http://www.keepingthedoor.com/2009/08/16/joe-abercrombies-best-served-cold-a-review/ All you can eat sci-fi and fantasy books Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:54:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.keepingthedoor.com/2009/08/16/joe-abercrombies-best-served-cold-a-review/#comment-337 Renai LeMay Sat, 29 Aug 2009 20:47:19 +0000 http://www.keepingthedoor.com/?p=301#comment-337 I haven't read much Erikson yet, but definitely there are shades of George R. R. Martin in there. It seems he's had a pretty big impact on the entire fantasy genre. I haven’t read much Erikson yet, but definitely there are shades of George R. R. Martin in there. It seems he’s had a pretty big impact on the entire fantasy genre.

]]> http://www.keepingthedoor.com/2009/08/16/joe-abercrombies-best-served-cold-a-review/#comment-334 Headmaster Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:16:59 +0000 http://www.keepingthedoor.com/?p=301#comment-334 As you said the story is somewhat «twisted». There are the usual intrigues with hidden agenda's and several major plots. Which some definitely has a value for the story and some more of sidetrack. And I do dislike sidetracked stories. Which in my a lot of “modern” fantasy writers is misusing in their books. I think you can have complex story, but to it simply. But will you be surprised by the “twisted and evil doings”. But, not if you have read Steven Erikson or George R.R Martin, which I feel a lot of wiriters today are trying to achieve. As you said the story is somewhat «twisted». There are the usual intrigues with hidden agenda’s and several major plots. Which some definitely has a value for the story and some more of sidetrack. And I do dislike sidetracked stories. Which in my a lot of “modern” fantasy writers is misusing in their books. I think you can have complex story, but to it simply. But will you be surprised by the “twisted and evil doings”. But, not if you have read Steven Erikson or George R.R Martin, which I feel a lot of wiriters today are trying to achieve.

]]> http://www.keepingthedoor.com/2009/08/16/joe-abercrombies-best-served-cold-a-review/#comment-319 Joe Abercrombie’s next book: The Heroes Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:03:10 +0000 http://www.keepingthedoor.com/?p=301#comment-319 [...] Keeping the Door’s review of Best Served Cold found that it was a light-on-magic and heavy-on-swords blood-soaked revenge quest that would highly satisfy fantasy fans with a black sense of humour and a taste for gritty and violent prose. [...] [...] Keeping the Door’s review of Best Served Cold found that it was a light-on-magic and heavy-on-swords blood-soaked revenge quest that would highly satisfy fantasy fans with a black sense of humour and a taste for gritty and violent prose. [...]

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