NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA thrilling collection of twenty-one original stories by an all-star list of contributors—including a new A Game of Thrones story by George R. R. Martin! If you’re a fan of fiction that is more than just black and white, this latest story collection from #1 New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin and award-winning editor Gardner Dozois is filled with subtle … award-winning editor Gardner Dozois is filled with subtle shades of gray. Twenty-one all-original stories, by an all-star list of contributors, will delight and astonish you in equal measure with their cunning twists and dazzling reversals. And George R. R. Martin himself offers a brand-new A Game of Thrones tale chronicling one of the biggest rogues in the entire history of Ice and Fire.
Follow along with the likes of Gillian Flynn, Joe Abercrombie, Neil Gaiman, Patrick Rothfuss, Scott Lynch, Cherie Priest, Garth Nix, and Connie Willis, as well as other masters of literary sleight-of-hand, in this rogues gallery of stories that will plunder your heart—and yet leave you all the richer for it.
Featuring all-new stories by
Joe Abercrombie • Daniel Abraham • David W. Ball • Paul Cornell • Bradley Denton • Phyllis Eisenstein • Gillian Flynn • Neil Gaiman • Matthew Hughes • Joe R. Lansdale • Scott Lynch • Garth Nix • Cherie Priest • Patrick Rothfuss • Steven Saylor • Michael Swanwick • Lisa Tuttle • Carrie Vaughn • Walter Jon Williams • Connie Willis
And an Introduction by George R. R. Martin!
Praise for Rogues
“Not a single bad story in the bunch . . . The table of contents alone will make fans from all genre aisles salivate.”—Library Journal
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Great anthology across a variety of genres. The majority of stories were great with only a couple of clunkers. There were also a couple of real stars as well. It’s worth taking a look!
Some stories great and some no so much
Some of the stories are absolute gems, some not so much. But a solid collection.
Stories I loved: The story of Bas by Patrick Rothfuss was so good-natured that it was worth the whole collection. There were other great stories, too. Scott Lynch’s story was good, The Caravan to Nowhere by Phyllis Eisenstein was very atmospheric. Short stories don’t have much room for complex development, they just grab you and run.
This brings me to stories that should have been better. One famous author keeps reusing the same story over and over again. I feel like have paid for the same story several times over now. I find that VERY annoying. And it wasn’t that good to begin with…
G.R. R. Martin’s contribution was everything a short story shouldn’t be — lots of names of places, names of people, names of houses, names of battles, etc. thrown in burying the actual narrative. It’s one thing to expect the reader to learn all of those names in the context of a series of books, but it was horrible for a short story. I gave up after ten pages or so. I’m not that interested in the genealogy of fictional characters in a short story… And yes — I have read all of the Games of Thrones books and watched the series.
But this book is worth it just for Patrick Rothfuss’s story. And there are others in there that are excellent.
Great collection, not a bad or disappointing story in the lot.
It was all short stories & many of the authors I couldn’t get into the story. Not enough umph in it for me.
interesting collection of rogue stories, some sad , some scary, some very strange.
Many of the stories in this anthology were excellent tales of rogues–lots of twists, intricate plots, immersive worlds. All but one. George R. R. Martin’s story is last in the book, and you’d assume the best would be saved for last. You’d be wrong. It is by far the worst story in the book. Where the others were exciting, full of suspense, and set in fantastic yet believable worlds, Martin’s contribution is written as an historical account by an old geezer, and reads like the most droll history textbook you can imagine. The characters are flat and totally uninteresting. Despite being set in Westeros, none of the interesting parts of that world are used. And to make it even worse, the final sentences of the story hint at a much more interesting set of events that “are well known to all, so we shall end our story here. After this the storm broke, and the dragons danced and died.” So, I recommend you read the book, but skip all of the parts written by Martin (including the foreward, which is a 10-page exercise in naming synonyms for “rogue”).
This was fun to read. The characters were all entertaining and the plots excellent.
All of the writers are A+, great shorts for a quick and easy entertaining read.
I read the first 3 stories and did not like any – vulgar and weird.
Entertaining short stories by wonderful authors.
To much way out Sci -Fi
Extremely boring. I ended up skipping to the Game of Thrones story but gave up after a few chapters. I gave it a try but couldn’t do it and I can usually read just about anything
One of the best collections of short stories I have had the pleasure to meander thru. If you aren’t sure that this collection is for you, or find that you are not clear on the whole idea of what makes a ‘rogue’, be sure to read George R. R. Martins thoroughly entertaining introduction! Definitely deserves 5 stars!
This book I will remember twenty years from now,it’s that good