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Posted: March 12, 2010 08:01 pm  | |||||
      IRC Nickname: Wayne|Eregion2 Group: Emeritus Posts: 3087 Member No.: 156 Joined: January 25, 2008 Total Events Attended: 8    | The Malazan Book of the Fallen isn't a single book, but an on-going series. I read Gardens of the Moon a few weeks ago, and it was pretty good. But I just got into Deadhouse Gates and I'll be damned if it's not one of the best fantasy novels I've ever had the luck to lay my hands on. The vastness and intricacy in these books is just staggering, and Erikson backs it up with excellent language and characterization. He's also kept up with the series, publishing 9 books in 10 years, unlike a certain fantasy novelist. *cough*G.R.R.M.*cough* So if you're looking for a good fantasy series to pick up, and you don't mind a 10-volume set of books each half as long as the Lord of the Rings, definitely check this series out. So far it's been absolutely phenomenal. --------------------  | ||||
Posted: March 12, 2010 08:04 pm | |||||
 IRC Nickname: DG_Keanu Group: Council Posts: 4782 Member No.: 2033 Joined: August 25, 2009 Total Events Attended: 173 | Reading. I remember when I had the time to do that  --------------------  [05:42] <+WG_Keanu> I think I got a semi just looking at the pic [05:42] <%kat> same | ||||
Posted: March 12, 2010 08:18 pm | |||||
| IRC Nickname: Wayne|Eregion2 Group: Emeritus Posts: 3087 Member No.: 156 Joined: January 25, 2008 Total Events Attended: 8 |
If you have time to play RS you have time to read a book. Or better, do both. Or better, quit RS and read the book. Or even better, quit RS and start WoW while reading a book, or even play Warstorm on the laptop while you're reading a book quitting RS and starting WoW all at once!  Mm... books... PS: As you advance in multi-tasking levels you can add baking cookies and watching a movie (preferably the cast commentary on any of the Lord of the Rings Extended Edition DVD sets) to the above options, while also fermenting two essays and a mathematical proof while listening to music while also making posts like this on the forums all at once.  -------------------- | ||||
Posted: March 12, 2010 09:02 pm | |||||
 IRC Nickname: Sgtswordfish Group: Guest Posts: 1737 Member No.: 1758 Joined: March 9, 2009 Total Events Attended: 64 | that goal by itself is sad i don't read fantasy nobles, any tips on technical or practical books that will help me gain knowledge in life =D --------------------  Goals 2011  | ||||
Posted: March 12, 2010 09:12 pm | |||||
| IRC Nickname: Wayne|Eregion2 Group: Emeritus Posts: 3087 Member No.: 156 Joined: January 25, 2008 Total Events Attended: 8 | I'm convinced there's more worth to be found in a well-written novel than most anything in life; hell, coming from someone who invests countless hours into an MMORPG that comment is down-right hypocritical.  PS: I don't mean to come across as waspish, I'm just bored which makes me a bit capricious.  -------------------- | ||||
Posted: March 12, 2010 10:37 pm | |||||
| IRC Nickname: Group: Elite Guardian Posts: 7306 Member No.: 47 Joined: December 30, 2007 Total Events Attended: 343 | I'll have to check it out -------------------- July 5, 2007 - June 27, 2011 | ||||
Posted: March 12, 2010 11:41 pm | |||||
 IRC Nickname: Kiwi011 Group: Emeritus Posts: 3052 Member No.: 40 Joined: December 30, 2007 Total Events Attended: 21 | i like the redwall series....read it when I was like 13....i still enjoy the books....same with artemis fowl....... ( o....and i can't wait for the 4rth book in the Inheritance cycle.(Eregon sp?) --------------------  | ||||
Posted: March 13, 2010 01:29 am | |||||
| IRC Nickname: Wayne|Eregion2 Group: Emeritus Posts: 3087 Member No.: 156 Joined: January 25, 2008 Total Events Attended: 8 | If you like Eragon, check out the Obsidian Trilogy by Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory. Eragon... bothered me, for some reason. Not to bash on a fledgling author but the storyline seemed coddled somehow. The Obsidian Trilogy reminded me of Eragon, but with less coddling. And hell yes Redwall is awesome. -------------------- | ||||
Posted: March 13, 2010 01:37 am | |||||
| IRC Nickname: DG_Keanu Group: Council Posts: 4782 Member No.: 2033 Joined: August 25, 2009 Total Events Attended: 173 |
Yeah. People have been saying it's a rip-off of Star Wars and LoTR but it's really good and fairly OC as well. Artemis fowl was good... is the Time Paradox the last one of the series or will there be more? -------------------- [05:42] <+WG_Keanu> I think I got a semi just looking at the pic [05:42] <%kat> same | ||||
Posted: March 13, 2010 04:19 am | |||||
| IRC Nickname: Kiwi011 Group: Emeritus Posts: 3052 Member No.: 40 Joined: December 30, 2007 Total Events Attended: 21 |
i have no idea. -------------------- | ||||
Posted: March 19, 2010 11:24 pm | |||||
| IRC Nickname: Wayne|Eregion2 Group: Emeritus Posts: 3087 Member No.: 156 Joined: January 25, 2008 Total Events Attended: 8 | Just finished Deadhouse Gates... and here I thought G.R.R.M. was ruthless. Not to be crass towards Martin's works, but Erikson's outclassed him. Brutally. Anyway, here's an excerpt (shouldn't be much of a spoiler):
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Posted: April 5, 2010 01:24 pm | |||||
| IRC Nickname: Wayne|Eregion2 Group: Emeritus Posts: 3087 Member No.: 156 Joined: January 25, 2008 Total Events Attended: 8 | Memories of Ice is so freaking good! It's pulling together threads of events that happened in the first two volumes that you didn't even realize were connected to anything until Erikson is like "hey, take a look at what that caused down the road" and you're like "omgwtfhax that's AMAZING." He's getting into quite a bit of the history and the sources of magic within the warrens in this volume, stuff you pretty much just took at face value in Gardens of the Moon and Deadhouse Gates. The amount of complexity he's built into this storyline, especially subplots that cross between years' worth of novels, is just staggering. PS: Memories of Ice is also taking place simultaneously to Deadhouse Gates, just on different continents following parallel storylines. I hope you're taking notes GRRM. -------------------- | ||||
Posted: April 5, 2010 01:43 pm | |||||
| IRC Nickname: |Tezza| Group: Emeritus Posts: 1430 Member No.: 60 Joined: December 31, 2007 Total Events Attended: 12 | So whats the main gist/plotline of this novel? ;] Need to start reading again -------------------- Joined Wg - 18th January '05 (s4 vet) Ex-WG Moderator  | ||||
Posted: April 5, 2010 02:57 pm | |||||
| IRC Nickname: Wayne|Eregion2 Group: Emeritus Posts: 3087 Member No.: 156 Joined: January 25, 2008 Total Events Attended: 8 | The plot spans roughly three hundred thousand years, so summarizing it is a pain in the ass. But basically it's about the Crippled God trying to rip the world to shreds. At first I thought he was aligned with the Warren of Chaos, but it turns out he's an entirely foreign influence (that's explained a bit in Memories of Ice when the House of Chains is introduced into the Deck of Dragons). The storyline more-or-less follows the Bridgeburners, a legendary company of soldiers in the army of the Malazan Empire. There's TONS of off-shoots and sub-plots that eventually spin around to connect with them somehow or other, so the Bridgeburners are pretty much the glue holding the series together (which is quite something, considering they only showed up marginally if at all in Deadhouse Gates). It's kind of complex, but not really confusing as long as you pay attention. And damn, can this guy write. He turned a character in Deadhouse Gates into a freaking LEGEND within a page of introducing him and then you never see him again (well, I haven't seen him again yet anyway). He handles a massive host of characters apparently effortlessly spanning thousands of years and several continents. If you're going to start, I'd read Deadhouse Gates first, then Gardens of the Moon, and then get back in order with Memories of Ice. The story would make so much more sense that way. And also, the T'lan I'mass are wicked awesome. -------------------- | ||||
Posted: April 12, 2010 12:26 pm | |||||
| IRC Nickname: Wayne|Eregion2 Group: Emeritus Posts: 3087 Member No.: 156 Joined: January 25, 2008 Total Events Attended: 8 | Just finished Memories of Ice (eleven-hundred eighty pages of sheer awesome) and picking up House of Chains this evening. Finding out what the title Memories of Ice signified was... mesmerizing... Also, I nearly cried when <censored> <censored> everyone and <censored> <censored>; I mean come on, <censored>? I was sure out of <censored> in this <censored> he was the one <censored> for <censored>. Also the <censored> have <censored> but I guess there's enough other <censored> to keep the <censored> going. -------------------- | ||||
Posted: May 15, 2010 06:02 pm | |||||
| IRC Nickname: Wayne|Eregion2 Group: Emeritus Posts: 3087 Member No.: 156 Joined: January 25, 2008 Total Events Attended: 8 | So it turns out <censored> might not really be <censored>; at least, he is <censored>, but not <censored>. Wheels within wheels Erikson; you're making my head spin. House of Chains wasn't as good as Deadhouse Gates or Memories of Ice; it kind of read a bit like filler (the first 150 pages or so was a very unnecessary backstory that would have been much more intriguing in flashbacks or subtly introduced through conversations, imho). And compared to the previous two, the climax left quite a bit to be desired. In all it was a little too cute and 2D. And I'd honestly call several aspects of it stupid. Which is why I'm so psyched after reading the intro to Midnight Tides; looks like Erikson had a chance to recharge his batteries somewhere along the line. And I can't get over how expressive his language is. When he's talking about the dragons there's just a sense of majesty to it all that I can't quite define.   And if all the <censored> are really going to <censored>, I wonder what <censored> they'll be <censored> <censored>. Or maybe they don't need a <censored>; I guess Erikson will be fleshing out more of what <censored> really means. And <censored> is <censored> to <censored> but also a <censored>; I wonder how that'll work. -------------------- | ||||
Posted: May 15, 2010 11:53 pm | |||||
| IRC Nickname: DG_Keanu Group: Council Posts: 4782 Member No.: 2033 Joined: August 25, 2009 Total Events Attended: 173 | Dude, that's fucking <censored>  -------------------- [05:42] <+WG_Keanu> I think I got a semi just looking at the pic [05:42] <%kat> same | ||||
Posted: May 16, 2010 09:46 am | |||||
| IRC Nickname: Maxrobinsun Group: Emeritus Posts: 152 Member No.: 2095 Joined: October 16, 2009 Total Events Attended: 0 | Sounds interesting I might it a read, I'm currently reading the Shogun series which is amazing, it's set in seventeenth century japan and is based on a English pilot who finds himself stranded there. I'm usually more of a science fiction person that a fantasy but i'll definitely give them a read at some point. Also sgtswordfish, while not necessarily giving practical advice, "The Book on General Ignorance" is fascinating, it contains a collection of some of the most interesting misconceptions in modern society. Edit, I have a massive collection on Ebooks I need to get around a reading at some point as well.. --------------------  Joined September '04 | ||||
Posted: May 16, 2010 03:22 pm | |||||
 IRC Nickname: Dallar Group: Event Leader Posts: 1899 Member No.: 1957 Joined: July 16, 2009 Total Events Attended: 137 | I only found the Harry Potter books amazing.. I'm not the reading type and I won't ever be. I prefer mouse, keyboard and a bottle of ice cold coca cola. 1000 POSTCOUNT! --------------------  Click me if you need cheering up - I guarantee happiness will blossom | ||||
Posted: May 16, 2010 04:42 pm | |||||
| IRC Nickname: Wayne|Eregion2 Group: Emeritus Posts: 3087 Member No.: 156 Joined: January 25, 2008 Total Events Attended: 8 |
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Posted: May 17, 2010 03:24 pm | |||||
| IRC Nickname: Wayne|Eregion2 Group: Emeritus Posts: 3087 Member No.: 156 Joined: January 25, 2008 Total Events Attended: 8 | This will probably sound silly, but I feel almost... giddy, getting my hands on Midnight Tides. The first two chapters has had some of the best writing out of the entire series; the way it ebbs and flows, even grammatically, in intricate patterns is just a bit enthralling. -------------------- | ||||
Posted: May 18, 2010 11:24 pm | |||||
| IRC Nickname: Wayne|Eregion2 Group: Emeritus Posts: 3087 Member No.: 156 Joined: January 25, 2008 Total Events Attended: 8 | HOLY SHIT. // edit // Damn, Erikson has pulled off some pretty wicked stuff but never so early on in the book. Holy shit, wow. I was not at ALL expecting that to happen. -------------------- | ||||
Posted: May 21, 2010 09:19 pm | |||||
| IRC Nickname: Wayne|Eregion2 Group: Emeritus Posts: 3087 Member No.: 156 Joined: January 25, 2008 Total Events Attended: 8 | Midnight Tides is so good I've now DREAMED ABOUT RECOMMENDING IT TO PEOPLE.  -------------------- | ||||
Posted: June 23, 2010 12:46 pm | |||||
| IRC Nickname: Wayne|Eregion2 Group: Emeritus Posts: 3087 Member No.: 156 Joined: January 25, 2008 Total Events Attended: 8 | Finished book six; it was better than book four, but not quite up with two, three and five. Now for seven! -------------------- | ||||
Posted: August 18, 2010 04:31 am | |||||
| IRC Nickname: Wayne|Eregion2 Group: Emeritus Posts: 3087 Member No.: 156 Joined: January 25, 2008 Total Events Attended: 8 |
Seven and eight are fantastic, almost ready to start on book nine. Book ten is completed and will be released February 15th, 2011. Get caught up! Some brave soul consolidated the word count for the entire series not including The Crippled God, coming out to roughly 2.9 million words. You can totally do that by February. It's hard to put book eight down, the story doesn't have many convenient breaks where you can stop to pick it up later. Still waiting to find out what happened to Icarium after the finale in book seven. -------------------- | ||||
The Malazan Book of the Fallen, by Steven Erikson
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