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josh 448    |  0 |
So I've started reading Malazan: Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erickson.  One third through the first book. Man my head is swimming with all the details. I think Erikson's writing is waaaay above RJs. If the sory is good too this could very well be the series that beats WOT for me. And the magic system so far is....intriguing... But I've been reading a lot of reviews that say the series gets really confusing and that there isn't enough focus. A quick look at the wikis for the books shows me that there are completely unrelated chars and stories introduced in upcoming books and we may not see chars in one book for the entirety of the next book. So has anyone here read it? What did you think? Is this series really as good as all the reviews say it is. I understand it takes a real effort on the part of the reader to put in the details as there is next to zero exposition on this amazingly complex world (which may be more complex than WOT), but I loved the first third even though I can hardly understand half the stuff that's talked about or what's happening. |
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andoran_g33k 208 | 0 |
| I've heard good things about it, but haven't gotten around to reading it yet. Currently finishing up Last Argument of Kings. Let me know how it is. | ||
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MoriKen 289 | 0 |
I'm still finishing RJ's other books. I'll give it a try next if I remember to. I might get distracted by something shinier.  |
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Demosthenes 73 | 0 |
| I thought you said you liked Way of Kings more than WoT | ||
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andoran_g33k 208 | 0 |
| Oh yeah, ASoIaF. I have the first one. Have to read that. | ||
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MoriKen 289 | 0 |
| I also remember josh saying how TWOK was more complex and intriguing than WOT and would probably beat WOT for him. I think he just copy and pasted his TWOK review. |
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josh 448 | 0 |
| haha, lol the thing with me is, I forget things. Totally forgot about WoK... ya, its really hard to compare Malazan to Way of Kings. I think WoK is a much more entertaining and engrossing read. Its a lot of fun. Malazan is not like that, it makes you think, its hard to understand at times, and not as much of a page turner as WoK. BUT, Malazan is very very well written. It could be literature in that not a single sentence is wasted or is of a lower standard. We all know Brandon is not the best at writing, its his plots and magic systems that are awesome. So which book is better? Well so far I would say WoK. Malazan is quite a challenge. Erikson's method is to not have any exposition unless there is a reason for it other than merely filling the reader in on the facts. So we have a world that is as complex as WOT or Roshar (indeed its bigger with 7 continents where the story is set!), but we see only little glimpses, and those are very disjointed. For some reason this book reminds me of the Silmarillion (which I like better than LOTR). Not because its slow (indeed Malazan is waaay more fast paced than WOT). I guess its because its got that epic feel of gods and mortals and an epic saga (even more than WOT). |
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TheBurrito 16 | 0 |
| Cool, just picked up 'Gardens of the Moon' and will start it tonight. | ||
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Shaltilyena 121 | 0 |
| Going through gardens of the moon now when I have time (though I don't have that much, these days) and hell yeah, it's GREAT | ||
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| TheFirestarter 22 | 2  | |
| Nuttin Is Betta Than RJ and The WoT. NUTTIN' , NUTTIN' , NUTTIN' . Fire |
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| I still say that you guys need to read David Gemmell's Drenai Saga, especially those books about Druss the Legend and the Skilgannon the Damned, White Wolf & The Swords of Night & Day. Some of the best characters I have ever read in any book, period. Skilgannon could probably take Lan, Galad, and Gawyn all at once in a sword fight. Well, maybe. He does have demon posessed swords. And Druss... if you don't love Druss, then you are a Martian! An uncool Martian at that! White Wolf: A Novel of Druss the Legend and Skilgannon the Damned   Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly This new heroic fantasy in Gemmell's engrossing Drenai series takes place immediately before his first published novel, Legend (1984), but stands well on its own. Skilgannon, swordmaster and former general of Queen Jianna's army, walked away from the queen's service after his forces sacked a city with such savagery that his name is ever after followed by "the Damned." He's spent three trying years submitting to monastic discipline in hopes of understanding the places of man and evil in the world. His dreams are disturbed by a white wolf; his thoughts by memories of his dead wife and hopeless love for Queen Jianna. Now the surrounding town is torn by civil unrest and the monks debate fleeing: Skilgannon might have stayed with them but for the price on his head and the futility of his disguise as Brother Lantern. The abbot sends him to the capital, Mellicane, escorting an unworldly monk. In the woods outside town, they pick up the boy Rabalyn, whose troubles with a town bully ended with the torching of his aunt's house and the killing of the aunt and the bully; his ne'er-do-well parents are said to be in the capital. Thus begins a journey that will continue beyond Mellicane and draw in the author's most famous character, Druss the axeman. The plot seamlessly supports the predictable violence. Magic plays little part in everyday life, but when it affects the deeds of rulers and leaders, Gemmell describes it in a concrete, nuts-and-bolts way in welcome contrast to much airy-fairy fantasy. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Booklist The prolific Gemmell returns to the violence-ridden world of the Drenai and his best-known character, wandering warrior Druss the Legend, and in opening this book, introduces another, even more Conanesque figure, Skilgannon--tattooed with a spider on his arm and a leopard on his chest, and haunted by dreams of a white wolf. The dreams and other circumstances don't improve Skilgannon's already hair-trigger temper, and on first meeting Druss, the two bristle at each other like tomcats. They face a common foe, however: the werebeasts known as Joinings, who endanger not only the two warriors but all Drenai. Under those circumstances, suspicion slowly turns to cooperation, and cooperation to a friendship that makes their partnership significant in Drenai's history as well as the pretext for a multitude of good battle scenes! Standing more or less independent of previous Druss novels, White Wolf is a good introduction to them and a typical, action-oriented Gemmell-brand fantasy. Roland Green Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. |
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