[worry]

Awesome, welcome to the board, and be aware that if you've already read Forge then most of us already hate you.

[Otataral Toblakai]

Takes out his oh-so-freaking huge hammer and pounds familiar to death, traumatised by the fact that FoD will be released in his domain after its North American release.

JK..!

Youkoso, Familiar!

[Otataral Toblakai]

Welcome, all who are new to this plane of existence. Their are only two rules here and these are:

Rule 1: I am the Liege
Rule 2: Read rule 1. Repeat. Infinite Loop.

[Obama_Imass]

Hello!
I've joined your most excellent forum because of a joke a co worker of mine made that no one else in my department will ever understand.

Me: Hey *****, do you think there are any D'ivers who take the form of cockroach swarms?

****: Yeah, they're called apartments.

I couldn't just stand by and let that joke slip into eternity without someone else hearing it.

Thank you all for this chance at atonement.

[worry]

ban

[Rodders]

Hi, I'm a newbie to this site, just thought I'd say hello.
Been reading fantasy books all my adult life, so I've read lots as I'm no spring chicken anymore. Been waiting for the series to finish so I can start it (got my fingers burnt starting George Martin before he'd finished it). So now I can get stuck into it.
I'd heard that GotM is the worst book of the series and difficult to get into...... just finished it and thought it was great. As I've read reasonably widely, I didn't think it was too much of a struggle but (as with most books I read) there were areas I would love to discuss with other likeminded people. Checked out google and hey presto here you all are. Seems a great site, on the minus side I hope people aren't too bored of answering noobie questions but on the plus side I'M JUST STARTING ONE OF THE GREATEST FANTASY SERIES EVER WRITTEN...........woo hoooo.

Cheers one and all.

[Kruppe's snacky cakes]

Rodders, on 09 August 2012 - 07:59 AM, said:

I'd heard that GotM is the worst book of the series and difficult to get into...... just finished it and thought it was great.

You were told a filthy lie. This lie was designed to trick persnickety people into continuing the series (for their own good).

I think GotM is still my favorite, although Bonehunters is currently giving it a run for its money.

[BloodIron]

Greetings, Mezla. I am brand new to forums despite visiting this site almost daily for past year or so. I thoroughly enjoy the series and since my brain don't remember so good, I frequent this site for reference. Thank you for having me. There are lots of buttons and things to click on these posting options. I will hope that bypassing all the clickiies will leave me with normal posts that don't violate anything or mess stuff up.

[Rodders]

Ha, wouldn't ya just know it, them pesky varmints.

Kruppe, on 09 August 2012 - 01:19 PM, said:

Rodders, on 09 August 2012 - 07:59 AM, said:

I'd heard that GotM is the worst book of the series and difficult to get into...... just finished it and thought it was great.

You were told a filthy lie. This lie was designed to trick persnickety people into continuing the series (for their own good).

I think GotM is still my favorite, although Bonehunters is currently giving it a run for its money.

[Jennilee]

Hello!
Well, I always find it a little nerve wracking to write something since I never know how others will view what I say. Anyway I'm glad I found this sight, I mostly came looking to see what kind of pictures there were from the books. I am very curious how the characters come across to others. (weird?) I am hoping that after reading several discussions I will be able to put a few things together that have been confusing me in the series, I realized that as I am reading the series for the second time, things are really starting to come together.
I like these books mostly because they are very gritty and I can relate to the characters. I have just gotten into the whole fantasy genera, mostly because I thought it was all about that "my lady" and prince charming crap. I also like the books because the characters are complex and well developed, even though I have a lot of questions about some of them.

[The Retired Bridgeburner]

Hi everyone!



I’m new to the boards, and I come seeking appreciation of my Malazan fangirl antics (I don’t know anybody else who’s read them all, you see.)



I’ve read through MBotF once and am currently reading Forge of Darkness (sorry! :-P) Ian Esslemont will be my next port of call (after a possible re-read, we’ll see!)



My favourite of the Malazan sequence remains a toss-up between Memories of Ice and The Crippled God – I am unashamed to admit I spent the last 30 pages or so sobbing. Beautiful, beautiful writing.



So *waves*. Hello all!

[Charade]

Hey, just as everyone else in this thread seems to be, new poster here.

Currently waiting for the library to get TotH in, requested it on hold today and pretty excited to get my hands on it. Took a break after Reaper's Gale (felt a bit manufactured rather than his regular inspired) and read ICE's two openers. Loved NoK (incidentally I like the character as well) and thought RotCG was okish. Now looking forward to reading Erikson's work again.

Now that's said and done, I'm limited in my posting capacity because of how far I've read through them

[Tulir]

Hello, everyone! I hail from the WoT/Brandon Sanderson Fandom but I loved the Malazan Book of the Fallen series even though I haven't read it completely yet. I haven't read past The Bonehunters, because my stupid library never has them at the same time. So, Greetings!

[Tsundoku]

Hello and welcome to all fresh meat new people.

[Solidsnape]

Yeah welcome to the new malazanites. Seems to be a lot of new members of late.
Hope you all enjoy the site. See you around.

[Jel]

Ah, an introduction thread. A perfect place to start, or so I suppose. I just recently found out about the Malazan series. The books coming up in a rather random first-meeting of a friend's-friend (or something akin to such) with whom I talked about videogames, such as X-com The Witcher-games and quite possibly something I don't remember. Suddenly the discussion turned into literature - both of us wondering whether we liked the same sort of books too, as our interests in other matters seemed to correspond quite well. We did, both think Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita is the best novel ever. (It is. There can be no discussion about it) We liked the same series, we thought pretty much the same way about fantasy-literature in general. He then asked me about the Malazan Book of the Fallen, and to my shame I had never heard of it. He recommended it and the next thing the day after I ordered the first four books. (Well, I was advised to read at least GotM and DG, even if GotM wasn't to my liking the first time around, yet I was confident I would like the series, first four, I suspected would last for at least the next few months. I was wrong.)

And... Well, I'm hooked. I devoured the books. I haven't read as fast as I have since... well, forever. And now I'm in a bad place, the book-store near me lacks Midnight Tides (I had to once again order it from the internets) I already bought The Bonehunters, The Reaper's Gale and Toll The Hounds as I found out that they were the last copies. I don't want another unnecessary break after Midnight TIdes arrives to me. So, what did I decide to do to alleviate my pain of not being able to read? Find out a community centered on the series I already learnt to love in such a short time.

So, umm. I guess I wanted to say hello to everyone? I have a bad habit of joining to forums and then not get very engaged, I hope that does not happen here.

If somebody didn't already guess, I have a habit to ramble on.

And I make a point of English not being my first language, any and all errors are due to this, and none can claim otherwise, I don't mistype.

Perhaps the chat would be more up to my alley.

[Catherine]

Jel, on 19 August 2012 - 08:35 PM, said:

Ah, an introduction thread. A perfect place to start, or so I suppose. I just recently found out about the Malazan series. The books coming up in a rather random first-meeting of a friend's-friend (or something akin to such) with whom I talked about videogames, such as X-com The Witcher-games and quite possibly something I don't remember. Suddenly the discussion turned into literature - both of us wondering whether we liked the same sort of books too, as our interests in other matters seemed to correspond quite well. We did, both think Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita is the best novel ever. (It is. There can be no discussion about it) We liked the same series, we thought pretty much the same way about fantasy-literature in general. He then asked me about the Malazan Book of the Fallen, and to my shame I had never heard of it. He recommended it and the next thing the day after I ordered the first four books. (Well, I was advised to read at least GotM and DG, even if GotM wasn't to my liking the first time around, yet I was confident I would like the series, first four, I suspected would last for at least the next few months. I was wrong.)

And... Well, I'm hooked. I devoured the books. I haven't read as fast as I have since... well, forever. And now I'm in a bad place, the book-store near me lacks Midnight Tides (I had to once again order it from the internets) I already bought The Bonehunters, The Reaper's Gale and Toll The Hounds as I found out that they were the last copies. I don't want another unnecessary break after Midnight TIdes arrives to me. So, what did I decide to do to alleviate my pain of not being able to read? Find out a community centered on the series I already learnt to love in such a short time.

So, umm. I guess I wanted to say hello to everyone? I have a bad habit of joining to forums and then not get very engaged, I hope that does not happen here.

If somebody didn't already guess, I have a habit to ramble on.

And I make a point of English not being my first language, any and all errors are due to this, and none can claim otherwise, I don't mistype.

Perhaps the chat would be more up to my alley.

welcome and enjoy the ride

[Kurtz]

Hi everyone!
I am Malazan fan (of course) and I have been following this forum for quite a lot of time as anonymous user. English is not my first language (I'm italian) and I'm sorry for possible mistakes, mispellings or meaningless sentences.
I've started to read Malazan books a year ago, after the complete disappointment of A Dance with Dragons by GRR Martin. I decided to start reading a series that won't make me suffer for years untill the new book is out and somewhere on the internet I read that tMBotF was concluded so I ordered GotM, DHG and MoI the same day.
I don't regret the decision.
I love SE's writing style, the concept of "convergence" , the constant and methodical destruction of fantasy sterotypes. I've read both SE and ICE books (following the publication order) up to TtH and my favourite book untill now is undoubtedly Reaper's Gale.
Hope to contribute to this forum in the future, see ya.

[worry]

Reaper's Gale fans are always most welcome.

[Sick@Simpliciter]

Hi All,

I started reading the Malazan books roughly one year ago (I'm on DoD right now) and since then I have been an occasional lurker of your nice forum.

As I noticed a recent wave of newbies in this post, I decided I might as well join in the recruting campaign as well.
I should probably mention that English is not my mother tongue (I'm Italian) but I've read all the books in English so that I don't think that's a huge deal...

Your precious forum has more than once helped me in better understanding the complex plots and layers of this wondrous saga. As I'm approaching the end, I thought that clarifiyng my doubts in a more interactive way might enhance the reading experience of the last chapters of the series.
And I hope you can help me in figuring it all out in the end.

My favorite book is probably MoI but my two favorite sequences are in DG and BH (and you know for sure to which sequences I'm refering to here...) but I've really enjoyed all of books
They're all good for different reasons and I like how SE keeps experimenting different things in the different books and now they all seem to work just fine.

Till now, NoK was the only ICE book that I''ve read and I must say that I simply didn't like ICE style and prose. I know that SE vs ICE is often a matter of debate among fans so I'll wait to read the other books to express a definite opinion on ICE. Right now, I'm waiting for the delivery of tRotCG and I was of a mind to read it before CG... (yes, I know DoD and CG are supposed to be read together)

That's all for now, folks! Thanks for having me!