Memories of Ice - need a jolt!

Post by **StevieG** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 5:21 am

Oh.... shit! ...

Post by **Onos T'oolan** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 11:23 am

Hmm? Some sort of problem?

Post by **StevieG** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:33 pm

I'm not finished yet, must be about 100 pages to go but: (don't read if you haven't read MoI - especially you D-S!)

Spoiler

Whiskeyjack!

That's a bit of a 'Nom' moment to me! I totally didn't expect it.

Post by **aliantha** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 3:42 pm

StevieG wrote:I'm not finished yet, must be about 100 pages to go but: (don't read if you haven't read MoI - especially you D-S!)

Spoiler
Whiskeyjack!
That's a bit of a 'Nom' moment to me! I totally didn't expect it.

Yeah. <sigh>

Spoiler

I'm still holding out hope for a resurrection...

Post by **StevieG** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 7:03 am

It is finished!

Thank you for being patient with me - in retrospect, I believe this has been by far the best of the three that I have read; the writing, the story, the drama and the emotion.

Post by **lucimay** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 8:13 am

yeah its a big one.
but dude, theres more to come. soooo much more!!

keep readin!

and i highly suggest you get both the esselmont books toot sweet.

Thu Jun 25, 2009 8:54 pm

I have begun.

It's a fat book, but having read Neal Stephenson's 900 page Cryptonomicon a dozen times I think I can handle it.

The title bothers me. I don't like it. Don't ask me why because I don't know.

I'm staying out of this topic for the duration. See you in a week or so!

Post by **StevieG** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 10:11 pm

Can Esselmont's books be read at any time during the series? Or are they in an order of some sort?

Post by **I'm Murrin** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 12:02 am

Night of Knives is a prequel which features a couple of minor characters who appear in The Bonehunters. Read it whenever.

Return of the Crimson Guard is set right after The Bonehunters, and it's best you read it after.

Post by **Onos T'oolan** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 1:24 am

Demondim-spawn wrote:The title bothers me. I don't like it. Don't ask me why because I don't know.

Very interesting. It's my favorite title!

So congratulations, Stevie!!! You are truly blessed to be one of the people in the world to have read this extraordinary tale!

And yeah, I suspected that's the part you were talking about with shit. Really bad moment.

Just amazing to have two such incredible stories in the book, meeting up at the end. (Never thought about it before, but perhaps this is a reason I prefer MoI to DG. Two incredible stories there, too, but they don't merge.)

Post by **StevieG** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 2:38 am

Yes, I preferred MoI in the end. To me it was more powerful (I mean, DG is also very powerful, but MoI affected me more personally). There were so many poignant moments - it seems that Erikson's writing improved with each installment.

On to House of Chains!! (but with no boring running commentary from me this time

- unless, of course, I'm struggling and need help...

)

Sat Jul 04, 2009 5:06 am

Helluva book!

80 pages to go.

Spoiler

Erikson loves killing off my favorite characters! Why does he keep doing that?!?

I sure hope he's done with that for the rest of this book...

Onos T'oolan wrote:
Demondim-spawn wrote:The title bothers me. I don't like it. Don't ask me why because I don't know.
Very interesting. It's my favorite title!

I like the title now that I've read the book.

*smacks self in head*

Post by **StevieG** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 3:55 am

Demondim-spawn wrote:Helluva book!

80 pages to go.

Another fast reader

Looks like you'll be discussing Reaper's Gale while I'm still ploughing through House of Chains...

Wed Jul 08, 2009 1:56 am

I'm 300 pages into a re-read, since I'm waiting on my library to get House of Chains from another branch. I meant to request the book last Friday, but forgot and didn't do it until yesterday (Monday), so I'm taking advantage of the delay to absorb as much as I can about MoI, plus ferret out any tidbits of info I may have missed on my first pass.

I never did post my thoughts on the last 80 pages of the book that I had left last time I posted, so...

Spoiler

Despite the deaths, which hurt when you care about characters like Whiskeyjack, Iktovian, Hedge, etc., the ending was immensely satisfying. The transformation of Toc the Younger, saving the Jaghut child from the rent, the moving burial service for Iktovian. All in all, a damn good book.

Really looking forward to starting HoC in the next day or three.

Post by **Spiral Jacobs** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 6:32 am

I loved House of Chains. I need to reread. I have no time. *waves at Karsa from a safe distance*

Post by **StevieG** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 1:18 pm

Spiral Jacobs wrote:I loved House of Chains. I need to reread. I have no time. *waves at Karsa from a safe distance*

I'm really enjoying House of Chains at the moment. It's nice to stick to a single story line for a period - but I suppose I probably should be posting in the HoC thread... but I don't want to accidentally see any spoilers...

Post by **Spiral Jacobs** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 9:03 am

I loved the whole first part of that book. In general I enjoy stories where one or a few persons go through some development. Erikson's usual fragmented storylines are harder to follow sometimes (I'm a slow reader like you, a few pages now and then).

Post by **Fist and Faith** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 10:34 am

SJ, your avatar is very disturbing.

Thu Jul 09, 2009 12:02 pm

StevieG wrote:I'm really enjoying House of Chains at the moment. It's nice to stick to a single story line for a period - but I suppose I probably should be posting in the HoC thread... but I don't want to accidentally see any spoilers...

I prefer it when Erikson hops back and forth from one storyline to another. This continuous focus on Karsa is very unusual.

Spoiler

(And exhausting, considering what's going on. Jeez, those Uryds are effing berserkers!)

Post by **Spiral Jacobs** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 2:33 pm

Fist and Faith wrote:SJ, your avatar is very disturbing.

Why, pray tell.

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Memories of Ice - need a jolt!