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Online StoreJoe Abercrombie’s final book of The First Law Trilogy is slowly finding its way onto shelves in book shops all around the UK and the author himself reflects, in typically humourous fashion, how well the book has been received by the critics.
Supposedly, Last Argument of Kings is now the 12th best-selling book on Amazon.co.uk. Quite an achievement.
To read the authors thoughts in full simply click on the following link - http://www.joeabercrombie.com/2008/03/last-argument-of-kings.html
In an interesting post on his blog Joe Abercrombie explains in details the five different editions that are available for his book Before They Are Hanged. The editions described include trade paperback, mass-market paperback and hardcover.
http://www.joeabercrombie.com/2008/02/big-fish-little-fish.html
After a lukewarm reception to The Blade Itself Publisher’s Weekly come out with a far more enthusiastic review of Before They Are Hanged. A starred review in the publication resulted in a typically humourous reaction from Joe Abercrombie himself.
FantasyBookReview.co.uk has now completed the review for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, JK Rowling’s fifth book of seven. The ratings for the books improves with each release and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince receives 8.9 out of 10 which places it at #8 in our list of the top 100 fantasy books of all time. This places the book on a level par with Joe Abercrombie’s Before They Are Hanged and Ursula Le Guin’s The Other Wind.
Joe Abercrombie’s second book in his fantasy trilogy The First Law is a real cracker.
http://www.fantasybookreview.co.uk/Joe-Abercrombie/Before-They-Are-Hanged.html
This book has been awarded 8.9 / 10 and has entered the top #100 at #6 alongside Steven Erikson’s Memories of Ice and Ursula Le Guin’s Earthsea Quartet … not too bad a book then from the Lancaster lad.
If ever I wanted the low-down on a recently released film then I would go to Empire. Not any more, the Joe Abercrombie journal features far more honest and less pretentious reviews with a fine smattering of abstract humour thrown in.
If you want to know what American Gangster and I am Legend are like and whether they are worth spending your hard earned money on then these reviews are top notch.
Joe Abercrombie is a funny man, his books are full of good humour and his posts are even funnier. If you want to read a blog by a fantasy author that is self-depreciating and genuinely good fun then there is no better place to visit.
The comments on reviews on his books are my favourites.
Unfortunately there are so many books and so little time. As my wife reads and reviews the Joe Abercrombie books I am currently re-reading The Hobbit and have Ursula Le Guin’s The Other Wind, David Gemmell’s The King Beyond The Gate and Robin Hobb’s The Mad Ship all waiting to be read.
Where to start? The Other Wind I think …
The first fantasy book by the now acclaimed English writer has been reviewed and enjoyed a very positive reception.
It has entered the top 100 fantasy books list at #17.
http://www.fantasybookreview.co.uk/Joe-Abercrombie/The-Blade-Itself.html
The Last Argument of the Kings is available in March 2008 in the UK, if you can’t wait that long there is an extract available on the official Joe Abercrombie website. Follow the link below to read from this eagerly anticipated book - http://www.joeabercrombie.com/extract_last_argument_of_kings.htm