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#61 QuickTidal

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Posted 03 April 2023 - 12:22 PM

worry, on 31 March 2023 - 02:07 AM, said:

I might have to wait. Every time I get a Bantam version of a Malazan book it's full of typos... "colour" , "honour", "labour", etc.

Oh, you mean the correct way to spell those words? I'm sorry about this clear indictment of the American system...but then what should we expect from a country where "Regardless" became (inexplicably) "Irregardless"....a nonsense word.

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#62 Abyss

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Posted 03 April 2023 - 01:54 PM

QuickTidal, on 03 April 2023 - 12:22 PM, said:

worry, on 31 March 2023 - 02:07 AM, said:

I might have to wait. Every time I get a Bantam version of a Malazan book it's full of typos... "colour" , "honour", "labour", etc.

FTFY.

I can't help it, i love using that word because it's such perfect bait.

Reddit tells me the book is appearing on shelves in Europe.

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#63 HoosierDaddy

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Posted 04 April 2023 - 02:32 PM

Evidently Book Depository is closing at the end of this month. Sad news. Quite enjoyed the free shipping from the UK.

Trouble arrives when the opponents to such a system institute its extreme opposite, where individualism becomes godlike and sacrosanct, and no greater service to any other ideal (including community) is possible. In such a system rapacious greed thrives behind the guise of freedom, and the worst aspects of human nature come to the fore....

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#64 QuickTidal

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Posted 04 April 2023 - 03:06 PM

HoosierDaddy, on 04 April 2023 - 02:32 PM, said:

Evidently Book Depository is closing at the end of this month. Sad news. Quite enjoyed the free shipping from the UK.

Typical Amazon. Buy competing company (set up by a former Amazon employee who hated amazon), drain it of anything worthwhile, and then shut it down so people filter back to Amazon.

Jeff Bezos can fuck off into the sun.

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#65 Vengeance

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Posted 05 April 2023 - 11:24 PM

Got back from Spring Break to find Forge on the porch. Was really sad to see that the depository was shutting down.

How many fucking people do I have to hammer in order to get that across.
Hinter - Vengy - DIE. I trusted you you bastard!!!!!!!
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#66 Geoffray

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Posted 06 April 2023 - 06:12 AM

Got it on my kindle today. Time to tip in Malazan world once again ^^!

Sorry for my english ;), I'm french :P

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Posted 06 April 2023 - 01:37 PM

Kindle and Audible both dl'd last night (for real this time) so YAY!

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#68 Salt-Man Z

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Posted 06 April 2023 - 03:39 PM

Just downloaded it, but, uh... I still haven't read KR yet! (And at this point I've entirely forgotten the first two books as well.) Time for a reread...

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Posted 06 April 2023 - 04:18 PM

Salt-Man Z, on 06 April 2023 - 03:39 PM, said:

Just downloaded it, but, uh... I still haven't read KR yet! (And at this point I've entirely forgotten the first two books as well.) Time for a reread...

Too late.
Report for mindwipe, rinse, and reload.

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#70 Gorefest

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Posted 06 April 2023 - 05:18 PM

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Yesterday, upon the stair, I saw a man who wasn't there. He wasn't there again today. Oh, how I wish he'd go away.

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#71 Primateus

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Posted 06 April 2023 - 07:13 PM

I have acquired this on Audible. Once I get the opportunity, I will acquire a physical specimen as well. Preferably in Hardcover, to join it's hardcover brethren.

Screw you all, and have a nice day!

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#72 ArchieVist

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Posted 08 April 2023 - 07:25 PM

Got mine in the US through Book Depository today. There's a nice new 2-page detailed map of the Falar Islands in the very back.

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#73 Vengeance

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Posted 09 April 2023 - 03:35 AM

Finished it! Hot damn was that a tight ride.

How many fucking people do I have to hammer in order to get that across.
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#74 ArchieVist

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Posted 18 April 2023 - 07:05 AM

Tor has finally gotten around to posting the US publishing date. It's January 9, 2024.

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Posted 18 April 2023 - 01:18 PM

ArchieVist, on 18 April 2023 - 07:05 AM, said:

Tor has finally gotten around to posting the US publishing date. It's January 9, 2024.

Revolutions have started for less.

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#76 Jussi

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Posted 23 May 2023 - 07:21 PM

US cover art from Tor Books:
https://edel-images....88610_4684e.jpg

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Posted 24 May 2023 - 01:55 PM

Jussi, on 23 May 2023 - 07:21 PM, said:

US cover art from Tor Books:
https://edel-images....88610_4684e.jpg

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This is a whole other level of generic fantasy book cover.

Also, severe lack of ship.

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#78 Tavvar

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Posted 30 May 2023 - 12:36 PM

I'm glad I checked this thread today, I didn't know this was out yet! I have a long vacation coming up, and there is just enough time left for Amazon UK to ship it to me (in the US) before I leave!

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#79 Messremb

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Posted 03 September 2023 - 07:21 PM

Abyss, on 24 May 2023 - 01:55 PM, said:

Jussi, on 23 May 2023 - 07:21 PM, said:

US cover art from Tor Books:
https://edel-images....88610_4684e.jpg

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This is a whole other level of generic fantasy book cover.

Also, severe lack of ship.

Worse is the hack attempt at image editing. If you're going to edit out the chains then at least don't leave random sections hanging there.

Attached Image: monthly_09_2023/post-1633-0-99833500-1693768169.png

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Or copy & paste the scenery

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Having taken a closer look at each of the 3 large structures; each is an awful mess of structural components in different alignments, irregular scales and nonsensical forms.

Is this trash produced by an AI? Anyone know how to give feedback on this dross?

"see that stranger's arm crushing the life from him - do you understand? Not an eternal prison for Messremb"

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#80 ArchieVist

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Posted 24 September 2023 - 12:45 AM

I wouldn't get too bent out of shape by the quality of this cover until we see the final version. There have been several rushed Malazan cover mockups appearing in sales promotions over the years that didn't correctly represent the final product. One early cover of Orb Sceptre Throne that incorrectly included commas in the title still shows up in Tor articles from time to time.