[Wilshire]

Finished it recently, and loved it. Favorite of the series so far.

There was so much going on in there one that there seemed never to be a dull moment, I thought to myself around page 600, after the siege, that the book could have ended nicely there, that a normal author would have stopped...but not Erickson, and man am I glad he didn't.

As for Dune, I just got a flashback to some of the later novels, mentioning that post-scattering humanity was too vast and spread to far to ever be destroyed by another Tyrant... Anyone else get the Herbert feels as the series moves forward? (maybe unanswerable since this is MoI subforum. Yes/no then?)

[BellaGrace]

I haven't read Dune, but just wanted to say that I loved MOI, but disagree that there was never a dull moment... the entire Mhybe POV dragged on forever and was so repetitive. About halfway through I started skimming/skipping her sections.

[Mcardle]

i found the Mhybe sections much better on the reread, similar to a later storyline called the snake, knowing what its meant to be about helps your enjoyment of the passages. that book is probably my favourite Malazan book and thus my favourite book of all time, the ending passage with Duiker just sends chills down my spine and tears down my face.

[worry]

Mhybe rules.

[worry]

But yes, from what I've read here on this board, SE is a fan of Dune and there is a Malazan character named after someone from Dune but I always forget who it is.

[Gorefest]

SE has said in the past that Dune was a prime example to him for plot structure and world building. It's in the foreword to one of GotM editions.

[Gorefest]

Well, there is the planet Caladan, but apart from that I wouldn't have a clue as to character names. Lot of similar sounding names, but I cannot recall any exact matches.

[worry]

Oh yah, I remember now, it's Tony Stevens.

[Gorefest]

Now that's homage.

[Wilshire]

BellaGrace, on 30 December 2014 - 04:33 PM, said:

I haven't read Dune, but just wanted to say that I loved MOI, but disagree that there was never a dull moment... the entire Mhybe POV dragged on forever and was so repetitive. About halfway through I started skimming/skipping her sections.

In my reflections I absolutely forgot about that. Her sections where, to me, almost intolerable. Maybe on another read (not likely to happen) she might be better, but on the first go, it was fairly excruciation.

[paradanmellow]

Gorefest, on 23 January 2015 - 09:33 AM, said:

Well, there is the planet Caladan, but apart from that I wouldn't have a clue as to character names. Lot of similar sounding names, but I cannot recall any exact matches.

Oh yes, "Caladan" and "Tyrant" were words which made me think of Dune but other than that, I don't see any plot connection. Maybe, as someone mentioned already, in the book's structure which I am not that fond of picking apart.
Oh, and oh, how I agree with you, Wilshire - that whiny woman sucks. Her place was to connect with Toc I believe, as both were flesh prisons or something, dreaming of freedom and whatnot.



*edit: I'm currently reading Toll the Hounds and it is there I found a very Dune-esque duo with similar rapport and dialogue.

Spoiler

The Rake and Endest pair function exactly as Leto II and Moneo - which is absolutely great, as far as I am concerned. The unwilling god versus the doubtful servant sort of deal.

This post has been edited by paradanmellow: 09 August 2015 - 11:10 PM