The Word is ‘Epic’
I am not in the habit of admitting fault. It feels like loosing, and I hate losing, so whenever I’m wrong about something (which I never am!), I tend to make up silly excuses till the rightful party gives up and walks away. Yes, I know; that’s a terribly childish way to [...]
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Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie
(Take) COVER (!) (It’s the) ART (!)
I love reading books. I love it above nearly any other form of past time activity. I try to read as often and as much as I can, yet I never seem to get do enough. There’s always another book to read, another story to hear. Yet there are some books that you simply can’t [...]
Before They Are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie
We should forgive our enemies, but not before they are hanged.
- Heinrich Heine
Thus begins the second volume of The First Law, just like the first volume began with the Homer (the Greek poet, not the Simpsons character, dimwit!) quote, “the blade itself incites to deeds of violence”. I think we can all agree that [...]
Honour, eh?
Cosca raised his brows.
‘Honour, eh?
What the hell is that anyway? Every man thinks it’s something different.
You can’t drink it.
You can’t fuck it.
The more of it you have the less good it does you, and if you’ve got none at all you don’t miss it.’
He shook his head.
‘But some men think
it’s [...]
The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie
Believe it or not, but this is my first reread for what must closing on three years now. Back then I nearly didn’t do anything but crack open books that had proved their worth, but suddenly I discovered that there actually existed other (and more interesting!) books then the ones found in my local library. [...]
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