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Joe Abercrombie

SFF Addicts Ep. 153: Joe Abercrombie talks The Devils, Grimdark, Ensemble Casts & More

May 6, 2025 by Adrian M. Gibson Leave a Comment

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson, M.J. Kuhn and Greta Kelly as they chat with bestselling author Joe Abercrombie about his new novel The Devils, first attempts at writing, working in film, TV and music video editing, the world of The First Law and gradual success, his opinions on grimdark, writing (absurdist) alternate history Europe, going down historical research rabbit holes, creating an eclectic ensemble cast, writing multiple POVs, giving characters distinct voices and much more.

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Interview, Podcast, SFF Addicts Podcast Tagged With: Adrian M. Gibson, Gollancz, Greta Kelly, Interview, Joe Abercrombie, M. J. Kuhn, SFF Addicts, SFF Addicts Podcast, The Blade Itself, The Devils, The First Law, Tor Books

Craig’s Top Reads of 2024

December 31, 2024 by Craigbookwyrm Leave a Comment

It’s the end of the year as we know it (and I feel full of cheese and chocolate). 2024 has been an extremely good reading year for me, and with so many highlights it’s made this post very difficult to narrow down. So I’m going to do something a little different and break it up […]

Filed Under: Best of the year, Blog Posts, List, Recommendations Tagged With: Adrian M. Gibson, Adrian McKinty, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Becky Chambers, Fonda Lee, Guy Gavriel Kay, James S.A. Corey, Joe Abercrombie, Mark Lawrence, Nicolas Lietzau, Octavia E. Butler, Rob J Hayes, Robert Jackson Bennett, Stark Holborn, T. R. Napper, Tim Hardie, Top Reads of 2024, Yuval Kordov

REVIEW: The Devils by Joe Abercrombie

December 30, 2024 by Seanchalant Leave a Comment

SYNOPSIS A brand-new epic fantasy from New York Times bestselling author Joe Abercrombie, featuring a notorious band of anti-heroes on a delightfully bloody and raucous journey Holy work sometimes requires unholy deeds. Brother Diaz has been summoned to the Sacred City, where he is certain a commendation and grand holy assignment awaits him. But his new flock […]

Filed Under: Action & Adventure, Action Fantasy, Adventure Fantasy, Comic Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Grimdark, Heroic Fantasy, High Fantasy, Horror Fantasy, Reviews, Sword and Sorcery Tagged With: Alternate History, Book Review, Fantasy, Joe Abercrombie, The Devils, The First Law, Tor Books, Vampire, Werewolves, wizard

Review: The Wisdom of Crowds (The Age of Madness #3) by Joe Abercrombie

November 18, 2021 by readmyblurb Leave a Comment

Synopsis Chaos. Fury. Destruction. The Great Change is upon us… Some say that to change the world you must first burn it down. Now that belief will be tested in the crucible of revolution: the Breakers and Burners have seized the levers of power, the smoke of riots has replaced the smog of industry, and […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Grimdark, Reviews Tagged With: Joe Abercrombie, The Age of Madness, the wisdom of crowds

Series Review: The Age of Madness by Joe Abercrombie

October 22, 2021 by Traveling Cloak (Jason) Leave a Comment

The Age of Madness series consists of three books: A Little Hatred, The Trouble with Peace, The Wisdom of Crowds. It is also part of Joe Abercrombie’s First Law universe, but it is hard for me to place exactly when this story takes place in relation to the rest because it was a very long time ago that I read them. Suffice to say, though, The Age of Madness fits perfectly within Abercrombie’s grimdark theater.

Filed Under: Dark Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Grimdark, Reviews Tagged With: Joe Abercrombie, Orbit

Review: The Wisdom of Crowds (The Age of Madness #3) by Joe Abercrombie

August 28, 2021 by Cassidee Lanstra Leave a Comment

e Age of Madness trilogy. The Wisdom of Crowds started off at such a heightened state of terror that it caused my neck to prickle with anxiety from the beginning. This novel takes off at breakneck speed and does not let up. It might be one of the most brutal Abercrombie books that I’ve read. Honestly, this whole trilogy took off into a level of brutality that is a completely new flavor than the previous novels. That’s saying something— Abercrombie is well known for his unbridled savagery in his writing. It was chaotic, messy, heartbreaking, and a hell of a ride

Filed Under: Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, Grimdark, Reviews Tagged With: Joe Abercrombie, Orbit Books

Read-a-long for Joe Abercrombie’s The Age of Madness Trilogy

August 10, 2021 by Cassidee Lanstra Leave a Comment

Will from Gollancz reached out to David about FanFiAddict joining a reread of The Age of Madness in preparation for the release of The Wisdom of Crowds with our blog specifically covering The Trouble With Peace, Chapters 1-9. Needless to say, I dropped everything I was doing and jumped at the chance to take part.

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Read-A-Long Tagged With: Gollancz, Joe Abercrombie

Review: The Pariah (The Covenant of Steel #1) by Anthony Ryan

May 5, 2021 by David W 2 Comments

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Adult Fantasy, Anthony Ryan, Bernard Cornwell, City of Lies, Epic, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, fantasy book, Fantasy Book Reviews, Fantasy Books, George R. R. Martin, HIgh, High Fantasy, Joe Abercrombie, John Gwynne, Mark Lawrence, Michael J Sullivan, Orbit, Orbit Books, Orbit Publishing, Sam Hawke, The Covenant of Steel, The Pariah, The Poison Wars

Review: The Trouble with Peace by Joe Abercrombie (The Age of Madness #2)

April 25, 2021 by readmyblurb Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Grimdark, Joe Abercrombie, The Age of Madness, The Trouble with Peace

Review: A Little Hatred (The Age of Madness #1) by Joe Abercrombie

April 11, 2021 by readmyblurb 1 Comment

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: A Little Hatred, Fantasy, Grimdark, Joe Abercrombie, The Age of Madness

Top Reads of 2020

December 29, 2020 by David W Leave a Comment

What’s up everyone. The end of the year has arrived and with it comes the season of lists. Best movies, TV shows, songs, books, etc. of 2020. Below I have compiled our reviewers’ Top Reads of the year. A majority of covers have links to reviews if you would like to see why we loved […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: 2020 Books, 2020 Reads, A Broken Queen, A Chorus of Fire, A Pilgrimage of Swords, A Queen in Hiding, A Queen of Raiders, A Ritual of Bone, Adam Cesare, Akwaeke Emezi, Alita Battle Angel, Alix E. Harrow, Alka Joshi, Andrea Stewart, Andy Davidson, Andy Weir, Angus Donald, Anna Stephens, Anthony Ryan, Battle Angel Alita, Before the Coffee Gets Cold, Best Served Cold, Bird Box, Black Stone Heart, Bobby Ether, Book of the Ice, Born a Crime, Bradley P Beaulieu, Brandon Sanderson, Brandon Taylor, Brian D. Anderson, Brian Lee Durfee, Brian Naslund, Brit Bennett, C. J. Tudor, Camelot, Carved from Stone and Dream, Chaos Vector, Charles Yu, Christopher Buehlman, Christopher Paolini, Clown in a Cornfield, Cradle, Crossroads, Daniel Kelly, Daniel Kraus, David Dalglish, Deesha Philyaw, Devin Madson, Dragons of Terra, Dragonsblood, Eden, Empires of Bronze, Eric Flint, Evan Winter, Factfulness, First Law, First Law World, Gareth Hanrahan, Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, George A. Romero, Giles Kristian, Godblind, Gordon Doherty, Hanged God, Hans Rosling, Harrow the Ninth, Haruki Murakami, Heather Chavez, Horns, If It Bleeds, Interior Chinatown, James Islington, James Rollins, Jeremy Robert Johnson, Jeremy Szal, Jim Butcher, Joe Abercrombie, Joe Hill, John Marrs, Josh Malerman, Katherine Arden, Killing Commendatore, Lancelot, Last Arguement of Kings, Laurel Hightower, Lee C Conley, Legacy of Ash, Legacy of Steel, Legacy Trilogy, Legend of Sigurd, Leila Chudori, Los Nefilim, M R Carey, M. L. Wang, Malorie, Mark Lawrence, Matthew Walker, Matthew ward, Max Barry, Megan E. O'Keefe, Megan O'Keefe, Michael R Fletcher, Mike Shackle, Nathan Ballingrud, Ngyuen Phan Que Mai, Nick Bermel, Night of the Mannequins, Nine Realms, Nnedi Okorafor, No Bad Deed, Northern Wrath, Oathbringer, P. Djèlí Clark, Patrick Rothfuss, Paul Tremblay, Piranesi, Polly Crosby, Prisoners of Geography, Project Hail Mary, Providence, R. Scott Boyer, Ravencaller, Real Life, Remote Control, Rhythm of War, Ring of Fire, Ring Shout, Riot Baby, Robert Jackson Bennett, Robin Hood and the Caliph's Gold, Sarah Kozloff, Shorefall, Sigma Force, Song of the Shattered Sands, Sorcery of a Queen, Soulkeeper, Stephen Graham Jones, Stephen King, Storm Front, Stormblood, Survivor Song, Susanna Clarke, T. Frohock, Tamsyn Muir, Temple of Eternity, The Age of Madness, The Alexander Inheritance, The Bard's Blade, The Bear and the Nightingale, The Black Iron Legacy, The Blacktongue Thief, The Boatman's Daughter, The Bone Shard Daughter, The Book of Hidden Wonders, The Book of Koli, The Burning, The Burning Girls, The Cerulean Queen, The City of a Thousand Faces, The Common, The Dead Sagas, The Death of Vivek Oji, The Dresden Files, The Drowning Empire, The Fall of the Phoenix, The Fires of Vengeance, The First Law, The Five Warrior Angels, The Forgetting Moon, The Founders Trilogy, The Girl and the Stars, The Hanged God Trilogy, The Henna Artist, The Keepers, The Kingkiller Chronicle, The Kraken's Tooth, The Last Odyssey, The Last War, The Licanius Trilogy, The Living Dead, The Locked Tomb, The Locked Tomb Trilogy, The Loop, The Mountains Sing, The Name of the Wind, The Obsidian Path, The Once and Future Witches, The Outlaw Chronicles, The Protectorate, The Rampart Trilogy, The Reborn Empire, The Sea Speaks His Name, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, The Seven Swords, The Shadow of What Was Lost, The Shadow Saint, The Sorcerer's Song, The Stormlight Archive, The Sword of Kaigen, The Trials of Koli, The Trouble with Peace, The Vanishing Half, The Way of Kings, Thilde Kold Holdt, Thunder at Kadesh, Tim Lebbon, Tim Marshall, To Sleep in a Sea of Stars, Tochi Onyebuchi, Top 2020 Reads, Top Books of 2020, Top Reads of 2020, Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Transcendent Kingdom, Trevor Noah, Tumanbay, Twelve Kings in Sharakhai, Underlord, Walker Dryden, We Are the Dead, We Ride the Storm, What Lies Between Us, Why We Sleep, Will Wight, Winternight, words of radiance, Wounds: Six Stories from the Border of Hell, Yaa Gyasi, Yukito Kishiro

My Top 15 Favorite Author Debuts

December 10, 2020 by David S Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Anthony Ryan, Brian Lee Durfee, Brian McClellan, Evan Winter, JK Rowling, Joe Abercrombie, John Gwynne, Michael J Sullivan, Michael McClung, Orson Scott Card, Patrick Rothfuss, Peter V Brett, Pierce Brown, RJ Barker, Scott Lynch

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