[ReAVeR_ZA]

What a Xmas gift!! Thanks Steve for making my year!

[kcf]

This was good stuff - thanks a lot Mr. Erikson. And remember, there are plenty of us out there who appreciate TtH quite a bit and consider it one of, if not the, best of the series.

[Sindriss]

Wow, I just lost my breath. Really, I feel so honored that Mister Erikson decided to answer my questions, to spend some of his time so that I could get a deeper understanding of the books and himself (and of course, to the benefit of the forum people). I should have thought harder and created better questions, I am kind of embarrassed by especially the first question I asked.

This is the best present I got, and I am quite serious. I feel like I win the lottery!

And don't get me started on that killer scene opener from tCG, the implications of those few lines just stunned my brain.

[Cude]

OMG.... I posted a big list of (mostly) crappy questions thinking one of them might be considered good enough to be put forward for consideration by The Man himself and ...HE ANSWERED THEM ALL ..... I am awestuck and dumbfounded and bowled over by the sheer awesomeness of the man we call S.E.

And if you are reading this , Mr Erikson , sir , Im so glad you decide not to keep it simple.

[Cude]

Ps........ Cotillion for the win

[KeithF]

Coming slightly late to the party, it's interesting that Erikson says Midnight Tides 'just wrote itself'. I can see that - it has one of the tightest plots in the series in that it focuses on one empire and one main event and doesn't go off on as many tangents as the other books.

[Silk]

Depends on who Cot is up against..........

[Naina]

I've been reading a lot of comments on Twitter, people complaining about how they just cannot manage to finish Midnight Tides. I'm on my 8th re-read of the entire series because after Dust Of Dreams, I couldn't possibly wait till TCG came out and do nothing till then. I've only now read this post and I read it aloud through and through to my as-crazy-about-Malazan-as-me husband. He's planning to name his beast-of-a-bike 'Rake'. Artwork would be super! Can't hardly wait.

[Sinisdar Toste]

woah... there's malazans on twitter? i am so out of the loop...

pardon me, malazites*

This post has been edited by Sinisdar Toste: 22 February 2010 - 09:42 PM

[Abalieno]

#malazan

This post has been edited by Abalieno: 27 February 2010 - 05:34 AM

[braxat2000]

Hi,
I've read books from many genres, and it is interesting to see that many times people look down on fantasy and sci-fi as if it is some sort of pulp.
I remember taking a fantasy book (can't remember which but one of the better ones) to a trip and a co-worker actually asked me if this is true this is a junk book. At the time he held one of those popular books by jhon Grisham or such..

To me a good book is a book which makes me think and the Malazan series is making me think a lot, and I rarely find myself so involved with a work of literature.

So I hope there will be many more books in this thought provoking setting, and I do consider it among my favorite reads .

[Dodger]

wicked interview S'E thank you so much for the Malazan books ........
I love them all. GOM I JUST COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN when i was given it
again thanks Mr E

[Excellence]

He said there'd be artwork in the encyclopedia....

Awesome! They need to publish an artwork book, The Art of Malaz, like Martin's.

[Shadow_Dancer]

Coming a litle late to the party.
Just wanted to say, having read the original post.
Mr Erikson. You are my hero.

[Shadow of Shadowthrone]

I accidentally came upon this thread to a Google search. Was just searching for something to read about the series while waiting to get back home and crack open Dust of Dreams, page 706.
Being traumatized by George R.R. Martin and his endless delays and not-so-nice tone at his Not A Blog, posts like these are a revelation; when I spoke to Steven last year at a signing, it was a revelation.
Amazing.
Oh, and Toll the Hounds is my favorite so far and is the book that pushed me over the edge into dangerous fanboy territory. His comment in this letter about how he constructs dialogue he talked to me about at the signing, I like his perspective and I love how his saga has grown into this massive, deep thing to enjoy. Can't wait for my first re-read. And the Esslemont novels. And the Korbal Broach/Bauchelain short stories. And The Crippled God.

And hopefully, a computer game, a proper pen-and-paper RPG, and more...