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The UK HB release states RG will nly be 509 pages long, compared to 912 for The Bonehunters, and is significantly shorter than the other novels in the series?
Any ideas why this is such a slim addition?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Malazan-Book-Falle...1887744-8835818
ps By way of introduction, i'm a pretty recent "returner" i guess to fantasy off the back of the LOTR films released over the last few years, i re-read LOTR, The Hobbit, Silmarillion (simply awesome), and it re-ignited the interest i had first time around as a schoolboy - suffice to say, i'm back reading fantasy again and really loving it.
I was surprised how adult, and non stereotypical fantasy had become - and how well written!
The Malazan series is the best fantasy i have yet come across on my return, and i am a few days away for starting "House of Chains" - i have several series on the go - Covenant, Prince of Nothing, The Farseer trilogy. Though i realise i've spread myself to thin!
I have plans next year for Feists "Magician" trilogy, Mievilles "New Crobuzon" books, and maybe later ASOFAI.
Regards, Kalam 16.
Reapers Gale only 509 pages
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Posted 03 November 2006 - 05:43 PM
Probably because amazon is wrong... they usually just make up those numbers at random, closer to the publishing date a more accurate page count will appear...
Ask one of the advance readers if you want more info, but from the sound of things it wasn't noticably short.
Ask one of the advance readers if you want more info, but from the sound of things it wasn't noticably short.
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Posted 03 November 2006 - 05:47 PM
I'll send an email to the publishers.
This is amazon talking... they're never right ..
I've read it and it looked like it was gonna be a darn sight longer than that
This is amazon talking... they're never right ..
I've read it and it looked like it was gonna be a darn sight longer than that
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Posted 03 November 2006 - 05:55 PM
Imperial Historian;130640 said:
Probably because amazon is wrong... they usually just make up those numbers at random, closer to the publishing date a more accurate page count will appear...
Ask one of the advance readers if you want more info, but from the sound of things it wasn't noticably short.
Ask one of the advance readers if you want more info, but from the sound of things it wasn't noticably short.
I see. It did seem ridiculously short, i like to look ahead, but i still have 3 to read before RG.
I'm in the UK, how far behind is the US now?
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Posted 03 November 2006 - 05:57 PM
US has just published House of Chains
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Posted 03 November 2006 - 06:12 PM
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US has just published House of Chains
Oh dear!
So will they get Midnight Tides this spring?
Are they releasing two a year to try and catch up?
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Posted 03 November 2006 - 06:31 PM
Midnight Tides is scheduled for release April 2007 in US
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Posted 03 November 2006 - 08:20 PM
Wow that's funny, i always thought that things were behind in south africa at least i'm waiting for reaper's gale and the tension is killing me!
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Posted 03 November 2006 - 09:27 PM
Im in hte US and I have read BH, I don't know what your talking about us being behind. Or perhaps those of us that Enjoy Erikson's work will find ways to get the rest of his books? Oh well.
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Posted 04 November 2006 - 03:34 AM
Back closer to the original topic. Anyone in the US can still buy from Amazon.uk or Amazon.ca. In the meantime, they can take as looong as Todd Lockwood needs to continue producing his wonderful covers.
And Locke Reaper, I'd trade pretty faces for formidable minds any day. I'd rather a well-run country than a bunch of beautiful idiots. But that's just me.
And Locke Reaper, I'd trade pretty faces for formidable minds any day. I'd rather a well-run country than a bunch of beautiful idiots. But that's just me.
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Posted 04 November 2006 - 07:40 AM
Canadians have an average IQ over 110... but we're lazy, generally speaking, and far too apathetic to use those brains - especially since the really smart ones see the pointlessness of running for political office, and we get the run-offs in 'power'... but that could be due to the fact we spend more money on scholing than military, and the rest of the world looks down on us cuz we're 'polite' and have a small (but extremely well-trained) and under-equipped military.
Back to the origianl - i doubt SE would let the book out if it was ridiculously shorter - nothing would happen. The greatest things tend to happen after page 700 in his books... (random number pulled from my mind... im very lazy.)
Back to the origianl - i doubt SE would let the book out if it was ridiculously shorter - nothing would happen. The greatest things tend to happen after page 700 in his books... (random number pulled from my mind... im very lazy.)
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Posted 04 November 2006 - 01:41 PM
potsherds;130826 said:
Back closer to the original topic. Anyone in the US can still buy from Amazon.uk or Amazon.ca. In the meantime, they can take as looong as Todd Lockwood needs to continue producing his wonderful covers.
And Locke Reaper, I'd trade pretty faces for formidable minds any day. I'd rather a well-run country than a bunch of beautiful idiots. But that's just me.
And Locke Reaper, I'd trade pretty faces for formidable minds any day. I'd rather a well-run country than a bunch of beautiful idiots. But that's just me.
If Todd Lockwood is the guy who draws the US Covers, then his work is truly terrible. The US covers are dreadful, they are simply cut and paste fantasy drawings that could have been applied to virtually any fantasy novel or fantasy series.
The UK covers are infiniteley superior, they are much less cliched, more sophisticated, and actually have something to with the content.
Lockwoods covers belong in the 80's.
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Posted 04 November 2006 - 03:51 PM
Note to all:
Amazon UK has always listed upcoming Erikson books as having 509 pages when they do not know how many pages it is. This happened with HOC, MT and TBH as well, so no worries, we already know the book is bigger than that and as the release date approaches you will see Amazon UK adjusting that date.
Amazon UK has always listed upcoming Erikson books as having 509 pages when they do not know how many pages it is. This happened with HOC, MT and TBH as well, so no worries, we already know the book is bigger than that and as the release date approaches you will see Amazon UK adjusting that date.
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Posted 04 November 2006 - 04:31 PM
Kalam16;130899 said:
If Todd Lockwood is the guy who draws the US Covers, then his work is truly terrible. The US covers are dreadful, they are simply cut and paste fantasy drawings that could have been applied to virtually any fantasy novel or fantasy series.
The UK covers are infiniteley superior, they are much less cliched, more sophisticated, and actually have something to with the content.
Lockwoods covers belong in the 80's.
The UK covers are infiniteley superior, they are much less cliched, more sophisticated, and actually have something to with the content.
Lockwoods covers belong in the 80's.
Lockwood's covers start from House of Chains, and the two we've seen so far beat the living crap out of the old US WOT-derivative covers.
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Posted 04 November 2006 - 06:21 PM
you mean start from Memories of Ice;)
However the UK covers are better in all respect...except perhaps Midnight Tides...really the Tiste Edur are not like the Imass:p But the US covers are pretty good in my opinion, better than the freaking Gardens of the Moon cover. Todd is a good choice and good bloke at that too and his work is pretty good in my opinion, I enjoy his covers very much and the Midnight Tides cover is awesome...even though he failed to the Edur the way they were described to him:p
And yeah who cares about the pages...amazon can never be trusted in such things anyways. The book is much longer as previously stated...but would it matter? If it was 100pages or 2000pages you'd still go buy it and you'd still go "omfg that was great!"
However the UK covers are better in all respect...except perhaps Midnight Tides...really the Tiste Edur are not like the Imass:p But the US covers are pretty good in my opinion, better than the freaking Gardens of the Moon cover. Todd is a good choice and good bloke at that too and his work is pretty good in my opinion, I enjoy his covers very much and the Midnight Tides cover is awesome...even though he failed to the Edur the way they were described to him:p
And yeah who cares about the pages...amazon can never be trusted in such things anyways. The book is much longer as previously stated...but would it matter? If it was 100pages or 2000pages you'd still go buy it and you'd still go "omfg that was great!"
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Posted 04 November 2006 - 07:43 PM
Kalam16;130639 said:
I have plans next year for Feists "Magician" trilogy, Mievilles "New Crobuzon" books, and maybe later ASOFAI.
Regards, Kalam 16.
Regards, Kalam 16.
Since this topic is hopelessly off-topic already, I'll just say that Magician is a great book, and, IMO opinion, almost the only book out there who can match Malazan. ( Please don't kill me. )
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Posted 04 November 2006 - 08:50 PM
Kalam16 said:
If Todd Lockwood is the guy who draws the US Covers, then his work is truly terrible. The US covers are dreadful, they are simply cut and paste fantasy drawings that could have been applied to virtually any fantasy novel or fantasy series.
The UK covers are infiniteley superior, they are much less cliched, more sophisticated, and actually have something to with the content.
Lockwoods covers belong in the 80's.
The UK covers are infiniteley superior, they are much less cliched, more sophisticated, and actually have something to with the content.
Lockwoods covers belong in the 80's.
Visit his site man. That's all I gotta say. Hey, here:
http://www.toddlockwood.com/
and some of my fav's:
- http://www.toddlockwood.com/galleries/new_...agamuffin.shtml
- http://www.toddlockwood.com/galleries/new_...se_chains.shtml
- http://www.toddlockw...c/01/kali.shtml
Ok, I lied, I have more to say:
He doesn't have the time to read thousand page books in order to capture all of the single details that Erikson throws in willy-nilly every 50 to 100 pages. He does his best to get enough details to do a good piece of work. Accurate? Nope. Close? Yes. And he cares. He's come onto this board to get details from us and sugesstions on scenes to write, and judging from his reply to the e-mail I sent him, he truly cares to create an accurate rendition of the scene.
He does draw for DnD and Magic though, so yes, his artistry has a fantastic feel to it. Last time I checked that is the genre of Erikson's books though.
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Posted 05 November 2006 - 09:04 AM
Potsherds, your country runs itself its the rest of the world your poeple are wasting. And i wouldn't be talking about idiots running a country if i where you. You have the posterchild after all.
