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Abercrombie's "The Blade Itself" has plenty of fights and fantasy

After a few too many embarrassing repeat reads of “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants,” Chelsea Handler’s books and the last few issues of Cosmo, my dad arranged a literary intervention for me.

Being a fantasy fan, he recommended that I regain some of my street-cred (in his eyes) by checking out “The Blade Itself,” the first book in Joe Abercrombie’s “The First Law” trilogy.

And now I’m hooked.

Like “The Game of Thrones,” “The Blade Itself” chooses a different character each chapter to focus on, eventually interspersing those stories and adding interplay between the characters, who, as the book goes on, become more and more intertwined.

The main characters include Logen “The Bloody Nine” Ninefingers, a barbarian from the North, Ferro, a wild former slave on a path of destruction, Captain Jezal dan Luthar, a dashing but arrogant nobleman, Bayaz, the First of the Magi and Sand de Glokta, a prisoner turned sadistic torturer.

Source: Rocky Mountain Collegian

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The Dude costume is the best. Last week you mentioned a new theme is on the way for the site, can you elaborate?

Sure. The theme I’m using now was just something random that I found. It has many limitations and isn’t updated. I have some fellas working on a new theme. It will look pretty similar, yet have more space for content and menus. With the new theme I’ll be launching some new features on the site including a collection of good links, a FAQ, updating the food section, updating the Hall of Fame (we need to do a November induction), having a better interface for some products, and having a page that lists 70′s Big meeting groups around the country (Ellee has started one in Chicago). Aside from content, the theme will have a few more widgets/plug-ins that will be better/neat, and threaded comments will make communicating much easier.