<p>‘This meaty collection delivers something for nearly every reader’s taste as it explores the heights that brave women can reach and the depths that depraved ones can plumb’<br />Publisher’s Weekly</p> <p>‘Reads like Martin’s outline for a Game of Thrones prequel that never was<br />Entertainment Weekly</p>

Commissioned by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, these tales of dangerous women by the most stellar names in fiction are available for the first time in three-volume paperback. George R.R. Martin is the bestselling author of A Song of Ice and Fire, the inspiration for HBO’s hit series GAME OF THRONES. This third volume features an original short story by Joe Abercrombie. 'Some Desperado' centres on Shy South, the protagonist of Abercrombie’s novel RED COUNTRY. Having robbed a bank, Shy is carrying 2,000 silver pieces, and she's on the run when her horse catches an arrow. Marooned in a dusty ghost town, she faces up to a trio of murderous, flea-bitten criminals… This volume of stories about hard-living bad girls, killers and superheroes also includes contributions from worldwide bestselling authors Jim Butcher, Melinda Snodgrass and Pat Cadigan. DANGEROUS WOMEN 3Gardner Dozois’s introductionJoe Abercrombie, ‘Some Desperado’Diana Rowland, ‘City Lazarus’Sherlynn Kenyon, ‘Hell Hath No Fury’Melinda Snodgrass, ‘The Hands That Are Not There’Pat Cadigan, ‘Caretakers’Cecelia Holland, ‘Nora’s Song’Jim Butcher, ‘Bombshells’
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Commissioned by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, these tales of dangerous women by the most stellar names in fiction are available for the first time in three-volume paperback. George R.R. Martin is the bestselling author of A Song of Ice and Fire, the inspiration for HBO’s hit series GAME OF THRONES.
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‘This meaty collection delivers something for nearly every reader’s taste as it explores the heights that brave women can reach and the depths that depraved ones can plumb’Publisher’s Weekly ‘Reads like Martin’s outline for a Game of Thrones prequel that never wasEntertainment Weekly
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• New anthology from GRRM and Gardner Dozois now in paperback • Features stories from some of the biggest names in epic and urban fantasy – Joe Abercrombie, Jim Butcher and Melinda Snodgrass • HALF A KING by Joe Abercrombie reached No. 3 in the Sunday Times bestseller chart in June • George R.R. Martin called Joe ‘Britain’s hottest young fantasist’ • George R.R. Martin is the author of A Song of Ice and Fire - the series that inspired HBO’s award-winning GAME OF THRONES • This is the final paperback volume of DANGEROUS WOMEN Competition: harry potter;northern lights;his dark materials;handmaid’s tale;the lord of the rings;the hobbit;house of the dragon;star wars;mandalorian;the name of the wind;the wheel of time. by;jk rowling;philip pullman;margaret atwood;jrr tolkien;patrick rothfuss;robert jordan
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780007549443
Publisert
2014-11-20
Utgiver
Vendor
HarperVoyager
Vekt
180 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
15 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
240

Biographical note

George R.R. Martin is the author of fifteen novels and novellas, including five volumes of A Song of Ice and Fire, several collections of short stories, as well as screenplays for television and feature films. Dubbed ‘the American Tolkien’, George R.R. Martin has won numerous awards including the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award. He is an Executive Producer on HBO’s Emmy Award-winning Game of Thrones, which is based on his A Song of Ice and Fire series. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Gardner Dozois was a highly acclaimed science fiction and fantasy editor and novelist who won fifteen Hugo Awards for his editorial work. He was Editor of Asimov’s Science Fiction magazine and was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2011. He passed away in May 2018.