Comments on: iPad Writing, Pt. 1 http://www.petervbrett.com/2010/06/03/ipad-writing-pt-1/ Official Site of Peter V Brett, Author Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:30:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Peat http://www.petervbrett.com/2010/06/03/ipad-writing-pt-1/comment-page-1/#comment-6292 Peat Sun, 20 Jun 2010 03:49:42 +0000 http://www.petervbrett.com/?p=3462#comment-6292 cmi - I did finish First Law and really enjoyed it. I know what you mean about the ending, and in some ways I was unsatisfied with it, because I think there were a lot of loose ends left untied, but overall I think it does little to diminish Abercrombie's towering achievement. He writes characters like you're right inside their head, and told a story that, while grim and sometimes over the top, is a lot closer to the "real" world than most fantasy ever gets. cmi – I did finish First Law and really enjoyed it. I know what you mean about the ending, and in some ways I was unsatisfied with it, because I think there were a lot of loose ends left untied, but overall I think it does little to diminish Abercrombie’s towering achievement. He writes characters like you’re right inside their head, and told a story that, while grim and sometimes over the top, is a lot closer to the “real” world than most fantasy ever gets.

]]> By: cmi http://www.petervbrett.com/2010/06/03/ipad-writing-pt-1/comment-page-1/#comment-6216 cmi Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:49:29 +0000 http://www.petervbrett.com/?p=3462#comment-6216 Yeah, as far as I read your books (not sure if my english is good enough to read the second part in your trilogy, so I'll wait for the german translation in summer :)) I can sign this. But when I started with First Law there was also some of hope in there. Some more after book 2. Then I worked (literally!) through book 3 and I just got this "I should have known"-feeling when Mr. Abercrombie started his Operation CleanSweep and I just felt bad after this. And I was in the comfortable situation to read the books one by one, without delay. Can't image how I would feel if I had bought the books when they came out.. I just hope (for myself) you got not inspiration by him ;) Did you finish the First Law trilogy for yourself? I remember you wrote about the books but were distracted by another book :) Yeah, as far as I read your books (not sure if my english is good enough to read the second part in your trilogy, so I’ll wait for the german translation in summer :) ) I can sign this.

But when I started with First Law there was also some of hope in there. Some more after book 2. Then I worked (literally!) through book 3 and I just got this “I should have known”-feeling when Mr. Abercrombie started his Operation CleanSweep and I just felt bad after this. And I was in the comfortable situation to read the books one by one, without delay. Can’t image how I would feel if I had bought the books when they came out.. I just hope (for myself) you got not inspiration by him ;)

Did you finish the First Law trilogy for yourself? I remember you wrote about the books but were distracted by another book :)

]]> By: Peat http://www.petervbrett.com/2010/06/03/ipad-writing-pt-1/comment-page-1/#comment-6204 Peat Wed, 09 Jun 2010 07:40:18 +0000 http://www.petervbrett.com/?p=3462#comment-6204 Sadist? Moi? There is always hope in my stories, though sometimes it turns up in unexpected places. Sadist? Moi?

There is always hope in my stories, though sometimes it turns up in unexpected places.

]]> By: cmi http://www.petervbrett.com/2010/06/03/ipad-writing-pt-1/comment-page-1/#comment-6203 cmi Wed, 09 Jun 2010 07:31:18 +0000 http://www.petervbrett.com/?p=3462#comment-6203 Oh Peat on this topic: I really really hope you are not such a sadistic "bastard" like Mr. Abercrombie in his First Law Trilogy. In retrospect I could have read a book from M. Houellebecq and it wouldn't be darker or more hopeless but not spending as much money and "wasting" as much time (2400 pages). :/ Oh Peat on this topic: I really really hope you are not such a sadistic “bastard” like Mr. Abercrombie in his First Law Trilogy. In retrospect I could have read a book from M. Houellebecq and it wouldn’t be darker or more hopeless but not spending as much money and “wasting” as much time (2400 pages). :/

]]> By: Judith http://www.petervbrett.com/2010/06/03/ipad-writing-pt-1/comment-page-1/#comment-6198 Judith Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:31:05 +0000 http://www.petervbrett.com/?p=3462#comment-6198 It is, I agree. Maybe it was just a lack of a better expression or maybe I am so profundly romantic that I hope it to last when the people fall in love. In books at least. I don't know. Perhaps it is better put if I say that I like it that your characters don't have to obey the common formula of male hero and female heroine who will eventually and literally end up with each other. I can ask myself who and even if, not only when and how. This is not easy in a foreign language ... It is, I agree. Maybe it was just a lack of a better expression or maybe I am so profundly romantic that I hope it to last when the people fall in love. In books at least. I don’t know.
Perhaps it is better put if I say that I like it that your characters don’t have to obey the common formula of male hero and female heroine who will eventually and literally end up with each other. I can ask myself who and even if, not only when and how.
This is not easy in a foreign language …

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