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Poll: Best stand-alone novels in the series? (28 member(s) have cast votes)

Which book(s) are the best stand-alones in the series?

  1. Gardens of the Moon (8 votes [15.09%])

    Percentage of vote: 15.09%

  2. Deadhouse Gates (11 votes [20.75%])

    Percentage of vote: 20.75%

  3. Memories of Ice (10 votes [18.87%])

    Percentage of vote: 18.87%

  4. House of Chains (1 votes [1.89%])

    Percentage of vote: 1.89%

  5. Midnight Tides (11 votes [20.75%])

    Percentage of vote: 20.75%

  6. The Bonehunters (1 votes [1.89%])

    Percentage of vote: 1.89%

  7. Reaper's Gale (3 votes [5.66%])

    Percentage of vote: 5.66%

  8. Toll the Hounds (5 votes [9.43%])

    Percentage of vote: 9.43%

  9. Dust of Dreams (1 votes [1.89%])

    Percentage of vote: 1.89%

  10. The Crippled God (2 votes [3.77%])

    Percentage of vote: 3.77%

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#1 User is offline   Deck of Dragons 

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Posted 12 January 2012 - 04:42 PM

Now that you have had a chance to read 1-10(Erickson), what books from Malazan Book of the Fallen do you feel are the best if viewed as stand-alone novels? Why? (Poll accepts multiple answers)

Obviously the Crippled God would be the worst choice as it relies far to much on Dust of Dreams.
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Posted 12 January 2012 - 05:26 PM

Midnight Tides, DG, GotM and MoI (in that decreasing order) are the only ones that could possibly work as a stand-alone, but with the ties to previous novels and setups for more I don't think any of them are really all that suitable.

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Posted 12 January 2012 - 05:39 PM

I voted for MoI, since that's where my mind really was blown for real. And imo there's enough closure to the most important parts of it to probably make it work. :rofl:

But for the purpose of publishing just one, with the other parts never reaching the shelves, I agree with D'rek: MT wouldn't look out of place as a stand-alone novel. But its worth would of course be so much diminished compared to what it is now. :crybaby:
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Posted 13 January 2012 - 12:33 AM

The only novels suitable in my opinion are GotM, DG & MT.

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MT is probably the best suited because the events in the book hint at other things to come where as GotM & DG refer to events in the past.

This post has been edited by Hust: 13 January 2012 - 12:38 AM

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