Mark Lawrence's Blog, page 20

A Huge Giveaway!

Some might say I was trying to buy your vote in the Best Fantasy Award, but no, all you have to do is send in a photo of you with one or more of my books and you're in with a chance.

Read all about it here!

Round 2! You can vote again!

Let's give Jorg a good send off - you won't have another chance to vote for him!

Vote Here!

Read more here (& see more info graphics)

Have your Jorg and eat him too!

How did I come to be the proud owner/eater of this delicious cake? Read more here!

Get real - a ramble on fantasy movies.

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Shit got real!

For a long time fantasy on both the big and the small screens just didn’t seem to work. Every now and then someone would notice the obvious and overwhelming love for the books (primarily Tolkien) and the sub-culture (primarily D&D centered) and convince themselves that a fantasy film would be a good idea. The film would be made, not do as well as hoped, and there would be a pause for six months, or a year or two, or all of the 90s.

The thing is that whilst those steeped in fantasy books have been reasonably receptive to attempts to make the movie, the general public (who you really need at your film if it’s to make money) are a bit more suspicious.

read more here

Biblioclasm

So I read a review of Prince of Thorns on Goodreads recently wherein a promise was made:

Out of the thousands of books I've (literally) read, this is easily one of the worst, if not THE worst.



I can promise that

a) I will burn the book


and b) I will never, ever, own or otherwise read something by this author again.

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Grimdark?

There's a list on Goodreads where you can vote to crown the king of Grimdark...

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But what is grimdark? Nobody seems to know. I blog on my own investigations into the matter ... HERE

Best Selling Fantasy of All-Time

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Just a bit of fun. I've scaled some of the all-time top selling fantasy (& other) books by number sold and interjected Prince of Thorns. It has a way to go!


Read the blog post here

But would you buy a leather-bound copy?

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So I'm data-gathering for my publisher, Finding out if people would buy super-expensive leather-bound, signed, boxed copies of Prince of Thorns from a limited run of 25 or 50.

I've been asked about this a few times so I'm looking into it.

Remember - it's not 'would you like' it's 'would you DEFINITELY buy at these prices'.

Check the the POLL

Vote on the Quote Poster contest!

The quote poster contest is finished! There are 85 entries - scroll down to see them & vote in the poll for the best.

Click HERE

Gemmell Legend Award

King of Thorns has been shortlisted for the David Gemmell Legend Award.

Very many thanks to all who voted. If you could do so once more in the final round... that'd be great.

Click here - click twice more & you've done it! No registration.


Joe Abercrombie is reputedly nailed on for the win, but let's at least make him work for it!