[Abalieno]

Imperial Historian, on 21 March 2016 - 04:53 PM, said:

Only confirmed date I can find for random house/bantam is the 24th May for Canada, no announcement yet on the UK release date. I would be very surprised though if it was released after Tor, so I think 21st April for UK is most likely now.

It's has been the 21 April for quite a while now:
https://www.penguin..../fall-of-light/

It confirms it's roughly 200 pages longer than Forge of Darkness, so confirming the 355k words quite accurately:
http://loopingworld....3/06/wordcount/

Equal to Memory of Ice length.

[S Ruin]

semi review from good reads via netgalley - this looks very promising.

http://www.goodreads...6-fall-of-light

If Forge of Darkness felt like an appetiser, then this is a full meal. It's meatier.

If my review of the first book highlighted its revelations, then this compounds and extends them.

If the first showed the promise of characters, this shows the actuality.

If there was too much philosophising before, now there is action. And the humour that Erikson does so, so well.

Not only that, the Eleint are here.

I read this book filled with excitement, anticipation, and not a little trepidation. Knowledge of the future adds such a sharp edge to this story.

I leave it wondering how on earth I felt satisfied with the tales of the Fallen not knowing what I now know.


Massive thanks to Steven Erikson, Random House/Transworld, and Netgalley for this copy in exchange for an honest review.

[Abalieno]

S Ruin, on 06 April 2016 - 12:17 PM, said:

If there was too much philosophising before, now there is action.

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

Looks like it's been published:
https://twitter.com/...773196309708800

Release date is another (all too near to epic tragicomic Rube Goldberg slash Beckett style) story....

This post has been edited by Azath Vitr (D'ivers: 10 April 2016 - 04:36 AM

[Siergiej]

Oh God, what do I do now. Amazon tells me I can order hardcover from amazon.co.uk on 21st or wait till 26th and order a Kindle version from Amazon.com. Normally I'd prefer Kindle, because I make a lot of highlights and take notes and it's super easy to browse them later on. Plus, having the in-book search is incredibly useful when reading Malazan. On the other hand... FIVE MORE DAYS WHEN I'M SO GODDAMN STOKED FOR THIS

[blackzoid]

Well well well
Looks like no-one keeps up with the Tor website anymore eh?

Cos the first two chapters from FoL are up there

(Spoilers!)
http://www.tor.com/2...ht-chapter-one/
http://www.tor.com/2...ht-chapter-two/

This post has been edited by blackzoid: 11 April 2016 - 01:36 PM

[S Ruin]

dude everyone knows - people been binging on tor for the last week or so.

[blackzoid]

darn, looks like I havn't been keeping up with this forum!

[S Ruin]

Fall of light now available for order via book depository.com. Lets get it on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Puck]

Uh, it's been available at bookdepository for pre-order for months..

[S Ruin]

duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. I dont mean pre-order dummy. The status has switched from pre-order to actual order meaning they are dispatching the books now - 10 days before the publication date.

[Puck]

You need to chill and maybe check how you call people.

Yes, the paperback is now listed as available.

[Andorion]

Just ordered on Amazon. They are giving me a 27th April maximum estimate.

I have never been this excited about a book before!

[S Ruin]

Yeah pretty excited as well. Hopefully Bookdepository will deliver mine by this weekend. Exciting times.

[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

Andorion, on 12 April 2016 - 01:20 PM, said:

Just ordered on Amazon. They are giving me a 27th April maximum estimate.

I have never been this excited about a book before!

Did the same at the weekend! Also, FoD re-read is go!

This post has been edited by TheRetiredBridgeburner: 12 April 2016 - 06:30 PM

[Abyss]

kobo keeps jumping around on the ebook dl date, anywhere from Apr 21 to 27.

I'm going to have to hurt someone, aren't I....?

[Lycaenion]

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 12 April 2016 - 06:30 PM, said:

Andorion, on 12 April 2016 - 01:20 PM, said:

Just ordered on Amazon. They are giving me a 27th April maximum estimate.

I have never been this excited about a book before!

Did the same at the weekend! Also, FoD re-read is go!

I'm rereading FoD as well!

[S Ruin]

For my fellow Londoners, you can pick up a copy of the book right now from Foyles bookstore in Charing Cross. Just picked up my copy and there is one left in the store.

[Mentalist]

Welp, chapters finally deemed it necessary to change the hardback release date to May 24th. Ugh, i'd do a UK order, but I don't think I can get a points refund for my preorder.

[Puck]

The HC is finally available on BD, yarrr!