Steven Eriksons Malazan series

[Clarkesworld Books]

Horray! That's great news, thanks for passing it along!

-Neil

 

[GreyOne]

Cool, a Malazan thread. I've been reading this series since it first came out, waiting anxiously year after year for the books. It's the best epic fantasy series going, bar none. Gritty, grim, and epic on a well, epic, scale. I pimp this series wherever and whenever I go.

Erikson is a great storyteller, and the world he's created is unbelievably deep and ancient.

 

[Pants]

A question for all the big Malazan fans...

How exactly do you all pronounce many of the words?
T'lan Imass, Genabackis, K'Chain Che'Malle, D'ivers, Forkrul Assail (I'm positive I butchered this name), and Jaghut to be exact.

I've read that the apostrophe that appears in many names is supposed to be pronounced as a glottal stop. However, even after reading what a glottal stop is, I still have no idea how to pronounce it. So, I've pretty much muddled my way through the pronunciations and have come up with what sounds best/coolest:

Genabackis - I pronounce it with a hard G. The rest is pretty self-evident.
T'lan Imass - Tilaan Imaas (I as in Difference)
K'Chain Che'Malle - K(uh)Chain Chay'Mahl
D'ivers - Divers (I as in Difference)
Forkrul Assail - Forkrool Assail
Jaghut - Jagoot (Hard G).

Anyone else have any ideas?

 

[barsoomcore]

tuh-LAN eh-MASS
kuh-CHAIN chay-MAHL
dye-VERS (soft s -- not "diverse")
zhag-HOOT
BRIDGE BURNers

 

[Pants]

BRIDGE BURNers

Damn, that one always gave me trouble...

 

[Tanager]

thu-Lan ee-Mass
kuh-CHAIN cheh-MAHL
Jen-ah-bak-is
dee-Ver ( as in Fench for many or diverse)
Ya-gut (no real reason for the 'soft' J other than i like the way it sounds better)




edited because there's only one F in French

 

[Dakkareth]

I pronounce Jaghut more like 'Jack-hut', but otherwise barsoomcore's proposals are quite close to mine.

BTW, do any of you frequent the official boards at http://malazan.com/6/ubb.x ? It makes for quite an eye-opener, what details a couple of hundred other people notice, that you don't ... Of course this being Erikson there's a lot to be found

 

[Efjay]

Question about Gardens

Glad I found this forum. I'm a little more than 3/4 of the way through the book but for some reason I remain confused as to why Hairlock began working with the Bridgeburners. Considering his and their actions later on, it seems unlikely that they would or need to work together. Is it more complicated than they both felt that they would be betrayed?

 

[barsoomcore]

Your answers will be far more readily found on the Malazan discussion forums (link listed above). Hairlock is a mean and slippery and evil little bastard, and there's no telling what sort of nastiness he had planned for anyone foolish enough to work with him.

Quick Ben, of course, believes that HE is meaner, slipperier, more evil, and most importantly SMARTER than ANYONE, so he was willing to work with a monster like Hairlock.

But for definitive answers on all things Malazan, go to their boards. Every detail is illuminated, I promise you.

 

[Dakkareth]

I'd say, there are two major reasons: 1. Hairlock doesn't want to die and QB is just about the only one, who has mastered soul-shifting (well, Tattersail does try, but that doesn't count), so he made a deal with him. As result, he is magically bound to obey QB (wait for it ). 2. Hairlock also hates Tayschrenn with passion and this being a chance to stab him from behind, figuratively speaking ...

barsoomcore: So you do frequent the board there?