[ninjascience]

When I read the part in this book where Apsalar describes her childhood daydreams about the gardens on the moon, I was dumbfounded. Not only was the moment a telling and tragic picture into Apsalar's character, it occured to me that Erikson might have had this in mind when he wrote GoTM. When I read GoTM, I didn't really know what the title refered to, but my guess was that it was a reference to Moonspawn.

Was there a reference in GoTM to Apsalar's childhood daydreams or did Erikson have this in mind all along or did he just retcon this in?

Either way I thought it was a genius little bit of character development. I really see Cotillion's possesion of Apsalar and subsequent regret over the act as a pivotal moment in the world of Malazan. I'm currently reading RoTCG guard before I move on to Reaper's Gale. I don't know what Amanas and Cotillion's master plan is, but they seem quite different as characters then their GoTM or KoK selves. More sympathetic, less blood thirsty.

[Defiance]

That part is actually in GotM, you probably just missed it. She tells Crokus the story of Grallin's Gardens when they're on top of K'rul's Belfry, if I recall correctly. Indeed, though, the story is very good.

[Harvester]

The whole story arc about the moon is heart-rending and beautiful.

[ninjascience]

wow, I remember that rooftop conversation and the gardens vaguely so I'm surprised I didn't get the reference to the title at the time, because I was a little puzzled throughout the whole book about the title. *shrug* guess I'll take a closer look on my second read through

[foolio]

and then after Cotilion tells her he lost Crokus she has an inner dialogue where she thinks to herself, "one by one the gardens died." I thought this was a reference to her childhood dreams and also a sly reference to the oddness with the moons possibly being hit by jade statues...

This post has been edited by foolio: 28 April 2010 - 12:17 PM