Joe Abercrombie Signing, London

By John Freeman on February 14, 2008

Lancaster-born fantasy author Joe Abercrombie will be signing his new book, Last Argument of Kings, at the Forbidden Planet Megastore, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, on Thursday 20th March 6-7pm

Abercrombie is a freelance film editor, who after several knock-backs from literary agents, was eventually signed by Gollancz in 2005. Last Argument of Kings is the final instalment of his epic fantasy First Law trilogy of books. You can read an extract on his web site. The first book, The Blade Itself, has now been published in eight countries and
was described as “Delightfully twisted and evil” in a review in the Guardian by John Courtnay Grimwood.

His work has been described as the kind of thing Quentin Tarrantino might make if he made sword and sorcery films, and Lisa Tuttle acknowledged the gritty edge to his world in her review in The Times for The Blade Itself. ‘[He has] an awareness of violence that is very contemporary… there is much to reward the reader.”

John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.

He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.