Podcast appearances and mentions of Joe Abercrombie

There comes a time in the life of every author when they have to do that truly terrifying thing: Talk about their book. In this special crossover episode with SFF Addicts, we talk about talking about writing! A lot of that involves the beast we all face these days: social media. Branding, marketing, algorithms, trends, parasocial relationships -- It's a lot. How much do you really need to do, and how can you set boundaries around your public and private selves? But there are also times and places an author may need to talk about their book beyond social media and marketing. Sometimes, you have to do it in (gasp!) real life! What techniques can we use to get more comfortable with public speaking? What's good etiquette for being on a panel at a convention or conference? How can you engage with readers one-on-one in a way that makes them see you as an interesting person, not just a book-shilling Gollum incapable of taking about anything except your precious? We share our experiences and offer our perspectives on navigating those situations! Our Guests: SFF Addicts is a weekly sci-fi, fantasy and writing craft podcast co-hosted by Adrian M. Gibson and fellow authors M.J. Kuhn and Greta Kelly, bringing you interviews and writing masterclasses with your favorite SFF authors. Past guests include: George R.R. Martin, Brandon Sanderson, Jim Butcher, Robin Hobb, James S.A. Corey, Scott Lynch, Christopher Paolini, Martha Wells, Joe Abercrombie, John Scalzi, Chuck Wendig, Fonda Lee, Mark Lawrence, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Nicholas Eames, Michael J. Sullivan, Andrea Stewart, Travis Baldree, Mary Robinette Kowal, Gareth L. Powell, Hugh Howey, Robert Jackson Bennett, Rebecca Roanhorse, Chelsea Abdullah, RJ Barker and many more. The full episode archive can be found here. You can also subscribe to the FanFiAddict YouTube channel, where all episodes are available in full video. Adrian M. Gibson is an award-winning Canadian SFF author, podcaster and illustrator (as well as occasional tattoo artist). He was born in Ontario, Canada, but grew up in British Columbia. He studied English Literature and has worked in music journalism, restaurants, tattoo studios, clothing stores and a bevy of odd jobs. In 2021, he created the SFF Addicts podcast, which he co-hosts with fellow authors M. J. Kuhn and Greta Kelly. The three host in-depth interviews with an array of science fiction and fantasy authors, as well as writing masterclasses. Adrian has a not-so-casual obsession with mushrooms, relishes in the vastness of nature and is a self-proclaimed “child of the mountains.” He enjoys cooking, music, video games, politics and science, as well as reading fiction and comic books. He lives in Quito, Ecuador with his wife and sons. His debut novel is MUSHROOM BLUES, which is available to purchase here. M.J. Kuhn is a fantasy writer by night and a mild-mannered marketer and business owner by day. She is the internationally bestselling author of Among Thieves  and Thick as Thieves, cohost of SFF Addicts podcast, and lives in the metro Detroit area with her very spoiled cats, Evie and Thorin Oakenshield. Greta Kelly is the author of the critically acclaimed adult fantasy novels THE FROZEN CROWN, THE SEVENTH QUEEN and THE QUEEN OF DAYS (Voyager) and the co-host of SFF ADDICTS Podcast. Her writing has also appeared in Nerdist, i09 and Writer's Digest.  She currently lives in the U.S. with her husband EJ, and daughters Lorelei and Nadia who are doing their level-best to take over the world.  You can follow her on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok @gretakkelly.

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join Harrison, George, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! For this season, we read through Sharp Ends! In today's episode we will be covering Yesterday, Near A Village Called Barden!Meme of the week: https://www.reddit.com/r/HouseOfTheMemeMaker/comments/1qa0icj/memeing_every_chapter_sharp_ends_yesterday_near_a/Leave us a commentSupport the show

Hello everyone!!We continue with Joe Abercrombie's First Law series, now talking about the 3 standalone novels: Best Served Cold, Heroes, and Red Country!Because these books are great and there is a lot to talk about, we split these episodes in 2 parts, both already available for Patrons! First we talk about Abercrombie and the setup to these books, then Best Served Cold and how to write a phenomenal revenge story indeed.Enjoy!If you can and are interested in early episodes and our bonus content, soon to be plenty more, check out our Patreon!https://www.patreon.com/leftpage Also! If you're not there already, feel free to join our Discord!https://discord.gg/J2wgG3yrPNIntro Music: Ultralounge · Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Outro Music: Don't Leave! · El-Funoun Palestinian Popular Dance Troupe. From the Album: Zareef ℗ 2006 El-Funoun Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join Harrison, George, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! For this season, we read through Sharp Ends! In today's episode we will be covering Yesterday, Near A Village Called Barden!Meme of the week: https://www.reddit.com/r/HouseOfTheMemeMaker/comments/1pwnwjh/whirrun_of_bligh_vs_bremer_dan_gorst_second/Leave us a commentSupport the show

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join Harrison, George, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! For this episode, all of the funny or interesting bits that we normally cut out!Meme of the week: https://www.reddit.com/r/Armor/comments/1pv7jl8/why_did_the_celtic_brits_natives_fought_bare/Leave us a commentSupport the show

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join Harrison, George, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! For this season, we read through Sharp Ends! In today's episode we will be covering Some Desperado!Meme of the week: https://www.reddit.com/r/HouseOfTheMemeMaker/comments/1pn86j1/memeing_every_chapter_sharp_ends_hell/Leave us a commentSupport the show

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join Harrison, George, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! For this season, we read through Sharp Ends! In today's episode we will be covering Wrong Place, Wrong Time.Meme of the week:  https://www.reddit.com/r/HouseOfTheMemeMaker/comments/1piqusq/memeing_every_chapter_sharp_ends_skipping_town/Leave us a commentSupport the show

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join Harrison, George, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! For this season, we read through Sharp Ends! In today's episode we will be covering Two's Company. The boys wanted to do Werum of BLEGH for character spot but I overrode them. Silly cohosts, henchpeople don't get a vote!Meme of the week: https://www.reddit.com/r/HouseOfTheMemeMaker/comments/1pbbfd5/memeing_every_chapter_sharp_ends_the_fool_jobs/Leave us a commentSupport the show

Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button.   Our first show of Season 14 will begin on January 7, 2026. We've been coming up with ideas for book recommendations and will soon be recording with guests. But until then, Amy is going to make merry, and Carrie is going to begrudgingly deal with the holidays. And in this episode, we're reviewing some of the notable books that we have loved over the last 12 months. Some of these are backlist titles, and some are new releases—we cannot keep up with the publishing industry, nor do we really try. You will also hear from some of our guests from this year who share their favorites of 2025.    Books Discussed In This Episode: Carrie's Favorites of 2025 1- Angel Down by Daniel Kraus 2- On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder  3- The Millicent Quibb School for Young Ladies of Mad Science by Kate McKinnon 4- The Lost Year by Katherine Marsh  5- Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home by Nora Krug   Amy's Favorites of 2025 1- Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce  2- You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith 3- Culpability by Bruce Holsinger  4- The Shift: One Nurse, Twelve Hours, Four Patients' Lives by Theresa Brown, RN  5- Paris Letters: A Travel Memoir About Art, Writing, and Finding Love in Paris by Janice MacLeod    Other books mentioned 1- I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman 2- The Nature of Pain by Mandi Fugate Sheffel  3- The Strange Case of Jane O by Karen Thompson Walker  4- The Devils by Joe Abercrombie  5- Everything's Fine by Cecilia Rabess  6- The River is Waiting by Wally Lamb 7- I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai 8- Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor 9- Starling House by Alix E. Harrow  10- Dead Man Blues by S.D. House  11- God of the Woods by Liz Moore  12- The Road to Blair Mountain: Saving a Mine Wars Battlefield from King Coal by Charles B. Keeney 13- Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench and Brendan O' Yea  14- Carpool Detectives: A True Story  of Four Moms, Two Bodies, and One Mysterious Cold Case by Chuck Hogan  15- Anima Rising by Christopher Moore  16- The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest by Aubrey Hartman 17- The Husbands by Holly Gramazio 18- Grace and Henry's Holiday Movie Marathon by Matthew Norman  19- Seven Days of Us by Francesca Hornak

The Drunk Guys have a beer before they are hanged this week when they ready Before They Are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie. They hang with: Spicy Marg by Talea and Out for Trout by Other Half Brewing. Join the Drunk Guys next Tuesday when they read Remain by Nicholas Sparks and M Night Shamalamadingdong. The Drunk Guys now have a Patreon! The Drunk Guys Book Club Podcast can be found on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, PlayerFM, Overcast, and where ever fine podcasts can be found. We are also part of the Hopped Up Network of independent beer podcasters. If you're drunk enough to enjoy the Podcast, please give us a rating. To save time, just round up to five stars. Also, please follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. There's no excuse to miss another Drunk Guys episode, announcement, or typo!

Josh and Steph discuss the lovable and tragic monsters of Joe Abercrombie's The Devils.Your hosts are Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston), Christina Ladd (@christinaladd), and Joshua MacDougall (@FourofFiveWits). You can find us all on Bluesky. Our art is by Mangoyu Art (@MangoyuArt), and our music is by Bad Sparrow (@BadSparrowMusic). You can find us on BlueSky, and Instagram. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join Harrison, George, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! For this season, we read through Sharp Ends! In today's episode we will be covering, Skipping Town & Hell. Meme of the week: Cannot be included as the meme has disappeared from HOTMM :(Leave us a commentSupport the show

Beer tates good this week when the Drunk Guys read The Tate Bible by Andrew Tate and G Slim. They tate: Maximus by Lagunitas and White Ferrari by thin veil brewing. Join the Drunk Guys next Tuesday when they read Before They are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie. The Drunk Guys

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join Harrison, George, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! For this season, we read through Sharp Ends! In today's episode we will be covering, Small Kindnesses.  Meme of the week: https://www.reddit.com/r/HouseOfTheMemeMaker/comments/1olbakr/honey_i_revolted_myself/Leave us a commentSupport the show

Today I'm reviewing The Devils by Joe Abercrombie — a brutal, bloody, and brutally fun return to grimdark fantasy. This novel is peak Abercrombie: razor-sharp dialogue, characters who are morally feral in the best way, and a world where loyalty is a gamble and survival depends on how efficiently you can betray someone.Following a group of chaotic mercenaries with shifting motives and sharper swords, The Devils blends violence with dark humor, political scheming, and the kind of character work that makes you love people you absolutely shouldn't. It's messy, intense, and impossible to stop reading.If you crave grimdark fantasy that delivers ruthless battles, gut-punch twists, and morally reprehensible characters you can't help but root for, this one belongs on your shelf.✨ Tune in for a spoiler-free breakdown — what Abercrombie does best here, what surprised me, and who I think will love (or hate) this book. Follow on Spotify and subscribe on YouTube for more high-stakes fantasy reviews every week.#TheDevils #JoeAbercrombie #GrimdarkFantasy #DarkFantasy #BookReviewPodcast #SpotifyPodcasts #BookTube #MercenaryFantasy #FantasyBooks

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join Harrison, George, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! For this season, we read through Sharp Ends! In today's episode we will be covering, The Fool Jobs. Speaking of Fool Jobs, editing this episode was an absolute pain due to some corruption issues, and we -quite frankly- couldn't be arsed recording this AND small kindnesses a second time, so this episode is out of order slightly. Meme of the week: https://www.reddit.com/r/HouseOfTheMemeMaker/comments/1ospk9q/the_ardee_collem_west_confrontation_scene_was/Leave us a commentSupport the show

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join Harrison, George, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! For this season, we read through Sharp Ends! In today's episode we will be covering, A Beautiful Bastard.Meme of the week: https://www.reddit.com/r/HouseOfTheMemeMaker/comments/1oa0i8c/another_wild_twist_in_the_3rd_act/Leave us a commentSupport the show

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join George, and Harrison as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! In this special episode we will be featuring our friend, The Bloody Niner aka Josh, and we discuss the Devils! (Jeff isn't here because he's a dirty slacker and hasn't read the book yet)Enjoy the chaos!heck out his book at: https://www.royalroad.com/profile/517226Leave us a commentSupport the show

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join George, Harrison, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! In this special episode we will be featuring our friend, XLIRV48 aka Trey, and he's going to give us some, uh, peculiar thoughts about the Quai side of things. Enjoy the chaos!Best Meme of the Week: https://www.reddit.com/r/HouseOfTheMemeMaker/comments/1ocooul/and_when_they_needed_him_most/Check out his book at: https://www.royalroad.com/profile/517226Leave us a commentSupport the show

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join George, Harrison, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! In this special Episode we will be featuring our friend, Ohmachi! Where we will be discussing the ultra special editions of Joe Abercrombie's Works. Enjoy the chaos!Leave us a commentSupport the show

Bestselling authors Joe Hill and Joe Abercrombie join another Joe (the host) for a natter about books, films, horror, fantasy and much more.They discuss their brilliant new novels, 'King Sorrow' and 'The Devils', their writing processes and routines, Stephen King, James Cameron, film adaptations, comics - and - give us some brilliant book recommendations too.THE BOOK OFF'Lonesome Dove' by Larry McMurtryVS'The Night Always Comes' by Willy VlautinHeres some more info on our guests brilliant novels!'King Sorrow' by Joe HillBookish dreamer Arthur Oakes is a student at Rackham College, Maine, renowned for its frosty winters and beautiful buildings.But his idyll - and burgeoning romance with Gwen Underfoot - is shattered when local drug dealers force him into a terrible crime: stealing rare and valuable books from the exceptional college library.Trapped and desperate, Arthur turns to his closest friends for help: the wealthy, irrepressible Colin Wren; brave, beautiful Alison Shiner; the battling twins Donna and Donovan McBride; and brainy, bold Gwen. Together they dream up an impossible, fantastical scheme that they scarcely imagine will work: to summon the fabled dragon King Sorrow to kill those tormenting Arthur.But the six stumble backwards into a deadly bargain - they soon learn they must choose a new sacrifice for King Sorrow each year or one of them will become his next victim. Unleashing consequences they can neither predict nor control, this promise will, over the course of four decades, shape and endanger their lives in ways they could never expect.'The Devils' by Joe AbercrombieEurope stares into the abyss.Plague and famine stalk the land, monsters lurk in every shadow and greedy princes care for nothing but their own ambitions. Only one thing is certain: the elves will come again, and they will eat everyone.Sometimes, only the darkest paths lead towards the light. Paths on which the righteous will not dare to tread . . .And so, buried beneath the sacred splendour of the Celestial Palace, is the secret Chapel of the Holy Expediency. For its congregation of convicted monsters there are no sins that have not been committed, no lines that will not be crossed, and no mission that cannot be turned into a disastrous bloodbath.Now the hapless Brother Diaz must somehow bind the worst of the worst to a higher cause: to put a thief on the throne of Troy, and unite the sundered church against the coming apocalypse.When you're headed through hell, you need the devils on your side. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join Harrison, George, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! For this season, we read through Red Country! This week, we wrap up our coverage of Red Country and bring you our entire book review!Meme of the week: https://www.reddit.com/r/HouseOfTheMemeMaker/comments/1l8gg6h/memeing_every_chapter_red_country_some_kind_of/Leave us a commentSupport the show

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join Harrison, George, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! For this season, we read through Red Country! This week, we will end our coverage with: The Cost, Last Words & Some Kind Of Coward.Meme of the week: https://www.reddit.com/r/HouseOfTheMemeMaker/comments/1mk5hem/memeing_every_chapter_red_country_old_friends/Leave us a commentSupport the show

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join Harrison, George, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! For this season, we read through Red Country! This week, we will cover Nowhere Fast and Times Change!Meme of the week: https://www.reddit.com/r/HouseOfTheMemeMaker/comments/18pq67o/bayaz_at_the_end_of_the_first_trilogy/Leave us a commentSupport the show

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Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join Harrison, George, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! For this season, we read through Red Country! This week, we will cover Answered Prayers & Sharp Ends (not the book). Meme of the week: https://www.reddit.com/r/HouseOfTheMemeMaker/comments/1n1dnzz/memeing_every_chapter_red_country_the_tally/Leave us a commentSupport the show

Welcome to the 102nd Episode of the ABC Pod the Adult Book Club where we drink and we read things. This episodefeatures The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie. Discussion of the book starts at the 7th minute. Spoilers are between the 38 and 1:11 minute marks. This book sets up the trilogy by spending a lot of time with its characters, and because of that, the discussion of all of them dominates this episode. Inspoilers we touch on the characters we meet later on and then revisit our main points of view to talk about their character arcs. We finish with our usual segments and a return author for the next episode. Enjoy! 

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join Harrison, George, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! For this season, we read through Red Country! This week, we will cover Greed, The Tally, and Going Back. Remember folks, it's always better to do it than to live with the fear of it!Make sure you sign up to memeing every chapter : https://www.reddit.com/r/HouseOfTheMemeMaker/comments/1kwbisk/memeing_every_chapter_of_red_country_signup_list/Meme of the week: https://www.reddit.com/r/HouseOfTheMemeMaker/comments/1n7cirk/memeing_every_chapter_red_country_nowhere_fast/Leave us a commentSupport the show

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join Harrison, George, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! For this season, we read through Red Country! This week, we will cover The Dragon's Den.. And no, not the UK version of Shark Tank. Make sure you sign up to memeing every chapter : https://www.reddit.com/r/HouseOfTheMemeMaker/comments/1kwbisk/memeing_every_chapter_of_red_country_signup_list/Meme of the week: https://www.reddit.com/r/HouseOfTheMemeMaker/comments/1n0u0kv/anybody_who_spends_a_night_round_the_pot_with_him/Leave us a commentSupport the show

On this epsisode of BBB, the boys explore a beloved author who they somehow haven't managed to review until now. Mr. Joe Abercrombie's alternate history/fantasy tale "The Devils" is the subject this time around. Hilarious, gory, and unrepentantly grim and sardonic, Stephen and Mark dive into a world of curses, werewolves, elves, Popes, and, of course, truly flawed and damaged characters. It is a world where the scariest things aren't the summoned Dukes of Hell, but the people doing the summoning.   To guard against any lingering traumas from this darkly funny and brutal story, Stephen and Mark will be sampling a new bourbon whiskey from a local distillery, Geneva Lakes Bourbon Whiskey by Geneva Lakes Distilling & Studio Winery in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.   Home - Joe Abercrombie Studio Winery

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join Harrison, George, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! For this season, we read through Red Country! This week, we will cover Savages. No, not the Pocahontas song!Make sure you sign up to memeing every chapter : https://www.reddit.com/r/HouseOfTheMemeMaker/comments/1kwbisk/memeing_every_chapter_of_red_country_signup_list/Meme of the week: https://www.reddit.com/r/HouseOfTheMemeMaker/comments/1mmj7ff/its_a_small_circle_of_the_world/Leave us a commentSupport the show

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join Harrison, George, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! For this season, we read through Red Country! And this week we will be covering Among The Barbarians, and Bait.Make sure you sign up to memeing every chapter : https://www.reddit.com/r/HouseOfTheMemeMaker/comments/1kwbisk/memeing_every_chapter_of_red_country_signup_list/Meme of the week: https://www.reddit.com/r/HouseOfTheMemeMaker/comments/1mre7ik/memeing_every_chapter_red_country_bait/Leave us a commentSupport the show

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join Harrison, George, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! For this season, we read through Red Country! And this week we will be covering Old Friends, Nowhere To Go, and In Threes.Make sure you sign up to memeing every chapter : https://www.reddit.com/r/HouseOfTheMemeMaker/comments/1kwbisk/memeing_every_chapter_of_red_country_signup_list/Meme of the week: https://www.reddit.com/r/HouseOfTheMemeMaker/comments/1miapa9/memeing_every_chapter_red_country_fun/Leave us a commentSupport the show

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join Harrison, George, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! For this season, we read through Red Country! And this week we will be covering Blood Coming, The Sleeping Partner, & Fun.Make sure you sign up to memeing every chapter : https://www.reddit.com/r/HouseOfTheMemeMaker/comments/1kwbisk/memeing_every_chapter_of_red_country_signup_list/Meme of the week: https://www.reddit.com/r/HouseOfTheMemeMaker/comments/1mc653y/you_already_know_who_it_is/Leave us a commentSupport the show

Why taste in books is like taste in food. Plus, our final thoughts on Joe Abercrombie's The Devils. And the Ruth-Veronica feud heats up. Also, Tom likes fish sticks. Literally.

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join Harrison, George, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! For this season, we read through Red Country! And this week we will be covering Blood Coming, The Sleeping Partner, & Fun.Make sure you sign up to memeing every chapter : https://www.reddit.com/r/HouseOfTheMemeMaker/comments/1kwbisk/memeing_every_chapter_of_red_country_signup_list/Meme of the week: https://www.reddit.com/r/HouseOfTheMemeMaker/comments/1m8brlk/memeing_every_chapter_red_country_that_simple/Leave us a commentSupport the show

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join Harrison, George, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! For this season, we read through Red Country! And this week we will be covering Words And Graces, That Simple, & Yesterday's News!Make sure you sign up to memeing every chapter : https://www.reddit.com/r/HouseOfTheMemeMaker/comments/1kwbisk/memeing_every_chapter_of_red_country_signup_list/Meme of the week: https://www.reddit.com/r/HouseOfTheMemeMaker/comments/1m0kzzb/and_that_child_is_none_other_than_colonel_jezal/Leave us a commentSupport the show

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join Harrison, George, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! For this season, we read through Red Country! And this episode, we take a break from our chapter read-throughs and bring you our mid-book review, covering all that has happened so far (with spoilers). Remember, in this world, you all have to stand together or die alone!Make sure you sign up to memeing every chapter : https://www.reddit.com/r/HouseOfTheMemeMaker/comments/1kwbisk/memeing_every_chapter_of_red_country_signup_list/Meme of the week: https://www.reddit.com/r/HouseOfTheMemeMaker/comments/1lzdn86/say_one_thing_about_logen_nine_fingers_say_hes_a/Leave us a commentSupport the show

The Vassals of Kingsgrave dive into the start of a new trilogy by one of their favorite authors, Joe Abercrombie. Join Brett (White Raven), Greg (claudiusthefool), Alex (LuckyCharms), Zach (Alias), and Casey (blue-eyed-queen) as they review and discuss the first … Continue reading →

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join Harrison, George, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! For this season, we read through Red Country! And this week we will be covering The Fair Price, Hell On The Cheap, and Plots!Make sure you sign up to memeing every chapter : https://www.reddit.com/r/HouseOfTheMemeMaker/comments/1kwbisk/memeing_every_chapter_of_red_country_signup_list/Meme of the week: https://www.reddit.com/r/HouseOfTheMemeMaker/comments/1ls6i7m/baron_rickard_during_a_battle/Leave us a commentSupport the show

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join Harrison, George, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! For this season, we read through Red Country! And this week we will be covering The Wrath Of God & The Practical ThinkersMake sure you sign up to memeing every chapter : https://www.reddit.com/r/HouseOfTheMemeMaker/comments/1kwbisk/memeing_every_chapter_of_red_country_signup_list/Meme of the week: https://www.reddit.com/r/HouseOfTheMemeMaker/comments/1ldnpgx/meming_every_chapter_red_country_the_best_man/Leave us a commentSupport the show

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join Harrison, George, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! For this season, we read through Red Country! And this week we will be covering Oh God, The Dust; Sweet's Crossing, and Dreams.Make sure you sign up to memeing every chapter : https://www.reddit.com/r/HouseOfTheMemeMaker/comments/1kwbisk/memeing_every_chapter_of_red_country_signup_list/Meme of the week:https://www.reddit.com/r/HouseOfTheMemeMaker/comments/1lenpfk/memeing_every_chapter_red_country_all_got_a_past/Music Credit: Maszy MusicLeave us a commentSupport the show

Alex Shvartsman (Brooklyn, NY) is the author of Kakistocracy (2023), The Middling Affliction (2022), and Eridani's Crown (2019) fantasy novels. Over 120 of his stories have appeared in Analog, Nature, Strange Horizons, et al. He won the WSFA Small Press Award for Short Fiction and was a three-time finalist for the Canopus Award for Excellence in Interstellar Fiction.His translations from Russian have appeared in F&SF, Clarkesworld, Tor.com, Analog, Asimov's, et al. Alex has edited over a dozen anthologies, including the long-running Unidentified Funny Objects series.This story originally appeared in Galaxy's Edge, no. 25, March 2017.Narrated by: Will StaglWill Stagl lives in Tucson Arizona and is a proud member of the StarShipSofa team. This month you'll likely find him tearing through The Devils by Joe Abercrombie at a local café or waiting for the next installment of Murderbot to air.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join Harrison, George, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! For this season, we read through Red Country! And this week we will be covering Driftwood, and Reasons.Make sure you sign up to memeing every chapter : https://www.reddit.com/r/HouseOfTheMemeMaker/comments/1kwbisk/memeing_every_chapter_of_red_country_signup_list/Meme of the week:https://www.reddit.com/r/HouseOfTheMemeMaker/comments/1l8qbb5/memeing_every_chapter_red_country_the_easy_way/Music Credit: Maszy MusicLeave us a commentSupport the show

Happy birthday to Bianca! This June we explore the world of Caraval by Stephanie Garber, going to fantasy worlds full of mystery and intrigue where you never know who or what you can trust. We also go over some book news and celebrate hitting 1,000 followers on TikTok!    Books mentioned this episode:    Caraval by Stephanie Garber Dating and Dragons by Kristy Boyce The Knight and The Moth by Rachel Gillig Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi Destroy Me by Tahereh Mafi The Only One Left by Riley Sager The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association by Caitlin Rozakis House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski Goosebumps by R.L. Stine Other Side of Midnight by Simone St. James Awakening by J. Ross Ghost at the Garden Gate, Whispering Lake Book 1 by Misty Spellman The Poppy War trilogy by R.F. Kuang Murder by Cheesecake by Rachel Ekstrom Courage Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab Powerless by Lauren Roberts Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross The Devils by Joe Abercrombie

Welcome to the Circle of the World Podcast! Join Harrison, George, and Jeffrey as we continue our coverage of Joe Abercrombie's First Law series! For this season, we read through Red Country! And this week we will be covering New Lives, and The Rugged Outdoorsman. Make sure you sign up to memeing every chapter : https://www.reddit.com/r/HouseOfTheMemeMaker/comments/1kwbisk/memeing_every_chapter_of_red_country_signup_list/Meme of the week:https://www.reddit.com/r/HouseOfTheMemeMaker/comments/1l4mxiv/this_is_it_the_great_leveller/Music Credit: Maszy MusicLeave us a commentSupport the show

This week, Scott sat down with Lawfare's Ukraine Fellow Anastasiia Lapatina and Contributing Editors Eric Ciaramella and Alex Zerden to talk through the week's big national security and foreign policy news, including: “The Road to Damascus.” Over the past two weeks, the Trump administration has done an extraordinary about-face on U.S. policy towards Syria, installing almost universal exceptions to most existing sanctions programs and promising to end others. European and other allies seem poised to follow suit, all in an effort to forestall the feared collapse of the post-Assad transitional government being headed by Ahmed al-Sharaa, himself a former terrorist leader. But will it be enough to put post-Civil War Syria on the road to recovery? And will this new policy orientation prove sustainable?“No Fly Zone.” Ukraine struck a historic blow deep into Russian territory over the weekend with a daring series of coordinated drone attacks—dubbed “Operation Spider Web”—that may have wiped out as much as a third of Moscow's strategically important long range bombers. But will the attack help drive the costs of the conflict home to Russia, or trigger another round of escalation? And how will it be received by the Trump administration, several senior members of which are skeptical of U.S. support for Ukraine?“Double Taxation.” President Trump's aggressive use of tariffs suffered a pair of defeats in federal court last week, as two different courts chose to enjoin them, for two different sets of reasons. While both decisions have since been stayed, it's a discouraging sign for the viability of the legal authorities being relied on by the Trump administration. Yet President Trump has continued to threaten tariffs aggressively, including against Europe. How big a threat are these legal holdings to the Trump administration's policy agenda? And how will they impact its efforts to negotiate new bilateral trade deals, with allies and rivals alike?In Object Lessons, Eric polished off the last of The Rehearsal's Season 2 and was left in awe of the show's ability to actually become a show. Nastya returned from colder climates with a warm endorsement of all things Finland: its history, its icy stare at Russia, and its impressive ability to survive both. Speaking of war, Scott dove sword-first into fantasy, reminded of Joe Abercrombie's The First Law trilogy after the new release of “The Devils.” And Alex kept it historical with a recommendation of “The Watchdog: How the Truman Committee Battled Corruption and Helped Win World War Two,” by Steve Drummond.To receive ad-free podcasts, become a Lawfare Material Supporter at www.patreon.com/lawfare. You can also support Lawfare by making a one-time donation at https://givebutter.com/lawfare-institute.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Scott sat down with Lawfare's Ukraine Fellow Anastasiia Lapatina and Contributing Editors Eric Ciaramella and Alex Zerden to talk through the week's big national security and foreign policy news, including: “The Road to Damascus.” Over the past two weeks, the Trump administration has done an extraordinary about-face on U.S. policy towards Syria, installing almost universal exceptions to most existing sanctions programs and promising to end others. European and other allies seem poised to follow suit, all in an effort to forestall the feared collapse of the post-Assad transitional government being headed by Ahmed al-Sharaa, himself a former terrorist leader. But will it be enough to put post-Civil War Syria on the road to recovery? And will this new policy orientation prove sustainable?“No Fly Zone.” Ukraine struck a historic blow deep into Russian territory over the weekend with a daring series of coordinated drone attacks—dubbed “Operation Spider Web”—that may have wiped out as much as a third of Moscow's strategically important long range bombers. But will the attack help drive the costs of the conflict home to Russia, or trigger another round of escalation? And how will it be received by the Trump administration, several senior members of which are skeptical of U.S. support for Ukraine?“Double Taxation.” President Trump's aggressive use of tariffs suffered a pair of defeats in federal court last week, as two different courts chose to enjoin them, for two different sets of reasons. While both decisions have since been stayed, it's a discouraging sign for the viability of the legal authorities being relied on by the Trump administration. Yet President Trump has continued to threaten tariffs aggressively, including against Europe. How big a threat are these legal holdings to the Trump administration's policy agenda? And how will they impact its efforts to negotiate new bilateral trade deals, with allies and rivals alike?In Object Lessons, Eric polished off the last of The Rehearsal's Season 2 and was left in awe of the show's ability to actually become a show. Nastya returned from colder climates with a warm endorsement of all things Finland: its history, its icy stare at Russia, and its impressive ability to survive both. Speaking of war, Scott dove sword-first into fantasy, reminded of Joe Abercrombie's The First Law trilogy after the new release of “The Devils.” And Alex kept it historical with a recommendation of “The Watchdog: How the Truman Committee Battled Corruption and Helped Win World War Two,” by Steve Drummond.To receive ad-free podcasts, become a Lawfare Material Supporter at www.patreon.com/lawfare. You can also support Lawfare by making a one-time donation at https://givebutter.com/lawfare-institute. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With Charles out on paternity leave (congrats, Charles!), Dylan takes a crack at doing a full solo episode of Friends Talking Fantasy. Dylan provides some early thoughts on Joe Abercrombie's The Devils (spoiler: it's really good), reflects on what it's like to reread Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch, and talks to himself about how The Will of the Many helped him break out of a reading slump. Dylan also talks through some recent fantasy-world news, including the reported cancellation of The Wheel of Time and a very human but somewhat disgruntled blog post from George R.R. Martin about Winds of Winter (sort of)

Let's get grim and dark with Lord Grimdark!   Perhaps the greatest benefit of having a book podcast like mine is the opportunity to speak to my very favourite authors. I've been reading Joe Abercrombie's violent, world-weary dark fantasy for TWENTY years! And now he's on the show.   Consider me excited.   His new book may be called The Devils, and it may contain werewolves, vampires, necromancers and oceans of blood – but it's quite a cheery affair for Joe. I have never laughed so much in preparation for an interview.   We talk writing the most anti of antiheroes, gender-flipping the catholic church, and why you shouldn't sleep with people who own swords.   It's a lot of fun.   Enjoy!   Other books mentioned:   A Game of Thrones (1996), by George R. R. Martin Wizard of Earthsea (1968), by Usula K. Le Guin LA Confidential (1990) by James Ellroy Blood Meridian (1995), by Cormac McCarthy   Support Talking Scared on Patreon   Check out the Talking Scared Merch line – at VoidMerch   Come talk books on Bluesky @talkscaredpod.bsky.social  on Instagram/Threads, or email direct to talkingscaredpod@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices