[King-of-Chains]

Well I've stalked these forums since I first picked up Gardens of the Moon in September. I'm now over halfway through Toll the Hounds and excited to read Dust of Dreams and The Crippled God.

[nacht]

King-of-Chains, on 18 February 2011 - 02:31 AM, said:

Well I've stalked these forums since I first picked up Gardens of the Moon in September. I'm now over halfway through Toll the Hounds and excited to read Dust of Dreams and The Crippled God.

Wow, that is a torrid pace
Just in time for the Crippled God to blow you away

[Gaarheid]

Hi im Gaarheid,

Lurking forums since i picked up GotM in 2008, also a dutchman.
Man what a series need to reread as soon as I finish tCG

[skullky]

HI Recruit Skullky Here

I Have been Skulking the forums for quite a while and decided to join. Love the series, have re-read it five times over and cant wait for The Crippled God.

[Valin]

Hello, I'm very new to this series. I'm about of a third way through "Gardens of the Moon", but I already bought the second novel since I'm finding the first one so good. I've been looking for a new author/series since David Gemmell died and since GRRM's "Fire and Ice" series takes 50,000 years between books in the series to come out.

I like the blend of sorcery and mythology that Malazan has. I always enjoyed Homer's works and the Gilgamesh epic and how the gods are characters. Malazan has that, plus it has all the classic elements of sword and sorcery.

[Dutch]

Valin, on 21 February 2011 - 09:43 PM, said:

Hello, I'm very new to this series. I'm about of a third way through "Gardens of the Moon", but I already bought the second novel since I'm finding the first one so good. I've been looking for a new author/series since David Gemmell died and since GRRM's "Fire and Ice" series takes 50,000 years between books in the series to come out.

I like the blend of sorcery and mythology that Malazan has. I always enjoyed Homer's works and the Gilgamesh epic and how the gods are characters. Malazan has that, plus it has all the classic elements of sword and sorcery.

I ended up ordering Deadhouse Gates, Memories of Ice and House of Chains when I was about halfway through Gardens of the Moon.

[kabe]

uh, this is kabe, new member and glad to be here....

dunno exactly what's expected yet, given i've been here all of about 60 paces worth of time but, well, here goes:

- reading The Bonehunters at the moment, first time
- read everything up to The Bonehunters
- wishing i'd been born in the world(s) of The Malazan Empire (cos they make so much more sense to me than the world i inhabit)
- just decided to write something of my own on OnePagePerDay at http://goo.gl/pyEAt : seriously any and all comments appreciated; if there's one thing i'd like to do in life, it's write.


details beyond that? you had to ask, i guess....


- too old (yeh, i get the imass thing)
- heboric and reluctant lord of war: yeh, this is real, not made-up
- toblakai: the clean lines that, surely, we all strive towards in life.


oh, the other stuff:


- bored with a living-dead office job
- still too old
- "living" in melbourne


...uh, is that enough?


kabe

[Rage Against the Machinations]

I thought I had another account here once upon a lifetime...

Oh well, probably just part of my alcohol induced Icki like amnesia (rarely preceded by alcohol induced Icki like rage).

I guess I'll have to take my time reading The Crippled God, hopefully the ending will carry me through the emptiness and sense of withdrawal that I know is to come after I turn the final page.
(I wonder if the disliked character SE mentioned surviving is the one that first sprung to my mind...)

[Valin]

Dutch, on 21 February 2011 - 10:00 PM, said:

Valin, on 21 February 2011 - 09:43 PM, said:

Hello, I'm very new to this series. I'm about of a third way through "Gardens of the Moon", but I already bought the second novel since I'm finding the first one so good. I've been looking for a new author/series since David Gemmell died and since GRRM's "Fire and Ice" series takes 50,000 years between books in the series to come out.

I like the blend of sorcery and mythology that Malazan has. I always enjoyed Homer's works and the Gilgamesh epic and how the gods are characters. Malazan has that, plus it has all the classic elements of sword and sorcery.

I ended up ordering Deadhouse Gates, Memories of Ice and House of Chains when I was about halfway through Gardens of the Moon.

It's a pretty good bet that I'll be doing the same.

[HofArabia]

hey guys just joined. half way through bonehunters as well and im loving the series. kindle made the whole thing so much easier lol.

[Ammanas1991]

Hey there, just joined today after looking for Malazan quotes but hoods balls didnt expect there to be so many Malaz fans in one place, either i wandered into a warren or this is heaven i am currently half way through the Bonehunters

[Ceda Cicero]

Man, so many people joining up who are on the Bonehunters! Welcome, and you have a lot of awesome ahead of you.

[Cadfael]

I was a couple of chapters into Gardens of the Moon when I began to suspect that Erickson was a nom-de-plume. I realized that this was the writing of Steve Lundin who I had worked with for a couple of months in 1988. In that summer we were working an archaeological dig in downtown Winnipeg at the Forks (looking for Fort Gibralter II, a NW Company trade fort). Steve was my field supervisor and I was shaving my way down through a square meter of the trench. As I was in the middle of the site Steve usually sat nearby and flint knapped while supervising the work (we were all anthropology undergrads doing the grunt stuff). We spent many hours talking about RPGs and storytelling. When I look at some of the characters I recognize traits of some of my old friends from those days, and I suspect its the old RPG coming through.

(spoilerish)






I still can't believe what happened to Whiskeyjack.

This post has been edited by Cadfael: 25 February 2011 - 10:26 AM

[PleaseStopIt]

So I was floating around the board, lurking. Decided to join in the discussions.

At the end of the Bonehunters, read everything before that ofcourse, started about three weeks ago. Great stuff!

[Jade-Green Pig-Hog Swine-Beast]

Three weeks?! Seriously? You read all the way up to The Bonehunters in three weeks?! That's crazy -- I am in awe of your crazy reading skillz.

EDIT: Oh yeahhhh! My second first post and it feels goooooood!

This post has been edited by Emerald Swine: 25 February 2011 - 02:21 PM

[Greenbird]

G day ladies and gents from Aussie of the men of the forest and animals of the pouch. Alright basically Erikson is one of my favorite authors and I think I get what his trying to get at with nine books and the final one coming oh so soon. I am about halfway through Dust of Dreams, I know I know I have been quite busy of late. I have been doing a lot of things and basically saw RoCG recently and decided to read that instead. Well it was my first Esselmont novel and you know what I kind of liked it. There were some flaws IMO in the way he portrayal some of the characters but the Empress Laseen was spot on man! He did a good job with her but I am off the Erikson lands before I go to sleep and it is a Friday night, I haven't slept, its 3.27 am. Sorry I am rambling but hello everyone, nice to finally meet you. Back around 3 years ago maybe more, I first started reading Erikson, I used to come here but terrified as I ran into some spoilers, this place was a curse, so I avoided the forums until I got to around 3 books. Then I started to read forums but in the first 2 books but there was the occasional spoiler f up by someone.

It's all good now as I reckon I am really started to get excited about some of the things I have heard: *cough* Forkrul Assail for example. Anyways im a little tipsy so ill stop typing. Ha aha!

In the immortal words of Sgt. Helian: whesrish the door? [Don't quote me but I am pretty not sure thats how its spelled]

See you guys soon in the forums!!
GB

[Ginafae]

Hello from Germany! Finally I was able to "ascend" from long time lurker to active member. Took me several tries with different email adresses because I didn't receive the activation email. Must have been lost in some warren or something like that. I'm deeply in love with the Malazan world since I picked up Gardens of the Moon 7 years ago. Today I finished The Crippled God and it feels like a long and wearisome, often heartbreaking, but always entertaining journey came to an end. The Malazan Book of the Fallen was a part of my life for so long, and I strongly believe that it will be in the future. There's more to come after all, and I'm really looking forward to it.

[PleaseStopIt]

Jade Hog, on 25 February 2011 - 02:20 PM, said:

Three weeks?! Seriously? You read all the way up to The Bonehunters in three weeks?! That's crazy -- I am in awe of your crazy reading skillz.

I'm on Reapers Gale now, still going strong apparently

[aliarenee]

Hi all! My name is Alia Renee and I'm totally new to this site. I am in the begining of my Malazan reread and 3?4 of the way through Gardens of the Moon. It makes so much more sense the second time! So glad I decided to do this reread in preparations for The Crippled God. Didn't even know it was coming out until I decided to do my read through. Perferct timing. Just finished my reread of The Wheel of Time and am glad I decided to do that also. Caught so many things I forgot. I am glad I found this site and look forward to talking with those who love the Malazan world. Cheers!

[TheSword]

I'm a major fan of the Malazan Novels. I've bought and read everything out in the U.S except The Crippled God (Though I do Own it and plan to read it sometime this month).

I've come to these forums looking for spoilers on what happens next in the Crippled God until i got it... seems what I predicted already came true.
Finally!

It's nice to meet you all. I know ALOT about the series i've read both Erikson and Esslemont's novels. Even picked up Bauchelain and Korbal Broach.