{"id":20556,"date":"2013-05-23T06:30:39","date_gmt":"2013-05-22T18:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=20556"},"modified":"2013-05-22T21:50:26","modified_gmt":"2013-05-22T09:50:26","slug":"around-the-traps-a-review-poll-a-gemmell-quote-on-fantasy-book-critic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2013\/05\/23\/around-the-traps-a-review-poll-a-gemmell-quote-on-fantasy-book-critic\/","title":{"rendered":"Around The Traps: A Review Poll; &#038; A Gemmell Quote on Fantasy Book Critic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_12626\" style=\"width: 103px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/03\/30\/the-gathering-of-the-lost-has-its-first-us-review\/gatheringofthelostt-mm-c\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12626\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12626\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-12626\" title=\"GatheringoftheLostt mm c\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/GatheringoftheLostt-mm-c-93x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"93\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/GatheringoftheLostt-mm-c-93x150.jpg 93w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/GatheringoftheLostt-mm-c-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/GatheringoftheLostt-mm-c-636x1024.jpg 636w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/GatheringoftheLostt-mm-c.jpg 1258w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 93px) 100vw, 93px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12626\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">USA<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11204\" style=\"width: 108px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/01\/19\/catherine-asaro-on-the-gathering-of-the-lost-the-wall-of-night-book-two\/gatheringoflost-2-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11204\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11204\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11204\" title=\"GatheringofLost (2)\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/GatheringofLost-21-98x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"98\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/GatheringofLost-21-98x150.jpg 98w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/GatheringofLost-21-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/GatheringofLost-21-669x1024.jpg 669w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/GatheringofLost-21.jpg 867w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 98px) 100vw, 98px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11204\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UK\/AUS\/NZ<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>A Review Poll: <em>The Gathering of The Lost<\/em> &#8220;Could&#8221; Be Reviewed In June&#8211;With your Support\u00a0 \ud83d\ude09<\/h3>\n<p>You may recall that last year I participated in the <a href=\"http:\/\/sonsofcorax.wordpress.com\/2012\/10\/11\/nanp-the-power-of-names\/\"><strong>&#8220;Names A New Perspective&#8221;<\/strong><\/a> blog series on <a href=\"http:\/\/sonsofcorax.wordpress.com\/\">Abhinav Jain&#8217;s<\/a> Sons of Corax blog&#8212;a series that I enjoyed very much.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier Abhinav had <a href=\"http:\/\/thefoundingfields.com\/2012\/08\/heir-of-night-shadowhawk\/\">reviewed <em>The Heir Of Nigh<\/em>t<\/a>, awarding it 10\/10 stars (every one thoroughly deserved, of course!)<\/p>\n<p>Now Abhinav is running a poll to determine the 7 novels he reads and reviews in June and <em><a href=\"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/gatheringofthelost.html\">The Gathering Of The Lost<\/a><\/em> is on the list. If you would like to see Abhinav&#8217;s response to GATHERING, given his earlier enjoyment of HEIR, then please consider clicking on the following link and voting for <em>me-e-e-ee<\/em>&#8230; [cough], I <em>mean<\/em>, <strong><em>The Gathering Of The Lost<\/em><\/strong>: \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/sonsofcorax.wordpress.com\/2013\/05\/15\/june-reading-list-poll\/\">http:\/\/sonsofcorax.wordpress.com\/2013\/05\/15\/june-reading-list-poll\/<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>You don&#8217;t have to sign in or set up an account, just click on the poll to vote.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you, in advance!<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2011\/06\/13\/award-watch-the-gemmell-awards\/legend_book_cover\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6166\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6166\" title=\"Legend_Book_Cover\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Legend_Book_Cover-87x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"87\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Legend_Book_Cover-87x150.jpg 87w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Legend_Book_Cover-175x300.jpg 175w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Legend_Book_Cover.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 87px) 100vw, 87px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;The Truth Behind A Legend&#8221; by D.E.M. Emrys &#8212; A Guest Post On The Legacy Of Author, David Gemmell, On Fantasy Book Critic<\/h3>\n<p>You may also recall that last year <a href=\"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/heirofnight.html\"><strong><em>The Heir of Night<\/em><\/strong><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/06\/16\/the-heir-of-night-wins-yes-wins-the-2012-gemmell-morningstar-award\/\">won the Gemmell Morningstar Award<\/a> for Best Fantasy Newcomer&#8211;so I was delighted to be able to provide a quote, as a <a href=\"http:\/\/gemmellaward.com\/profiles\/blogs\/david-gemmell-legend-award-winners-2012-announced\">Gemmell Award<\/a> author, for an article by UK soldier and writer, <a href=\"http:\/\/written-with-a-sword.blogspot.co.nz\/\">D.E.M Emrys<\/a>, on David Gemmell&#8217;s legacy. The article appeared on the <a href=\"http:\/\/fantasybookcritic.blogspot.co.nz\/p\/about-us.html\">Fantasy Book Critic<\/a> site:<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/fantasybookcritic.blogspot.co.nz\/2013\/05\/guest-post-truth-behind-legend-by-dem.html?m=0\">&#8220;The Truth Behind A Legend&#8221;<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p>(And btw, may I say, when you make it to the quotes section at the end: that battleaxe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.john-gwynne.com\/\">John Gwynne<\/a> is holding is awesome!)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Review Poll: The Gathering of The Lost &#8220;Could&#8221; Be Reviewed In June&#8211;With your Support\u00a0 \ud83d\ude09 You may recall that last year I participated in the &#8220;Names A New Perspective&#8221; blog series on Abhinav Jain&#8217;s Sons of Corax blog&#8212;a series that I enjoyed very much. Earlier Abhinav had reviewed The Heir Of Night, awarding it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-about-my-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20556"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20570,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20556\/revisions\/20570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}