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FoD was alright if a bit frustrating. Still haven't read FoL if that tells you anything, though.
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# ? May 25, 2022 21:40 |
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# ? Jun 3, 2024 23:41 |
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I don't feel FoD rewrites much, just Erikson showing us how wonky history is. It's definitely its own thing and yeah ok, it's fair to be critical of it. Thank you whoever recommended the audiobook of The God is Not Willing. Never listened to an audiobook before, I don't have much of a commute, but the narrator for this one is worth making time for.
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# ? May 25, 2022 22:40 |
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Wolfsheim posted:I do remember WJ's sister being claimed by Hood which is why the Queen of Dreams was annoyed when Leoman brought her along on his escape route, but they seemed like such a team that it was very odd to me that when he finally returns in ICE's book she doesn't seem to get referenced at all. I always thought that was the Errant's doing for some reason
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# ? Jun 1, 2022 09:25 |
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Orb Scepter Throne is ICE's best book yet, much like Erikson he clearly gets better with each attempt but it's taking him a lot longer to get there lol It probably helps that it's set somewhere I already liked following characters I already liked. Antsy's trek through all the various bandit groups trying to kill each other on the crashed Moon's Spawn was probably my favorite bit, though all the Seguleh stuff was pretty good too.
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# ? Jun 17, 2022 07:53 |
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Odd Malazan siting of the day: In season 2 of the Swedish/Danish crime show The Bridge one of the characters has a copy of Blood and Bone and another ICE book I couldn't make out on her desk.
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# ? Jun 23, 2022 00:24 |
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Its been maybe 4 years since I finished The Crippled God and I tried diving back in with The Gods Not Willing. Found myself putting it down to browse the wikia to jog my memory about a character and falling in a wiki hole that take the entire night 3 times so far.
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# ? Jul 17, 2022 05:08 |
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I mean other than the Karsa plot I think there are only five other named characters (no doubt there are some pseudonyms) that overlap with the main series. Blaze through it's a great book.
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# ? Jul 17, 2022 06:46 |
Yeah, I finished reading it about a week ago and it was a surprisingly comfortable dive back into the Malazan world. still wish he'd finished Walk in Shadow first though anilEhilated fucked around with this message at 09:55 on Jul 17, 2022 |
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# ? Jul 17, 2022 09:52 |
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Yeah, I'm getting past it okay. And it's less the actual repeating characters but the marine's names tend be kind of reminiscent so I have to double check sometimes if I'm supposed to know these people besides the obvious one.
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# ? Jul 18, 2022 15:07 |
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I think my favorite part of the book (and this really goes to the Malazans in general I guess) is how the one main bad guy was like “I don’t know who these people are but one of them is very dangerous” and you as the reader are just sitting there laughing like “you idiot, they’re all extremely dangerous!” It really had me hooked again.
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# ? Jul 19, 2022 14:19 |
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Teaser chapter from SE:quote:Chapter XXXX Check the fb post for lots of context and commentary: https://www.facebook.com/steveneriksonofficial/posts/601335174680708
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# ? Jul 26, 2022 03:35 |
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Uh it's book two of the Witness Trilogy if you don't want to spoil yourself, though there aren't really any spoilers in that text.
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# ? Jul 26, 2022 06:02 |
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I just picked up the first book in paperback form a week ago, and now I'm totally engrossed 300 pages in. Obviously I'm not going to really read this thread because spoilers, but I just wanted to rave a bit about how great it was to be thrown headfirst into epic events with zero exposition. Having no idea what was going just made me hugely thirsty to figure out the workings of the world I was presented with. Rating "death metal af / 10", best five dollars I've ever spent.
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# ? Jul 26, 2022 18:27 |
Please do keep sharing your impressions, first-time reads are always a treat.
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# ? Jul 26, 2022 20:04 |
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anilEhilated posted:Please do keep sharing your impressions, first-time reads are always a treat. I'll be sure to post my thoughts and wild speculations once I finish the first book for the entertainment of everyone here who has read the whole series.
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# ? Jul 26, 2022 20:41 |
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I loving live for wild speculations. Was great to get two rounds of it with aSoiaF and GoT. So yes, please,
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# ? Jul 26, 2022 20:49 |
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Oh my sweet summer child, you are in for a slog. It is a punishing series to read but the good parts make it so incredibly worth it. My wife still bounces off the first book and I keep telling her... worth it. I've never had to put a paperback down and physically walk away from it before. So, so good.
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# ? Aug 2, 2022 19:26 |
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How do I catch that vibe with Toll the Hounds cause 60% in and I am struggling.
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# ? Aug 2, 2022 19:52 |
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The end is completely worth it
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# ? Aug 2, 2022 20:06 |
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^burtle posted:How do I catch that vibe with Toll the Hounds cause 60% in and I am struggling. Yeah stick with it for another 15% or so and the last quarter is a real ride. Sadly a lot of people have this problem with that book, the pacing is hosed because it's the author moving people to where they need to be to get the end of the series rolling. And also reading the angsty Tiste Andii chapters can be a real drag because they're emo as gently caress, and the interesting stuff isn't explicitly written.
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# ? Aug 2, 2022 21:28 |
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For all of his faults as an author the guy can write a finale. I always appreciated, even with the weaker books, the point that he takes all these threads and stories and it just condenses into a few chapters of just incredibly well written chaos. There's a few other moments in the middle of the books but after you read a few of his finales you know it is worth pushing on through. That said, y'all can loving have the Kharkanas trilogy. Just miserable books. Give me more Karsa. Edit: It was Deadhouse Gates that ruined me. That is just a ridiculously well written horrible story. mischief fucked around with this message at 21:35 on Aug 2, 2022 |
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Mentat Radnor posted:I just picked up the first book in paperback form a week ago, and now I'm totally engrossed 300 pages in. You're past the hardest part of the series and imo it's all uphill once the Bridgeburners reach Darujhistan. Those three hundred pages took me three separate tries to get through.
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# ? Aug 2, 2022 21:52 |
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^burtle posted:How do I catch that vibe with Toll the Hounds cause 60% in and I am struggling. Embrace the ennui. Love the mule. Strap in for the last 20%.
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# ? Aug 2, 2022 22:28 |
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The tiste kids are all gigantic badasses but that's subtext. They've got the same mood disorders all the Tiste seem to have, that Anomander largely avoids. So much like many of the characters in the series, if you just listen to what they say, you're like "these fuckers are worthless miserable shits" but if you pay attention to what they're doing, they'd have their own epic poems. Doesn't make it not a slog to read though.
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# ? Aug 3, 2022 01:18 |
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mischief posted:That said, y'all can loving have the Kharkanas trilogy. Just miserable books. Give me more Karsa. Erickson talking about the play session Karsa comes from made me lose it. it's the same trick he used in the novel. The player didn't know he was playing a giant and that children was slang for regular sized humans. He was facing some serious existential dread over Erickson telling him it was time for him to 'go into the valley and kill the children you find.' He only found out when he charged the city and Erickson described the front gate being the same size as Karsa
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# ? Aug 3, 2022 03:12 |
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Is Toll the one where he was writing while grieving for his dad?mischief posted:Edit: It was Deadhouse Gates that ruined me. That is just a ridiculously well written horrible story. Magic, bombs, titanic mythology dudes running around, apostrophes. This poo poo is going to be typical high fantasy pap. oh god why am I crying
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# ? Aug 3, 2022 03:24 |
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Eediot Jedi posted:oh god why am I crying I read it in paperback and had to literally distance myself from the book and take a break. There's sequences in that book that would absolutely change fantasy films forever if someone could accurately realize them. I still think the miniseries idea is the best, I don't know that it would fare as well as the Tolkien books, but I would happily throw money at a miniseries just to see some of those characters brought to life. Fid, Kalam, Paran, Hedge, Toc, Karsa...
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# ? Aug 4, 2022 02:41 |
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Eediot Jedi posted:Is Toll the one where he was writing while grieving for his dad? It's such an absolutely ridiculous follow up to GotM Like GotM is neat but it ends with a dragon on dragon brawl. DG is like "ok cool so we're going to talk about a horrifying land war and refugee crisis"
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# ? Aug 4, 2022 19:56 |
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Dg has dragons. Like at least 4 of em
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# ? Aug 4, 2022 20:19 |
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Alright you guys sold me, I’m going back in.
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# ? Aug 4, 2022 20:20 |
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^burtle posted:Alright you guys sold me, I’m going back in. To circle back your reaction to Toll the Hounds is pretty common. Its also pretty common to do a 180 on it by the end. Enjoy!
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# ? Aug 4, 2022 20:26 |
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^burtle posted:Alright you guys sold me, I’m going back in. When you get done please post your reactions here. The whole series is just incredible. There are definitely parts that drag but holy crap it is a ride.
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# ? Aug 4, 2022 21:10 |
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Dalmuti posted:Dg has dragons. Like at least 4 of em I mean it also has dragons.
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# ? Aug 4, 2022 21:11 |
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I actually really like the depressing brooding parts of TtH. I think about this bit a lot:quote:Survivors do not mourn together. They each mourn alone, even when in the same place. Grief is the most solitary of all feelings. Grief isolates, and every ritual, every gesture, every embrace, is a hopeless effort to break through that isolation. Dalmuti posted:Dg has dragons. Like at least 4 of em I thought it had exactly 1 dragon.
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# ? Aug 4, 2022 21:27 |
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Strom Cuzewon posted:I thought it had exactly 1 dragon. Depends on how you define Dhenrabi
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# ? Aug 4, 2022 21:32 |
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Jaxyon posted:Depends on how you define Dhenrabi Terrifying sea-centipede
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# ? Aug 4, 2022 21:38 |
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There were 3 brown dragons flying around in the azath, muchacho In addition to the 1 already mentioned
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# ? Aug 4, 2022 22:06 |
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Dalmuti posted:There were 3 brown dragons flying around in the azath, muchacho I didn't remember those. There's enough other ridiculous awesome stuff that it hardly matters.
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# ? Aug 4, 2022 22:58 |
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Strom Cuzewon posted:I actually really like the depressing brooding parts of TtH. I think about this bit a lot: On reread the books are so much better. First time it drags rear end because you just want to know what’s going to happen, but on reread the scenic tours are the best.
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# ? Jun 3, 2024 23:41 |
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TtH has some of my favorite moments in the series. So many good scenes, they're just all crammed into the last ~20% of the book. All the deaths that follow in Hood's wake as he walks Darujhistan. Endest Silann holding back the corruption. Seerdomin's last stand before the barrow of the Redeemer. The death of Rake. Spinnock Durav holding back Kallor at the crossroads.
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# ? Aug 5, 2022 00:54 |