[Xachariah]

The best part of the Malazan Book of the Fallen series are the book scenes that make you go "Holy shit!". So go ahead and post your favourite epic parts. There are far too many to name really, so I'll give my favourites

• When the gargantan sea monster Dhenrabi soletaken sought to swat Fiddler, Kalam, Apsalar and Crokus like flies at sea, and promptly had it's head blown off by a Cusser. Then you find out at Tremolor that it was in fact a D'ivers of five Dhenrabi, not a soletaken.
  
• When Sormo was killed at Vathar crossing, hundreds of thousands of butterflies flock to take his soul, I suppose he is now Sormo E'nath of the Butterfly Clan.
  
• "And to Sormo the Elder warlock, there on the wall of Unta there came eleven crows- eleven - to take the great man's soul, for no single creature could hold it all, Eleven." A previously unsurpassed immensity of soul, then a flock of thousands came for the almost acendant Coltaine.
  
• Three lowly Malazan marines, Story, Gesler and Truth, stand on the precipice of acendancy due to blind luck of passing through a Tellan warren in the path of a Soletaken T'lan Imass Dragon.
  
• The captain of the Ragstopper turns out to be none other than former High Fist Cartheron Crust.

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[Salt-Man Z]

Another big one for me was the Empress revealing to Kalam that Dujek and the Host going renegade on Genebackis is part of her plan.

[Geoffray]

 Salt-Man Z, on Mar 30 2009, 08:51 PM, said:

Another big one for me was the Empress revealing to Kalam that Dujek and the Host going renegade on Genebackis is part of her plan.

Like they says in BG: "And they have a plan" :Patch: .

Oh, by the ways: Excellent book. Maybe better than GotM .

[HoosierDaddy]

That "maybe" is amazing Geoffray. DG is, in my own humble opinion, one of the greatest books ever written. It is fairly stand-alone (at this point), and is tragic, heroic, and spectacularly surprising at the best of times!

[Geoffray]

 HoosierDaddy, on Mar 31 2009, 10:23 AM, said:

That "maybe" is amazing Geoffray. DG is, in my own humble opinion, one of the greatest books ever written. It is fairly stand-alone (at this point), and is tragic, heroic, and spectacularly surprising at the best of times!

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I say maybe 'cause GotM is the first, and he's awesome really. I love DG (they're no question about it), but he miss something to be better than GotM.
But concerning the tragic, heroic, and everything, we are on the same line.
Coltaine goddammit! Coltaine!

[Abyss]

To this day, having read everything Malazan written so far, DG still remains one of my all time fave books ever. I switch back and forth somewhat between DG and MoI as absolute fave Malazan book, but either way, DG is awesome and the Chain of Dogs one of the most unique and novel fantasy storylines i have read.


QUOTE (Xachariah @ Mar 30 2009, 01:58 PM) ...When the gargantan sea monster Dhenrabi soletaken sought to swat Fiddler, Kalam, Apsalar and Crokus like flies at sea, and promptly had it's head blown off by a Cusser. Then you find out at Tremolor that it was in fact a D'ivers of five Dhenrabi, not a soletaken.
Yeah, i always liked that bit, leading to one of my personal fave parts when the Hounds of Shadow cut loose and one of them jumps right down the dhenrabi's throat.

QUOTE When Sormo was killed at Vathar crossing, hundreds of thousands of butterflies flock to take his soul, I suppose he is now Sormo E'nath of the Butterfly Clan.

Vathar Crossing is amazing. All of it, from the butterflies to the betrayal to Sorno's death to the marines to the part where the refugees go nuts and rush the archers in the forest, it blows me away every time i read it.

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• ...then a flock of thousands came for the almost acendant Coltaine.
• Three lowly Malazan marines, Story, Gesler and Truth, stand on the precipice of acendancy due to blind luck of passing through a Tellan warren in the path of a Soletaken T'lan Imass Dragon.

...and then everyone freaks out because Coltaine breaks one of their noses.

Coltaine is a big part of why DG is so great. Without ever giving us his pov, SE shows us by the povs of Duiker and others around him just why the refugees, and even the enemy, start to believe that Coltaine can do the impossible.

His death at the Fall, especially Squint having to make the shot, is shattering.


I have a few others that have always stood out...

On the Chain of Dogs...

When the sappers pop up on the ramp from under their sheilds;
When the Nobles' servants are enlisted in the Malazan army;
When Coltain 'demotes' the sappers' Captain;

Fiddler and co...

Apsalar taking out the riders early on;
When Fid's horse stays with him even as crazed shapeshifters are closing in;
The run for Tremolor, everything's going nuts, shapeshifters everywhere, Icarium's losing it... and Pust calls for help... and the Hounds of Shadow respond;

Felisin and Heboric...

Fener being depigged when Baudin puts Heboric's green hand on his tattoos;
Gryllen's wave of rats eating Kulp - in a holy fuck, did that just happen? sort of way;

Kalam...

Everything about Kalam's run at Laseen particularly the Malaz island rat dog eating a Claw's face, and Minala's excellent ride to the rescue. GotM doesn't really show Kalam at his full potential - he spends a lot of time being foil to QB. But SE spends much of DG with other people reacting to the fact that this. Is. KALAM. And then after Pearl stabs him and pitches him over the side and things are looking bad, Kalam does his hide-body-heat thing, grabs a pair of pliars and a bag of tacks and starts killing Claws, and we see, we REALLY see, just why he's legendary.

- Abyss, fan.

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[Dolorous Menhir]

I can't believe nobody has mentioned this yet.

The scene when Apsalar regains a memory of Aren, and the identities of Shadowthrone and the Rope are revealed.

That was the hook that sold me on the series.

[Assail]

 Dolorous Menhir, on Apr 1 2009, 11:08 AM, said:

I can't believe nobody has mentioned this yet.

The scene when Apsalar regains a memory of Aren, and the identities of Shadowthrone and the Rope are revealed.

That was the hook that sold me on the series.

I would say yes, but the way it was so nonchalantly slipped into the text made me feel like it was kinda... like "meh, cool" kinda whatever thing.

@Abyss Yes, I had to re-read the passage where Gryllen ate Kulp. He was so subtle about it happening. One moment Gryllen changed and the next Kulp was gone. Such a WTF moment lol.

[Melkor]

 Dolorous Menhir, on Apr 1 2009, 06:08 PM, said:

I can't believe nobody has mentioned this yet.

The scene when Apsalar regains a memory of Aren, and the identities of Shadowthrone and the Rope are revealed.

That was the hook that sold me on the series.

Totally this. It took a second to register and it was just a 'oh shiiiiiiiii' moment. Then sharing in Fid's shock that I hadn't worked it out before then.

I completely agree it was the moment I just knew I had to read on.

[Excellence]

A swarm of hundreds of rats flinching from Icarium, when he saved Fiddler.

The Pust vs bocka'ral staring match was pretty funny too.

[Assail]

 Excellence, on Apr 5 2009, 12:21 AM, said:

A swarm of hundreds of rats flinching from Icarium, when he saved Fiddler.

The Pust vs bocka'ral staring match was pretty funny too.

Man Pust vs bhok'aral thing cracks me up every time I read it. One moment he's like "Damn little winged rats" next he's like "I am their GOD!".

So good.

[XIcy Hot Patchx]

This isn't huge, but I liked the part where Felesin and Heboric are escaping from Skullcup and she gets attacked by the Bloodflies or whatever they are. The details are awesome yet disgusting, and that is what makes it so great! I mean, insects whose stings hatch larve all throughout your body, ahhhh! Its also cool how Heboric was untouched.
I also liked the part where the enemy captures Coltaine. I thought they were going to torture him or do horrible things, and the whole moment was suspenseful because I wasn't sure whether or not *that old man* would hit him. This book is pretty epic.

[T3st0]

 Xachariah, on Mar 30 2009, 01:58 PM, said:

• The captain of the Ragstopper turns out to be none other than former High Fist Cartheron Crust.

What? Did I totally miss that part or what?


As for my fav moment, hmm there are so many but if I had to choose one I'd def have to say the hounds showing up to help out the crew.

Also the staredown with Pust was friggin' hilarious.

[coltainereborn]

DhG is probably my favorite SE novel. The idea of the chain of dogs is just so mind blowing. My personal favorite moment is when the Khundryl arrive at the chain of dogs to see which of the plains tribes were the most powerful. Instead of attacking the chain of dogs(and the wickans) the attack the rest of the plain tribes that are following Korbol Dom and slaughter them.
after the battle a lone Khundryl war chief finds Coltaine and tells him he has his answer, and it is not the Khundryl or Korbolo Dom. He draws a half broken tulwar, waves it over his head and shouts "The Wickans! The Wickans! The Wickans!"

[Osseric's mortal sword]

 Osseric's mortal sword, on Jun 5 2009, 09:27 PM, said:

pg511!!! pg511!!! pg511!!!

My favourite page of any book ever!

The actions of the Khundryl clans changed all that. For they had come, not to join in the slaughter of the Malazans, but to give answer to the one question demanded of their honor and pride. The south mass struck the Tregyn position like a vengeful god's scythe.....

The Fist spoke "You have your answer, it seems"
"We have it, Blackwing"
"The Khundryl"
"Suprise flitted on the warrior's battered face. "You honour us, but no. We strove to break the one called Korbolo Dom, but failed. The answer is not the Khundryl."
The war chief spat at that, growled his disbelief."Spirits below! You cannot be such a fool! The answer this day..." The war chief yanked free his tulwar from its leather sheath, revealing a blade snapped ten inches above the hilt. He raised it over his head and bellowed, "The Wickans! The Wickans! The Wickans!

End chapter!
Awesomeness

This post has been edited by Osseric's mortal sword: 05 June 2009 - 08:29 PM

[coltainereborn]

 Osseric's mortal sword, on Jun 5 2009, 04:28 PM, said:

 Osseric's mortal sword, on Jun 5 2009, 09:27 PM, said:

pg511!!! pg511!!! pg511!!!

My favourite page of any book ever!

The actions of the Khundryl clans changed all that. For they had come, not to join in the slaughter of the Malazans, but to give answer to the one question demanded of their honor and pride. The south mass struck the Tregyn position like a vengeful god's scythe.....

The Fist spoke "You have your answer, it seems"
"We have it, Blackwing"
"The Khundryl"
"Suprise flitted on the warrior's battered face. "You honour us, but no. We strove to break the one called Korbolo Dom, but failed. The answer is not the Khundryl."
The war chief spat at that, growled his disbelief."Spirits below! You cannot be such a fool! The answer this day..." The war chief yanked free his tulwar from its leather sheath, revealing a blade snapped ten inches above the hilt. He raised it over his head and bellowed, "The Wickans! The Wickans! The Wickans!

End chapter!
Awesomeness

SERIOUSLY, thanks for finding the whole passage. I get chills just reading it again...

[D'rek]

Missing the line where Coltaine suggests the answer is Korbolo, but yeah, awesometastic scene!

[redJAKO]

 Excellence, on Apr 5 2009, 07:21 AM, said:

A swarm of hundreds of rats flinching from Icarium, when he saved Fiddler.

The Pust vs bocka'ral staring match was pretty funny too.

Or, how Icarium "swats" aside a hound without a GLANCE in the Azath..showing the potential power of Icarium..on my first read, I was mad how he never got unleashed throughout Deadhouse (always a club to the back of the head, lol), but I caught that on a re-read
SpoilT

Spoiler

Though the hounds turn into sissies later on in the books...

When Felisin breaks Heboric's heart at the end of the novel...gave me chills: (my spellings off on Felisin, Felison I beleive...books out of my reach atm)
Felisin names her orphan daughter Felisin...innocense..and Heboric breaks for Felisin's OWN loss..

[Crimsonblade]

At the very end when Coltaine and the survivors are pushing through to Aren. I can think up some incredibly epic music to go along with that scene.

[coltainereborn]

 Crimsonblade, on Jun 10 2009, 11:50 PM, said:

At the very end when Coltaine and the survivors are pushing through to Aren. I can think up some incredibly epic music to go along with that scene.

In the TTH forum- message from steve- he says that a roger water's song with a line about hyena's gave him the idea for most of the chain of dogs-- has anyone actually heard this song?(you can check the post for the name) or at least know the line he's talking about?