[shudders and hopes he never annoys Jayhawk too much ]
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Erikson wrote GotM over seven years. I imagine he had his US literary agent hawk a draft around the US publishers, who declined the opportunity.
He then moved to the UK, where, under the guidance of his UK agent and a couple of decent editors, they tore it apart, and rewrote most of it, tightening it up considerably. That is what he roughly said on the Malazan website, and in interviews I have seen.
When he had got a UK publisher his US agent went back to the US publishers who said "Steven Erikson? GotM? Nah - seen that, declined it".
We all have only ever seen the revised version.
ok. that clears up that issue.
We will never know.
Unless 10+ years later, like Stephen King, he decided to rerelease an expanded, revised version, ala The Gunslinger or The Stand...
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Miss you Kory.
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Taimandred still LIVES... as a proxy Lanfear killed Asmo
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