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On my re-read I made it to Bonehunters before I had to skip ahead some of opening chapter poetry and the philosophical ramblings of some characters. Really interested in how Toll the Hounds goes, especially after reading Forge.
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Man do I love the malazanempire forums  
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Hand Row posted:On my re-read I made it to Bonehunters before I had to skip ahead some of opening chapter poetry and the philosophical ramblings of some characters. Yeah that's about when it gets obnoxious, although it is interesting when you notice the opening poetry is by a character introduced later.
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Dec 1, 2015 02:23
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anilEhilated posted:Hey, Pearl was great. It was nice to see a stylish bad guy - or someone genuinely likeable who just happens to be on the "wrong" side. His parts were some of my favorite bits in DH/HoC/BH. I liked the other Pearl better.
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"Do you see the one in the back with the sword? You send me to my death. Do you pity me?"
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Clinton1011 posted:"Do you see the on in the back with the sword? You send me to my death. Do you pity me?" I kinda felt bad for Pearl. That demon was cool. All the demons were really.
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Dec 1, 2015 20:15
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That scene with the demon was pretty awesome. Even he knew he was hosed.
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That scene sort of solidified how terrifying Rake can be for some reason. I might go so far as to say that after several failed starts on Malazan, whole sequence with QB/Kalam and that finale had me going "OK, this book just got awesome. Now I've gotta read it all."
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 transworld posted:It was once a land ravaged by war, minor city states, baronies and principates fight for supremacy, and then the rival cities of Tali and Quon formed an alliance and so Quon Tali came into being. That blurb could have used a bit of copy editing imo. e: drops in Feb.
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Christ, I had hoped he stopped.
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Dec 2, 2015 19:53
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I Own Soulz posted:I kinda felt bad for Pearl. That demon was cool. All the demons were really. Isn't Pearl the one with Trull? Yeah, demons are probably one of those things I wish Erikson would write more about. But it also feels like more generic fantasy, and maybe that is why they don't show up a lot.
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Dec 2, 2015 20:00
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Eh, I liked Assail enough to give this one a go. Plus, there will be no Kyle.
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Why is it Dancer's Lament if the main blurb is about Kalam and Quick Ben (and Ben's extra 6 souls) pre-Bridgeburner adventures?
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Dec 2, 2015 20:23
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Eh? It's about Dancer and Kellanved.
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Cardiac posted:Isn't Pearl the one with Trull? Just finished my reread of MT; the one with Trull is Lilac.
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Dec 2, 2015 20:36
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rejutka posted:Eh? It's about Dancer and Kellanved.
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Dec 2, 2015 20:58
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Very likely a nod to the series' RPG origins.
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anilEhilated posted:Christ, I had hoped he stopped.  Concurred posted:Just finished my reread of MT; the one with Trull is Lilac. Trull and his demon was a missed buddy story opportunity imho. It was too short. Infinite Karma posted:Spooky how similar it is to Kalam/QB then. ... yeah. The blurb is saying Dancer is an up and coming assassin and has been hunting Kellanved. I remember that part of Kalam/QB's history. The part that's similar is it's a mage and an assassin. anilEhilated posted:Very likely a nod to the series' RPG origins. If this turns out like Feist's Jimmy the Hand books, which read like actual logs from a D&D game... I'll proably still get it. Even if it's B-grade author I'm curious enough about how Dancer/Kellanved fell in love. I thought the thing was the two started out of a tavern in Malaz city, but I'm thinking book this predates that.
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Tommofork posted:how Dancer/Kellanved fell in love. Wait, what? Did I somehow miss some gay subtext
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I meant platonic love bud. Unless I also missed some subtext.
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I'm fine with Esslemont writing the prequel Empire books, it frees up Erikson to write stories in more interesting eras. ICE's series is sort of a gap-filler for the series, he's been getting better at capturing the Malazan vibe of late. I thought BnB was great for what it was, Assail was a letdown mostly just because of how much the main series had hyped it up.
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Assail is also the book that most reads like a straight-forward transcription of a campaign.
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Cardiac posted:Yeah, demons are probably one of those things I wish Erikson would write more about. Demons in this setting aren't evil outsiders trying to steal your soul, so no they aren't very generic. Literally they're beings from another planet, or plane, or warren or whatever. It's a very generic term in the setting, which is why they're so cool, because they deliberately upset the expectations of the reader when they hear 'demon.'
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Yeah, the big scary demons standing well above man height carrying huge axes being the equivalent of poor fisher folk conscripted into war was great.
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Baudin posted:Demons in this setting aren't evil outsiders trying to steal your soul, so no they aren't very generic. Literally they're beings from another planet, or plane, or warren or whatever. It's a very generic term in the setting, which is why they're so cool, because they deliberately upset the expectations of the reader when they hear 'demon.' Personally I love the Kenryll'ah demon lords (or wherever the apostrophe is) in MT and RG. As in generic, I am talking about how they are described in GotM, DG and MT (first part at least), where you get the feeling that they are just big classic demons and then MT turns it all around. Concurred posted:Just finished my reread of MT; the one with Trull is Lilac. Thanks, had forgotten that. I really liked the Trull - Lilac pairing in MT and is one of many many great parts of MT.
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Tommofork posted:
Poor Feist. The first four books were pretty good, even with the obvious nods to a Certain Author. Prince of the Blood was so-so, but an enjoyable read. After that it was just 
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Ynglaur posted:Poor Feist. The first four books were pretty good, even with the obvious nods to a Certain Author. Prince of the Blood was so-so, but an enjoyable read. After that it was just I really enjoyed the 3 Serpentwar books, he totally destroyed another city, how can you not like that! The Empire trilogy was very good also. Regarding Esslemont, its really not a good sign that I grimaced a little on seeing that he has another on the way. His last couple of books were bloody awful and I really could do without any more of his particular brand of fan-fic.
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bucketybuck posted:Regarding Esslemont, its really not a good sign that I grimaced a little on seeing that he has another on the way. His last couple of books were bloody awful and I really could do without any more of his particular brand of fan-fic. Don't read his books then? Clearly the people who like his books form a fairly small niche of Erikson fans. Sadly I'm one of them 
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Can't really call it fan-fic when he's one of the people who invented the bloody thing. Still, a man who managed to make Jacuruku and Assail boring probably deserves a stab at Kellanved, if only as a challenge.
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He gets better each book and, in the new one, gets to write his own character,
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rejutka posted:He gets better each book and, in the new one, gets to write his own character, I know you've gone on the record as having enjoyed Assail, but it was a serious step back from Blood & Bone in my eyes. Hopefully the Kellanved stuff will be tolerable, cause lord knows I won't be able to resist reading it. E: I guess since it's called "Path to Ascendancy" series, ICE won't be able to keep himself from delving into more detail about what it means to ascend and how to do it. I hope he doesn't ruin the mystique behind ascendants. apophenium fucked around with this message at 00:13 on Dec 4, 2015 |
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Same. We know already it will be a trilogy covering from where this book starts presumably till night of knives.
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Oh neat we might get to see young Daseem Ultor, Nok, etc.
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apophenium posted:I know you've gone on the record as having enjoyed Assail, but it was a series step back from Blood & Bone in my eyes. Don't get me wrong, there's a bunch of stuff I don't like about Assail, too - the blatant campaignitis, the heavy fluctuations of the Crimson Guard's basic power levels, that town people keep stopping in with the mist and doofy henchguys to name a few. On the other hand, I dug the rag bag armada on the Dread Sea. The Sea of Dread. I dug Kyle keeping his sword out of other people's hands because they kept lopping bits of themselves with it and the bit at the end with JESUS loving CHRIST DO NOT WAKE UP THE ASSAIL!
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apophenium posted:I know you've gone on the record as having enjoyed Assail, but it was a series step back from Blood & Bone in my eyes. Hopefully the Kellanved stuff will be tolerable, cause lord knows I won't be able to resist reading it.
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Started House of Chains. God drat are the Teblor a bunch of savages.
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hm finally finished tcg. wasnt a huge fan of the last 3 books. also tcg ending was pretty anticlimactic. i was hoping the grander scheme wouldve been explained. a lot of sideplots were completed by just killing the characters off. the 2nd one is probably the best on in the series.
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I just finished House of Chains. So, this Karsa Orlong guy.... he's going places, isn't he?
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Damo posted:I just finished House of Chains. You might say that. He gets even better.
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