ancapailldorcha wrote: » Finished Assail yesterday. Odd being done with this series.
AbusesToilets wrote: » I felt it left things fairly open ended. Be interesting to see what threads Erickson picks up in the Karsa trilogy. Have you read Esslemont's new books on the Empire's beginning?
Thargor wrote: » Never bothered with any of the extra stuff just the main series but Ill definitely be reading the Karsa trilogy.
keane2097 wrote: » The Esselmont books I've read range from decent to very good FWIW.
ancapailldorcha wrote: » Didn't really feel like an ending. At best, the Esselmont books add to the main story and at worst they just feel like fanfiction such that Erikson even clarifies that they are not in his introduction to Night of Knives. Assail was decent but felt too detached from the main series. Even the Silverfox and Jethiss arcs felt a bit pointless. The book's ending is the ending for that book rather than the whole series or even the ICE series. A lot of people don't. A woman at work who is the second person I've met only read Erikson. She had no idea the Esselmont book existed. I'd say that none of them are actually bad. Night of Knives is quite short and fills in a little detail on an important event in the series. Return of the Crimson Guard rounds up a minor character arc that Erikson may not even have mentioned in the main series while Orb, Sceptre, Throne was a genuinely excellent conclusion to Erikson's Darujhistan story from Toll the Hounds. Stonewielder and Assail simply have a surplus feel to them but they're decent stories in and of themselves. I did really like Blood and Bone as it's probably got the best comedy in Esselmont's series.
Glebee wrote: » Third of the way through DeadHouse Gates. Im really enjoying it so far and am amazed how quickly I got into it and got to grip with the characters. Could not really remember much from Gardens of the Moon, its been a while since I read it and after finishing I felt I would read no more of the series. Needed to google a few of them from time to time to stop getting mixed up and had a map of the continent saved to my phone to look at locations which also really help. Am really loving the desert / middle eastern location feel in the book. How to people rate this second book compared to the rest of the series????
lordgoat wrote: » Tried to read a the ICE books to break the series, about to give up on Crimson Guard despite liking the characters I just don't like his style!
Glebee wrote: » Its been slow going but getting to about 75% through deadhouse gates. Loving the chain of dogs story line but most of the other stuff thats going on has me completely lost. Going to complete but i dont know if any of the rest of this series is for me.
Glebee wrote: » Dont get me wrong I think The Chains of Dogs story thread is classic stuff, its all the other storylines going on that I have not a breeze about. The Kalam story line im ok with. A character suddenly pops into a story line and I saying where the hell did he come from or where the feck are they now.
keane2097 wrote: » From memory, I don't think it's abnormal to be struggling to keep up at this stage. There is a series of articles on Tor where they do chapter summaries and analysis of all the books that I found very useful when re-reading. If you're interested it might be worth a look:https://www.tor.com/series/malazan-reread-of-the-fallen/
Glebee wrote: » So thats me complete on Deadhouse Gates. Chain of Dogs - Epic stuff, brillaint. I really loved the ending, would make a brilliant movie... All the other storey lines I would leave out.( no idea what was happening half the time) Not sure if I have the will power to dive straight into Memories of Ice?? Might go for something a little less taxing.
Aethan Dor wrote: » Eventually got through all these, highly recommend, big hole left to fill after such an enormous series. Anyone got similar stuff they can recommend please ? Although I've read a lot of popular Fantasy collections by now all suggestions welcome, My most recent foray is into the 'Thorns' series by Mark Lawrence, currently on Emperor of Thorns.
Glebee wrote: » Just starting to attempt Memories of Ice, there goes any other reading for the next 6 months....
The White Feather wrote: » I have been reading through this whole thread today as this morning I got 5 books in this series. The first 2 and the last one as well as 2 others. I got them all in a charity shop for only a few euro. I had never heard of Erikson before and they just seemed interesting. Now I see that maybe someone threw in the towel! :pac: They might have been read though so its hard to know.I am going to read them anyway once I get the others and the good thing is this thread has prepared me a bit on what to expect!!
