Fantastic interview! “Rich and vivid characters doing horrible things to one another”: sounds like a First Law book, in fact! I hope to avoid wetting my pants, but I anticipate I’ll have the rest of those possible reactions once I read the exciting conclusion of Age of Madness. Congratulations on this, Ed and Will!

@thebrothersgwynne

2 жыл бұрын

Hahah, well then you would have let Joe Abercrombie succeed! "Make of your heart a stone" it seems is going to be my motto to stop the emotional pain of The Wisdom of Crowds. Somehow I do not think it will work. Unless we actually get that Disney ending... Thanks so much! We owe it to The Broken Binding, and cannot actually believe we got this chance! Ed & Will

@pillarmusic1641

2 жыл бұрын

Phillip! It is nice seeing you here in the KZread wilderness

@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy

2 жыл бұрын

@@pillarmusic1641 Thank you! Always fun to meet up with a fellow traveler.

Ha ha a much better opening than my interview with Joe (posting on Monday) had.

@thebrothersgwynne

2 жыл бұрын

Joe is the man of humour! Really looking forward to watching your interview next week, and hearing the answers to those 'crazy questions' that you talked about :). Will

I love Joe, he’s so proactive on these interviews and leads the discussion. Feels like he actually wants to be there.

@thebrothersgwynne

2 жыл бұрын

It was such an amazing experience being able to interview him! We had a lot of fun :)

Fantastic interview! Joe is always a premier guest with his personality and insight on his writing. I think I'd buy all his books even if I didn't like them just because he's so damn awesome.

@thebrothersgwynne

2 жыл бұрын

So glad that you enjoyed this interview :). He is so easy to talk to, and he makes everything he talks about interesting to discuss. Will

Hey it's Joe!!! My heart leaps out!! That man stands out with his writing and also with his personality!!! Great interview guys, absolutely loved it!!!

@thebrothersgwynne

2 жыл бұрын

He really does. Both his works and the way he makes everything interesting! So glad that you enjoyed our interview :). Cannot believe we got this chance! Will

Was lucky enough to meet Joe when A little hatred came out, he did a book talk and signing at Waterstones in Newcastle upon Tyne was a brilliant enjoyable evening

@thebrothersgwynne

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome that you have been able to meet him in person! Hopefully that can happen again in the future. Thanks for watching :) Will

I will gladly continue reading new books from Abercrombie for the rest of my life 👍😃

@thebrothersgwynne

2 жыл бұрын

I'll second that! Will

So excited for The Wisdom of Crowds! Also excited to read his next book The Devils! Can't wait to see what he does with a high fantasy concept. His work needs to be adapted to television

@thebrothersgwynne

2 жыл бұрын

We cannot wait as well! I will read anything that he puts out there. I agree, his work needs to be adapted! It already has a feel to it that would click on screen. Ed & Will

Could listen to Joe and yourselves all day! Congratulations on the interview, fantastic as always.

@thebrothersgwynne

2 жыл бұрын

Mostly the Joe part hahah. Glad that you enjoyed this interview! We owe it to The Broken Binding. Still feels slightly surreal! Thanks for watching :) Ed & Will

Over an hour of my favorite author talking about writing? Yes, please! Fantastic video, you guys rock!

@thebrothersgwynne

2 жыл бұрын

We were so lucky to get this chat with him. We owe it to The Broken Binding! So glad that you enjoyed, and thanks for supporting the channel :). Will

Loved hearing Mr.Abercrombie speak! Can’t wait for The Wisdom of Crowds.

@thebrothersgwynne

2 жыл бұрын

He makes everything interesting to discuss! Will

I completely agree w/him about humor. I tell ppl, "These are the funniest books I've ever read" and they're usually like "Kinda bloody, I didn't really notice anything funny"...so interesting.

One of the best things about Abercrombie (as I am on my 3rd relisten to A.O.M.) is the repeatability2.5 yrs later, you can can go right back in. I've never laughed so much in my life than when listening to Pacey do Abercrombie...Idk if it's the material, the narrator or both but I'm way too spoiled to just read them atp.

@matguerra333

Жыл бұрын

The guy is the best modern author (period). IMHO

Woaaah, Lord Grimdark himself! It’s so cool seeing this channel come from praising his books, to actually getting to talk to him. Nice interview!

@thebrothersgwynne

2 жыл бұрын

That was almost our exact reaction aha. We owe it to The Broken Binding. Amazing to interview one of your favourite authors, especially one whose works I have binged over the past few months aha. Glad that you enjoyed, and thanks for watching :) Will

Great interview! So exciting that you guys got to speak with Joe especially considering all of the love you have given his books.

@thebrothersgwynne

2 жыл бұрын

We were so lucky! All down to The Broken Binding, so we owe them! So amazing to talk to an author whose works you admire and love so much. Glad that you enjoyed :) Will

Yessss guys!!!! So excited for this

@thebrothersgwynne

2 жыл бұрын

We were so excited for this chance. Hope you enjoy :) Ed & Will

Oh. My. Gosh. Joe! 😍

@thebrothersgwynne

2 жыл бұрын

Our exact reaction! Ed & Will

I'll be sitting and watching this in its glorious entirety tomorrow afternoon.

@thebrothersgwynne

2 жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoy! We had a great time during the chat :) Will

@Paul_the_Bookworm

2 жыл бұрын

@@thebrothersgwynne I ended up watching the first 20 minutes. I can't finish because the alarm goes off in 6 hours.

Having watched a number of author interviews on booktube channels, Abercrombie just has that something which makes him a top-tier interviewee. Today I just happened to stumble upon The Wisdom of Crowds in regular paperback format, both of my Gollancz sets (which have the superior covers) 1st Law and Age of Madness match and are complete. Only 4 more Wheel of Time books to go and then it's all Abercrombie.

@thebrothersgwynne

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree! He's always got brilliant answers. Sounds like you have a great collection there! Ed

@vajs6312

2 жыл бұрын

@@thebrothersgwynne Yep, it’s a full royal flush. I think I know what it is with Abercrombie’s “style” of answering questions: it’s almost as if he’s on the verge of being “amusingly annoyed”, but then he lands a subtle quip which you hardly notice, but do notice and move on feeling like the joke half flew over you. Great interview!

Yes!!!

@thebrothersgwynne

2 жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoy :) Ed & Will

Legendary interview, congratulations mates ☺️

@thebrothersgwynne

2 жыл бұрын

So glad that you enjoyed :). Still cannot really believe we got the opportunity, which we owe completely to The Broken Binding! Thanks for watching. Will

Great interview guys, a joy to watch

@thebrothersgwynne

2 жыл бұрын

So glad that you enjoyed :). Thanks for watching and for the support!. Will

Waaaaa. Joe Joe Joe! I love it, congrats guys!

@thebrothersgwynne

2 жыл бұрын

We cannot believe it! Owe it to The Broken Binding. Thanks for watching :) Ed & Will

This was so much fun! :) Thank you guys, great interview!

@thebrothersgwynne

2 жыл бұрын

So glad that you enjoyed :). We loved having the honour of asking so many questions! Thanks for watching. Ed & Will

I ended up basically reading the first law world in both orders (read them in publication order, realized I forgot just about EVERYTHING about the original trilogy when I finished A Little Hatred and then went back and read the previous six books), can confirm it is amazing no matter which way you go

Brilliant interview Mates.

Great interview!!! So happy you guys got this opportunity 😊

@thebrothersgwynne

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! We were so lucky, and owe it to The Broken Binding, who are awesome. So glad you enjoyed :) Will

Good interview lads. Able to actually listen to what Joe was saying and respond whilst also getting through your questions which can be tough!

@thebrothersgwynne

2 жыл бұрын

So glad that you enjoyed! We cannot believe that we actually got the chance to interview him. We owe it to The Broken Binding. Thanks for watching :) Will

Great interview, that was amazing. I thought you would asked him for the Steven Erikson short story where a character is based upon him. Next time it will be. Amazing. Thank you

@thebrothersgwynne

2 жыл бұрын

So glad that you enjoyed :). We were so lucky to get this interview with him, which we owe completely to The Broken Binding! We actually didn't know he had a character based on him, but that it awesome! Thanks for watching :) Will

Thanks for the interview Cher’s 🍻

@thebrothersgwynne

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Still cannot believe The Broken Binding got us this interview. Will

Excellent interview lads.

@thebrothersgwynne

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! SO glad that you enjoyed :) Will

Great interview guys!

@thebrothersgwynne

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching :). So glad that you enjoyed! Will

Awesome interview guys!!!

@thebrothersgwynne

2 жыл бұрын

So glad that you enjoyed! Will

@henriksorensen82

2 жыл бұрын

@@thebrothersgwynne I enjoy everything with Joe Abercrombie, he is one of my favorite authors

I’ve actually purchased four. Kindle, Waterstones, Goldsboro and Barnes and Noble.

I HAVE bought at least two copies! UK and US editions!

@thebrothersgwynne

2 жыл бұрын

Hahah, Joe will be pleased you listened to him! Will

I happen to be one of those people that read the stand-alone books out of order. Best Served Cold is the first book I read in this world. It made sense, it was thoroughly enjoyable! I did not feel confused, not much at least. ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE less confusing that reading Gardens of the Moon, for example. I would say, it’s probably best to read in order but not necessary. However it’s kinda like blocks. First three books are 1 block, next three books are each a block, and the last three books are 1 block. So, 5 blocks total that could in theory be swapped around and still make sense to the reader.

@johnbeardshall2898

2 жыл бұрын

That's the one I picked up first found it in a community book stand when all libraries and books stores where closed down during covid and ended up reading all the books since and find it my favorite

Great interview! This was really funny too.

@thebrothersgwynne

2 жыл бұрын

So glad that you enjoyed! Joe makes everything interesting and funny. We were very lucky to get this opportunity :). Thanks for watching! Will

Had the pleasure of meeting the man himself at my local Waterstones yesterday. I think I may have babbled at him a bit too much. I did try to persuade him that we need to extent First Law way into the future so we can get to a First Law sci-fi novel. I'm not convinced I was very successful :)

Pre-order mine from Amazon. Just hope it arrives in good shape. You know how bad Amazon can package certain items.

Hope you all are doing well! Miss seeing your videos, but hope you’re taking care of yourselves!

@thebrothersgwynne

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the message. We have missed book tube, but are still taking it day by day.

amazing interview, he's always quite entertaining :-)

@thebrothersgwynne

2 жыл бұрын

He has a way of making anything he talks about interesting and engaging! Thanks for watching :) Will

Joe's books are the best, bloody 9

@thebrothersgwynne

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed! And you do not get better characters. Will

Joe is freaking hilarious. Nice interview bros.

@thebrothersgwynne

2 жыл бұрын

His personality matches what he writes so well. So glad that you enjoyed :). Thanks for watching! Will

Hope you guys and your family are doing good

Wow, the jabbercrombie himself! Great interview guys, glad to here he's a fan of strategy games but not surprised he's had to stop given how time consuming they can be:p

@thebrothersgwynne

2 жыл бұрын

Hahah, the 'jabbercrombie' HIMSELF! Hahaha, strategy games really do need limits. They can be more dangerous than a blade. Will

Legend

Great interview! Puts me back into the quandary of what to read first though: Malice or The Blade Itself! Thanks for asking my question - the third Locked Tomb is expected in the next 6 months, Nona the Ninth. Although, Will, you got my name wrong XD it's pronounced as 'ray' ;-)

@thebrothersgwynne

2 жыл бұрын

So glad that you enjoyed! Orrr dedicate two entire days to read both hahah. In an ideal world anyway. Thanks for submitting a question :). Sorry for pronouncing your name wrong! I'm terrible reading names out loud. Thanks for watching. Will

@raireads

2 жыл бұрын

@@thebrothersgwynne Well I've started Malice and just waiting for it all to go wrong and everyone to die XD

I hope his new book is nothing like red country or the half king books. All his other books are so good

There’s no way Joe could improve on The Blade Itself!

@thebrothersgwynne

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree! Ed

Great interview! I don't agree with Joe that The Blade Itself could have been any better, together with Before They Are Hanged it is still my favorite First Law book. I'm a huge fan of the entire First Law series, I'm sure Wisdom of Crowds will be no exception. That said I'm very excited that Joes next book will be something fresh and new. I don't even care about the genre, I'm sure Joe would even make a romance or a math book entertaining.

@thebrothersgwynne

2 жыл бұрын

I loved The Blade Itself, despite plot perhaps not being as prominent. Again, I agree, Before They Are Hanged is my favourite as well, but I also love Age of Madness so far. Looking forward to seeing how it concludes. Hahah, certainly he would. I will read anything he writes. Thanks for watching :) Will

already bought a signed copy months ago :,)

@thebrothersgwynne

2 жыл бұрын

As is only right :) Will

@pherranine

2 жыл бұрын

@@thebrothersgwynne so excited! great interview

Guys kind of look the smart Da Vinky guys

I think if I had to sign thousands of books I'd just have a stamp made out of my signature. I know it's cheating, but I think the fans would rather that than me get carpal tunnel.