Joe Abercrombie

Joe Abercrombie

@joeabercrombie.com

Lord Grimdark (self-appointed). Writer of the First Law and Shattered Sea books and the Devils. Part-time Witch King of Nihilism, deep in a jaded literary sewer etc. etc.

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Join Robin & David in conversation Lord Grimdark himself; it’s only bloody Joe Abercrombie! Tables are flipped, blood flows (probably) while we discuss Joe’s latest novel THE DEVILS, movie rights, screenwriting, human error, the comedy of violence & Joe’s author journey. (And don’t drink the C*ke.)

We're adding a London event on 9th May to my forthcoming mini tour of the UK (all right, England, this time around). Cambridge is sold out but you can still get tickets for evening events in Liverpool and York and daytime signings in Manchester and Leeds.

You don't have to be an invisible elf to pick my pocket this week, because for the next few days the Devils shall be retailing at $2.99 on most US e-book platforms.

Believe me, no one is as shocked as I am.

David Llong@llongd.bsky.social

Tonight’s @cineworld.bsky.social secret screaming was Primate! Which was good fun with some pretty nice kills. The biggest surprise was @joeabercrombie.com being in it!

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At the recommendation of someone here I started listening to the audiobooks of @joeabercrombie.com’s First Law series because narrator Steven Pacey is so good. Holy shit that was an understatement. The narrating skill is absolutely next-level. /1

For many years I have been aware of a deep injustice - citizens of the USA have had almost no hardcover editions of the First Law Trilogy to call their own. With your help, we can put this right.

Three Joes in one.

Book Off!@ohdobookoff.bsky.social

Hey Joe(s)! Haddow, Hill and Abercrombie chat #horror #fantasy #comics #stephenking #kingsorrow #thedevils #screenwriting and much more - on our latest episode. Available now wherever you get your podcasts! 🎧 @joeabercrombie.com

It's great that AI is giving scammers a way to spray us all with oceans of zero effort dogshit. If the modern world previously had one problem, it was that there wasn't enough zero effort dogshit around.

The Devils won a Dragon award! But I can still say I never get any awards because I'm too dangerous a subversive punk maverick, right?

John Scalzi@scalzi.com

Congrats to @maryrobinettekowal.com, @mattdinniman.bsky.social, @joeabercrombie.com, @chucktingle.bsky.social, @michaelwhelan.bsky.social and all the other winners of this year's Dragon Awards! file770.com/2025-dragon-...

As the author read to the end of the post, his smile became a taut line of fury.

iAmTheTot@tot.aedelor.com

Joe Abercrombie's First Law series (no spoilers please!) has been very cool so far. The characters and world have definitely sucked me in. But gods, Abercrombie is obsessed with described what everyone's mouth is doing at all times. #booksky #firstlaw

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Miguel Peck@miguelpeck.bsky.social

Really tried to restrain myself, but there was no fighting it… Shout out to @waterstones.bsky.social, @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social, @goldsborobooks.bsky.social & #FairyLoot for the awesome work on these. @joeabercrombie.com #BookSky #TheDevils

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