Aeon (updated 10/9/14)
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Al the Absentminded
First Post
Has it been mentioned anywhere why the Claviger warned Mostin away from aquiring Shomei's soul?
I mean, she's made her choice, and that choice is to no longer have any say over who owns her. Why should Mostin be disqualified from owning her if he wishes to persue that option?
-Albert the Absentminded
I mean, she's made her choice, and that choice is to no longer have any say over who owns her. Why should Mostin be disqualified from owning her if he wishes to persue that option?
-Albert the Absentminded
Justin
Explorer
Al the Absentminded said:
This is only surmise
but Mostin had briefly considered "binding the archdevil and forcing him to relinquish" her soul, rather than trying to purchase it. As if Mostin could meet his price, anyway, whatever it might be.By the way, I just finished re-reading the whole shebang yesterday and, as always, I am simply left in awe!
The Forsaken One
Explorer
How cool the epic magic thread may be, WTB Update much plix 
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.Is there any updates past the one that ended with..
"N.B.: Contundor got smushed by Nalfeshnees in Afqithan, something which I neglected to mention previously."
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Imo, Sep's SH is superior to all but Steven Erikson as far as writing skill and enjoyment factor. It's nothing short of gut-wrenching to realize I'm at the end of the SH, and it doesn't just continue on forever like some blissful literary dream.
"N.B.: Contundor got smushed by Nalfeshnees in Afqithan, something which I neglected to mention previously."
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Imo, Sep's SH is superior to all but Steven Erikson as far as writing skill and enjoyment factor. It's nothing short of gut-wrenching to realize I'm at the end of the SH, and it doesn't just continue on forever like some blissful literary dream.
Joshua Randall
Legend
Heresy!GraysonEN said:
![:]](http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devious.png "Devious :]")
Sep writes circles around Erikson.Now this I wholeheartedly agree with.
Cheiromancer
Adventurer
Well, just on the chance that Erikson is comparable to Sep, I just went and bought Gardens of the Moon (The Malazan Book of the Fallen, Vol. 1) from Amazon. Though it looks like I might get left hanging there, too; the projected 10-book series looks only half-finished.
Erikson is a fantastic writer. The best advice I can give for a new reader of Erikson - don't try to understand everything on your first read through, especially of the first book. He drops you into the story without a lot of exposition, and there's a *ton* of stuff that you're going to miss on the first few read-throughs 
Erikson and Sep share the ability to craft a believable, in-depth world. Erikson's scope is far vaster though. There are dozens of *main* characters. None of them are safe from death either - they're nobody's PC's after all
You're looking at around 5500 pages for the first 6 books. Most people I know that own them have read them all at least twice. Every time I re-read the series, I pick up on stuff I missed before. Something'll happen, and then a few thousand pages later you realize why or how, heheh.
Erikson and Sep share the ability to craft a believable, in-depth world. Erikson's scope is far vaster though. There are dozens of *main* characters. None of them are safe from death either - they're nobody's PC's after all
You're looking at around 5500 pages for the first 6 books. Most people I know that own them have read them all at least twice. Every time I re-read the series, I pick up on stuff I missed before. Something'll happen, and then a few thousand pages later you realize why or how, heheh.