Joe Abercrombie vs. Brent Weeks
- - July 21st, 2009
In a literary feud certain to divide the genre, Joe Abercrombie, author of Best Served Cold (US) and Brent Weeks, author of the Night Angel Trilogy (US|UK|AUS) , have thrown down the gauntlets, stomped their boots threateningly, and now meet in the gladiatorial arena of Babel Clash.
Their first disagreement involves blogging, naturally.
Says Brent: “J.R.R. didn’t blog; George R. R. does. William Shakespeare didn’t; Joe Abercrombie does. Need I say more?”
Responds Joe: “J.R.R. would definitely have blogged had he had the technology available, but he was totally a console guy, played way too much Halo, and wouldn’t allow a PC in his home. Shakespeare? Have you read the sonnets? Obviously primitive blogs. Some of them he even printed out from his Sinclair ZX80, they have some of the original silvery whorls of printer tape in a glass case in the foyer of the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford. FACT.”
Be sure to tune in over the next two weeks as these two new stars of fantasy put the CLASH in Babel Clash.
Tags: Brent Weeks, Joe Abercrombie
si england
August 29, 2009
at 12:52 am
ha ha – I like both of these authors – I’ve read all of Brent Weeks “Night Angel” trilogy, and having read Joe’s “Best Served Cold”, have alrady decided to buy the trilogy he previously wrote!
It’ll be interesting to see how this turns out!
Gavin
September 3, 2009
at 8:25 am
I laughed when I saw this, a throw-down of words between two of my favourite authors, I feel like a massive nerd for loving it. Read Joe Abercrombie’s First Law Trilogy, a true artist to create great characters and weave the stories of three individuals as if each were the main. Fresh congrats to Brent Weeks, only just finished Shadow’s Edge and… My God, imagination is your middle name. Both amazing authors, top of my magical/fantasy list. Equals.