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Edgewalker research paper
22 August 2023 - 04:46 AM
A Malazfan on reddit did a LOT of thinking about Edgewalker.
Worth a read .
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READING ORDER discussion for SUN SWORD and HOUSE WAR
16 May 2023 - 03:37 PM
Below are some reading order posts - feel free to add to the discussion.
Me, i'm going in order of publication, because i'm crazy that way.
Tiste Simeon, on 20 April 2023 - 07:30 PM, said:From QT in the other thread:
THE HIDDEN CITY (House War #1)
CITY OF NIGHT (House War #2)
HOUSE NAME (House War #3) & THE SACRED HUNT (Duology that covers much of the same events as HOUSE NAME, but from other character angles)
THE BROKEN CROWN (Sun Sword #1)
THE UNCROWNED KING (Sun Sword #2)
THE SHINING COURT (Sun Sword #3)
SEA OF SORROWS (Sun Sword #4)
THE RIVEN SHIELD (Sun Sword #5)
THE SUN SWORD (Sun Sword #6)
SKIRMISH (House War #4)
BATTLE (House War #5)
ORACLE (House War #6)
FIRSTBORN (House War #7)
WAR (House War #8)
Not released yet
HUNTER'S REDOUBT (The Burning Crown #1)
UNTITLED (The Burning Crown #2)
UNTITLED (The Burning Crown #3)
From what I understand you can jump in at the beginning of any series, which is good as I am only going to do Sun Sword, and am a few hours into book 1.
Whisperzzzzzzz, on 21 April 2023 - 05:17 PM, said:I would absolutely recommend reading the first 3 books of House War first! They give a depth and background to the world and central characters — Jewel and her misfit family — that is important to fully appreciate everything that comes later. I also like the gradual build of scale and scope across the entire thematic universe that you get from starting with the House War books. Starting with Jewel as a nobody orphan, who gets adopted by Rath by happenstance, who finds mythical histories by happenstance, who builds a family by happenstance, who then flips the script and stops being buffetted by chance and instead starts making things happen, all the way up to the class-spanning, world-spanning events in the more recent series. And they're just good books!
Spoiler
The Sacred Hunt duology, on the other hand, are stilted, detached, and not as well written. I think most people would be better served by reading the House War books and then skipping the Sacred Hunt books entirely.
When I did my read-through, I didn't skip the Sacred Hunt books, but I did skim them.
Here's my recommendation:
Start here – The House War, Part One
The Hidden City (2008)
City of Night (2009)
House Name (2011)
Skip or Skim - The Sacred Hunt
Hunter's Oath (1995)
Hunter's Death (1996)
The Sun Sword
The Broken Crown (1997)
The Uncrowned King (1998)
The Shining Court (1999)
Sea of Sorrows (2001)
The Riven Shield (2003)
The Sun Sword (2004)
The House War, Part Two
Skirmish (2012)
Battle (2013)
Oracle (2015)
Firstborn (2019)
War (2019)
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Abyss'mal Essalieyan read thread
16 May 2023 - 02:54 PM
Just Finished House War bk 1, THE BROKEN CROWN....
SPOILERS unblocked for that book only. No later book spoilers here.
Allow me to cherrypick the earlier thread for some relevant points....
Abyss, on 21 April 2023 - 01:53 PM, said:QuickTidal, on 21 April 2023 - 01:06 PM, said:Tiste Simeon, on 21 April 2023 - 01:01 PM, said:The main thing I took from that, QT is how off my spelling is haha.
This is clearly a wonderfully deep and well crafted world and I'm glad I'm going to stick with it...
I see the same thing from Abyss when he does Audiobooks, it's hard to suss out how names are spelt! LOL It's all good.
Glad you're sticking with it, it's so good as it gets properly going.
This is totally a thing and now I just embrace it.
Tiste Simeon, on 21 April 2023 - 05:29 PM, said:Abyss, on 21 April 2023 - 01:52 PM, said:JPK, on 21 April 2023 - 04:19 AM, said:Abyss, on 21 April 2023 - 03:24 AM, said:Are you going the earbook route per usual?As I have both series, am going to follow published order and start w THE BROKEN CROWN.
Yep.
The narrator is quite good. She's expressive and all but doesn't have a very wide range of voices. However, I'm finding that the way she tells the story means I'm not sure it matters, she has a good way with it so the voices are incidental.
That's my thinking on it and I'm liking her more each time I listen, you might feel differently.
The narrator Eva WIlhelm did a very good job with this. Considering she had to work with +/- eight POV voices and two distinct accents (Dominion and Empire), and managed to keep them all distinct and clear, 'very good' is impressive. There were a maybe 2-3 times where a large group conversation was just a bit harder to clearly follow who was speaking or thinking but for the actual text saying so, but those moments jumped out because she did solid work otherwise.
I was trying to figure out why her voice sounded familiar; a quick search showed she's a regular on Graphic Audio productions including the Eric Carter Necromancer series i'm a fan of.
There was not much action in this book, but the two significant scenes - Kiriel saving Valedan, and Alesso v cranky demon who only showed up to give Alesso someone to fight - were done well enough. To be fair, while the Kiriel scene is told in detail and gives the narrator opportunity to pace and pitch accordingly, Alesso's fight is told mostly thirdhand by people having borderline bored conversations around it, so her opportunity to crank up the narration was limited.
As earbooks go, this was a solid adaptation, no complaints.
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Welcome to the Michelle West / Michelle Sagara subforum
16 May 2023 - 02:08 PM
Alrighty forumites, because you demanded it (ie i suggested it and like one person replied 'sure!') we now have an 'Other Authors' subforum for these books.
As w the other Other Author forums please be clear in your topics and posts about what you are discussing, what will be spoiled, what book you are at, etc etc.
Keeping in mind the sheer scope of the Sun Sword / House War/ whatever else is in there series, please be especially clear and when in doubt, spoilerblock to protect thestupidinnocent fromthemselvesspoilers. -
Random retro post is random
02 May 2023 - 03:15 PM
Umm... spoilers... for... uh, the Malazan series...
and i guess... books, and
....life?
....and stuff.....
yeah.
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