tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529725084811715233.post6835210966759133998..comments2024-03-26T16:31:13.865-07:00Comments on Mark Lawrence: Empire of ThornsMark Lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16877925828353073272noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529725084811715233.post-25363839046867374352013-08-14T00:59:15.288-07:002013-08-14T00:59:15.288-07:00So, the broken empire actually is the post-apocaly...So, the broken empire actually is the post-apocalyptic Europe? Awesome idea! :D And I have to wait till November for the Tövisek Császára (Emperor of Thorns)? The hungarian translator guy made an excellent job with the previous books, if only he could work any faster...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529725084811715233.post-62370865026751966622013-02-10T03:54:16.911-08:002013-02-10T03:54:16.911-08:00Ancrath is roughly in the corner of Belgium/Luxemb...Ancrath is roughly in the corner of Belgium/Luxembourg/France/Germany. Above the "Rhone" territory hints at it being somewhat more French.<br /><br />So people don't worry about what you did to England and Ireland (looks very much destroyed) but wonder about Scandinavia? I am rather worrying about the poor fellows in Denmark! :)Longaschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14315739202508784897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529725084811715233.post-1871797016235811912013-02-02T10:03:09.377-08:002013-02-02T10:03:09.377-08:00I hope the map will be part of the book.I hope the map will be part of the book.ediFanoBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11129248787624088717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529725084811715233.post-20689997101617836982013-02-01T16:43:43.471-08:002013-02-01T16:43:43.471-08:00ZOMG the world of Empire of Thorns is ... our worl...ZOMG the world of Empire of Thorns is ... our world!<br /><br />Sorry, couldn't resist.Celyn.Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09262878674088372139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529725084811715233.post-58129370788096432842013-02-01T03:46:54.430-08:002013-02-01T03:46:54.430-08:00Yeah, I just checked it out in a simulator. About ...Yeah, I just checked it out in a simulator. About what I expected. Scandinavia + Finland essentially becomes a large island. Looking forward to reading about this.Ratatǫskrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01252026844034378640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529725084811715233.post-2012463879382027452013-02-01T03:28:14.572-08:002013-02-01T03:28:14.572-08:00It's not strictly a map of Europe with higher ...It's not strictly a map of Europe with higher sea levels, and its enough of a funhouse mirror to be more interesting than that.Paul Weimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02444942522624902562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529725084811715233.post-74750935240879303262013-02-01T03:24:47.569-08:002013-02-01T03:24:47.569-08:00Yup - if you leave the taps running until the sea ...Yup - if you leave the taps running until the sea is 100m deeper you find that the Netherlands and Denmark are too wet to matter any more.<br /><br />Norway does pretty well. Most fjords just get a tiny bit wider if you make the sea that much deeper.Mark Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877925828353073272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529725084811715233.post-62231632094403057392013-02-01T03:19:24.097-08:002013-02-01T03:19:24.097-08:00Very cool! I'm assuming that the low lands of ...Very cool! I'm assuming that the low lands of the Nordic countries (i.e. Denmark, Skåne (Scania) up to the Stockholm region of Sweden) are below water. Looking forward to this book! You are one on my favourites of the "new" fantasy authors.Ratatǫskrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01252026844034378640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529725084811715233.post-57579852464907127182013-02-01T03:10:28.182-08:002013-02-01T03:10:28.182-08:00I think Ratatoskr is referring to the fact that on...I think Ratatoskr is referring to the fact that on the map there is ocean where Scandinavia usually is.Joshua Lowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05660987767660028351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529725084811715233.post-30906385885919681332013-02-01T02:37:49.590-08:002013-02-01T02:37:49.590-08:00Up north!
I'm writing about it right now :D
...Up north! <br /><br />I'm writing about it right now :D<br /><br />"Seven Vikings looked at me as if I might be some kind of hitherto unseen fish they’d just landed. "Mark Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877925828353073272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529725084811715233.post-4858198681648521452013-02-01T02:28:55.284-08:002013-02-01T02:28:55.284-08:00Where is scandinavia?! :-)Where is scandinavia?! :-)Ratatǫskrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01252026844034378640noreply@blogger.com