tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463395374040679379.post1810829059947546547..comments2023-12-12T16:30:15.159+00:00Comments on Floor to Ceiling Books: Gate-crashing!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463395374040679379.post-55106094876321765122010-08-09T23:05:48.672+01:002010-08-09T23:05:48.672+01:00This is an old post, but imagine my surprise to co...This is an old post, but imagine my surprise to come across my photo of my Malazan book collection!Salt-Man Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07042401821387954296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463395374040679379.post-28728080564723969952010-03-14T06:49:29.559+00:002010-03-14T06:49:29.559+00:00I'm slowly working my way through the 7th righ...I'm slowly working my way through the 7th right now, Reaper's Gale. Love this series and although each book takes lots of work, the endings will blow your mind and are completely worth it.<br /><br />Warning, you may finally find that you're 'getting it' after the first book, but each book tends to start you off with a whole new set of characters in a totally different place. Erikson really likes to make his readers work through each book.Bryce L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13951278240008332023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463395374040679379.post-16591760836837697602010-03-11T12:04:22.740+00:002010-03-11T12:04:22.740+00:00ops... something went wrong..
This is perhaps an ...ops... something went wrong.. <br />This is perhaps an intrepid statement, but sometimes you come across a book or an author that has the skill and the imagination to create something original. Refreshing a genre that has been on hold and needs new “blood”.<br /><br />When Steven Erikson wrote Gardens of the Moon he added something totally new to a genre that really required some new input. The fantasy genre was in my opinion losing its appeal and the storyline was often very “undemanding”. <br /><br />Steven brought a complexity to the story and the characters. The magic and the people flowed together as authentic as it possible to achieve in fantasy story. <br /><br />But for Steven, the story around magic is not casual invented and he uses his great imaginative intellect to weave a plausible reason how magic works and who can cast and rule it. <br /><br />As we all are at some point in life.And for me that was one of those “magically” moments that fantastic books have given me. <br />Steven Erikson has great gift for bringing life to fictional beings. His characters are often not flawless, but still have some “code” they live by. And I think to live by a code is something that holds attention to the user. They can be bad but still will do the right thing. Of course Steven also has the really wicked and virtuous character. <br /><br />But it is the complexity in the storyline that shows what fantastic writer Steven is. When you think he has lost the treads in the story he weaves them in again. And he can definitively produce words and perhaps this is the only flaw <br />I can find in Steven. <br />He really enjoys the play with the language and sometimes he could in my opinion reduce the individual stories. But I guess he has fell in the Scifi trap, as many others have done before him and are doing today; do not publish a book under 700 pages. <br />The vinter is still long and cold. So ff you are going to buy one series to bring to the cabin or at home I recommend Malazan Book of the Fallen.Visionscifihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04577264913753097477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463395374040679379.post-53867295100028581562010-03-11T12:00:35.200+00:002010-03-11T12:00:35.200+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Visionscifihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04577264913753097477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463395374040679379.post-58849347469701643522010-03-11T09:14:37.586+00:002010-03-11T09:14:37.586+00:00Ooooh, come gate crash as well! Mihai and Niall ar...Ooooh, come gate crash as well! Mihai and Niall are both ahead of me, in that they've actually read some of the first book. I've not even cracked the spine on it! And all three of us have review copies that need more urgent love - so we're sort of committing to getting the first book read sometime this month :-)Magemandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08986754628836562869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463395374040679379.post-89205864250926656772010-03-11T00:24:45.887+00:002010-03-11T00:24:45.887+00:00We had talked about doing something like this over...We had talked about doing something like this over at Fantasyliterature. I've not read any of the Malazan books...so when do we start? We should start a gooreads group for the occasion of getting through this series.Mighty Maxxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15089777168129617189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463395374040679379.post-82084475500159167182010-03-10T20:21:07.199+00:002010-03-10T20:21:07.199+00:00I'm really looking forward to the challenge of...I'm really looking forward to the challenge of getting into this huge series of books! It is one of those series that so many rave about but passed me by while I read other things. So it's about time I gave it another try :-)Magemandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08986754628836562869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463395374040679379.post-41469440314120337682010-03-10T13:40:05.309+00:002010-03-10T13:40:05.309+00:00I've read the first 3 books and I loved them. ...I've read the first 3 books and I loved them. Especially Deadhouse Gates (2nd book) and Memories of Ice (3rd book) were very very strong. I reviewed the first 2 books a while back but I still have to write a review for the 3rd one. I have my notes, it's just a matter of finding time to put them together... And of course, as soon as I find some time I'm going to read House of Chains. Erikson rocks!Yagiz [Between Two Books]http://betweentwobooks.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com