OK I am now halfway through Gardens of the Moon and I am hugely hugely impressed. I am LOVING this book! (Which I'm really glad about cos the last series that I read SOFAI after seeing so many recommendations on KW I thought was rubbish)
So, halfway through the first book of what looks like a huge series, I'm not gonna be able to read any of the threads in here am I? Without serious spoilers that is.
I love the magic, love the gods, love the potential - there seems to be so so many plotlines that can be explored. (The subsequent books better follow the ones that I find intriguing or there'll be trouble!)
I'm optimistic, though!
Can I read anything in this forum?
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Can I read anything in this forum?
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Hmmm...I'm over half way through the series and I try to be careful about what threads I read in here. Malazan is a series with soooo many twists and surprising plot developments you can get really screwed if you start reading spoilers, even minor one's. There are a number of characters that I had completely forgotten about or thought unimportant that come back and are quite central to future books. Also, the whole dynamic of the series-wars being fought on different continents, the complex ramifications of the empire's politics, the intervening of god's-is constantly changing. I mean, there's one book (I wont say which) that I had a brief re-read of the other day that takes on a whole new light after reading later books. Jutst be careful is what I'm saying! 
It'd take you a long time to blow up or shoot all the sheep in this country, but one diseased banana...could kill 'em all.
I didn't even know sheep ate bananas.
I didn't even know sheep ate bananas.
well Stone, to me there's only ONE thing that happens that's really really really a spoiler. and that's in the third book, i believe or the fourth. can't remember.
but nobodys even talked about it in any of the threads. so i think you're actually alright to skim through the threads.
and DUDE!! welcome into the fold!!
but nobodys even talked about it in any of the threads. so i think you're actually alright to skim through the threads.
and DUDE!! welcome into the fold!!
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
I must be really slow cos I don't know what you're talking about!!!Lucimay wrote:well Stone, to me there's only ONE thing that happens that's really really really a spoiler. and that's in the third book, i believe or the fourth. can't remember.
It'd take you a long time to blow up or shoot all the sheep in this country, but one diseased banana...could kill 'em all.
I didn't even know sheep ate bananas.
I didn't even know sheep ate bananas.
Marvin wrote:I must be really slow cos I don't know what you're talking about!!!Lucimay wrote:well Stone, to me there's only ONE thing that happens that's really really really a spoiler. and that's in the third book, i believe or the fourth. can't remember.
Spoiler
Whiskeyjack
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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you two are cute!
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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Last night, Luci really started pushing for me to read this series, so I figured I would at least pop into this forum and try to glean a little of what it's all about. I'm glad you started this thread, Stoney. I wouldn't want to ruin anything with spoilers either.
I think I best pop back out, until I'm finished with the DT series.
:::so, which to read first, Malazan or EarthSea? (Neverness is sliding lower and lower on the list, Fist. I have to deal with dragons first...) I trust the recommendations of both Watchers who suggested them to me:::
I think I best pop back out, until I'm finished with the DT series.
:::so, which to read first, Malazan or EarthSea? (Neverness is sliding lower and lower on the list, Fist. I have to deal with dragons first...) I trust the recommendations of both Watchers who suggested them to me:::
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About a quarter of the way through Deadhouse Gates now, and picked up Memories of Ice from my fave 2nd hand bookshop on Friday too .
I absolutely love the Iskaral Pust character! I hope he comes back for more...
The bit "turn right 20 paces, turn right 32 paces.....'and so on had me giggling out loud on the bus to the airport on Friday. Heads were turning
(And there are dragons Menolly, pretty cool ones too, in Gardens of The Moon)
.I absolutely love the Iskaral Pust character! I hope he comes back for more...
The bit "turn right 20 paces, turn right 32 paces.....'and so on had me giggling out loud on the bus to the airport on Friday. Heads were turning
(And there are dragons Menolly, pretty cool ones too, in Gardens of The Moon)
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you can pretty much rest assured your library will NOT have the Erikson booksMenolly wrote::::nodding:::Stonemaybe wrote:(And there are dragons Menolly, pretty cool ones too, in Gardens of The Moon)
Which was part of Luci's very hard push to get me to read this series...
OK, this will be the next one then, after I finish King's DT. I just hope my library will have all of the books...
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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Oh shoot...Lucimay wrote:you can pretty much rest assured your library will NOT have the Erikson books
Interlibrary loan?
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Just checked, one copy each of Gardens of the Moon, House of Chains, and Memories of Ice are available through my local library (remember, this is a college town). Perhaps I could request they order (which they're actually quite good about) the rest to add to the series, or get the rest through ILL...
:::I really do like living here in Gator Town most of the time:::