First read: Deadhouse Gates. Book 2

Post by **SoulBiter** » Mon May 13, 2024 2:13 pm

Ahhhhh Kulp....

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What a way to go... instantaneously eaten by thousands and thousands of rats.....

Post by **Holsety** » Tue May 14, 2024 10:03 pm

SoulBiter wrote: ↑ Ahhhhh Kulp....

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What a way to go... instantaneously eaten by thousands and thousands of rats.....

Kulp's resume includes (or perhaps fails to include) one of my favorite references to Glen Cook's The Black Company.

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There actually is a mage, I think in the 4th black company novel, I don't think it's one of the really powerful ones, who weaves a spell related to boatcraft/boat repair or something like that. Maybe the Ruse warren includes spells for craft as well as the water itself.

My favorite romance...I think is disclosed in MoI?

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Rake and Silanah. I don't really know any otherkin that I'm aware of in real life, and I'm not sure I've even talked to any on the internet, but they have this kind of weirdly silly reputation in my mind. So I always thought it was funny that Rake likes getting it on in his dragon form.

Post by **Fist and Faith** » Wed May 15, 2024 1:05 am

Yes, that's a very interesting relationship.

Post by **SoulBiter** » Thu May 16, 2024 3:06 pm

Black Company is in my top 10 of series. You can feel the resemblance in the writing by Erikson. A long way to go to finish this series then I think I will revisit the Black Company.

Post by **Holsety** » Thu May 16, 2024 10:36 pm

SoulBiter wrote: ↑ Black Company is in my top 10 of series. You can feel the resemblance in the writing by Erikson. A long way to go to finish this series then I think I will revisit the Black Company.

Ya. Also, I don' really remember what I dread of the read empire series, but I believe there's a character in there who's somewhat Kruppe-like.

Post by **Avatar** » Sat May 18, 2024 4:04 pm

SoulBiter wrote: ↑ Black Company is in my top 10 of series. You can feel the resemblance in the writing by Erikson. A long way to go to finish this series then I think I will revisit the Black Company.

Hmmm, sounds like I should look for it.

Seen it referenced here before but never read (or even seen) any of them.

--A

Post by **Holsety** » Mon May 20, 2024 10:51 pm

Avatar wrote: ↑
SoulBiter wrote: ↑ Black Company is in my top 10 of series. You can feel the resemblance in the writing by Erikson. A long way to go to finish this series then I think I will revisit the Black Company.
Hmmm, sounds like I should look for it. Seen it referenced here before but never read (or even seen) any of them.

--A

If you're lucky, you can find an omnibus containing the first few books.

Post by **SoulBiter** » Thu May 23, 2024 11:50 pm

Almost 90% done...shoukd finish tomorrow. So much happeing all at once, its hard to keep up. Loving it!!

Post by **Fist and Faith** » Fri May 24, 2024 12:12 am

Yes, indeed, a lot going on!

Post by **SoulBiter** » Fri May 24, 2024 8:55 pm

Ahhhh. Duiker (the historian), what a way to go... even worse than Kulp... at least he killed that friggin nobleman and saw the stupid replacement Fist get deheaded... brutal... I knew that was a bad idea... you can't surrender.

Now Kalam fighting for his life against other Claw.

Post by **Holsety** » Sat May 25, 2024 4:17 pm

SoulBiter wrote: ↑ Now Kalam fighting for his life against other Claw.

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When they do show up, the Claw drop like flies in this series IMO.

Post by **SoulBiter** » Sun May 26, 2024 12:11 am

Finished...Good God ya'll that was an excellent book. On to book 3

Oh and yeah Kalam wasn't taking shit from anyone!

Post by **Fist and Faith** » Sun May 26, 2024 2:48 am

SoulBiter wrote: ↑ Good God ya'll that was an excellent book.

*WHEW*

And now you're on to my favorite.

Post by **Holsety** » Mon May 27, 2024 8:25 pm

Memories of Ice is probably the most straightforward (at least in the Book of the Fallen, don't know about Malanzan overall) in terms of the bad guys being bad and the good guys being good, IMO.

Post by **Avatar** » Mon Jul 15, 2024 6:46 pm

Well, I mean, that said,

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the Pannion Domin...

--A

Post by **Holsety** » Tue Jul 16, 2024 5:28 pm

Avatar wrote: ↑ Well, I mean, that said,
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the Pannion Domin...

--A

I mean reg ur spoiler

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It's true u can feel pity for the cannibal peasants because they've basically been deprived of just about everything IIRC, but it's just so fucked up.

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Post by **Avatar** » Mon Jul 29, 2024 8:19 am

Holsety wrote: ↑I mean reg ur spoiler

Haha, I mean, it is, but I was referring more to

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the Jaghut boy, torn away from family, etc. etc. I mean, no wonder the dude was a little fucked up.

--A

Post by **Holsety** » Tue Jul 30, 2024 8:41 pm

Avatar wrote: ↑
Holsety wrote: ↑I mean reg ur spoiler
Haha, I mean, it is, but I was referring more to

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the Jaghut boy, torn away from family, etc. etc. I mean, no wonder the dude was a little fucked up.
--A

He also

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had TCG influencing him.

Post by **Holsety** » Sun Aug 11, 2024 5:35 pm

LOL there's foreshadowing in this book for something in House of Chains. (so spoilers for book #4)

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I can't remember when, but at some point someone is talking about head wounds. And someone (paraphrased) says "that kind of injury winds up making a man make wedding proposals to his lapdog." Teblor dogs aren't exactly lapdogs, but I remember one of Bairoth Gild or Delum Thord gets a head wound and then spends his time among the dogs instead of the humans.

Post by **Holsety** » Sun Aug 18, 2024 6:39 pm

So I have a question to which I do not have a particularly confident answer.

At the beginning of DG...

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Hood acolyte covered in flies approaches Heboric, says "something to show you", then the flies all scatter and no acolyte is to be seen within the swarm (disappearing act). Does anyone feel this moment is foreshadowing to any other particular moment in the series? Right now, the best answer I can come up with is something that happens towards the end of House of Chains, so I won't give the answer explicitly for now...but it also relates IMO to the bargain Hood made in GotM to take someone close to Paran in place of Paran. This is just something to try and remember for later in the series, maybe, as we don't have a thread past MoI at this time for this set of rereading (???).

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