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First read: Deadhouse Gates. Book 2
Posted: Mon May 13, 2024 2:13 pm
by SoulBiter
Ahhhhh Kulp....
What a way to go... instantaneously eaten by thousands and thousands of rats.....
First read: Deadhouse Gates. Book 2
Posted: Tue May 14, 2024 10:03 pm
by Holsety
SoulBiter wrote: ↑
Ahhhhh Kulp....
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.
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?
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.
First read: Deadhouse Gates. Book 2
Posted: Wed May 15, 2024 1:05 am
by Fist and Faith
Yes, that's a very interesting relationship.
First read: Deadhouse Gates. Book 2
Posted: Thu May 16, 2024 3:06 pm
by SoulBiter
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.
First read: Deadhouse Gates. Book 2
Posted: Thu May 16, 2024 10:36 pm
by Holsety
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.
First read: Deadhouse Gates. Book 2
Posted: Sat May 18, 2024 4:04 pm
by Avatar
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
First read: Deadhouse Gates. Book 2
Posted: Mon May 20, 2024 10:51 pm
by Holsety
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.
First read: Deadhouse Gates. Book 2
Posted: Thu May 23, 2024 11:50 pm
by SoulBiter
Almost 90% done...shoukd finish tomorrow. So much happeing all at once, its hard to keep up. Loving it!!
First read: Deadhouse Gates. Book 2
Posted: Fri May 24, 2024 12:12 am
by Fist and Faith
Yes, indeed, a lot going on!
First read: Deadhouse Gates. Book 2
Posted: Fri May 24, 2024 8:55 pm
by SoulBiter
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.
First read: Deadhouse Gates. Book 2
Posted: Sat May 25, 2024 4:17 pm
by Holsety
SoulBiter wrote: ↑
Now Kalam fighting for his life against other Claw.
When they do show up, the Claw drop like flies in this series IMO.
First read: Deadhouse Gates. Book 2
Posted: Sun May 26, 2024 12:11 am
by SoulBiter
Finished...Good God ya'll that was an excellent book. On to book 3
Oh and yeah Kalam wasn't taking shit from anyone!
First read: Deadhouse Gates. Book 2
Posted: Sun May 26, 2024 2:48 am
by Fist and Faith
SoulBiter wrote: ↑
Good God ya'll that was an excellent book.
*WHEW*
And now you're on to my favorite.
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Posted: Mon May 27, 2024 8:25 pm
by Holsety
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.
First read: Deadhouse Gates. Book 2
Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2024 6:46 pm
by Avatar
Well, I mean, that said,
the Pannion Domin...
--A
First read: Deadhouse Gates. Book 2
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2024 5:28 pm
by Holsety
Avatar wrote: ↑
Well, I mean, that said,
the Pannion Domin...
--A
I mean reg ur spoiler
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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Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2024 8:19 am
by Avatar
Haha, I mean, it is, but I was referring more to
the Jaghut boy, torn away from family, etc. etc. I mean, no wonder the dude was a little fucked up.
--A
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Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2024 8:41 pm
by Holsety
Avatar wrote: ↑
Haha, I mean, it is, but I was referring more to
the Jaghut boy, torn away from family, etc. etc. I mean, no wonder the dude was a little fucked up.
--A
He also
had TCG influencing him.
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Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2024 5:35 pm
by Holsety
LOL there's foreshadowing in this book for something in House of Chains. (so spoilers for book #4)
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.
First read: Deadhouse Gates. Book 2
Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2024 6:39 pm
by Holsety
So I have a question to which I do not have a particularly confident answer.
At the beginning of DG...
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 (???).