[Solidsnape]

Hi Nef!

I'm not from Melbourne, but I've been, and it's a fantastic place. I'm a bit jealous.
Anyway, glad you like the series, and this forum is great for 'tidbits' as I've found myself.

I'm partaking in an epic re-read of BH onwards, so's to give myself everything I need to read crippled god. Yes!!! I've yet to read it!! Managed to leave it on the shelf!!

I'm glad I did, these books are so much better the second time round, and it's rare that I read books twice, unless it's a culture novel!!

Anyway, nice to meet you.

Ps, what's with the hook turns mate, nuts!!!

[Nefarious_Bread]

Solidsnape, on 16 May 2011 - 03:42 PM, said:

Hi Nef!

I'm not from Melbourne, but I've been, and it's a fantastic place. I'm a bit jealous. ...


Ps, what's with the hook turns mate, nuts!!!

Cheers Solid after 31yrs here, I still find new things to love about it

Hook turns in the city are to free up the tram lanes(stops people cutting trams off to turn right) and to keep traffic flowing, it's easy!

I just finished The Bonehunters, and now I am tossing up between RG and NoK!!!

Thanks for the welcome

[Lazan Door]

Looooong time lurker, first time poster all official-like.

I have one of my bestest oldest friends and long-time poster here - Sombra - to blame for getting me into MBoTF, and I can't stop reading the bloody things. Bastard

He plied me with a copy of GoTM and DG which sat on my shelf for years before I finally took the plunge. Now wondering why I waited for so long....
Better late than never I guess.

[Solidsnape]

@Nef.

I'd go for RG, just to stay on the current timeline.
Although NoK has some good back story on the first sword, it goes back in time a fair bit.

Plus RG is a really good one I think, even better 2nd time!! I just finished a re-read myself about 2 weeks ago. Loved it!!

Btw, I hired a car in Melbourne from Hertz, got 100m, then ploughed into a taxi on a hook turn.
Aaahhh!! Not cool!!!!

[Gust Hubb]

Greetings and salutations,

I am a Chicago-based fan, aiming to return to Seattle someday. I just finished today the first three Bauchelain and Korbal Broach novellas after finishing the Crippled God two weeks prior. So, hopefully fairly caught up and honored to join fellow fans!

-Gust Hubb

pandora's thread, Tiffany, Bhok'arala, d'rek =/= silencer or illy

This post has been edited by Gust Hubb: 01 September 2011 - 04:42 AM

[SabreUr]

Hello to everyone

I am fan from Cracov in Poland. My friend from fencing salle (fancy name for a club ;] ) gave me my first Malazan books - Gardens of the Moon and Deadhouse Gates. Before i started to read MBotF, i was worried, that it will be another boring "doorstopper" - i tried earlier Wheel of Time (or Waste of Time) and surrendered in second book, Game of Thrones - on 1st book, Sword of Truth - I forced myself to read 4 first books(or so). One month after i finished DG, I owned all books available in Poland. Now I'm waiting for Crippled God.

I hope, that you can forgive my mistakes, my written english is very far from perfect

[Jade-Green Pig-Hog Swine-Beast]

Hold up...you only managed one book from ASoIaF, two from WoT and yet you got through four of Goodkind's books before giving up? FOUR? What madness is this?

Anyway...hi!

[SabreUr]

Well, there were no fantasy books lying around... you know, desperate times calls for desperate measures. Now i would rather read phonebook .

[The Ragged Man]

Hi all. I am now reading Toll the Hounds. This is a wonderful series.

[Mustard Tiger]

Hello everybody,

New member here. I'm a huge Malazan fan, and right now I'm about halfway through the Crippled God and I'm really looking forward to re-reading the series to see it in a whole new light.

[Joohani]

Hello to everyone from the not-so-arctic reaches of southern Finland! I've been lurking these boards for years in an on-and-off kind of fashion and finally decided to join in.




I might actually have had a former account on the site but can't even remember the nickname - much less the password - so I just went ahead and made a new nick. Hope it doesn't give mods here any grey hairs.




As to my reading, I'm quite the omnivore, but I'm mostly settled in fantasy. The Hobbit was "first contact" for me, and at the tender age of six my dad had gone and gotten me all hooked. LotR didn't follow until a couple of years later, because I was too scared to read it: go figure. I grew up with Terry Pratchett's witty fantasy and Robert Jordan's the Wheel of Time, which I admit, does feel rather duller on a re-read. A Song of Ice and Fire followed at some point, but i found it too gritty at first. Only a few years later I've come to more appreciate the way the story is told, and am planning to re-read around the time the next book, a Dance with Dragons comes out. The Malazan Book of the Fallen was something I hadn't really heard much at all of before I went and got Gardens of the Moon from the library. Needless to say, it completely blew me away the moment I started reading. And here I am, a few years later, having read everything but DoD twice, and tCG not yet at all. I also own NoK and RotCG, and have read them. Looking forward to buying tCG and the Tales of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach vol1 as soon as I manage to get some cash.




I gotta say, the Malazan books have really been my favorite books of all time, on par with with the Hobbit (read it 7 or so times) and LotR (4? times + movies). The reason why is hard to put to words in any kind of concise manner: I feel that Eriksons ideas and characters are just incredibly "attractive" for lack of a better word, to me. The whole scope of the story is just mindblowing. I dunno, I guess I just love Erikson's work the best.

[Catherine]

Maeve, on 28 April 2011 - 10:33 PM, said:

well... er... Hi...
I'm just happy to find you... I've a lots of question...or not... I've begin the Malazan book of the Fallen in january... I just finish Reaper's Gale and I'm begining Toll the Hound...
I'm in love... With this world, characters, people, races... Crying, laughing at the same time...
My first pasionnate love was, still is, The Lord of the Ring and, in another aspect, Dune. I have a durable relationship with the Fionavar Tapestry... But now?

Anyway, I'm glad to find this forum, making me feel like I'm a little in the book, again...

Oh and I apologize for any mistake, I'm not english speaking (or writting for that matter) so feel free to correct me... I'm not really good...

Hi Mauve, Glad to see that someone lists the exact same books that I consider my favorites - LOTRs, Dune and the Fionavar Tapestry - nice to be able to support 2 great Canadain authors

[Sudden Benjamin]

G'dday all

long time reader here, of Erikson's anyway, have read the whole Malazan tale of the Fallen, night of knives and have ordered ROTCG,

also bought Stonewielder for my darling sister (King Lear for those who know her) and need to steal it once i have ROTCG in the bag

also, would like to take some small percentage of the credit for Quick Ben's victory in Suvudu, i got all up in that voting

best character in the series,

that is all.

This post has been edited by Sudden Benjamin: 06 June 2011 - 02:37 PM

[kalam4]

hey from bc, canada



after finishing TCG i had to re-read the series, i am now back to TTH and i have to say that it is sooo much better this time around knowing so much more because it really can be quite confusing. ive been around these forums for a while getting info on characters and what not and have finally stopped being lazy and made an account haha.

[becca]

Oh I am so happy i found this site. i have been in love with the books sense I picked them up. I am currently in the middle of Dust of Dreams and feel its finally time to join a Malazan loving site. hope to join the community soon and have fun.

[HoosierDaddy]

Welcome to all our new members! Glad to have you on board.

We encourage you to ask questions or add your thoughts to an on-going subject.

This post has been edited by HoosierDaddy: 18 June 2011 - 03:45 AM

[Blind Sapper]

Hey, im from Wisconsin.


Ive been wanting to join this site for some time now, ever since I started reading GoTM,(which by the way was confusing as all get out), and I hope it turns out great!
I am currently about a third of the way through DoD.

[Mason of High House Death]

Hey from southern Ontario
I'm a long time fan, long-time lurker who decided what the hell, might as well join and get in on the action.
Started reading Erikson 4-5 years ago now, blown away by the scope and vision and so on ( same as everyone else who wound up here probably)
Just finished RotCG, and enjoyed it. IMO ICE is not quite on par with Erikson as a storyteller, but he does write amazing battle scenes

[Adjutant Stormy~]

Welcome! Remember not to spoil yourself by accident (though, we try to keep thread titles innocent, it's not always successful).