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#2421 User is online   Tsundoku 

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Posted 12 October 2020 - 07:28 AM

Welcome. You should find plenty of people willing to take you up on that.

Not me though - I'm far too lazy. ;)
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Posted 30 October 2020 - 05:42 PM

Hello all,

I am a newbie here as well, and will be undertaking the main series once I finish up Wheel of Time. I also have been collecting the main 10 in preparation for the read - I am a fan of the BCE's and appreciate that they are easier to find than the full size (plus they are cheaper).

Looking forward to the read and discussions!
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Posted 30 October 2020 - 10:03 PM

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Posted 09 November 2020 - 01:27 AM

Hello Everybody.

I am new here. I have worked at a university library for 20 years and hope to now plow my way through the Malazan Empire books.

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Posted 23 December 2020 - 12:06 PM

Hello everyone!

I'm currently finishing off The Books of Babel (until the 4th book comes out) and once I've done that I'm jumping straight into Gardens of the Moon. I've heard so much about this series, how many say it's one of the best (if not the best) fantasy series ever, and how grand the scale of the whole thing is, I'm in for a ride here! Any advice when starting out in this series? I understand there is a lot to keep track of?
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Posted 23 December 2020 - 01:33 PM

Mostly you should just accept that the book doesn't hold your hand and there's A LOT of characters, places, factions and plot threads - many of the questions you will raise, won't be answered fully before later books or not at all.
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Posted 23 December 2020 - 02:06 PM

View PostJoshyouare, on 23 December 2020 - 12:06 PM, said:

Hello everyone!

I'm currently finishing off The Books of Babel (until the 4th book comes out) and once I've done that I'm jumping straight into Gardens of the Moon. I've heard so much about this series, how many say it's one of the best (if not the best) fantasy series ever, and how grand the scale of the whole thing is, I'm in for a ride here! Any advice when starting out in this series? I understand there is a lot to keep track of?

You're already used to the multiple narratives happening at different times with the Bancroft books, so this will be "more of that".

As far as using the forums, each book forum will have threads that discuss that book and possibly the entire book. So if you want to stay spoiler free, start your own thread and ask questions. People will pop in to answer and say hello.

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Posted 23 December 2020 - 02:21 PM

Some struggle with Gardens, some have an easier time.

If you started getting confused with names, dates, and people that mean nothing to you. Don’t sweat it, Just Keep Reading.
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Posted 23 December 2020 - 02:21 PM

And welcome!
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Posted 23 December 2020 - 02:59 PM

Thanks alot guys. I've definitely heard you have to get over the fact that you won't be told exactly what is happening, so I'm up for that. Bancroft tends to be very descriptive and definitely "holds your hand" so this will be something new. I understand it was initially written for film so that would make sense why it would be that way.
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Posted 23 December 2020 - 10:34 PM

Also, what is the order of the malazan series? I've seen the chronological order and other varients of the order of the books. Thanks!
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Posted 23 December 2020 - 10:49 PM

The best way is to go in publication order - Gardens of the Moon, hop to a mostly parallel storyline in Deadhouse Gates, go back to the first storyline in Memories of Ice, then House of Chains.

You can read Night of Knives at any point after the first book (I recommend reading it after Midnight Tides, but it's not crucial) and then come back here to ask for advice on reading order.
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Posted 30 December 2020 - 06:25 AM

Hi all. I'm 23 and started Malazan in August to break up the tedium of the pandemic and quarantine. Currently on Reaper's Gale.

My ranking so far for the books is MoI = MT > DhG > TBH > GotM > HoC, but all are phenomenal books.

I'm most excited to read Toll the Hounds as I hear a lot of daunting/interesting opinions about it, and Erikson's called it his cipher for the series which is intriguing.
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Posted 30 December 2020 - 06:45 AM

View PostColtaineDidNothingWrong, on 30 December 2020 - 06:25 AM, said:

My ranking so far for the books is MoI = MT


Ah, a person of good taste.
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#2435 User is online   Tsundoku 

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Posted 30 December 2020 - 08:31 AM

Wait, you put MT ahead of DHG?

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"Well well well ... if it ain't The Invisible C**t." - Billy Butcher, The Boys

"I have strong views about not tempting providence and, as a wise man once said, the difference between luck and a wheelbarrow is, luck doesn’t work if you push it." - Colonel Orhan, Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City - KJ Parker
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Posted 30 December 2020 - 05:16 PM

View PostTsundoku, on 30 December 2020 - 08:31 AM, said:

Wait, you put MT ahead of DHG?


I love DHG :) MT and MoI beat it out slightly, although Chain of Dogs is probably the best story arc in Malazan so far. Just felt that MT was tighter, more focused and I enjoyed Erikson's exploration of some themes here. Every POV was interesting to me. Also, Tehol and Bugg.

Either way MT, MoI and DHG are 3 of my top 5 favorite fantasy novels. Each one is easily 9+/10 for me.

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Posted 30 December 2020 - 05:17 PM

View PostAptorian, on 30 December 2020 - 06:45 AM, said:

View PostColtaineDidNothingWrong, on 30 December 2020 - 06:25 AM, said:

My ranking so far for the books is MoI = MT


Ah, a person of good taste.


Thanks! It's hard to choose between both, so I just put both on a pedestal lol
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Posted 21 September 2021 - 06:03 PM

Hello! I'm new to the whole forums thing, so excuse if this is formatted incorrectly.
I'm Ezaric! I've finished the main ten and have just started on the Kharkanas trilogy.
I was hoping to find a place to post about a Malazan related sculpting project I've been working on. I hope this site welcomes that!

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Posted 01 December 2021 - 04:41 AM

Hi, I'm most of the way through Bonehunters. On the Malazan FB group but miss forums. Found this one by googling for D&D Rules for Moranth Munitions. Looking to draft some stats and player subclasses to enable some malazan D&D 5E games. Nice to be on a forum again.
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Posted 01 December 2021 - 08:45 AM

View PostSalmonella, on 01 December 2021 - 04:41 AM, said:

Hi, I'm most of the way through Bonehunters. On the Malazan FB group but miss forums. Found this one by googling for D&D Rules for Moranth Munitions. Looking to draft some stats and player subclasses to enable some malazan D&D 5E games. Nice to be on a forum again.


Welcome. That's quite the username you have there. I hope it's not prophetic. :sick:

There is a Games subforum, with a tabletop subforum called Knoll Barrow:

https://forum.malaza...8-knoll-barrow/

Doesn't get a whole lot of traffic, but you might find something in there.
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