Kevin's Watch

Will one of these 5 do? After zipping through The Prince of Nothing trilogy and AATE and about to finish Three Cups of Tea (a very good non-fiction that everyone should read BTW)...should I:
a) choose one of the 5
b) say screw it and start Bakker's The Judging Eye immediately
c) it's going to be a long cold winter perfect for rereading Neverness and the 3 books that follow
d) pick something else

I found the beginning of Tigana a little too 'flowery' and archaic, and have only read Gardens of the Moon as far as Malazan books are concerned...

You're probably good with any of them. Take what you're in the mood for.

(Right now I'd lean toward Banks, but that's because I'm reading Banks myself.)

Well, lots of people have looked at this, SO VOTE please!

The first Malazan book is Gardens of the Moon, not DG. That's what I really voted for. As I've said often, I rate Malazan with TCTC, Earthsea, and Neverness as my favorite series.

Well...I often like Gaiman...but "Neverwhere" bored the heck out of me.

I only just recently got to the third of Malazaan. I'm starting to like them a lot...[took me more than a year of re-starts to get through the first, so that's a big change].

I've read Gardens, pay attention Fist! I liked it a lot and a lot of characters in it

Spoiler

Quick Ben, Whiskey Jack, the Lt. the "witch' and the thief-the Gods, dogs, wheels, chains kind of confused me a little

-but people told me they'd be explained more later on...

Oh Good Lord! If you're read Gardens (And I don't see that it says that in your first post! Spud!), READ DEADHOUSE GATES!!!!!!! It's a FANTASTIC, STUNNING, SUBLIME book!!! Honestly, if you aren't incredibly moved by DG, it's because you died a couple years ago.


Not much of a Gaiman fan. Books, at least. I read his Sandman comics years ago, and they're as good as any other comics. Alas, I don't have the same opinion of his novels. Even American Gods doesn't do it for me in a major way. And I thought Neverwhere was downright stupid.

Are you blind, Spud!? (go read it again...) I like American Gods a lot-fool!

Nope. I don't see nuthin'.

Well, damn, I can only vote for one? Fine then, I pick Mieville. But Deadhouse Gates is a *very* close second, and whaddya *mean* you've only read GotM?? Jeebus, Fist, we've got our work cut out for us. Get Luci in here -- she'll straighten his butt out quick!

You must just be looking at the poll, or you ARE blind (or I'm seeing things)

in his first post danlo wrote:I found the beginning of Tigana a little too 'flowery' and archaic, and have only read Gardens of the Moon as far as Malazan books are concerned...

Damn, am I the only person who loved Neverwhere? Maybe it's because I'm so familiar with the places it deals with. I wish to hell I could find a copy of it.

Anyway, I vote either that or DHG. (Well, both, but either one first.)

DHG really is awesome. Much less confusing than GotM.

--A

I'll send you my copy, I won't read it because Fist says it sucks,





















Looks like it's going to be DHG--which I've avoided-first Malazan, the World of Warcraft EEK!!! (Oh well it'll give me something to talk to you guys about [aside from AATE, of course] at Elohimfest)

I would have also voted for DG, but if you want to read something by Kay, please go for Under Heaven, which for me was the the perfect stand alone epic fantasy. It is a wonderful book.

(City and the City is really good, too, and deserved all of those awards it got. )

Why only one? Can't you start them all? I'm chuckling to myself thinking of the crazy dreams you might have mixing up Neverwhere, Surface Detail, Malazan, and City&City!.

(my vote is NOT Zindell, and NOT Deadhouse Gates for itself, only to get you into the rest of the series)

Go on to The Judging Eye by Bakker. Now don't ask me again!

danlo wrote:I'll send you my copy, I won't read it because Fist says it sucks...

Hahaha, I might take you up on that.

--A

Dam, it feels like, what, 3 years since I read Gardens of the Moon, but I just bought Deadhouse Gates (always loved the cover) and am 10 pages in-not including the glossary, GotM glossary, maps and dramatis personae-a lot of memories are flooding back and it's a pretty cool-ass start.

You ain't seen nothin' yet...

--A