Malazan Book Of The Fallen
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I'll quote myself ...no that's not weird.......
I finished 'Forge of the High Mage' last night. This is book 4 (of 4) of the path of ascendancy so you would think there would be a conclusion. I previously wrote that book 3 read like bad fan fiction. Well I am happy to report that this read like a genuine adventure! We get to reconnect with all our old friends as they go on a merry adventure. There does seem to be about 100 pages missing of this story, the part where something happens.
Your life isn't any better for reading this book than it was before. It does read well but it's pretty much a waste. I would not pay money for this for sure. I guess if you are bored and need something Malazan to read , this fits the bill but wow what a waste.
Tldr version, I would not pay for it but you won't be mad about reading it.
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Oh, since the topic is bumped this also popped up on the Facebook group. Should be on the front page, but they have a bunch of signed / numbered in stock.
I need to find a list of SubPress and PS Publishing titles. I’m 95% sure I have everything except 1-2 side novellas and maybe one ICE book.
I need to find a list of SubPress and PS Publishing titles. I’m 95% sure I have everything except 1-2 side novellas and maybe one ICE book.
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Finished up Forge of the High Mage.
I think ICE has two more books planned. One for Dassem if I were to guess and one for...Surly? IDK. I kinda want him to stop. This book felt damaging to overall lore of the Malazan universe.
Moon's Spawn was swarmed by scavengers, there's a whole book about it written by the same author. Malazan Empire didn't care then? But they care enough in the past to leave it guarded by a clan of werewolves and werebears? No way they are up to the task long term.
Tayschrenn going super saiyan and then super duper saiyan was ridiculous. He was chased by the entire cult of D'rek in the previous book, is that not enough to push him past his limits?
Jan and Janul felt tacked on just to show how manipulative Mallick Rel is. How is he still referred to as the Jhistal priest if Mael took it away?
What's the exact timeline here? Did Mael go off and befriend Tehol soon after this?
Moon's Spawn was swarmed by scavengers, there's a whole book about it written by the same author. Malazan Empire didn't care then? But they care enough in the past to leave it guarded by a clan of werewolves and werebears? No way they are up to the task long term.
Tayschrenn going super saiyan and then super duper saiyan was ridiculous. He was chased by the entire cult of D'rek in the previous book, is that not enough to push him past his limits?
Jan and Janul felt tacked on just to show how manipulative Mallick Rel is. How is he still referred to as the Jhistal priest if Mael took it away?
What's the exact timeline here? Did Mael go off and befriend Tehol soon after this?
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Yea that’s pretty cool. I saw this one posted on Reddit a while back.
Edit: that’s not the full image, dunno why I suck at Reddit and can’t pull the image from there. Here’s the link
Edit: that’s not the full image, dunno why I suck at Reddit and can’t pull the image from there. Here’s the link
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Nice! My wife knows I love SE and asked me why it was so good. So then I started explaining gods, lizards with sword arms, a sword that is also a prison plane with a giant wagon, walking undead that can travel underground as dust , etc. The more I explained, the stranger she looked at me. Got to love epic fiction.
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I can’t remember if that is the artist the fan base was pushing to illustrate the new versions by that Euro house. Need to find that link, I’m on their mail list. The (A) Facebook group was all clamoring for them to be contracted. Looked a little different though, maybe I can find that thread. Maybe it was Reddit.
oh here we go.. Broken Binding:
This is kind of cool:
oh here we go.. Broken Binding:
This is kind of cool:
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Forgot to post : I'm doing re-read #3 of the main 10. Probably add God is not willing as well. Last time took 4 months. Realizing the health scare last year got some of my memories of these books too so in part it's like reading them for the first time ...again? lol
Kinda like the joke, what's the best part of Alzheimer's ? You can hide your own easter eggs!
Kinda like the joke, what's the best part of Alzheimer's ? You can hide your own easter eggs!
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Finished up Forge of the High Mage. I agree with previous assessments, it does read like fan fiction. Despite the quality, I have to imagine Erickson has “signed off” on these books. These guys built their world together role playing it all out. Even if the quality isn’t comparable, the story and events happened, right?
I’m a sucker for everything Malazan, so I’ll keep reading Esslemont’s work. I’m thinking the next book will be the Seven Cities campaign and the founding of the bridgeburners. Hopefully he doesn’t totally fuck that up.
Think I’m gonna revisit the Kharakanas books. Didn’t care for Fall of Light the first time, maybe I’ll like it better the second time around.
I’m a sucker for everything Malazan, so I’ll keep reading Esslemont’s work. I’m thinking the next book will be the Seven Cities campaign and the founding of the bridgeburners. Hopefully he doesn’t totally fuck that up.
Think I’m gonna revisit the Kharakanas books. Didn’t care for Fall of Light the first time, maybe I’ll like it better the second time around.
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SubPress just announced a third printingt of Gardens and Deadhouse Gates due to issues with the original second printing. So if anyone was interested in picking up some really nice copies for your shelf.
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I won't stop reading IE's books, I like anything in this universe. I didn't like Kharakanas books either, think I gave up mid 2 (or maybe 1) as it seemed like he was rambling. I'll give it another try when he finishes.
I'm in book 3-4 now of the main 10. Funny , 3rd reread and it's still AWESOME!
Also I went right to this post when I saw it was new. I thought it was new news on a book. Now I got blue balls. Lol
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I'm halfway through Reapers gale and the post modern/Marxist philosophical ramblings of the characters internal dialogs are getting to be a bit much.
Its an interesting world, fun pantheon, interesting magic system and it has a lot of fun characters. But the man really doesn't like anything traditional in the sense of gender roles, social status, western thought, capitalism etc.
At this point I want a lot of the characters to just die so they'll stop talking. And in a lot of cases, that might just happen.
Its an interesting world, fun pantheon, interesting magic system and it has a lot of fun characters. But the man really doesn't like anything traditional in the sense of gender roles, social status, western thought, capitalism etc.
At this point I want a lot of the characters to just die so they'll stop talking. And in a lot of cases, that might just happen.
Finished up Forge of the High Mage yesterday. All the previous posters are correct. Esslemont's writing has gotten worse. I'll probably still slog through his remaining books but it's only because I don't like bailing on the world I love.
Need to Erikson to release another Karsa book to cleanse my palate.
Need to Erikson to release another Karsa book to cleanse my palate.
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