tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post7192250466648843448..comments2024-02-20T07:06:56.933+00:00Comments on THE SKINNER: Before They Are Hanged -- Joe AbercrombieNeal Asherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13933911904170752700noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-4527877518626399822011-03-05T08:27:05.062+00:002011-03-05T08:27:05.062+00:00Abercrombie's First Law trilogy is fricken gre...Abercrombie's First Law trilogy is fricken great...<br /><br />...but wait till you get to "Best Served Cold" he takes a bunch of ancillary characters and brings them to the fore in a horrible story of vengeance. Really makes you wonder why Joe seems to hate his characters so much as he puts them through hell.BLACKHANDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08932495161879598273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-8783343177765801422011-03-04T18:58:10.093+00:002011-03-04T18:58:10.093+00:00i'll bite. you all have conned me into this Ab...i'll bite. you all have conned me into this Abercombie suit. after this short stack goes away (still slobbering to get into Engineer Reconditioned).vaudeviewgalor raandisisraisinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12045187732283895410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-48059552614723348342011-03-04T18:43:52.415+00:002011-03-04T18:43:52.415+00:00Apart from occasional Gemmel re-reads, I was off F...Apart from occasional Gemmel re-reads, I was off Fantasy for near on 2 decades. The "The Blade itself" landed on the hall mat. <br /><br />Fantasy is a regular part of my bookly diet now.<br /><br />Patrick Rothfuss is another name to look into.basculehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04938136045940835797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-76722795841254667272011-03-04T16:42:37.669+00:002011-03-04T16:42:37.669+00:00Same! You can't help but love Joe's use of...Same! You can't help but love Joe's use of internal monologue.<br /><br />I was so burned out on fantasy until I read these books. Best Served Cold also was awesome a really well contained novel.Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06998931714568216400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-19686529512825770432011-03-04T16:17:37.474+00:002011-03-04T16:17:37.474+00:00I knew you'd be hooked as soon as you said you...I knew you'd be hooked as soon as you said you were reading the first one Neal. And they only get better!Variant13https://www.blogger.com/profile/11443300530111717540noreply@blogger.com