as massively sugary, but I can see how the argument can be made. But I certainly didn't find it 'crushing.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shryke Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 I don't think of it as a YA series, if that helps. I'm going to have to reread Tawny Man sometime. All you guys are describing it as a sugary-sweet ending, but I remember finding it crushing. It's not he ending, it's the whole series. Or most of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 I'm currently a third of the way through The Assassin's Apprentice. Impressive stuff. Fitz makes for a very engaging narrator, and I find myself rooting for him like no other character I've read about for a long time. I shall be staying clear of this thread now, at least until I've finished what's been written so far. Thanks, Board, for yet another excellent recommendation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Not sure how else I could have phrased my question to make it more understandable. Thanks, Frank and Aidan. Reading the thread, it's quite obvious that this is a series with many fans, and although my own tastes in fantasy lean towards the more adult side of the market, I may well give this a go. Uh, its not marketd at or targeted at the YA market. Are you asking if its filled with decapitation and rapes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterOJ Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Uh, its not marketd at or targeted at the YA market. Are you asking if its filled with decapitation and rapes?It's not GRIMDAAAAARRRRKKK enough!!!!1!!1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The BlackBear Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 It's not GRIMDAAAAARRRRKKK enough!!!!1!!1 Can you imagine Farseer written by J Abercrombie? Fitz wouldn't live through the first chapter, and if by some miracle he did, he'd be grotesquely scarred. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Hugely excited for this to come out. It's the one thing I was hoping for years she'd return to. This is at the top of my waiting list along with Unholy Consult and Winds of Winter. This should be awesome if it's on the level of both Farseer and Tawny Man, both of which were top level Fantasy books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Migey Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Can you imagine Farseer written by J Abercrombie? Fitz wouldn't live through the first chapter, and if by some miracle he did, he'd be grotesquely scarred. No, he wouldn't. It would be an amazing and magical riveting adventure in which Fitz does some amazing things and everything goes well and there's a happy ending, and then in an epilogue we'd discover that Fitz is actually in a magically induced and carefully controlled coma to keep him alive after the events of the previous books, and he's living in a false dreamworld. As his adventures draw to a close, in the real world they're just about to pull magical life support because everything has gone to such shit that they can no longer afford to feed him. Also, in the real world, we discover that the Fool died of lung cancer fifteen years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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