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Book description for Bonehunters:

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January 1st we began the re-read of the main series of the Malazan books. The plan being to read one book a month. We've now added additional Erikson and Esslemont publications to the schedule, to be read roughly according to the publication order.

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You can read our thoughts from earlier months in these threads:

2020 Malazan Re-read: Gardens of the Moon

2020 Malazan Re-read: Deadhouse Gates

2020 Malazan Re-read: Memories of Ice

2020 Malazan Re-read: House of Chains

2020 Malazan Re-read: Night of Knives

June 1st we begin the re-read of Bonehunters, the sixth book in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series. Remember we will also be reading Night of Knives this month, Night of Knives coming first in the reading order.

There will be spoilers for all published books. So beware. Spoiler blocks are not mandatory but if people want to use boxes for the latest Kharkanas books or the Path to Ascendance books for example, I'd personally appreciate it.

Are you ready? What do you remember about Bonehunters?

This book was the turning point, where my adoration of the series and Erikson's writing started to waver. I still thought the series was great but I wasn't fond of the storylines, it lacked that proper convergence and didn't have quite the same epic moments that left you reeling with their implications. Rather at this point in the series I think Erikson starts to reveal answers to mysteries but forgets to create enough new ones. I liked Bonehunters and Reaper's Gale well enough but by the time I finished Toll the Hounds I was pretty frustrated with Erikson's over arching story and his pivot to more philosophical and more experiemental narratives.

Too many times Erikson swerves the reader, denying them that epic resolution I want. Dessim Ne'breahl never got to be the big bad I wanted, Mallick Rel never gets his comeuppance, The Jade Statue threat turns into nothing much, etc. It's a trend that continues in the later books and it gave me blue balls.

I hope that on this re-read I'll see these later books in a new light. I think maybe back then Bonehunters simply paled in comparison to Midnight Times.

Book description for Night of Knives:

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January 1st we began the re-read of the main series of the Malazan books. The plan being to read one book a month. We've now added additional Erikson and Esslemont publications to the schedule, to be read roughly according to the publication order.

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You can read our thoughts from earlier months in these threads:

2020 Malazan Re-read: Gardens of the Moon

2020 Malazan Re-read: Deadhouse Gates

2020 Malazan Re-read: Memories of Ice

2020 Malazan Re-read: House of Chains

2020 Malazan Re-read: Midnight Tides

2020 Malazan Re-read: Bonehunters

June 1st we begin the re-read of Night of Knives, which both serves as a prequel to the Malazan Book of the Fallen series and a kind of prologue to Esslemont's Empire series. Remember we will also be reading Bonehunters this month, Night of Knives coming first in the reading order.

There will be spoilers for all published books. So beware. Spoiler blocks are not mandatory but if people want to use boxes for the latest Kharkanas books or the Path to Ascendance books for example, I'd personally appreciate it.

Are you ready? What do you remember about Night of Knives?

I recall really liking this book. It was shorter and more focused, only featured a handful of character points of view and had a tremendous pace. There's stand out moments that helped flesh out the main series and gave us new info about famous characters. We saw Dassem in action for the first time, tossing a man like a horse shoe, Tayscren reacting to Kelanved's power in awe, Temper stomping around, clashing swords and killing things like a bad ass.

Can't wait!

Let's discuss something more fun in these troubled times. UFOs!

You may have noticed some UFO footage popping back up in the media this week. Here's a random BBC article:

https://www.bbc.com/...canada-52457805

Here's a random NY Times article with more details

https://www.nytimes....avy-pilots.html

Joe Rogan also had a couple of the pilots on his show, talking about what they saw.

This is the same footage that was revealed a couple years ago. Not much was made of it but I remember it blew my mind.

I'm convinced this is real proof that somebody or something is flying around in our skies. Doesn't have to be aliens, could be time travellers, what ever, but the truth is out there.

What do you think?

Do you want to believe?

January 1st we began the re-read of the main series of the Malazan books. The plan being to read one book a month. We've now added additional Erikson and Esslemont publications to the schedule, to be read roughly according to the publication order.

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You can read our thoughts from earlier months in these threads:

2020 Malazan Re-read: Gardens of the Moon

2020 Malazan Re-read: Deadhouse Gates

2020 Malazan Re-read: Memories of Ice

2020 Malazan Re-read: House of Chains

May 1st we begin the re-read of Midnight Tides, the fifth book of the Malazan Book of the Fallen series.

There will be spoilers for all published books. So beware. Spoiler blocks are not mandatory but if people want to use boxes for the latest Kharkanas books or the Path to Ascendance books for example, I'd personally appreciate it.

Are you ready? What do you remember about Midnight Tides?

Midnight Tides is one of my favorite Malazan Books. It was a shock that Erikson again split the narrative, so that we now had a third storyline completely seperated from characters and setting of the other four books. Except for Trull and a few cameos, the cast is new, the continent is new and weird new revelations about the lore and magic system and much else is revealed.

I remember Midnight Tides being a more challenging book than the others. The new themes of imperialism, capitalism, civilization vs natives, etc. were thrilling and most surprising, this book probably has some of the funniest segments when ever Tehol and Bugg steal the scene. I also remember rereading segments like Iron Bars vs the Toblakai gods, Bugg becoming enraged when he thinks Tehol is killed, the duel between Rhulad and Brys Beddict, etc. over and over. There's a lot of great moments in this one.

Anybody on here interested in doing some Astroneer co-op on PS4? I've been eyeing this game recently and feel like it would be a nice relaxing game to play in these Corona times but it seems like it should be played in co-op.

If you don't know what Astroneer is here's a short trailer:

https://youtu.be/Wjyz0k_8_D0

Gameplay:

https://youtu.be/gsddnfc8oJA

Astroneer is basically a very laid back survival, building and ressource collection game where you play as one or more astronauts stranded on an alien planet. The game is centered around collecting ressources and using said ressources to build a base and upgrade your equipment. There's no combat or real threat to the player, it's only about exploring, gathering and progress.