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| Joe Abercrombie Joe Abercrombie is the author of The Blade Itself, Before They Are Hanged, Last Argument of Kings, Best Served Cold and The Heroes. |
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27th June 2008, 03:47 PM
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| Re: Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie I thought it was an accident that Aulcus was destroyed as Gulstrod couldnt contain the power? He still dont get what Bayaz wanted to do and achieved? |
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27th June 2008, 05:57 PM
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| Re: Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie I ended up buying it "used" from amazon.com although it should be new, just from somebody who bought it in UK I guess. BTW Joe, I am already a devoted fan and will read probably anything you write now and I've only read Blade Itself and Before They Are Hanged. Thanks for the awesome trilogy and cant wait for Best Served Cold. Keep 'em coming!  |
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3rd July 2008, 05:56 PM
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| Re: Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie I finally got round to reading these and read all 3 back to back. Excellent fun. I really got into the characters and the way your feelings about some of the characters evolved over the course of the trilogy. Esp Bayaz who I was really despising by the end of the series. Arrogant sod needs brought down a peg. I'm hoping that he is the baddie in a future book. |
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28th October 2008, 07:20 PM
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| Re: Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie Well I just finished this series and I have to say it was a damn good read. I enjoyed the different approach. There really was a blur between good and evil which most of us as readers have came to appreciate. One minute you think these guys must truly be evil and the the roles are switched on you. These characters have faults and none are perfect in the slightest. This was one of the better reads I have had in a while not from the likes of Martin or Erikson. |
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4th November 2008, 03:18 PM
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| Re: Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie I just picked up THE BLADE ITSELF. Apperently I am a little behind, but i will catch up really fast. From what everyone has been saying i will really enjoy this book and i am really looking foward to it. |
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4th November 2008, 06:56 PM
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13th November 2008, 12:34 AM
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| Re: Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie Dang I need to read that, I read the first two a couple months ago. They were both pretty good books but I forgot everything that happened in them. I should get around to buying it some time, the library doesn't have it as far as I know. |
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13th November 2008, 02:37 AM
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| Re: Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie i almost bought the first book the other day. but the paperback here is HUGE. not as in too many pages, as in the dimensions are oddly and excessively big. i'm so incredibly neurotic/anal retentive. |
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29th August 2010, 04:41 AM
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| Re: Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie I loved the series, but it screams for another book or three to tie up all the loose ends. I was left feeling extremely frustrated by the ending - all the good guys lose; all the bad guys triumph. Clever perhaps, but not very satisfying. |
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2nd November 2010, 05:58 PM
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| Re: Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie Bump! (only just finished The Last Argument of Kings  )Not only Quote:
Leaving it all to our imagination, as to how the various stories are resolved is very annoying. If I had Joe's imagination, I'd be writing the damn books, wouldn't I? That's why I buy the books, so that another person's master storytelling draws me in; excites me; amuses me; enthralls me. But not one of the storylines is complete, and I find it depressing to be brought on this journey and then dumped by the roadside before we reach the right, true end. Say it ain't so, Joe... tell us you'll resolve the issues - I'm convinced in your mind, that you know where the characters are all going, but we don't have the foggiest, and we need to know!!  (Another trilogy would be nice...) | |
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30th November 2010, 03:21 PM
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30th November 2010, 04:20 PM
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