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The Blacktongue Thief

SFF Addicts Ep. 110: Making Old Monsters New Again with Christopher Buehlman (Mini-Masterclass)

June 25, 2024 by Adrian M. Gibson Leave a Comment

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and M.J. Kuhn as they delve into a mini-masterclass on Making Old Monsters New Again with author Christopher Buehlman. During the episode, Christopher uncovers the mysteries of old monsters, exploring examples of classic monsters, human psychology and allegory, advantages of using classic monsters, monster films and why some monsters feel dated, approaches for different genres/monsters, researching monsters, atmosphere, setting and emotion, gore vs. psychological horror, new takes on old monsters and more.

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Interview, Masterclass, Podcast, SFF Addicts Podcast Tagged With: Adrian M. Gibson, Christopher Buehlman, Interview, M. J. Kuhn, Masterclass, Mini-Masterclass, Podcast, SFF Addicts, SFF Addicts Podcast, The Blacktongue Thief, The Daughter's War, Tor Books

SFF Addicts Ep. 109: Christopher Buehlman talks The Daughter’s War, Atmosphere, Voice & More

June 18, 2024 by Adrian M. Gibson Leave a Comment

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and M.J. Kuhn as they chat with author Christopher Buehlman about his new novel The Daughter’s War, The Blacktongue Thief, renaissance fairs, “Christoph the Insulter,” comedy and empathy, creating an engrossing atmosphere, writing a range of voices and tones, invention vs. research, trusting your characters and much more.

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Interview, Podcast, SFF Addicts Podcast Tagged With: Adrian M. Gibson, Christopher Buehlman, Interview, M. J. Kuhn, Podcast, SFF Addicts, SFF Addicts Podcast, The Blacktongue Thief, The Daughter's War, Tor Books

DB Rook’s Top Reads of 2023

December 7, 2023 by DB Rook Leave a Comment

Top reads…top reads, ok let me think about the few books I actually managed to read throughout this year amongst my ever-growing pile of things I needed to do for; A: my day job B: my family C: my physical and mental health D: my own fledgling author journey E: the world as it crumbles […]

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Book Spotlight, List, Recommendations Tagged With: DB Rook, Hand of God, However many must die, The Blacktongue Thief, The Book That Wouldn't Burn, Top reads 2023, Violence & Vigilance

Review: The Blacktongue Thief by Christopher Buelhman

November 7, 2023 by DB Rook Leave a Comment

Synopsis Kinch Na Shannack owes the Takers Guild a small fortune for his education as a thief, which includes (but is not limited to) lock-picking, knife-fighting, wall-scaling, fall-breaking, lie-weaving, trap-making, plus a few small magics. His debt has driven him to lie in wait by the old forest road, planning to rob the next traveler […]

Filed Under: Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, Grimdark, Reviews, Sword and Sorcery Tagged With: Christopher Buehlman, The Blacktongue Thief

Enjoying Baldur’s Gate 3? Try these books!

August 18, 2023 by chilcottharry Leave a Comment

If you’re loving Baldur’s Gate 3 right now, then you need to check out these books!

Filed Under: Blog Posts, List Tagged With: Baldur's Gate, Baldur's Gate 3, Between Two Fires, Chris Wooding, Christopher Buehlman, DnD, Dragonlance, Drizzt, Dungeons & Dragons, Fantasy, Fantasy Books, Forgotten Realms, Gotrek & Felix, Jeffery Speight, Jen WIlliams, Kings of the Wyld, Larian Studios, Lord of the Rings, Malazan, Malazan Book of the Fallen, Never Die, Of Blood and Fire, Paladin Unbound, PC Games, Rob J Hayes, role playing, Ryan Cahill, Steam, Tabletop RPG, The Blacktongue Thief, The Coward, The Last Ranger, The Ninth Rain, The Sword Defiant, TTRPG, Warhammer

Review: The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue #1) by Chris Buehlman

July 2, 2021 by Dale Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: best fantasy 2021, blacktongue thief, chris buehlman, chris buehlman review, fantasy review, The Blacktongue Thief

Review: The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue #1) by Christopher Buehlman

June 1, 2021 by Dan Smith Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Book Blog, Book Review, Christopher Buehlman, Fantasy, The Blacktongue Thief

Review: The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue #1) by Christopher Buehlman

May 26, 2021 by Arun Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Christopher Buehlman, Fantasy Book Reviews, The Blacktongue Thief, Tor Books

Review: The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue #1) by Christopher Buehlman

May 23, 2021 by Jared Besse Leave a Comment

The first thing you notice when beginning The Blacktongue Thief is the narrative structure. Written in first person with fourth-wall breaking type style, it definitely takes a bit of an adjustment. However, I’m a huge fan of this form of writing. I’ve always enjoyed first person narrative but when it feels like someone is telling the story directly to YOU, it makes the book even more engaging. In fact, it took me longer to read this book than usual because I didn’t want to miss a word of what our protagonist Kinch is telling you.

Filed Under: Adventure Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Reviews Tagged With: Action, Adventure Fantasy, Blacktongue, Christopher Buehlman, Fantasy, Fantasy Book Reviews, The Blacktongue Thief, Tor Books

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

Review: The Blacktongue Thief by Christopher Buehlman

October 30, 2020 by David W Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: A Little Hatred, Adult, Adult Fantasy, Adult Fiction, Before They Are Hanged, Best Served Cold, Bloody Rose, Christopher Buehlman, Fantasy, First Law World, Half a King, Half a War, Half the World, Joe Abercrombie, Kings of the Wyld, Last Arguement of Kings, Macmillan, Macmillan Audio, Macmillan Publishing, Nicholas Eames, Red Country, Sharp Ends, Shattered Seas, The Band, The Blacktongue Thief, The Blade Itself, The First Law, The Heroes, The Lesser Dead, The Necromancer's House, The Suicide Motor Club, The Trouble with Peace, Those Across the River, Tor, Tor Books, Tor Publishing, Tor/Forge

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