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The Malazan Book of the Fallen is an epic fantasy series written by Canadian author Steven Erikson, published in ten volumes starting with Gardens of the Moon. Eight books are available as of July 2008 and two are forthcoming. It is wide in scope and encompassing the stories of a very large cast of characters. Each book tells a different chapter in the ongoing saga of the world upon which the Malazan Empire is located. For the first five books, each volume is relatively self-contained, in that the primary conflict of each novel is resolved within that novel. However, many underlying characters and events are interwoven throughout the works of the series, binding it together. The second half of the series is much more traditionally structured with events in one novel leading into the next.
The Malazan world was co-created by Steven Erikson and Ian Cameron Esslemont in the early 1980s as a backdrop for roleplaying games. In 2005 Esslemont began publishing his own series of five novels set in the same world, beginning with Night of Knives. Although Esslemont's books are published under a different series title - Novels of the Malazan Empire - Esslemont and Erikson collaborated on the storyline for the entire fifteen-book project and Esslemont's novels are considered as canonical and integral to the series as Erikson's own.
The Malazan series is often compared both to Glen Cook's Black Company,[1] (to whom the seventh book is dedicated) and George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series.
In order to avoid derailing the Current Reading thread further.
I liked Toll, but like the last couple, the whole book feels like build up. I think there was too much filler and humor(?).
Kallor could have had his own book. I'd like more detail about his whole story.
Have any of the other readers read anything by Ian Cameron Esslemont?
The Malazan Book of the Fallen is an epic fantasy series written by Canadian author Steven Erikson, published in ten volumes starting with Gardens of the Moon. Eight books are available as of July 2008 and two are forthcoming. It is wide in scope and encompassing the stories of a very large cast of characters. Each book tells a different chapter in the ongoing saga of the world upon which the Malazan Empire is located. For the first five books, each volume is relatively self-contained, in that the primary conflict of each novel is resolved within that novel. However, many underlying characters and events are interwoven throughout the works of the series, binding it together. The second half of the series is much more traditionally structured with events in one novel leading into the next.
The Malazan world was co-created by Steven Erikson and Ian Cameron Esslemont in the early 1980s as a backdrop for roleplaying games. In 2005 Esslemont began publishing his own series of five novels set in the same world, beginning with Night of Knives. Although Esslemont's books are published under a different series title - Novels of the Malazan Empire - Esslemont and Erikson collaborated on the storyline for the entire fifteen-book project and Esslemont's novels are considered as canonical and integral to the series as Erikson's own.
The Malazan series is often compared both to Glen Cook's Black Company,[1] (to whom the seventh book is dedicated) and George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series.
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Originally Posted by Martin Savage
 So I'm not the only Erickson freak around here? Neat!
Toll was better than I expected, yet had some failings. Most of the book is a setup, but things goes epic in the Erickson way. The last 200 pages are amazing. The whole Anomander Rake stuff was great, but one character I didn't give a fuck about, Nimander, really came out well. Still is the best fantasy on the market. |
I liked Toll, but like the last couple, the whole book feels like build up. I think there was too much filler and humor(?).
Kallor could have had his own book. I'd like more detail about his whole story.
Have any of the other readers read anything by Ian Cameron Esslemont?
