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Thanks. This took almost a half a year to schedule and then maybe a month or so to finalize and release but we are hoping to move forward with a second episode with ICE, then another with the duo together, and then come what may.

Followed up on that "pilot episode" of a Malazan podcast with Erikson/Esslemont. Notes link.

Good question, Ammanas, not one I've seen specifically asked yet.

Definitely been brought up by other potential listeners :). I was on my way back to link that. Thanks, Ammanas.

Might be developing an Erikson podcast given his desire to reach out directly to his fans, wherever they might be. We're starting with one and seeing how it might move forward organically, given that even just crowdsourcing ideas on his official author page gives the impression he'd have topics to speak on for years. As per the post on his official author page and the linked post from Malazan Empire forum, what would you like to Erikson orate about?! Cheers.

I'm looking forward to seeing how they handle this property.

Curious if @officiumdefunctorum finished The Unholy Consult :)? EDIT: My bad, missed an above post. Squeezing the entire Malazan saga before listening to/reading TUC might be ill-advised but damnation can you inhale content ;). If you pizza when you're supposed to french fry, you're gonna have a bad time.

I'm sure we'll get one or two mythos episodes before the season is done.

Rick & Jerry Adventure!

Yeah, fan here too :).

Spoiler AMA for all seven books on r/fantasy today! Bakker will probably be making his thread within the next hourish! Get in there :)!

Thanks, Ammanas! Yeah, I'm particularly compelled by strange twists of fate, no doubt. Ammanas, I will say, pretty much everyone who reads TSA voices difficulty with the first two thirds of TDTCB. It's helpful to think of the overarching PON trilogy as one book as Bakker originally planned to write TSA - which certainly becomes clear as the third book ends about halfway through the physical volume of the book and includes thereafter an extensive glossary. This makes TDTCB majorly the first third of one book. Myself and a handful of other hardcores think TDTCB is easily one of the best in the series but for reasons that it's almost incomparable. It's an espionage/political/conspiracy wrapped fantasy, whereas pretty much every novel in the series thereafter is a war narrative - except for portions of Momemn in The Aspect-Emperor. But I was totally hooked ;).

Interesting. I've only heard about The Cosmere because some film studio recently purchased rights to it, right? And two votes for Mistborn. Lol, Elantris is his first book, right ;)? Haha. I've actually primarily made my home at Second Apocalypse (but anywhere that discusses TSA, really) since shortly after WLW's release. And a couple members at Westeros got me permanently banned over a month ago ;). It's nice to meet yet another disparate enclave of Bakker fans across the Online Realm.

Lol, you may as well make the best of it and reread from TJE so that you can read all The Aspect-Emperor in one go :o?! I've always been curious about getting into Sanderson. Is Stormlight series the place to start?

Well met, Orlion On a Cob! Lol, but you're current in the series up until TUC at least, just hadn't reread it? It's a shame, while holding a special place in my heart, TDTCB is the slowest part. The rest of the series really takes off, as I'm sure you know ;). Tomorrow!