[Magnus the Historian]

Guess i'll start like everyone else right?

Hey guys!

Yeah im new, both to this placeand the Malazan book of the Fallen.

Currently on Deadhouse Gates and my mind is still being blown. (or at least whats left of it after the Gardens of the Moon)

Currently I am angry because one of my friends let slip about something in the story.

Spoiler alert>

Spoiler

My friend let slip that Duiker is crusified in the end. Im still pissed at him.

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Anyway. Love the series so far but hate how slow the frickin things are! The books are slower than a snail on a treadmill! I have only gotten to page 200 after about 3 weeks of reading constantly.*sigh* It just annoys me.

So thats about it for now. Hello again and feel free to ask me anything and stuff.

[Harvester]

... And here I thought I was a slow reader. I just imagined you reading Dust of Dreams, full of petrified cowebs and trapped in a stalagmite.
No, just kidding.

Steve's books are usually 2/3 build-up and 1/3 pay-off. (That doesn't mean the build up is boring, though)
I hope you'll still have fun reading Deadhouse Gates, even if you know what happens to a certain character. It's the getting there that counts. Oh and by the way, MOI has a lot more momentum, I couldn't put it down until I was emotionally exhausted.

[NikitaDarkstar]

Trust me knowing that doesn't make that much of a difference.

As for the books being slow, I agree but then again, some books need to be slow, otherwise you don't get the full effect of them, not to mention you might not end up having to sit around and wait for The Crippled God like the rest of us.

Anyway, welcome to the forum, hope you like it here. I'm pretty new myself but I can already tell you, it's a friendly place.

[Abyss]

Magnus the Historian, on 25 June 2010 - 11:19 AM, said:

Guess i'll start like everyone else right?

Hey guys!

Yeah im new, both to this placeand the Malazan book of the Fallen.

Currently on Deadhouse Gates and my mind is still being blown. (or at least whats left of it after the Gardens of the Moon)

Currently I am angry because one of my friends let slip about something in the story.

Spoiler alert>

Spoiler

My friend let slip that Duiker is crusified in the end. Im still pissed at him.

<

They are clearly not your friend. Sever all contact immediately and apply for a restraining order and/or force field.

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Anyway. Love the series so far but hate how slow the frickin things are! The books are slower than a snail on a treadmill! I have only gotten to page 200 after about 3 weeks of reading constantly.*sigh* It just annoys me.

So thats about it for now. Hello again and feel free to ask me anything and stuff.

Welcome! The slow thing... think of it as more of a slow boil to a sick crazy awesome ending. And echoing the above, MoI is a whole other level.

NikitaDarkstar, on 25 June 2010 - 01:50 PM, said:

...Anyway, welcome to the forum, hope you like it here. I'm pretty new myself but I can already tell you, it's a friendly place.

Yes, yesss... lure them innn... then we eats their brainzzzz......

[NikitaDarkstar]

*Casts turn undead on Abyss* Dammit.. zombies are everywhere!

[Satan]

Magnus the Historian, on 25 June 2010 - 11:19 AM, said:

I have only gotten to page 200 after about 3 weeks of reading constantly.

It's not the books who are slow. It's you.

[Magnus the Historian]

Brynjar, on 27 June 2010 - 10:18 AM, said:

Magnus the Historian, on 25 June 2010 - 11:19 AM, said:

I have only gotten to page 200 after about 3 weeks of reading constantly.

It's not the books who are slow. It's you.

The question is... is that a good thing? Or a bad thing? <__>

[Illuyankas]

Well, if you were a GRRM fan, you'd have read his series so slowly you'd only have had to wait one geological epoch before ADWD came out.