That’s one of the things I like about MT more than DG
Asharak Send a noteboard - 22/05/2010 11:57:32 AM
"Midnight Tides is without a doubt among Erikson's better work, but it isn't quite as dramatic, overwhelming and generally awe-inspiring as parts of Deadhouse Gates.."
Parts of Deadhouse Gates are fantastic, but huge parts of it are rather so and so, particularly the first 400 pages are pretty dull. Midnight Tides is much better throughout the book, things I general feel much more relevant to the overall plot of the book, than Fiddler, Kalam and Icarium walking in the desert without much happening for large parts of the first half.
Parts of Deadhouse Gates are fantastic, but huge parts of it are rather so and so, particularly the first 400 pages are pretty dull. Midnight Tides is much better throughout the book, things I general feel much more relevant to the overall plot of the book, than Fiddler, Kalam and Icarium walking in the desert without much happening for large parts of the first half.
Steven Erikson and Ian Cameron Esslemont, Malazan Book of the Fallen (series reviews)
- 17/05/2010 01:09:47 PM
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Gardens of the Moon (2002-2005 re-reads; 2010 re-read)
- 17/05/2010 01:10:14 PM
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I have the same experience with rereads of Erikson always bringing new things to the fore.
- 17/05/2010 01:32:28 PM
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Re: I have the same experience with rereads of Erikson always bringing new things to the fore.
- 19/05/2010 02:12:42 PM
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MT was just as good as those two, IMHO of course.
- 21/05/2010 12:29:22 PM
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Re: MT was just as good as those two, IMHO of course.
- 21/05/2010 03:39:10 PM
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Agreed.
- 21/05/2010 03:43:56 PM
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That’s one of the things I like about MT more than DG
- 22/05/2010 11:57:32 AM
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For me, GotM remains a half-failure
- 22/05/2010 06:05:30 PM
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I think even most fans of the series will agree with you there.
- 22/05/2010 07:32:25 PM
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Re: I think even most fans of the series will agree with you there.
- 23/05/2010 10:32:49 PM
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Ye gods, that reply was long. 
- 27/05/2010 04:20:35 PM
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- 27/05/2010 04:20:35 PM
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Re: Ye gods, that reply was long.
- 27/05/2010 10:57:00 PM
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- 27/05/2010 10:57:00 PM
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Oh, it's not about a lack of action.
- 28/05/2010 08:56:48 AM
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I'm pretty sure that I found MbotF from Wotmania, so thanks for that.
- 17/05/2010 03:28:08 PM
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Never quite thought of Erikson's series as being akin to screwing in the backseat...
- 18/05/2010 07:14:01 PM
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It's not my cup of tea. Good luck reading it!
- 19/05/2010 03:42:08 PM
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I've got to ask.
- 20/05/2010 08:56:14 PM
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Fans of the series told me that "Gardens of the Moon" isn't a good book to start with.
- 21/05/2010 10:47:52 PM
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Deadhouse Gates (2002-2005 reads; 2010 re-read)
- 21/05/2010 06:13:47 PM
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I find myself...
- 06/06/2010 03:21:07 AM
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Memories of Ice (2002-2005 reads; 2010 re-read)
- 27/05/2010 08:47:02 AM
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As I posted in your blog RE: Themes.
- 27/05/2010 05:25:19 PM
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I was going to respond later today to those 
- 27/05/2010 05:39:38 PM
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The Pannion Seer had been brainwashed by the Crippled God, he was a slave to his will. Inocent
- 27/05/2010 06:34:05 PM
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