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DiapDealer · 02-20-2011, 09:41 AM

I just finished Joe Abercrombie's The Heroes (one of those Bankrupt Nihilistic Fantasies that has Leo Grin up in arms over at Big Hollywood).

I liked it a little better than his previous Best Served Cold, but that may be only because I was more familiar with the characters in this one. Don't get me wrong, I love the fact that someone is writing something that can be even loosely described as "stand-alone fantasy" in this day and age, but I get the feeling that these three planned stand-alones are simply better-than-average-filler between his First Law Trilogy and the next series.

And further (only for those who have read all the books)...

Spoiler:

I also read and enjoyed the latest installment over at Ray Gun Revival (Memory by Michael Merriam) and the first story in James H. Schmitz's Telzey Amberdon collection. (Yes, I have a weakness for golden-age space opera).

Now I'm starting A Shadow in Summer. The first book in Daniel Abraham's Long Price Quartet tetrology. I was bullied into it after sticking my foot in my mouth in a thread on another forum.

I kid... my arm didn't have to be twisted very far at all.

02-20-2011, 09:41 AM	#8356
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,701 Karma: 205039118 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	I just finished Joe Abercrombie's The Heroes (one of those Bankrupt Nihilistic Fantasies that has Leo Grin up in arms over at Big Hollywood). I liked it a little better than his previous Best Served Cold, but that may be only because I was more familiar with the characters in this one. Don't get me wrong, I love the fact that someone is writing something that can be even loosely described as "stand-alone fantasy" in this day and age, but I get the feeling that these three planned stand-alones are simply better-than-average-filler between his First Law Trilogy and the next series. And further (only for those who have read all the books)... Spoiler: All fans fell in love with the character of the Bloody-Nine (Logen Ninefingers) - who came to a rather ambiguous "end" at the conclusion of the First Law Trilogy. Abercrombie has been dangling the potential return of the Bloody-Nine in both books since then. He will continue to dangle that carrot in the third planned stand-alone. It's getting a little old. Bring Logen Ninefingers back or kill him permanently. I'm cool with either one... just stop rubbing a fantastic (but absent) character in the readers face in order to sell books that are good, but less than stellar. I also read and enjoyed the latest installment over at Ray Gun Revival (Memory by Michael Merriam) and the first story in James H. Schmitz's Telzey Amberdon collection. (Yes, I have a weakness for golden-age space opera). Now I'm starting A Shadow in Summer. The first book in Daniel Abraham's Long Price Quartet tetrology. I was bullied into it after sticking my foot in my mouth in a thread on another forum. I kid... my arm didn't have to be twisted very far at all. Last edited by DiapDealer; 02-20-2011 at 09:44 AM.