JOE ABERCROMBIE
It’s one of the hallmarks of a certain kind of fantasy that it appears to take place in an unchanging world of foundling princes, wizards and dark lords. Joe Abercrombie, for one, isn’t too keen on this idea.
“I was always a bit frustrated by the sandbox-y fantasy worlds that feel like they’ve been medieval forever,” he tells over coffee. “Ten thousand years of medieval… it doesn’t feel much like real history where, rather than battles of good against evil, you have social forces leading
