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"A thrilling collection of twenty-one original stories by an all-star list of contributors--including a new A Game of Thrones story by George R. R. Martin! The latest story collection from #1 New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin and award-winning editor Gardner Dozois is filled with subtle shades of gray. Twenty-one all-original stories, by an all-star list of contributors, will delight and astonish you in equal measure with their cunning twists and dazzling reversals. And George R. R. Martin himself offers a brand-new A Game of Thrones tale chronicling one of the biggest rogues in the entire Ice and Fire saga. Follow along with the likes of Gillian Flynn, Joe Abercrombie, Neil Gaiman, Patrick Rothfuss, Scott Lynch, Cherie Priest, Garth Nix, and Connie Willis as well as other masters of literary sleight-of-hand in this rogues' gallery of stories that will plunder your heart--and yet leave you all the richer for it. Featuring all-new stories by Joe Abercrombie Daniel Abraham David W. Ball Paul Cornell Bradley Denton Phyllis Eisenstein Gillian Flynn Neil Gaiman Matthew Hughes Joe R. Lansdale Scott Lynch Garth Nix Cherie Priest Patrick Rothfuss Steven Saylor Michael Swanwick Lisa Tuttle Carrie Vaughn Walter Jon Williams Connie Willis And an Introduction by George R. R. Martin!"--
"Featuring some of the hottest names in fiction--including New York Times bestsellers Gillian Flynn, Neil Gaiman, and Patrick Rothfuss, PLUS a new Song of Ice and Fire story by George R. R. Martin--the second of our three George R. R. Martin/Gardner Dozois all-original anthologies. Everybody loves a rogue, though sometimes we live to regret it. In this anthology, each of the contributors was asked for a story about a rogue, full of deft twists, cunning plans, and reversals"--… (meer)
- Tough Times All Over by Joe Abercrombie (a Red Country story) *3/5 - What Do You Do? (aka The Grownup) by Gillian Flynn *4/5 - The Inn of the Seven Blessings by Matthew Hughes *2/5 - Bent Twig by Joe R. Lansdale (a Hap and Leonard story) *3/5 - Tawny Petticoats by Michael Swanwick *3/5 - Provenance by David Ball *2/5 - The Roaring Twenties by Carrie Vaughn *3/5 - A Year and a Day in Old Theradane by Scott Lynch *3.5/5 - Bad Brass by Bradley Denton *2/5 - Heavy Metal by Cherie Priest *4/5 - The Meaning of Love by Daniel Abraham *4/5 - A Better Way to Die by Paul Cornell (a Jonathan Hamilton story) *2/5 - Ill Seen in Tyre by Steven Saylor *2/5 - A Cargo of Ivories by Garth Nix (a Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz story) *2/5 - Diamonds From Tequila by Walter Jon Williams (a Dagmar story) *4/5 - The Caravan to Nowhere by Phyllis Eisenstein (a Tales of Alaric the Minstrel story) *4/5 - The Curious Affair of the Dead Wives by Lisa Tuttle *4/5 - How the Marquis Got His Coat Back by Neil Gaiman (a Neverwhere story) *3.5/5 - Now Showing by Connie Willis *3/5 - The Lightning Tree by Patrick Rothfuss (a Kingkiller Chronicle story) *4/5 - The Rogue Prince, or, A King’s Brother by George R.R. Martin (a Song of Ice and Fire story) *5/5 ( )
Typically, I find that I enjoy about 50-60% of a short-story collection. This collection vastly exceeded that. There was only one story I just gave up on. All the other stories ranged from quite good to stellar. (I will note that I was initially put off by the fact that not all the stories have a fantasy-world setting. But it turns out that in no way detracted from my enjoyment of them. Don't let the variety of settings get in your way.) ( )
Only had time to read some of these. Like most short story collections, uneven, but was happy to finally learn How the Marquis Got His Coat Back, and "Tough Times All Over" by Joe Abercrombie was one of the most entertaining things I've read in ages. ( )
Gillian Flynn, Patrick Rothbury, Lisa Tuttle and Walter Jon Williams all provide some seriously great stories in this collection. It's a real bummer that the rest of it is boring as sin, doubly so when GRRM's story is among them. ( )
Came here for Rothfuss. Read several of the others as well, some of which were quite good and some of which were not so much to my taste. Ended by re-reading Rothfuss. Worth it.
Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
For Joe and Gay Haldeman, Two Swashbuckling Rogues
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
EVERYBODY LOVES A ROGUE (by George R. R. Martin)
… though sometimes we live to regret it.
Scoundrels, con men, and scalawags. Ne’er-do-wells, thieves, cheats, and rascals. Bad boys and bad girls. Swindlers, seducers, deceivers, flimflam men, imposters, frauds, fakes, liars, cads, tricksters … they go by many names, and they turn up in stories of all sorts, in every genre under the sun, in myth and legend … and, oh, everywhere in history as well. They are the children of Loki, the brothers of Coyote. Sometimes they are heroes. Sometimes they are villains. More often they are something in between, grey characters … and grey has long been my favorite color. It is so much more interesting than black or white.
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
After this the storm broke, and the dragons danced and died.
Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
This anthology contains "The Rogue Prince, or, A King's Brother" which is part of the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series, but this anthology is not part of that series.
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"A thrilling collection of twenty-one original stories by an all-star list of contributors--including a new A Game of Thrones story by George R. R. Martin! The latest story collection from #1 New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin and award-winning editor Gardner Dozois is filled with subtle shades of gray. Twenty-one all-original stories, by an all-star list of contributors, will delight and astonish you in equal measure with their cunning twists and dazzling reversals. And George R. R. Martin himself offers a brand-new A Game of Thrones tale chronicling one of the biggest rogues in the entire Ice and Fire saga. Follow along with the likes of Gillian Flynn, Joe Abercrombie, Neil Gaiman, Patrick Rothfuss, Scott Lynch, Cherie Priest, Garth Nix, and Connie Willis as well as other masters of literary sleight-of-hand in this rogues' gallery of stories that will plunder your heart--and yet leave you all the richer for it. Featuring all-new stories by Joe Abercrombie Daniel Abraham David W. Ball Paul Cornell Bradley Denton Phyllis Eisenstein Gillian Flynn Neil Gaiman Matthew Hughes Joe R. Lansdale Scott Lynch Garth Nix Cherie Priest Patrick Rothfuss Steven Saylor Michael Swanwick Lisa Tuttle Carrie Vaughn Walter Jon Williams Connie Willis And an Introduction by George R. R. Martin!"--
"Featuring some of the hottest names in fiction--including New York Times bestsellers Gillian Flynn, Neil Gaiman, and Patrick Rothfuss, PLUS a new Song of Ice and Fire story by George R. R. Martin--the second of our three George R. R. Martin/Gardner Dozois all-original anthologies. Everybody loves a rogue, though sometimes we live to regret it. In this anthology, each of the contributors was asked for a story about a rogue, full of deft twists, cunning plans, and reversals"--
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- What Do You Do? (aka The Grownup) by Gillian Flynn *4/5
- The Inn of the Seven Blessings by Matthew Hughes *2/5
- Bent Twig by Joe R. Lansdale (a Hap and Leonard story) *3/5
- Tawny Petticoats by Michael Swanwick *3/5
- Provenance by David Ball *2/5
- The Roaring Twenties by Carrie Vaughn *3/5
- A Year and a Day in Old Theradane by Scott Lynch *3.5/5
- Bad Brass by Bradley Denton *2/5
- Heavy Metal by Cherie Priest *4/5
- The Meaning of Love by Daniel Abraham *4/5
- A Better Way to Die by Paul Cornell (a Jonathan Hamilton story) *2/5
- Ill Seen in Tyre by Steven Saylor *2/5
- A Cargo of Ivories by Garth Nix (a Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz story) *2/5
- Diamonds From Tequila by Walter Jon Williams (a Dagmar story) *4/5
- The Caravan to Nowhere by Phyllis Eisenstein (a Tales of Alaric the Minstrel story) *4/5
- The Curious Affair of the Dead Wives by Lisa Tuttle *4/5
- How the Marquis Got His Coat Back by Neil Gaiman (a Neverwhere story) *3.5/5
- Now Showing by Connie Willis *3/5
- The Lightning Tree by Patrick Rothfuss (a Kingkiller Chronicle story) *4/5
- The Rogue Prince, or, A King’s Brother by George R.R. Martin (a Song of Ice and Fire story) *5/5 (