barsoomcore
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Oh, man, that is GREAT news. Holy crap. My favourite series... my favourite publisher... this is gonna ROCK.
Cool. Way, way too cool.
Cool. Way, way too cool.
Black Company fans!
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Flexor the Mighty!
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Just finished the Black Company. Damn that's a good fantasy novel! On to the next one.
Desdichado
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I'm really curious how Green Ronin does it too -- I'm actually pretty excited about that.
I wonder if we'll see more licensed properties down the line? There seem to be quite a few of them right now.
I wonder if we'll see more licensed properties down the line? There seem to be quite a few of them right now.
Flexor the Mighty!
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It's going to need a whole new spell casting system I would think. Plus with no clerical magic the damage system would be redone I assume. Even with me not playing or running anything D20 I'm going to pick this one up the day it's out. Of course Castles & Crusades may have me back in D20 in the near future.
Liminal Syzygy
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I'd recommend Steven Erikson's novels to any big fans of the Black Company. The first novel (Gardens of the Moon) honestly can drag a bit in places and can be a bit confusing, but stick with it, it's worth it--the second novel, Deadhouse Gates, is absolutely amazing. It details a military campaign that exceeds anything done in the BC books, while building a deep sense of pathos and tragedy that builds to an amazing climax at the end.
Erikson refers to Cook as one of his influences, but I think in this case the student has definitely exceeded his elder.
Erikson refers to Cook as one of his influences, but I think in this case the student has definitely exceeded his elder.
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barsoomcore
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ERIKSON ROCKS!!!
Steven Erikson is the only fantasy writer since Cook and Brust came out in the mid-eighties to even interest me at all. The Malazan Books of the Fallen is a mammoth series -- I mean in the sense of the world and the plot and the THEMES that Erikson is trying to deal with.
Deadhouse Gates was great, yeah, but Memories of Ice is one of the most moving novels I've read in years. Erikson's a genius.
He's FINALLY gotten a deal with a US publisher (Tor) and apparently all the books will be coming out in hardcover -- it'll be interesting to see how he does in the States.
Steven Erikson is the only fantasy writer since Cook and Brust came out in the mid-eighties to even interest me at all. The Malazan Books of the Fallen is a mammoth series -- I mean in the sense of the world and the plot and the THEMES that Erikson is trying to deal with.
Deadhouse Gates was great, yeah, but Memories of Ice is one of the most moving novels I've read in years. Erikson's a genius.
He's FINALLY gotten a deal with a US publisher (Tor) and apparently all the books will be coming out in hardcover -- it'll be interesting to see how he does in the States.
Liminal Syzygy
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Absolutely! Oh, and anyone scared away by "mammoth series" please realize that Erikson is making clear efforts for each of his novels to be an "arc" and stand alone. Of course a lot is gained by reading them in order, etc.
I'm such an Erikson freak that I paid an outrageous price for a copy of his limited release--Blood Follows signed by him and Donaldson (who did the intro).
Just out of interest, what about MoI was more powerful and moving to you than DG?
To get back to Cook, I last read the book that starts when
Is that Bleak Seasons?
I'm such an Erikson freak that I paid an outrageous price for a copy of his limited release--Blood Follows signed by him and Donaldson (who did the intro).
Just out of interest, what about MoI was more powerful and moving to you than DG?
I guess the thing about DG that got to me was the whole inherent heroism of the chain of dogs. They were clearly fighting to save lives against the worst odds. And the final scene... The betrayal right at the gates. Ach, my reaction was almost physical.
To get back to Cook, I last read the book that starts when
Croaker and the Lady are defeated in the south, and Croaker captured. The next book seemed to be a retelling of many of the same events from a different perspective.
Dreams of Steel and Bleak Seasons cover about the same time; Dreams of Steel wasCordo said:
from Lady's point of view, covering her efforts to avenge Croaker's apparent death
was from Murgen's point of view, and a bit disjointed, as it mostly covers the what the remnants of the Black Company were doing inside Dejagore/Jaicur at the same time.
Liminal Syzygy
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Ok thanks, I guess Bleak Seasons is next on my reading list. Its been a couple of years since I read Dreams of Steel, hopefully that won't detract too much.
