Malazan Book Of The Fallen
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I used to drive 1-1.5 hours one way to work. What always made the time go away for me was old commercial free rips of the Howard Stern Show. (90s-2008) I listen to them still at home on my phone if I'm doing something with my hands that takes time. You get a laugh, the old fart that shit on everything he used to ridicule cannot go back and change his history and it makes hours blow by.
EDIT: Back to the topic, launch day is tomorrow! Cannot wait!!!!!!!
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Looked on the high seas, nothing. Thought fuck it I'll .....um I think I can type this.....pay for the book. US Amazon says 10/28, UK says 10/23 but I cannot put an Amazon UK book on my US account?! WTF. So I'll keep looking and worst case pick it up on the kindle app on the 28th. That's not the end of the world. I discovered SE mid series and it took 6 months to get a US release. I'd import them from Amazon UK and ship them to my house.
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Hatorade
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decade or so ago I read the first book and said fuck this...
We are back on the first book with the intent to get through the second book. One question though when do these names start to stick? Lorn and Paran ..sure but the rest seem to be a random amount of vowels with a few consonants thrown in... locations included. Shit is distracting as fuck.
We are back on the first book with the intent to get through the second book. One question though when do these names start to stick? Lorn and Paran ..sure but the rest seem to be a random amount of vowels with a few consonants thrown in... locations included. Shit is distracting as fuck.
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Intrinsic
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Dude you’re reading GARDENS of the Moon and like 65% of the characters are named after gardening or kitchen items. There’s Rake, Hedge, Mallet, Blanket, Fiddler, Bottle, Spindle, Bowl…
Just wait until you find out that most ascendants and their warrens have 5 different spellings.
Seriously though. It isn’t that bad but I did often find using the Dramatis Personae in each book helpful until like book 3. Well, then after that a bit too. It was part of the fun!
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Or when you get REALLY hooked and lose your mind a bit and read ICE's books and the same characters have different names for ....reasons.
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Intrinsic
, I was today years old when I realized what you said about the characters being named after gardening or kitchen items. LOL
I read that SE (& ICE) made their chars names goofy on purpose because of the over serious nature of past fantasy fiction.
Hatorade
all I can say bro is stick with it. GoTM is like the pilot episode of a great TV series. It's a little janky as the author is finding his way. You will find things all the way in the Crippled God that reference book 1 though.
Intrinsic
, I was today years old when I realized what you said about the characters being named after gardening or kitchen items. LOL I read that SE (& ICE) made their chars names goofy on purpose because of the over serious nature of past fantasy fiction.
Hatorade
all I can say bro is stick with it. GoTM is like the pilot episode of a great TV series. It's a little janky as the author is finding his way. You will find things all the way in the Crippled God that reference book 1 though.- 2
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I’ve got a couple buddies at work reading Gardens. They’re not loving it but I’m trying to help explain things without giving too much away. I think if new folks can read through DG they’ll be hooked. I think the Chain of Dogs is some of Erikson’s best. I absolutely love this book and it really sets the tone for the series and separates itself from other fiction.
I intended to reread along side them, but I”m cruising through and just started House of Chains this weekend. I reread The God is Not Willing right before starting this full reread. The timing is perfect, reading Kara’s stuff right before No Life Forsaken drops, which I will be snagging on the kindle 28th and starting immediately. Cant wait.
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There already an amazon review addressing a certain character's presence...or lackthereof...in the upcoming book. No idea if it's actually true.
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You can preorder on Kindle (I just did) and it says it will be in your library on the 28th. I'm SO READY!
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Off topic but on audiobooks in particular Steven Pacey’s Joe Abercrombie audiobooks are incredible.
On topic…I’ll probably start a reread of this soon, it’s been a few years and I’ve been going through a bunch of other books I’ve read in the past recently, and some I haven’t. Got into a slump after a reread of Joe Abercrombie stuff and was looking for more similar stuff. Finally trying Powder Mage books and they’re pretty cool. Nice and gritty like Malazan and First Law. Found a new book that was pretty cool, Rage of Dragons, and another series, the Licanius trilogy which reminds me a lot of Brandon Sanderson books.
Hatorade
just grind through Gardens, the next several books are fantastic. Gardens made no damn sense to me the first time I read it but the payoff was worth it. Subsequent readings are much better because it all makes sense once you’re deep into the world already.
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I liked it but was confused as hell the entire time. Enjoying it is how I plowed through it even without knowing wth was happening.
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I really enjoyed it, and bought all the rest midway through.
I am wondering though.....why does it take 5 more days for 'No Life Forsaken' to come out in the US after the UK version? I'm guessing they have to put the pages in a centrifuge and spin it real fast to get all the extra 'U's out of words that don't need them. Like Armor , etc.
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