Briar King Posted December 5, 2017 Report Share Posted December 5, 2017 The magic in Gardens is different then the rest of series. Don’t focus on in it. It’s just one of many GotMisms. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelEy3 Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 With all the threats in the world and evil powers and everything else going on.... the one thing I'm most surprised about is that Brood hasn't just swung that hammer yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briar King Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 Ordered ICE 4-6. Got Orb in already. Trying to finish Slogbringer so I can back into BH for more then a pg or 3 a day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
officiumdefunctorum Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 (edited) 9 hours ago, AngelEy3 said: With all the threats in the world and evil powers and everything else going on.... the one thing I'm most surprised about is that Brood hasn't just swung that hammer yet. He strikes me as a particularly stubborn character, one who'd dislike a final solution, so to speak. @Briar King, I just ordered all the ICE books on audible! They had a sale so I got them cheap. It's next on my list after Riyria. Edited December 18, 2017 by officiumdefunctorum 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briar King Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 Very good. I’m quite excited to finally read them in the Ultimate reading order. 5, NoK, 6, RotCG, 7, Orb, 8,9,10, BaB, Assail. i have noticed some cool things in 6 from NoK already at 200+ pgs in. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ammanas Posted December 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 2 hours ago, officiumdefunctorum said: @Briar King I just ordered all the ICE books on audible! They had a sale so I got them cheap. It's next on my list after Riyria. I picked them up on the same sale! I really like the narrator John Banks; he has a lot of great voices and range. You can't beat the books going for barely over five dollars either. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelEy3 Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 With the exception of Midnight Front by David Mack which releases at the end of January, I'm not leaving the world of Malazan until I finish everything I haven't read yet. To those of you who have read it, should I move from the IcE books into Kharkanas or Dancer's Lament? Do they spoil each other at all? Other than Kharkanas being a gazillion years in the past? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briar King Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 Trust me from everything I heard and only reading bk 1 of Khark...read Dancer! FoD was a hard read! I have heard that FoL is a HEAVY read. Go Ice 1st 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ammanas Posted December 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 If you are more in the mood for a philosophy textbook then read Kharkanus. If you are in the mood for a fast paced adventure then read Dancers Lament and Deadhouse landing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orlion Blight Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 Just skip Kharkanus for now. Steven has decided that he is setting the last book on the backburner, and frankly I don't think there is a guarantee that he will finish the series at all, let alone in a reasonable time frame. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ammanas Posted December 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 Well @AngelEy3 I wouldn't go so far as to say not to read it, but the Kharkanus books are kind of like the Malazan Silmarillion in the sense that it is a origins story and a very stuffy book. It is also a work of a brilliant mind, but sometimes brilliant does not necessarily translate to fun. That being said I think you will like it more than I did judging from how you reacted to Dust of Dreams. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelEy3 Posted December 19, 2017 Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 I already have Kharkanas on my shelf, so it's getting read for sure, just not sure if before or after Dancer's. It'll probably boil down to how my finances are after Christmas. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NamelessThirteenth Posted December 20, 2017 Report Share Posted December 20, 2017 an someone please explain to me why Iskaral Pust wnted to feed Icarium to the Azath in Deadhouse Gates? I'm reading Memories of Ice now, so it doesn't really matter but I figured I might as well know...bear in mind no spoilers past book 2 please. On another note what is the chronological order of Malazan book of the Fallen (not including any books by ICE)? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelEy3 Posted December 20, 2017 Report Share Posted December 20, 2017 @NamelessThirteenth Fear of him is my best guess for why Pust wanted him fed to the Azath. There is much yet for you to learn about Icarium and Mappo's history, so to avoid any potential spoilers, RAFO. I believe the chronological order is: Midnight Tides Gardens of the Moon Deadhouse Gates/Memories of Ice (occur simultaneously) House of Chains (Midnight Tides in publishing order) Bonehunters Reaper's Gale Toll the Hounds Dust of Dreams Crippled God 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NamelessThirteenth Posted December 21, 2017 Report Share Posted December 21, 2017 thanks @AngelEy3 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelEy3 Posted December 21, 2017 Report Share Posted December 21, 2017 @NamelessThirteenthNo problemo. I enjoy me some Malazan talk. How goes Memories of Ice? It was one of my favorites. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briar King Posted December 22, 2017 Report Share Posted December 22, 2017 Got my Blood and Bone in. Just waiting on Assail. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ammanas Posted December 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2017 I just finished Orb, Sceptre, Throne and barely started Blood and Bone. I am really digging the jungle environment...a setting that is vastly underutilized in the fantasy genre! Almost all of Orb, Sceptre, Throne was all killer and no filler so hopefully Blood and Bone continues this! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NamelessThirteenth Posted December 22, 2017 Report Share Posted December 22, 2017 Oh memories of ice is amazing...way better than gardens of the moon by a long shot. it brings to getehr my favourite characters into readable perspectives: we get to see Caladan, Rake/Mop, Whiskeyjack and Silverfox (sick name BTW) working together and get perspectives; we get Toc back (yaaaaaay), this time he's with more weird people; and we get to see something like thirteen gods holding councils in a city assaulted by sons of necrophiliacs, lead by Anaster - who is by far the sickest nemesis Erikson has thought up yet. Oh yeah, and Cladan has Thor's hammer, except it's actuall Burn's... All in all, a rolllicking read, just can't tolerate Kruppe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelEy3 Posted December 22, 2017 Report Share Posted December 22, 2017 @NamelessThirteenth oh no! Not most delicate and delectable Kruppe, surely? Modest Kruppe assures you that mirth for him shall grow as robust as, well, most magnificent Kruppe! Care for some cakes? I used to hate Kruppe too and now I smile from ear to ear every time he's on screen. Rake/Whiskeyjack/Toc... 3 of my most favorite Malazan characters all one sentence. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NamelessThirteenth Posted December 23, 2017 Report Share Posted December 23, 2017 Yeah. I remember last year someone recommended Gardens...I restarted the book three times before I actually kept going into the series. Now i'm kinda happy because Erikson can give me my fantasy fix until the next Branderson. On the topic, how long did it take for you to finish each book? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briar King Posted December 23, 2017 Report Share Posted December 23, 2017 Got my Assail in. So dumb that BAM doesn’t stock ICE books anymore. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelEy3 Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 Woohoo! Got Assail, Dancer's Lament, and Deadhouse Landing! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
officiumdefunctorum Posted December 29, 2017 Report Share Posted December 29, 2017 So I've been reading the ICE books in earnest, now, and I have to say that they're keeping me on my toes in spite of knowing what went down in the main events of Malazan. You can really tell that Esslemont and Erikson built this universe together. Halfway through Orb Scepter Throne, and getting into the Seguleh is amaaazing. Still laughing about the quote from Stonewielder: "Sure, all fifteen thousand of us might manage to take one fishing village on that island." 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Who Sharded? Posted January 3, 2018 Report Share Posted January 3, 2018 On 12/28/2017 at 10:31 PM, officiumdefunctorum said: So I've been reading the ICE books in earnest, now, and I have to say that they're keeping me on my toes in spite of knowing what went down in the main events of Malazan. You can really tell that Esslemont and Erikson built this universe together. Halfway through Orb Scepter Throne, and getting into the Seguleh is amaaazing. Still laughing about the quote from Stonewielder: "Sure, all fifteen thousand of us might manage to take one fishing village on that island." Yes. It's weird, a lot of people on the Malazan Empire forum don't like OST, but easily it's my favorite ICE book (haven't read Deadhouse Landing yet). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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