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ellestraSteven Erikson mentioned (when he said he no longer remembers some things he wrote) someone who writes music to his poems (the ones that are at the beginnings of books and chapters). It seemed vaguely familiar and when I looked I found I listen to some of those songs before. Kit Soden has also composed a tribute to Coltaine
Chain of Dogs stays one of the most popular and enduring images from the saga. I even found a band that's named after it that sings malazan based songs - including one about Coltaine
It also reminds me that someone asked Erikson which book is his favourite. He said 3 of them. Toll of Hounds is the most personal. Midnight Tides because he jumped into something completely different after four books. And Deadhouse Gates are the most self-contained, complete story.
As much as I love Deadhouse Gates too I always preferred Genabackis as a setting. As Erikson said yesterday he went big with DG but then went even bigger with Memories of Ice (it was so big that he had to go lower with the next one or it would all get overboard and crash under the weight of expectations). So that's my favourite book in the series. However, I picked Gardens of the Moon for him to sign because this was the book that gave me everything I wanted from fantasy when I was ready to give up on it completely. I hated all the cliches and his book dealt with them in a way I felt like he read my mind. The depth of history, the lack of clear evil, no teenagers trained to rule kingdoms by living on a farm. I loved everything even the thing that many find hard to get through - getting thrown into deep water - as story starts in at the end of campaign to conquer Genabackis Free Cities. Here you can listen to how it all began - Gardens of the Moon - Prologue.
Chain of Dogs stays one of the most popular and enduring images from the saga. I even found a band that's named after it that sings malazan based songs - including one about Coltaine
It also reminds me that someone asked Erikson which book is his favourite. He said 3 of them. Toll of Hounds is the most personal. Midnight Tides because he jumped into something completely different after four books. And Deadhouse Gates are the most self-contained, complete story.
As much as I love Deadhouse Gates too I always preferred Genabackis as a setting. As Erikson said yesterday he went big with DG but then went even bigger with Memories of Ice (it was so big that he had to go lower with the next one or it would all get overboard and crash under the weight of expectations). So that's my favourite book in the series. However, I picked Gardens of the Moon for him to sign because this was the book that gave me everything I wanted from fantasy when I was ready to give up on it completely. I hated all the cliches and his book dealt with them in a way I felt like he read my mind. The depth of history, the lack of clear evil, no teenagers trained to rule kingdoms by living on a farm. I loved everything even the thing that many find hard to get through - getting thrown into deep water - as story starts in at the end of campaign to conquer Genabackis Free Cities. Here you can listen to how it all began - Gardens of the Moon - Prologue.
