# Joe Abercrombie on Reddit (u/Joe_Abercrombie)

Part of Creators on Reddit, researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-07. Interactive version: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/joe-abercrombie

Joe Abercrombie: Fantasy author, The First Law.

- Reddit account: [u/Joe_Abercrombie](https://www.reddit.com/user/Joe_Abercrombie/) (Personal account)
- How we know it's theirs: [Their 2021 r/Fantasy AMA, posted from this account](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/posql3/im_joe_abercrombie_ask_me_anything/)
- Where they post, in the records we retrieved: r/Fantasy (1666), r/books (207), r/TheFirstLaw (44), r/Fantasy_Bookclub (37), r/IAmA (1)
- Known activity in the posts we found: 2012 to 2026
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Abercrombie

## Moments

### u/Joe_Abercrombie in r/books, Dec 5, 2022 · Funny

Replying to a redditor:

> Hi, Mr. Abercrombie. To go with one of the classic questions; would you rather fight 100 three inch tall Bloody-Nines, or 1 nine feet tall George R R Martin?

> The real GRRM actually is slightly over nine feet tall, and I did fight him during the author wars of 1981. I was unhorsed in the lists but he was gracious in victory and allowed me to keep my writing hand.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/zdar5u/comment/iz0rtg4/ · 2,932 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### u/Joe_Abercrombie in r/Fantasy, Feb 23, 2020 · Own mistake

Replying to the post "The Definitive Scientific Guide to Eyebrow-Raising in Fantasy Fiction".

> Ha. Crazy. I'm very conscious of using eyebrows a LOT when I'm doing a first draft, and much of my revision time is spent replacing eyebrow moves with other, more character-specific expressions. When I saw my name at the top of the list I worried that all that effort had been for naught. Then I realised it was in alphabetical order.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/f7yulo/comment/fiji4nd/ · 36 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### u/Joe_Abercrombie in r/Fantasy, Sep 17, 2020 · Cut idea

Replying to a redditor:

> Just coming here to say you are an amazing writer: a recent reread of A Little Hatred made me notice how you stepped your game up once again. You really had to sneak in the overall theme of each character straight from their introductions, am I right? It's subtle, I hadn't…

> Savine was written with an italicised internal monologue a la her father, but I cut it out after the first part, or maybe the second. While Glokta says to himself all the things he can't or won't say to others, the joy of Savine was always that she says to people's faces exactly what she thinks, on the whole. I found myself searching for things to do with it, which is a good indication it's not necessary. She was much more effective without it.

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Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/itr7ph/comment/g5kdzv9/ · 21 points as of Nov 7, 2026