I keep trying.

Malazan and other stuff.

Moderators: lucimay, Onos T'oolan

User avatar
Cameraman Jenn
The Gap Into Spam
Posts: 13280
Joined: Thu Oct 19, 2006 11:33 pm
Location: Albuquerque NM (The Land of Enchantment)

Post by Cameraman Jenn »

I was rather fond of House of Chains. I think that might be my favorite. Midnight Tides, which I am currently reading has some pretty cool charactors and interesting concepts and events in it. It's also the first book that has had me SNORTING with laughter to the point I have to put the book down. Tehol and Bugg are absolutely hysterical. Can't wait until you get to them. :P
Now if I could just find a way to wear live bees as jewelry all the time.....

www.fantasybedtimehour.com
User avatar
drew
The Gap Into Spam
Posts: 7877
Joined: Sun Sep 12, 2004 4:20 pm
Location: Canada
Been thanked: 1 time
Contact:

Post by drew »

Can I just say something about Deadhouse Gates?

It's like reading The Two Towers (by Jrr Tolkein)..in the sence that, just as you are getting real comfortable with a story line, just when you're really getting into the scene...it switches to somewhere else.

I've been tempted to flip through to continue the the storyline that I am currently reading.

But that's a compliment.

It didn't work so well in Gardens...the scene's switched too fast, but in Gates, he pretty much nailed it.
I thought you were a ripe grape
a cabernet sauvignon
a bottle in the cellar
the kind you keep for a really long time
User avatar
Fist and Faith
Magister Vitae
Posts: 23641
Joined: Sun Dec 01, 2002 8:14 pm
Has thanked: 6 times
Been thanked: 33 times

Post by Fist and Faith »

Yeah, he nails everything in DG!!! :D
All lies and jest
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest
-Paul Simon
User avatar
Cameraman Jenn
The Gap Into Spam
Posts: 13280
Joined: Thu Oct 19, 2006 11:33 pm
Location: Albuquerque NM (The Land of Enchantment)

Post by Cameraman Jenn »

I finished Midnight Tides and I think that might be my fave so far. I am holding out on reading anymore until Fist gets through Midnight Tides so we can read and discuss The Bone Hunters together. :biggrin:
Now if I could just find a way to wear live bees as jewelry all the time.....

www.fantasybedtimehour.com
User avatar
Farm Ur-Ted
<i>Haruchai</i>
Posts: 674
Joined: Thu Mar 30, 2006 1:40 am
Location: Colorado

Post by Farm Ur-Ted »

Crap! I may have to tag along on that one. I've been waiting for an excuse to read Bonehunters. At the rate Fist has been reading, it could be sometime early next year.
Roach trotted over to sniff at the gleaming phlegm, then licked it up.

The Bonehunters by Steven Erikson
User avatar
Fist and Faith
Magister Vitae
Posts: 23641
Joined: Sun Dec 01, 2002 8:14 pm
Has thanked: 6 times
Been thanked: 33 times

Post by Fist and Faith »

Har har hardy har har!!! Pththth......

Heh. :D

Yeah, I paused after my reread of MoI. But I read the last 800 pages of my paperback version of HoC in a couple weeks, and have begun MT. I expect I'll read it within a few weeks. Hopefully two, but one never knows what might come up in rl.
All lies and jest
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest
-Paul Simon
User avatar
aliantha
blueberries on steroids
Posts: 17865
Joined: Tue Mar 05, 2002 7:50 pm
Location: NOT opening up a restaurant in Santa Fe

Post by aliantha »

Yeah, I also kind of quit my grand scheme to reread all of the books, in anticipation of Toll the Hounds (which, apparently, pat5150 has snagged an advance copy of -- didya see his note in the Other Sci-Fi/Fantasy forum? Rat bastard! :lol: ).

Ah well. I console myself with knowing that, with or without completing the reread, I cannot possibly be as clueless in reading "Toll the Hounds" as I was my first time through DG. :lol:
Image
Image

EZ Board Survivor

"Dreaming isn't good for you unless you do the things it tells you to." -- Three Dog Night (via the GI)

https://www.hearth-myth.com/
User avatar
Fist and Faith
Magister Vitae
Posts: 23641
Joined: Sun Dec 01, 2002 8:14 pm
Has thanked: 6 times
Been thanked: 33 times

Post by Fist and Faith »

:LOLS: I guess that's true. Still, I am SOOOOOO glad I read 1-4 again. And it was every bit as exciting and awe-inspiring the second time around.
All lies and jest
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest
-Paul Simon
User avatar
aliantha
blueberries on steroids
Posts: 17865
Joined: Tue Mar 05, 2002 7:50 pm
Location: NOT opening up a restaurant in Santa Fe

Post by aliantha »

I did get through the first 3, for sure. Pretty sure I read HoC, too. Bogged down in either MT or BH -- I'd have to check the bookshelf at home.

What I might do is pick up RG for a reread before the next book comes out...
Image
Image

EZ Board Survivor

"Dreaming isn't good for you unless you do the things it tells you to." -- Three Dog Night (via the GI)

https://www.hearth-myth.com/
User avatar
Cameraman Jenn
The Gap Into Spam
Posts: 13280
Joined: Thu Oct 19, 2006 11:33 pm
Location: Albuquerque NM (The Land of Enchantment)

Post by Cameraman Jenn »

Well, IF Fist takes forever then I might revisit some of the earlier books. :P
Now if I could just find a way to wear live bees as jewelry all the time.....

www.fantasybedtimehour.com
User avatar
aliantha
blueberries on steroids
Posts: 17865
Joined: Tue Mar 05, 2002 7:50 pm
Location: NOT opening up a restaurant in Santa Fe

Post by aliantha »

Hmm, sounds like Fist is gettin' a reputation... ;)
Image
Image

EZ Board Survivor

"Dreaming isn't good for you unless you do the things it tells you to." -- Three Dog Night (via the GI)

https://www.hearth-myth.com/
Post Reply

Return to “Steven Erikson Forum”