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#601 Mark Lawrence

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Posted 13 December 2024 - 07:59 PM

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 12 December 2024 - 09:56 PM, said:

Thanks very much everyone! 😊

This Guide to Lawrence may also prove useful.

https://mark---lawre...o-lawrence.html

#602 Macros

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Posted 13 December 2024 - 08:35 PM

The signed hardback deluxe super edition trilogy boxset of the red queens war trilogy you promised would prove useful

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#603 Mark Lawrence

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Posted 27 December 2024 - 05:22 PM

Happy Christmas / New Year, you lot.

This here is a short story collection accompanying The Library Trilogy. Just thought I'd mention it!

#604 Macros

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Posted 28 December 2024 - 02:40 AM

That's obviously my signed copy yah?

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#605 amphibian

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Posted 28 December 2024 - 03:33 AM

I'm getting through The Book That Broke the World now. Looking forward to Missing Pages.

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#606 Mark Lawrence

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Posted 13 January 2025 - 08:17 PM

amphibian, on 28 December 2024 - 03:33 AM, said:

I'm getting through The Book That Broke the World now. Looking forward to Missing Pages.

Hooray!

The short storys seem to be pretty popular - which is good.

#607 pat5150

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Posted 24 January 2025 - 03:56 AM

My review of The Book That Held Her Heart is up: https://fantasyhotli...-her-heart.html

For book reviews, author interviews, giveaways, related articles and news, and much more, check out www.fantasyhotlist.blogspot.com

#608 QuickTidal

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Posted 27 January 2025 - 05:59 PM

Mark Lawrence, on 06 December 2024 - 04:53 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 18 November 2024 - 06:04 PM, said:

So I um....won a giveaway.

Mark was doing a giveaway on social media for this swanky "locked tomb" edition of THE BOOK THAT WOULD NOT BURN, and I entered (not dreaming I would ever win) and woke up this morning to a notification and a PM from Mark that I'd won. Which is insane and I was crazy happy and felt super lucky.

And do you want to know what the first thing I thought of was?

...Macros is going to be SO jealous and he's going curse Canadian luck again, and then plan a drunken excursion to my house to heist it from me...

So I have returned to you now, at the turn of the tide...to make Macros jealous.

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On a serious note, thanks again Mark (whenever you visit us next), it's going to be a display item on my shelf for sure.

I'll post pics of my entire Lawrence collection on my shelf at the new house when said swanky edition arrives.

Hooray!

Did it arrive yet?

So long after the Canada Post Strike was over, and I still hadn't received it due to said strike and the backlog, and then after we moved house (while thankfully still paying attention to the mail at the old address due to it still being owned by my Father-in-Law) I began to worry that the Post had lost it, but I just got a notification that it's at the old Condo now and I can go and get it. Phew!

Pictures of the "Lawrence shelf" with the new volume incoming later this week!

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 27 January 2025 - 05:59 PM

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#609 champ

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Posted 28 January 2025 - 02:55 PM

pat5150, on 24 January 2025 - 03:56 AM, said:

My review of The Book That Held Her Heart is up: https://fantasyhotli...-her-heart.html

Pat... posting a review this early is just plain evil!

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#610 QuickTidal

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Posted 02 February 2025 - 12:01 PM

I promised I would show a photo of my Lawrence collection once I got the Locked Library copy of THE BOOK THAT WOULDN’T BURN that I won, so here you all go!

Thanks again Mark! I love it! Spoilered for size. Appearance by one of the suits of armour my mom bought me years ago for my shelf.

Spoiler

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 02 February 2025 - 12:12 PM

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#611 Macros

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Posted 02 February 2025 - 09:46 PM

You suck QT

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#612 Mark Lawrence

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Posted 05 March 2025 - 09:44 PM

QuickTidal, on 02 February 2025 - 12:01 PM, said:

I promised I would show a photo of my Lawrence collection once I got the Locked Library copy of THE BOOK THAT WOULDN'T BURN that I won, so here you all go!

Thanks again Mark! I love it! Spoilered for size. Appearance by one of the suits of armour my mom bought me years ago for my shelf.

Spoiler

Hooray! Very glad it didn't vanish en route!

I now have copies of the final book - out next month

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#613 Macros

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Posted 06 March 2025 - 05:38 AM

Currently signing my copy I assume, thank you

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#614 Mark Lawrence

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Posted 06 March 2025 - 08:20 AM

Macros, on 06 March 2025 - 05:38 AM, said:

Currently signing my copy I assume, thank you

Well, the Broken Binding signed and numbered limited edition went on public pre-order yesterday.

https://thebrokenbin...-held-her-heart

28 of 750 left this morning.

(The Locked Library special edition sold out recently)

#615 Tiste Simeon

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Posted 06 March 2025 - 01:36 PM

Mark Lawrence, on 06 March 2025 - 08:20 AM, said:

Macros, on 06 March 2025 - 05:38 AM, said:

Currently signing my copy I assume, thank you

I just bought it despite not having the other two in hard copy. That is a gorgeous book! Do you do custom signatures? Could you write "Dear Simeon, you are better than QT and Macros" inside?

Thanks! 😉

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#616 QuickTidal

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Posted 06 March 2025 - 01:58 PM

Tiste Simeon, on 06 March 2025 - 01:36 PM, said:

Mark Lawrence, on 06 March 2025 - 08:20 AM, said:

Macros, on 06 March 2025 - 05:38 AM, said:

Currently signing my copy I assume, thank you

Oh my gods...PLEASE do this Mark!

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#617 HoosierDaddy

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Posted 06 March 2025 - 02:03 PM

I just see the first three Malazan books at 140 pounds and wonder if I can convince my wife to buy them for me lol.

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#618 champ

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Posted 06 March 2025 - 06:10 PM

HoosierDaddy, on 06 March 2025 - 02:03 PM, said:

I just see the first three Malazan books at 140 pounds and wonder if I can convince my wife to buy them for me lol.

With those ones they had an issue with the paper and it's really thin with ghosting but if it's just to look pretty why not. I've got that set ordered for the books where they reprinted on thicker paper.

One thing to note too, if you are going to go for the full series print, I don't know if you will get invited to buy early like everyone else who ordered the 1-3 books a while ago.

Broken Binding really do throw out some beautiful books, I have The Broken Empire series in special editions from there. Just resisted buying into the Hyperion series that looked awesome.

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#619 Azath Vitr (D'ivers

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Posted 06 March 2025 - 07:02 PM

champ, on 06 March 2025 - 06:10 PM, said:

If it's just to look pretty I think that I'd prefer a hologram. Especially if it's a smart hologram that can call up your favorite quotations and make the text larger (or gigantic), superimpose it over related passages, etc.

And much as I like the ancient Chinese idea of calligraphy as an infusion of one's life force through the flow of the unique moment of its creation instead of standard Western signatures I think I might be more interested in some sort of biometric rhythmic scrawl based on the author's reading in the moment of a (brief) passage of your choice---like maybe an EEG or a little lie detector... presumably as (or more) uniquely varied as each signature (depending on how chaotic it is...) (since we must have scarcity---and authentic flows).