Gothos, on 29 May 2014 - 06:03 AM, said:
Cedz, on 29 May 2014 - 01:33 AM, said:
Deck of Dragons, on 28 April 2014 - 07:45 PM, said:
SE said:
And of course, Cam has signed for (I think) three books to do the early empire stuff.
This is great news! I was hoping he could land a contract for this! He mentioned possibly doing this a year or two ago!
Unfortunately I'm having the opposite reaction to this as although I think Cam is an ok writer, I just don't think he can do justice to writing about such an iconic period in the Malazan universe such as the Early Empire. This period has been one of my favorite aspects of Steven's world building since the beginning, and the thought of it being written without Steven's brilliance is a bit depressing. So much potential for a trilogy of Deadhouse Gates/Memories of Ice level books focusing on the awesome characters and wars of the Early Empire and we won't ever be able to receive the quality of story that we might have if the Malazan material wasn't split between two unequal authors.
I would rather the Early Empire story stay untold rather than have it done sub par to what Steven has already give us to be honest.
Everyone's a critic, eh? You're a monster. Do you go around telling other people's kids there's no santa too?
Mr Ian is, I'm sure, up to the task. You go away.
Yup I'm a monster, I'm a bad bad man. Heaven forbid someone actually calls writing and storytelling ability of an author who has decided to jump into an existing world that has already been created by another author with painstaking detail. Of course we can't compare the two! That's just wrong!
I love that your rebuttal to my opinion is to tell me to just 'go away'. I must have forgotten that we aren't on a forum that is specifically for discussing our opinions on this fictional universe.
Studlock, on 29 May 2014 - 01:16 PM, said:
That's great for you, but seeing as you don't have to buy the books (as you clearly haven't) and as ICE created the world with SE, I feel ICE probably has better handling of the world than both yourself and Cedz no?
Firstly, I have all of the books currently released from both authors in this universe which is why I offered my opinion. Secondly, helping to create a world via role playing is no where near the same thing as being able to construct a cohesive story that is congruent with the existing material by Erikson and with a professional level of prose.
Look, I don't think Cam's books are
bad, they just aren't anywhere near the level of Erikson's in my opinion. I'm just disappointed that Erikson himself isn't going to write the Early Empire period as he is the one that truly brought the Malazan universe to life.
D, on 29 May 2014 - 04:12 PM, said:
If you think ICE-written early empire books are somehow going to "ruin" that time period of this fictional universe for you, just don't buy and don't read them. The other, similar fictional universe where they are never written can continue to exist in your head while the rest of us enjoy the new fictional universe where ICE did write them (and I'll bet they will be awesome).
Ruin? Probably not, but they sure aren't going to be the same quality as what Erikson could write. Cam's handling of OST and Blood & Bone hasn't given me confidence that he can do justice to this pivotal period of Malazan history. If Cam writes them then so be it, but I'm not going to sit here and pretend it would be the same than if Steven wrote them.
Look this is just my opinion anyway so if you feel Cam will do a great job then that's great. I however have a different opinion.
This post has been edited by Cedz: 02 June 2014 - 05:36 AM