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Heroes, Zombies, and Sausages (A Sampler): Orbit January-March 2011
by
Joe Abercrombie,
K.J. Parker, Jesse Peterson, Kate Griffin, Tom Holt, Lilith Saintcrow (Goodreads Author), Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Gail Z. Martin (Goodreads Author)
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Included in this compilation of samples from our upcoming titles for Winter/Spring 2011 is a wide array of Science Fiction and Fantasy titles for every reader. All types of mythical beasties and villains abound-including vampire assassins stalking the canals of Venice in Jon Courtenay Grimwood's The Fallen Blade, zombie infestations everywhere in Jesse Petersen's Flip this...more
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Published
January 15th 2011
by Orbit
(first published January 7th 2011)
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I found this book both useful and bothersome.
Useful because almost all the previews of the books were worthwhile. I had never heard of the authors and found most of them quite appealing :) Fantasy has always been a favorite of mine and I never bore of the "overplayed" zombie attacks or mystical creatures.
As for it being bothersome, it is not due to anything in the book but the fact that the actual books cost at least ten dollars. Maybe one day I might stumble upon the title again and in a fit o...more
Useful because almost all the previews of the books were worthwhile. I had never heard of the authors and found most of them quite appealing :) Fantasy has always been a favorite of mine and I never bore of the "overplayed" zombie attacks or mystical creatures.
As for it being bothersome, it is not due to anything in the book but the fact that the actual books cost at least ten dollars. Maybe one day I might stumble upon the title again and in a fit o...more
This book is just a sampler of the scifi/fantasy books that Orbit released January-March 2011. The samples range anywhere from 12 pages to about 115. I like to grab books like this every once in a while when I'm looking for a new author or just need a break from the book I was reading.
The samples in this book were all pretty good. There is a sample from Heroes by Joe Abercrombie which I have already read and is a very good book. There are a few books in there that I intend to put in my queue and...more
The samples in this book were all pretty good. There is a sample from Heroes by Joe Abercrombie which I have already read and is a very good book. There are a few books in there that I intend to put in my queue and...more
Jan 12, 2013
Alan Hat
marked it as to-read
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unfortunately this sampler now seems largely unavailable - Amazon.com has it (but I'm in the UK so can't access it) or via Google-search as a DRMed .PDF or .epub
This was a good preview collection. While I didn't care for everything, I do have a few more books on my to-read list because of it, which is probably the best such a collection can really hope for.
May 19, 2013
Kim (Raper)
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Joe Abercrombie was educated at Lancaster Royal Grammar School and Manchester University, where he studied psychology. He moved into television production before taking up a career as a freelance film editor. During a break between jobs he began writing The Blade Itself in 2002, completing it in 2004. It was published by Gollancz in 2006 and was followed by two other books in The First Law Trilogy...more
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