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Joe Abercrombie
Joe Abercrombie is a freelance film editor, who works on documentaries and live music events. He lives and works in Bath. THE BLADE ITSELF, his debut novel, is the first novel of The First Law trilogy, followed by BEFORE THEY ARE HANGED and LAST ARGUMENT OF KINGS. His new stand-alone bestseller... show more



Joe Abercrombie is a freelance film editor, who works on documentaries and live music events. He lives and works in Bath. THE BLADE ITSELF, his debut novel, is the first novel of The First Law trilogy, followed by BEFORE THEY ARE HANGED and LAST ARGUMENT OF KINGS. His new stand-alone bestseller is BEST SERVED COLD.

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Birth date: December 31, 1974
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Science Fiction & Fantasy
Joe Abercrombie's Books
Before They Are Hanged - Joe Abercrombie Last Argument of Kings - Joe Abercrombie Best Served Cold - Joe Abercrombie Half a King - Joe Abercrombie The Heroes - Joe Abercrombie Red Country - Joe Abercrombie The Blade Itself - Joe Abercrombie Half the World (Shattered Sea) - Joe Abercrombie Swords & Dark Magic: The New Sword and Sorcery - Tanith Lee, Garth Nix, Robert Silverberg, Bill Willingham, C.J. Cherryh, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Gene Wolfe, Glen Cook, Greg Keyes, Michael Moorcock, Tim Lebbon, Jonathan Strahan, Steven Erikson, Michael Shea, Lou Anders, Scott Lynch, K.J. Parker, Joe Abercrombie, James Enge The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume 5 - Maureen McHugh, Theodora Goss, Ellen Kushner, Bruce Sterling, Pat Cadigan, Sandra McDonald, Cory Doctorow, Peter Watts, Diana Peterfreund, James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel, Jonathan Strahan, Geoffrey A. Landis, Margo Lanagan, Elizabeth Hand, Kij Johnson, Robert Reed, Hann Half a War - Joe Abercrombie Sharp Ends - Joe Abercrombie The Blade Itself #1 - Joe Abercrombie, Chuck Dixon, Andie Tong, Pete Pantazis, Bill Tortolini Half a War (Shattered Sea) - Joe Abercrombie The First Law Trilogy Boxed Set: The Blade Itself, Before They Are Hanged, Last Argument of Kings - Joe Abercrombie Half a King - Joe Abercrombie The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Eleven - Joe Abercrombie, N.K. Jemisin, Ken Liu, Jonathan Strahan Some Desperado - Joe Abercrombie Speculative Fiction 2012 - Justin Landon, Jared Shurin, Joe Abercrombie, Daniel Abraham, Kate Elliott, Kameron Hurley, N.K. Jemisin, Abigail Nussbaum, Christopher Priest, Adam Roberts, Lavie Tidhar, Sarah Anne Langton, Mur Lafferty, Foz Meadows The Blade Itself #3 - Joe Abercrombie, Andie Tong, Chuck Dixon
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Lillelara
Lillelara rated it 5 years ago
text The Blade Itself
The Blade Itself is a difficult book to describe, because this book doesn´t really have a plot. Or the little plot that there is, is a kind of prologue to the subsequent books in the series. At least it feels that way. But this doesn´t make this a bad book. Simply because Abercrombie constantly kept...
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in libris
in libris rated it 7 years ago
text An excellent annual
Strahan impresses again, having gathered a fine collection of stories first published in 2016. You can see somewhat detailed thoughts on most of the individual stories in previous posts of mine, and I will finish that series in the first part of this post: Foxfire, Foxfire, by Yoon Ha Lee. 4 stars...
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TheTick
TheTick rated it 7 years ago
text The Blade Itself
Slow starter but I want to know more. Full review here:http://www.honkifyoulovejustice.com/2017/10/20/book-review-blade-itself-joe-abercrombie
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Musings/Träumereien/Devaneios
Musings/Träumereien/Devaneios rated it 7 years ago
text Non-Standard Fantasy: “The Blade Itself” by Joe Abercrombie
I "discovered" Abercrombie in 2012 when I was actually looking for some fantasy novels that "weren't Dragonlance-level shit". Back in 2012 I started off by reading “The Heroes” first. Only in 2013 I got to reading the First Law from the beginning. Abercrombie does not sugar-coat his narrative. Tha...
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Burgoo
Burgoo rated it 7 years ago
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Great collection of some of the biggest names in the field. Highly recommended.
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