Steven Eriksons Malazan series

[mmu1]

So I finally finished reading through Gardens of the Moon, and I liked it enough to order the other three books for Amazon.

Although I have to say, it's good to hear that his writing gets better as things move along, because the first book, while loaded with interesting characters and great depictions of high magic at work, does border on incoherent at times.

 

[Liminal Syzygy]

Hate to tell you mmu1, but there are five total books out now so you missed one.

 

[mmu1]

Hate to tell you mmu1, but there are five total books out now so you missed one.

Nope, didn't miss anything... Just decided not to order the one that's currently selling for $20+ (as opposed to $9-$11 for the other three) just yet - for all I know, I might lose interest with the series.

 

[Pants]

Hate to tell you mmu1, but there are five total books out now so you missed one.

I didn't order Midnight Tides either.
There are only a few authors that I would risk buying a HC unseen and, at the time, Erikson wasn't one of them.

 

[Dakkareth]

The Malazan boards are down. Looks bad.

And yes, Gardens of the Moon can be hard to see through at times. You have to understand, it was originally written 10 years before the rest of the books and also contains a number of small continuity errors (mostly pertaining to the exact timeline). It becomes much clearer when reading it again after having read the other books, though.

 

[mmu1]

BTW, unless it becomes apparent by reading the next books, or it'd involve major spoilers, can someone tell me why the first one is called "Gardens of the Moon"?

 

[Dakkareth]

'Gardens of the Moon' most likely refers to Moon's Spawn, the floating fortress of the Andii. Pale and later Darujhistan can be considered its 'garden' at times and as that's, where the conflicts of the book take place ... Granted, it's a little obscure, more so than the following titles, but it seems to be the general consensus.

The Malazan boards are down. Looks bad.

It's back up! Time to catch up ...

 

[myrdden]

I just finished reading "House of Chains". What was everybody's (who read the book) opinion?

 

[barsoomcore]

I thought House of Chains was a bit of a misstep, frankly. It was REALLY dense, and lacked the emotional impact of Memories of Ice or Deadhouse Gates. The Toblakai was a great character, and it gave a very new view of the T'lan Imass, but the ending just didn't smack me with the big stick of "Holy Crap" that the previous two books had.

Still very, very good, however.

 

[Clarkesworld Books]

cover

Well, we've received the cover images for Deadhouse Gates. UK cover with the US fonts. You can get it out on my site: Deadhouse Gates US hardcover.

I still can't believe that they switched covers. That's just too cool for words.

By the way, we're also running a contest. Everyone that orders DG is eligible to be one of two people who will get their copy for free. <contest>

-Neil