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Terror Sweat posted:So everything Leo did he was manipulated into doing by isher and his wife, but how much of what savine was doing was her being manipulated by ishri? It's pretty much confirmed that Zuri is actually ishri, khaluls agent in the north how is this “pretty much confirmed”
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Sep 19, 2020 01:56
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glokta’s disfigurement wasnt from being defeated in battle, though. he was tortured by the gurkish for who knows how long. there are definitely parallels to be drawn between him and leo but i dont expect similar results
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Sep 23, 2020 13:28
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Terror Sweat posted:Well his leg wound and hatred of stairs was from battle sure but thats hardly gloktas defining characteristic
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Sep 23, 2020 14:08
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broad is definitely going to end up killing the wrong person because of his bad eyes
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Oct 10, 2020 16:48
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sharp ends is my favorite of the series
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Oct 12, 2020 20:06
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donofrio here
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Nov 22, 2020 18:54
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blizzard loves when other people use their horde/alliance symbols, straight up
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Apr 17, 2021 01:14
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ZombieLenin posted:Haven’t gotten very far, but my thoughts up until this point is that Joe Abercrombie has a really idealistic notion of what a revolution really looks like. If it were that easy to get soldiers to put down their weapons and not follow orders to fire on crowds, capitalism would have ceased to exist a long long time ago. you really havent gotten very far lol
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ZombieLenin posted:Yeah, no I haven’t. It’s just the whole set of scenes with professional Union soldiers opening city the gates of Adua to let in a mass of revolutionaries, refusing orders to fire on said revolutionaries, then the kings own opening the gates of the Agriont, and also refusing orders to fire on the crowd, made me think… well, keep reading
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Sep 14, 2021 23:38
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i was expecting rikke to stupidly try to take over the union using orso as a puppet lol
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Sep 17, 2021 13:51
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The Ninth Layer posted:One thing I was half expecting to happen that didn't was Ninefingers showing up. Seemed like a long shot but there's a chapter in this book that ends with his name dropped, a few references to the spot where he "died" in the original trilogy, and one of the characters recalls being inspired by his tenacity as Lamb. He'd have to be pretty old by now but I wonder if he'll show up in the future, seeing as he's not confirmed dead yet. i was hoping for this but only slightly disappointed it didnt happen
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Sep 18, 2021 17:21
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Tofu Injection posted:Yeah this. especially since most all of the old guard were in this trilogy to die. It was very Abercrombie, but if Logen showed up just to get iced by some rando I'd be kinda bummed. i was hoping he would just be around in the background or something. i miss him
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Sep 19, 2021 00:37
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sharp ends was so good
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Sep 21, 2021 21:51
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i thought it was more of a riff on the chinese cultural revolution but im not very educated on either one
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Sep 25, 2021 16:18
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Fingerless Gloves posted:In the scene just after he gets free of the tower and just before Leo fucks him over, he makes a proclamation that includes 'For the many, not the few', one of Corbyns slogans. Fairly sure it's an explicit reference since there were a few instances of 'Make x great again' peppered through this trilogy. yeah, it is an explicit reference —- to star trek: the wrath of khan
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Oct 3, 2021 01:16
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sharp ends is still my favorite
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Oct 8, 2021 17:05
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loquacius posted:I'm gonna get a little C-SPAM IK in here if that's ok: I'm about a quarter of the way through The Wisdom Of Crowds, and so far it's really bothering me how contemptuous the book appears to be of the concept of populism in general. I had a whole long post about this in my head, but seeing the number of spoiler blocks ITT I'm trying to remind myself there's a lot of book left to read. i would have thought that being a cspam ik would have given you some perspective on the idea of the vast majority of populist revolutionaries being violent buffoons with delusions of grandeur
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Oct 11, 2021 14:58
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loquacius posted:My whole "thing" is being really fed up with pedantic condescending centrists who acknowledge the existence of problems but exclusively shoot down every real or hypothetical attempt to actually address them in a meaningful way your preconceived notions about where the characters would align if they were transplanted into modern american politics, and vice versa, seem to be distracting you from the content of the book youre reading
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Oct 11, 2021 15:11
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Randallteal posted:After taking a short break I ploughed through The Heroes, Red Country, and the new trilogy. I liked them all better than Best Served Cold, which is definitely my least favorite Abercrombie book. Red Country was my favorite of the stand alones. The new trilogy started out really strong, but I thought Savine, Rikke and Broad's stories got less interesting with each book (especially Broad, who was one of my faves in A Little Hatred and became so flat and uninteresting by The Wisdom of Crowds), and I never liked Leo much to begin with. After the end of the original trilogy I wanted to see what was next for all of the main characters, but after this new one I feel like I've already seen enough of most of the new generation. Still really liked the first two books though. you didnt read sharp ends????
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Oct 25, 2021 23:45
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dont skip Sharp Ends, its my favorite
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Feb 14, 2022 23:49
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Social Animal posted:I just finished the First Law trilogy and absolutely enjoyed it. Very interested in continuing through the rest of his books but I get the impression Best Served Cold is kind of a low point. I'm just going to be blunt, will I be chasing the dragon from here on out? no, and dont skip Sharp Ends
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Apr 23, 2022 22:19
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Social Animal posted:Cool thanks guys I'll grab BSC. The trilogy books were just so perfect for reading before bed. A little dangerous though when that "just one more chapter" hits when you really need to turn the light off and sleep. read it after the novels for sure. its my favorite book of his, every story is great
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Apr 24, 2022 19:47
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cosca should be a tall, thin italian man. im thinking john turturro
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Jun 6, 2023 23:01
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i like the new trilogy a little less than the old trilogy, but thats mostly due to the high water mark of logen ninefingers
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Jul 25, 2023 20:44
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my favorite is sharp ends. i love how abercrombie crafts stories that he knows he doesnt have to finish, and i think hes strongest in single chapters/short stories
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Jul 26, 2023 00:14
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Hughmoris posted:This may be old news but it looks like we're getting new short stories in a few days? oh hell yes
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logen ninefingers sits with geralt of rivia and conan the cimmerian in my holy trinity of dangerous pathos-ridden fantasy novel protagonists with swords. hes so compelling. i might have to reread the first trilogy
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