[Golly]

From Steve's AMA this morning:

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Cam is presently working on the first novel of Early Empire (well, pre-Empire, in fact), called Dancer's Lament (nice title).

http://www.reddit.co..._please/cker229

[Aptorian]

I don't know whether to be squealing with joy or screaming in terror.

[worry]

Pee your pants, then decide the "why" of it afterward.

[Gothos]

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But I would counter, if the setting becomes a character, then two is actually three, so piss off.

This made my day

[Kanubis]

The title suggests a more "Night of Knives" approach, rather than a multiple PoV one (I know there's two PoVs in NoK, but still...)

Either way, I'm happy he's continuing - NoK showed he can do prequel stuff well.

This post has been edited by Kanubis: 11 September 2014 - 07:06 AM

[Garak]

Awesome, can't wait.

[Hetan]

I'm looking forward to this - great title too.

ICE did such a great job with NoK and it's obvious from Assail that he's really finding his own pace and style.
I also think the freedom to write outside, or rather prior to the main story arc's of MBOTF, might be liberating in a way that wasn't possible with his other books, given that character and placement isn't such an issue.
So Yay!, go ICE - you got the tools, now go and have some fun with it

This post has been edited by Hetan (Also Actually Probably Mal): 11 September 2014 - 09:21 AM

[Tarthenal Theloman Toblakai]

can't wait for this, I enjoyed all the ICE books in their own right and especially loved NoK. Can't wait or more history and more ICE!

[Luperci]

I've always thought a prequel was a good idea for this series, especially with Dancer and Kellanved being the main focus. The rise to power and the acquiring of the Imass throne should be pretty cool to see.

[Spoilsport Stonny]

CapedCrusader, on 11 September 2014 - 05:40 PM, said:

I've always thought a prequel was a good idea for this series, especially with Dancer and Kellanved being the main focus. The rise to power and the acquiring of the Imass throne should be pretty cool to see.

If that is in fact where he's going with it. I would be leary of developing any preconceptions about the material...

[Salt-Man Z]

Have to admit feeling a little trepidation about ICE doing this, but on the other hand I'm always excited for any new Malaz.

Spoilsport Stonny, on 11 September 2014 - 06:28 PM, said:

CapedCrusader, on 11 September 2014 - 05:40 PM, said:

I've always thought a prequel was a good idea for this series, especially with Dancer and Kellanved being the main focus.

If that is in fact where he's going with it. I would be leary of developing any preconceptions about the material...

Yeah, I think a lot of people thought NoK would be "The Adventures of K&D That Will Totally Answer Your Questions" but it turned out to be something totally different

[Aptorian]

The problem I have is that Forge of Darkness

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completely deflated the legendary origins of the Tiste Peoples (and the other races for that matter). We had this idea of them being some kind of alien people, the Purake family being born as ascendants of Mother Dark, Mother Dark creating worlds, etc.

And then we learn that the Tiste were just some kind of proto-humans with the same cultures, desires, needs... how mundane.

What happens when Esslemont starts revealing what lies behind the rumors and memories of the Empires beginning?

I feel like the series currently is starting to run out of mysteries. Instead of creating new questions, too much light is being shinned on what we didn't know before. The question is, do we really need to know these things?

As a fan service I can see the idea of it but I don't know. I've never been a big fan of prequels. Giving the series a break and coming back with material for a new series would be healthier I feel.

EDIT: I appologize to those who hadn't read FOD dark yet, didn't realise that this was the new reader sub-forum.

This post has been edited by Apt: 12 September 2014 - 05:33 AM

[Malaclypse]

I have high hopes for this book

[Hetan]

Apt, on 11 September 2014 - 07:49 PM, said:

I've never been a big fan of prequels. Giving the series a break and coming back with material for a new series would be healthier I feel.

I agree with you in a way.. Steve has had so much fun with Willful Child (and it is brilliant) after the end of that slog (MBotF), and I think in a way that maybe that's what ICE should do - write something for himself. We don't know, but this might be his way to let rip and have fun - and we do know that it worked really well before.

[Illuyankas]

I want ICE to write Dancer's Lament as a pre-Empire book but in secret, and in public pretend it's a touching story of a ballet dancer called Ropunzel putting his life back together after a horrific knee injury leaves him unable to ever dance again, and the subsequent career he takes up in middle management and the co-ownership of a successful cocktail bar with his friends, Kel Anders, Sue Lee and Des Ultron. And I mean posting excerpts with a straight face.

[Whisperzzzzzzz]

Apt, on 11 September 2014 - 07:49 PM, said:

The problem I have is that Forge of Darkness completely deflated the legendary origins of the

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Tiste Peoples (and the other races for that matter). We had this idea of them being some kind of alien people, the Purake family being born as ascendants of Mother Dark, Mother Dark creating worlds, etc.

And then we learn that the Tiste were just some kind of proto-humans with the same cultures, desires, needs... how mundane.

I hadn't yet read FoD, and this is really disappointing

I loved the

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Tiste-as-aliens

theory.

Also, you should probably spoiler tag your post.

This post has been edited by Whisperzzzzzzz: 12 September 2014 - 02:18 AM

[Garak]

They might still be that. We don't know yet also the story in FoD is being told by one poet to another, thousands of years after the fact - once again unreliable narrator is in full force.

[Aptorian]

Whisperzzzzzzz, on 12 September 2014 - 02:18 AM, said:

I hadn't yet read FoD, and this is really disappointing

...

Also, you should probably spoiler tag your post.

Sorry about that. The book is still really interesting. There's some crazy revelations in the book. It's just not what we imagined.

[Garak]

When is it ever?

[Tarthenal Theloman Toblakai]

I thought FOD was awesome, and was really annoyed when I run out of book lol. I can't wait for more Malaz, I don't think anything has disappointed me yet, apart from having to wait soooooo long for more Karsa ofc! And when characters die, that makes me a sad sad panda, but without it, the books wouldn't be as epic...damned highs and lows. NoK proves that ICE can do prequel in an awesome way, and I think Assail is another step up, that can only prove a good thing for more books. I think this series is big enough to have infinite revelations and mysteries, and there is so much in it, that no number of books will ever reveal all the shrouds. Hell, they could probably do a whole book, on one 7 cities city, and it would still be epic. I mean, we have a book entirely in Durahstan (sorry for the spelling) more or less. So yeah, I might be more easily pleased but I WANT MORE!