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#1 Varan

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Posted 18 January 2012 - 12:53 PM

Rang up the local waterstones, found they had a copy, skipped off my last lecture and here I am with a tome of malazan goodness next to me

and for the narcisstic amongst you a little something to chew over

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#2 tiam

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Posted 18 January 2012 - 09:15 PM

I hope you die in a freak yachting accident for rubbing it in that youve got it. Also the prologue, First and some of the Second chapter have been oiut for a while now and most have read them.

Ill be getting it tomorrow but still... anger

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Posted 18 January 2012 - 09:33 PM

Mine should also be coming in tomorrow. Until then I keep refreshing the tracking page.

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Posted 18 January 2012 - 10:12 PM

Got mine, am about 200 pages into it. I get the feeling ICE has consulted rather more extensively than he might have done otherwise with SE for some of the character voices, as many of them ring much truer than they have done in his previous works. Not mentioning any names for fear of spoilers, but I am enjoying this book in a way I haven't enjoyed an ICE book since NoK. His prose is _hugely_ improved. And I think I can say with certainty that I prefer his snippets at the beginning of chapters to SE's later efforts.

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Posted 18 January 2012 - 10:33 PM

UseOfWeapons, on 18 January 2012 - 10:12 PM, said:

I am enjoying this book in a way I haven't enjoyed an ICE book since NoK.

I don't really know how to take this statement!

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Posted 18 January 2012 - 10:46 PM

Almost got it today, saw it in the shop, nearly bought it, but I can't spare £20 for a book at the moment. TWENTY FUCKING POUNDS.

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Posted 19 January 2012 - 05:52 AM

Haha. Just got an email from Amazon thanking me for my order....I was thinking, what order? Then I realized it was my kindle preorder for OST. Checked my kindle and there it is ready to read. Delivered all the way to Canada in mere seconds. Only problem is I'm just 50% though my TTHs re-read but it's nice to know its ready and waiting. Happy reading to all!

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Posted 19 January 2012 - 06:30 AM

This thread is an invitation for a beating. BOOO!

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Posted 19 January 2012 - 11:03 AM

Dispatched from amazon; might arrive today. I've still got to finish The Fall of Hyperion, though. I've planned this so badly and now I'm not ready...

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Posted 19 January 2012 - 12:15 PM

Mine was on the table when I got in last night - really enjoyed the dramatis personae but am resisting temptation to launch in as 20% into DoD on my full re-read (whaich has included ROTCG and SW so a real marathon) so after my trip to Joburg next week might be just about ready to launch in

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Posted 19 January 2012 - 02:36 PM

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Posted 19 January 2012 - 03:49 PM

Oh god...it's here. I've got to finish Hyperion over the next couple of days so that I can start it. Posted Image

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Posted 19 January 2012 - 04:06 PM

Illuyankas, on 18 January 2012 - 10:46 PM, said:

Almost got it today, saw it in the shop, nearly bought it, but I can't spare £20 for a book at the moment. TWENTY FUCKING POUNDS.

Agreed that it's obscene, especially with it going for £12 on Amazon. Waterstone's (or, as now known due to apostrophe-hating imbelciles' actions, Waterstones) often offer popular fantasy hardbacks at half price when they first come out (as they did with aDwD) but evidently they think Malazan works too 'niche' to bother discounting. Still, their loss.

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Posted 19 January 2012 - 04:52 PM

what is the best place for a us resident to order it from? this release date snuck up on me and I haven't even ordered yet lol

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#15 Illuyankas

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Posted 19 January 2012 - 05:46 PM

D, on 19 January 2012 - 04:06 PM, said:

Illuyankas, on 18 January 2012 - 10:46 PM, said:

Almost got it today, saw it in the shop, nearly bought it, but I can't spare £20 for a book at the moment. TWENTY FUCKING POUNDS.

Definitely, since I checked Amazon and their kindle version is about £11. Fucking yoink. Let's see how long I go before realising that first spelling of someone's name was one of the inevitable mistakes, eh?

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Posted 19 January 2012 - 06:06 PM

Mine was discounted by a fiver at Waterstone's.

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Posted 19 January 2012 - 08:21 PM

this book is excellent so far...

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Posted 19 January 2012 - 10:30 PM

Shifted my Kindle over to UK so that I could buy OST. Paid about $17 for it (fucking ouch), but I'm willing to bite the bullet for Malazan.

So far, the book has been excellent. No super weird sentence structures or insufferable characters. I'm only about 1/10th of the way through the book, but I'm already completely absorbed by the plot. Can't wait to see where everything is going. At least so far, all of the plot lines interest me.

Provided that ICE keeps it up throughout the entire novel, OST is easily going to be his best Malazan book.

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Posted 19 January 2012 - 10:44 PM

A month ago I went in to my favorite book store and asked if they'd ordered OST yet and I was assured that they would have copies on the release date. Called in today to hear if they had arrived yet. NO SUCH BOOK LISTED! I was told instead that I could order one through them now and it might arrive in 2 to 3 weeks. THREE WEEKS!

God dammit. I wish my kindle wasn't broken.

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Posted 20 January 2012 - 12:47 AM

End of Disc One, on 18 January 2012 - 10:33 PM, said:

UseOfWeapons, on 18 January 2012 - 10:12 PM, said:

I am enjoying this book in a way I haven't enjoyed an ICE book since NoK.

I don't really know how to take this statement!

I meant that ICE's weaknesses as a writer were really only evident when he started to tackle longer works, with multiple POVs and multi-threaded plots. NoK didn't have as much scope for going wrong, and had far more time for polishing. He's improved in each successive novel in terms of character voicing, pacing, prose style, and word choice, and with OST I feel he's really finally comfortable as a writer. It's sucked me in easily as well as GotM and DG. I haven't really got a bad word to say about it thus far. Let's see if he can keep it up all the way and deliver a satisfying ending. If he can, I will consider OST his first truly successful Malazan novel, on a par with SE. Not that he needs my approbation, of course, but he'll have it.

It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadays saying things against one, behind one's back, that are absolutely and entirely true.
-- Oscar Wilde