EPT[Books] Malazan Book of the Fallen - Page 7
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Solcry
United Kingdom24 Posts
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Flicky
England2672 Posts
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koshr
Germany61 Posts
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Gryffindor_us
United States5606 Posts
To me what's funny about Malazan (so far for me I've done with first two books) is that it's much more eventful than ASOIAF (A Song of Ice and Fire). On the other hand though the world isn't anywhere near as fleshed out as Martin's fantasy or at least as accessible. ASOIAF seems to be getting out of control with its plots while Malazan has a world that can't be encapsulated. Unless there's a drastic change after book 2 in Malazan I'm just going to expect each book is a segregated story with a handful of somewhat recurring characters. | ||
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parano1d.
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 . But you have to get through that some of the plots line start kind of wrong with GOTM which might confuse you at certain points further on the series | ||
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PineappleLumpsToss
New Zealand2434 Posts
I always find it hard to describe his writing style to others, but I usually describe it as "gritty". I love how Erikson makes the lowliest pleb interesting, and how he deliberately turns the traditional stereotypes upside-down. There are so many great characters in his books that it's hard to single out even a few characters. For me though it's probably Whiskeyjack, Anomander Rake, Karsa, Quick Ben and Fiddler. Favourite book would probably be Memories of Ice or The Bonehunters. BTW, I've read a few Erikson interviews, and he's always been unapologetic about the way he started Gardens of the Moon. I've always been of the opinion that new readers should read the series as intended, and that the first book is a way of weeding out those who probably won't like the series. | ||
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koshr
Germany61 Posts
On July 27 2011 22:13 Gryffindor_us wrote: Discworld in what way? You mean the setting? Is there anything like Discworld? I'd love to find something that even remotely approaches it in terms of entertainment for me. To me what's funny about Malazan (so far for me I've done with first two books) is that it's much more eventful than ASOIAF (A Song of Ice and Fire). On the other hand though the world isn't anywhere near as fleshed out as Martin's fantasy or at least as accessible. ASOIAF seems to be getting out of control with its plots while Malazan has a world that can't be encapsulated. Unless there's a drastic change after book 2 in Malazan I'm just going to expect each book is a segregated story with a handful of somewhat recurring characters. malazan= one billion characters with 3 trillion plotline over all books | ||
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Nidoa
Canada239 Posts
On July 27 2011 22:13 Gryffindor_us wrote: Discworld in what way? You mean the setting? Is there anything like Discworld? I'd love to find something that even remotely approaches it in terms of entertainment for me. To me what's funny about Malazan (so far for me I've done with first two books) is that it's much more eventful than ASOIAF (A Song of Ice and Fire). On the other hand though the world isn't anywhere near as fleshed out as Martin's fantasy or at least as accessible. ASOIAF seems to be getting out of control with its plots while Malazan has a world that can't be encapsulated. Unless there's a drastic change after book 2 in Malazan I'm just going to expect each book is a segregated story with a handful of somewhat recurring characters. he tells a story spread over 10 books. If you've only just finished the first 2, then you're just about out of the intro. Naturally you don't see the connection between everyone yet. But don't worry, that'll come. Book 5 is gonna be a killer for you lol. | ||
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zz_
Sweden1022 Posts
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parano1d.
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Hellie
Sweden94 Posts
On July 27 2011 21:49 Flicky wrote: I ordered the next three books and I'll get around to reading them once the current pile has been reduced but I was just wondering, does anyone else get a slight discworld vibe from these books? Surely it can't just be me. I find the humorous conversations, especially in book 5 Midnight Tides, between Tehol and Bugg(you'll get there and you'll love it) to be very discworld-ish, as well as some of the conversations between various soldier groups within the Malazan army. | ||
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Saicam
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Ziktomini
United Kingdom377 Posts
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CustomKal
Canada749 Posts
On July 30 2011 20:45 Ziktomini wrote: Started reading the first about a week ago, seems pretty good so far. It starts off slow a bit, but as you get further into the series its increidlbe. I'm currently on Reaper's Gale and it is so sick. | ||
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Xardean
United States104 Posts
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itkovian
United States1763 Posts
Karsa Orlong, Traveller, Cutter and Kruppe Tavore Also, I didn't realize until I started working through the ninth book, that the tenth book wasn't really going to conclude all the story ends I wanted finished. Oh well, there were some really great moments in the series and some really good characters. Btw, ran into a fellow fan on ladder :D ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/a1qRS.png) | ||
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Flicky
England2672 Posts
On May 29 2011 06:05 Nidoa wrote: wait yes, i think i remember him taking an axe in the shoulder or something, at Capustan. Apparently he had an aggressive horse. + Show Spoiler + I've just read this scene in Memories of Ice and this is from Capustan when Itkovian is riding to meet the Mortal Sword and whatnot before they get ambushed/by the Pannion guys after Rath'Fener's betrayal. His horse is a total boss in that scene, it kills a bunch of Tenescowri (who you can see here as the starving corpselike people clawing at Itkovian) and even bites ones scalp clean from its head. Anyway, I'm almost through Memories of Ice and getting quite into this series. I'm taking my time so I don't burn out but I never had any of these problems with confusion about what is going on and what the warrens are and so on (at the start). I have a friend who can't wrap his head around it, even with my explanations and I don't really get it. On a need-to-know basis, there isn't a lot to it. | ||
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Groslouser
France337 Posts
Steven Erikson writing is really smooth and consistent, i cannot emphasize enough how great the Malazans Boof of the fallen are. Anyways, thanks op. Great story, great characters, great writing, i took a lot of pleasure reading these books, i owe you. | ||
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fib
Canada16 Posts
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Numy
South Africa35471 Posts
Really awesome book but man the ending with Coltaine was just heart breaking | ||
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