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You f**ing should read Stover's f***ing ACTS OF CAINE books... spoilers in blocks / excessive profanity / damn fucking right

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Posted 26 January 2011 - 08:08 PM

Here is a picture of sci-fi (OLD MAN'S WAR) author John Scalzi in his office with his daughter...

Look what book is on the top of the pile on the bottom lefthand side of the pic...

Badass!

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Posted 28 March 2011 - 02:16 AM

http://overworld.tv/...%93-03-26-2011/

A bunch of news about Caine and Matt. The fourth book has been renamed Caine's Law and is slated to be published February 2012.
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Posted 28 March 2011 - 01:40 PM

View PostSalt-Man Z, on 28 March 2011 - 02:16 AM, said:

http://overworld.tv/...%93-03-26-2011/

A bunch of news about Caine and Matt. The fourth book has been renamed Caine's Law and is slated to be published February 2012.


Cool update. Interesting things happening for Stover. Would be nice to see him rise up further in the lit world.

FEB 2012. okay. i can fucking work with that.
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Posted 28 March 2011 - 02:53 PM

Fucking great news
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Posted 22 April 2011 - 04:43 PM

Blade of Tyshalle mmp, page 241.

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:D Fucking' fuck a dragon in its molten asshole, without lube or even sunscreen. Caine makes everyone his bitch!
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Posted 26 April 2011 - 02:54 PM

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Blade of Tyshalle mmp, page 241....


Love that scene.

It's pretty shattering where Caine starts BLADE, but that makes his comeback SO so fucking sweet to read.
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Posted 15 June 2011 - 06:32 PM

FUCKING UPDATE:

HIS FATHER'S FIST / as retitled CAINE'S LAW

http://en.risingshad...k&book_id=11640

Release date speculative at Feb 28 2012. Fuck.

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SOME LAWS YOU BREAK. SOME BREAK YOU.
AND THEN THERE'S CAINE'S LAW.


From the moment Caine first appeared in the pages of Heroes Die, two things were clear. First, that Matthew Stover was one of the most gifted fantasy writers of his generation. And second, that Caine was a hero whose peers go by such names as Conan and Elric. Like them, Caine was something new: a civilized man who embraced savagery, an actor whose life was a lie, a force of destruction so potent that even gods thought twice about crossing him. Now Stover brings back his greatest creation for his most stunning performance yet.

Caine is washed up and hung out to dry, a crippled husk kept isolated and restrained by the studio that exploited him. Now they have dragged him back for one last deal. But Caine has other plans. Those plans take him back to Overworld, the alternate reality where gods are real and magic is the ultimate weapon. There, in a violent odyssey through time and space, Caine will face the demons of his past, find true love, and just possibly destroy the universe.

Hey, it's a crappy job, but somebody's got to do it.


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Posted 15 June 2011 - 06:44 PM

Abyss, you little BITCH! I just stumbled across the Amazon listing for Caine's Law not 2 minutes ago, and rushed over here to post it in this very thread. :Oops:

Oh, and Amazon US has it listed for April 3rd.

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Posted 15 June 2011 - 06:48 PM

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Abyss, you little BITCH! I just stumbled across the Amazon listing for Caine's Law not 2 minutes ago, and rushed over here to post it in this very thread. :Oops:

Oh, and Amazon US has it listed for April 3rd.


Damn. I needs to get caught up!
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Posted 15 June 2011 - 06:50 PM

You haven't read CBK yet, have you? For shame, Scott. FOR. SHAME.

Also: new sig time!

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Posted 15 June 2011 - 06:54 PM

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You haven't read CBK yet, have you? For shame, Scott. FOR. SHAME.

Also: new sig time!



Actually I've not yet read BoT... :Oops:
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Posted 15 June 2011 - 06:54 PM

View PostSalt-Man Z, on 15 June 2011 - 06:44 PM, said:

Abyss, you little BITCH! I just stumbled across the Amazon listing for Caine's Law not 2 minutes ago, and rushed over here to post it in this very thread. :Oops:

Oh, and Amazon US has it listed for April 3rd.


This is the CAINE thread.

I fucking OWN this thread.

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View PostSalt-Man Z, on 15 June 2011 - 06:44 PM, said:

Abyss, you little BITCH! I just stumbled across the Amazon listing for Caine's Law not 2 minutes ago, and rushed over here to post it in this very thread. :lol:

Oh, and Amazon US has it listed for April 3rd.


Damn. I needs to get caught the fuck up!


Fucking fixed.

As for the date, we've already been fucked sideways like a porkchop on Sunday with the Mar 2011 date, so i'll believe it when we're 30 days away and it hasn't fucking changed fuck.


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Posted 15 June 2011 - 06:55 PM

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View PostSalt-Man Z, on 15 June 2011 - 06:50 PM, said:

You haven't read CBK yet, have you? For shame, Scott. FOR. SHAME.

Also: new sig time!



Actually I've not yet read BoT... :Oops:



It's like we don't even fucking know you anymore. Fuck.
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Posted 15 June 2011 - 06:59 PM

View PostQuickTidal, on 15 June 2011 - 06:54 PM, said:

Actually I've not yet read BoT...


What is this I don't even
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Posted 15 June 2011 - 07:27 PM

*hangs head in fucking shame*

I will modify my behavior. :Oops:
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Posted 15 June 2011 - 07:55 PM

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Fuck me 2012? I fucking thought it was this year? I have CBK sitting on my shelf to read but I was waiting till 4 came out to start.



Start now. You can always fucking reread.
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Posted 15 June 2011 - 07:57 PM

The "a violent odyssey through time and space" part intrigues me.

Stover has said more than once that this book will be radically different.
...still fucking violent of course, but different.
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Posted 15 June 2011 - 08:08 PM

View PostAbyss, on 15 June 2011 - 07:57 PM, said:

The "a violent odyssey through time and space" part intrigues me.

Well, from CBK we already know there's something screwy going on with
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And I agree with reading CBK now, and then rereading it next year. It's such a streamlined narrative that it doesn't take long at all to read, plus it makes a lot more sense the second time through. I've read it twice now and I figure I'll give it a third run-through before I finally get to dive into Caine's Law.
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Posted 15 June 2011 - 08:37 PM

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View PostBriar King, on 15 June 2011 - 07:53 PM, said:

Fuck me 2012? I fucking thought it was this year? I have CBK sitting on my shelf to read but I was waiting till 4 came out to start.



Start now. You can always fucking reread.



View PostBriar King, on 15 June 2011 - 08:22 PM, said:

It ends with big cliffhanger right? Fuck


Stop fucking waffling and go fucking read it.
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Posted 15 June 2011 - 08:47 PM

View PostBriar King, on 15 June 2011 - 08:22 PM, said:

It ends with big cliffhanger right? Fuck

Well, the book is split into two parts: the "Then" portion detailing the Adventure that made Caine a star, and the "Now" portion that takes place after BoT. "Then" wraps up completely, but "Now" remains unresolved, though it doesn't really end on a cliffhanger per se, more like a pause before the final act.
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