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Steven Erikson interview

#1 Bridkid

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Posted 01 June 2007 - 09:05 PM

Hi guys

I thought I'd let you know about an interview Q&A Steven Erikson gave my newspaper's website recently in which he talks about all sorts of things, including who he'd choose as his shaved knuckles in a hole and why Karsa is nothing like Conan!

It can be viewed at the link below.

http://www.bridlingtontoday.co.uk/ViewArti...ticleid=2706341

Hope you like it.

#2 Dragnipurake

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Posted 01 June 2007 - 09:42 PM

Bridkid, Thanks for posting it, it was great.
so, he fences, eh?

#3 Gem Windcaster

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Posted 01 June 2007 - 09:56 PM

Bridkid;191117 said:

and why Karsa is nothing like Conan!

Pfft, I knew that already. I am not excited about the interview. No, I am not. *trembles*

Yah, yah! I just have to read it, okay! ^_^

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#4 Ashamanic2

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Posted 01 June 2007 - 09:58 PM

Excellent, really informative
How does what is apparently a small town paper get such an interview?

#5 Imperial Historian

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Posted 01 June 2007 - 10:00 PM

Great interview bridkid, really enjoyed it, some insightful questions there.

I've moved this to the announcements section, and added your interview to our wiki collection of the words of erikson here, if that's a problem just yell.

#6 Dolorous Menhir

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Posted 01 June 2007 - 11:16 PM

Nice article, I like his "the hobbit should have bought it" theory.

Loved this part:

SE said:

Imagine my disbelief when someone asserted that the character of Icarium was based on the comic-book Hulk. Apparently, because both have green skin and a tendency towards rage. My jaw dropped. The things people believe!

Haha, Abyss got burned.

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Posted 02 June 2007 - 12:16 PM

That was a great interview - plenty of good questions and plenty of interesting answers. Thanks!

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#8 Anomander Rake

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Posted 02 June 2007 - 01:23 PM

Excellent interview, very information. Looking forward to Toll the Hounds, being back in Darujistan/Black Coral.

Seems we'll be seeing a lot more of Nimander then.

ROFL! who said Icarium is like the Hulk? That thought has never crossed my mind, and I can't really see hardly any similarities. It's like saying any character that has red eyes, the writer must of copied the general depiction of the devil/satan.

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Posted 02 June 2007 - 01:42 PM

Linked this interview on the blog! ^_^

Patrick

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#10 Draconus

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Posted 03 June 2007 - 03:19 AM

Great interview, thanks for the link!

#11 Tes'thesula

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Posted 03 June 2007 - 04:16 PM

DM said:

Haha, Abyss got burned.

Actually...

http://www.malazanempire.com/forums/showth...32402#post32402

I was young and naive...

#12 tiam

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Posted 03 June 2007 - 09:58 PM

Anomander Rake;191199 said:

The Iccy thing cropped up in the Bh forum ages ago. Weird i know

#13 Gem Windcaster

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Posted 04 June 2007 - 10:33 PM

Homer Simpson FTW! ^_^

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#14 Dolorous Menhir

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Posted 04 June 2007 - 11:42 PM

Haha, Tes'thesula got burned.

#15 Aptorian

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Posted 05 June 2007 - 10:23 AM

Honestly who can't see the obvious comparison between Iccy and Hulk? I don't mean the skin, screw that, but the rage. Iccy in BH seemed to get more and more powerfull during the battle... which is what the Hulk does when he's in a fight aswell.

Interesting that SE choose Gothos for protection if he had to choose an ascendant... Not Rake, not Ruin, Not an elder god... not even Nefarias Bredd or Graymane ^_^

#16 Gem Windcaster

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Posted 10 June 2007 - 09:04 AM

Aptorian;191956 said:

Interesting that SE choose Gothos for protection if he had to choose an ascendant... Not Rake, not Ruin, Not an elder god... not even Nefarias Bredd or Graymane

Well, it's obviously because of Gothos humor!

Hee hee, Jaghut humor FTW!

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#17 Queen of Dreams

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Posted 12 June 2007 - 08:12 PM

That was a great interview! I'm really looking forward to learning more about Nimander - and going back to Black Coral/Darujhistan.

#18 WickanPagan

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Posted 19 June 2007 - 10:30 PM

Pretty good interview, thanks!

"Karsa Orlong is not Conan. He's the very opposite of Conan."
Hmm.. I agree. Karsa is a barbarian and so is Conan but that's where the comparison should end.

Loved the Hulk-Jaghut analogy.Now why did THAT never cross my mind?
Hehe.Loved SEs reply more.