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Joe Abercrombie

Born

in Lancaster, England, The United Kingdom

December 31, 1974

Website

http://www.joeabercrombie.com/

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Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Joe Abercrombie was educated at Lancaster Royal Grammar School and Manchester University, where he studied psychology. He moved into television production before taking up a career as a freelance film editor. During a break between jobs he began writing The Blade Itself in 2002, completing it in 2004. It was published by Gollancz in 2006 and was followed by two other books in The First Law trilogy, Before They Are Hanged and Last Argument of Kings. He currently lives and works in London with his wife and daughter. In early 2008 Joe Abercrombie was one of the contributors to the BBC Worlds of Fantasy series, alongside other contributors such as Michael Moorcock, Terry Pratchett and China Mieville. ...more

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2024 in Review

Happy Birthday to me, happy birthday to me, happy birthday dear me-eee, and bloody hell but I am 50 years old today, my friends. 5 decades. Half a century. Where did it all go? I still feel young and exciting, but I must now accept that it’s eighteen years since The Blade Itself was published. I have an adult child, on the cusp of leaving home, and two others not far behind. When did that happen?

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Joe Abercrombie’s books

Average rating: 4.27 · 1,215,606 ratings · 79,851 reviews · 140 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 274,134 ratings — published 2006 — 134 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2) 4.35 avg rating — 191,851 ratings — published 2007 — 134 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3) 4.35 avg rating — 177,108 ratings — published 2008 — 102 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Best Served Cold 4.24 avg rating — 100,057 ratings — published 2009 — 85 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Heroes 4.34 avg rating — 68,415 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Half a King (Shattered Sea, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 69,406 ratings — published 2014 — 81 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Red Country 4.31 avg rating — 58,373 ratings — published 2012 — 62 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Little Hatred (The Age of Madness, #1) 4.45 avg rating — 50,451 ratings — published 2019 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Half the World (Shattered Sea, #2) 4.19 avg rating — 42,162 ratings — published 2015 — 73 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Trouble with Peace (The Age of Madness, #2) 4.60 avg rating — 37,140 ratings — published 2020 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Joe Abercrombie

First Law World (11 books)
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Joe Abercrombie

4.32 avg rating — 1,029,339 ratings

The First Law (3 books)
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Joe Abercrombie

4.28 avg rating — 678,493 ratings

Shattered Sea (3 books)
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Joe Abercrombie

4.05 avg rating — 146,629 ratings

The Age of Madness (3 books)
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Joe Abercrombie

4.53 avg rating — 121,698 ratings

The First Law Comics (4 books)
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Joe Abercrombie,

Chuck Dixon (Goodreads Author),

Andie Tong,

Pete Pantazis

4.41 avg rating — 2,494 ratings

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OCTOBER FANTASY: This poll decides which book will be our October Fantasy BotM.

The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie

37 votes, 38.9%

The Element of Fire by Martha Wells

32 votes, 33.7%

Furies of Calderon by Jim Butcher

26 votes, 27.4%

95 total votes

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