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Grimdark is a subgenre of speculative fiction with a tone, style, or setting that is particularly dystopian, amoral, and violent. The term is inspired by the tagline of the tabletop strategy game Warhammer 40,000 : "In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war."
The First Law is a fantasy series written by British author Joe Abercrombie. The First Law is the title of the original trilogy in the series, but is also used to refer to the series as a whole. [1]
In 2008, Joe Abercrombie was a finalist for the John W. Campbell award for Best New Writer. [7] That same year Abercrombie was one of the contributors to the BBC Worlds of Fantasy series, alongside other contributors such as Michael Moorcock, Terry Pratchett and China Miéville. [8] In 2009, Abercrombie released the novel Best Served Cold. It ...
Joe Abercrombie (born 1974), author of The First Law series; Daniel Abraham (born 1969), author of The Dagger and the Coin series; Douglas Adams (1952–2001), author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series; Richard Adams (1920–2016), author of Watership Down; Katherine Addison, pen name for Sarah Monette, author of The Goblin Emperor
This article lists notable fantasy novels (and novel series). [1] [2] The books appear in alphabetical order by title (beginning with S to Z) (ignoring "A", "An", and "The"); series are alphabetical by author-designated name or, if there is no such, some reasonable designation.
Joe Abercrombie: Best Served Cold: Nominated [26] Jane Austen (posth.) and Seth Grahame-Smith: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Lev Grossman: The Magicians: Reif Larsen: The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet: 2010: Lauren Beukes: Zoo City: Won [27] Scott K. Andrews: Children's Crusade: Nominated [27] China Miéville: Kraken: K. J. Parker: The ...
The early 21st century is seeing an increase in prominence of the work of authors such as George R. R. Martin and Joe Abercrombie, whose high fantasy novels (works set entirely in fantasy worlds) have been referred to [by whom?] as "low fantasy" because they de-emphasize magic and non-human intelligent races in favor of a more cynical portrayal ...
Scott Lynch (born April 2, 1978) [1] is an American fantasy author, best known for the Gentleman Bastard Sequence series of novels. His first novel, The Lies of Locke Lamora, was purchased by Orion Books in August 2004 and published in June 2006 under the Gollancz imprint in the United Kingdom and under the Bantam imprint in the United States.