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Just adding my bit here... vandevere Send a noteboard - 29/12/2012 04:42:21 AM
Just got a big Barnes and Noble gift certificate, and looking to try some new things. I've heard good things about Malazan. Any thoughts?


The books are great. The main plot is subtly done, and as so many others have said, you have to do a lot of working it out yourself; and I love that.

Most Scifi and fantasy these days treat the reader like he/she is a mere toddler, incapable of understanding plots more complicated than "See Spot run, run Spot run..."

I love it when books make me figure stuff out on my own...

If the human brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't understand it.
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Are the Malazan books any good? beetnemesis - 25/12/2012 05:05:46 AM 1586 Views
Yes. *NM* jh - 25/12/2012 10:07:26 AM 584 Views
They're among the best fantasy series out there, yes. Legolas - 25/12/2012 07:02:39 PM 1217 Views
What makes it so good, your opinion? Also, does it have a satisfying conclusion? *NM* Anonymous2000 - 26/12/2012 10:50:53 PM 481 Views
Good questions. Legolas - 26/12/2012 11:30:14 PM 1392 Views
Great info, thanks! A few more questions..... Anonymous2000 - 27/12/2012 12:30:39 AM 1180 Views
I actually haven't read the last two books yet, but my answer has to be a no A Deathwatch Guard - 27/12/2012 07:37:36 AM 1121 Views
Yes and No Wibble - 27/12/2012 02:10:16 PM 1233 Views
There is one main arc, but it's not easy to spot badassashaman - 27/12/2012 05:12:20 PM 1234 Views
Do it! MonCul - 26/12/2012 03:09:41 PM 1362 Views
I started Gardens of the Moon recently. j-whitt987 - 26/12/2012 09:45:58 PM 1526 Views
Thanks to everyone for their feedback. I'm thinking of starting Malazan after AMOL as well. *NM* RandAllThor - 28/12/2012 03:39:34 PM 540 Views
I liked the first one; the second one, not so much. I haven't read beyond that. Stephen - 28/12/2012 07:24:35 PM 1215 Views
Yes. Yes, it does. Legolas - 28/12/2012 10:41:17 PM 1117 Views
I liked the first one... *Major Book 2 Spoilers* Wibble - 28/12/2012 10:51:09 PM 1193 Views
Felisin always kinda sucked, but the second point was one of the best parts! A Deathwatch Guard - 29/12/2012 02:29:08 AM 1133 Views
The complaints about Felisin have always had me shaking my head Larry - 29/12/2012 02:38:03 AM 1184 Views
No, it's true, it makes sense enough. Legolas - 29/12/2012 08:34:24 AM 1158 Views
Perhaps the biggest problem Wibble - 01/01/2013 12:20:18 AM 1220 Views
I think it's just indicative of general misogyny in the fantasy readerbase, myself. *spoilers* Ghavrel - 30/12/2012 09:51:08 AM 1185 Views
General misogyny? lol A Deathwatch Guard - 31/12/2012 05:50:15 AM 1131 Views
I liked Felisin's stuff. Stephen - 29/12/2012 04:15:04 PM 1121 Views
Just adding my bit here... vandevere - 29/12/2012 04:42:21 AM 1336 Views
sausagefest of a post up in here temeraire - 09/01/2013 04:43:38 PM 1115 Views
Sadly, most posts here are that Larry - 09/01/2013 05:31:40 PM 1234 Views
Not much mystery to that, is there? Legolas - 09/01/2013 05:52:09 PM 1174 Views
Nope, no mystery at all Larry - 09/01/2013 06:12:17 PM 1167 Views
Of course, the genre as a whole has more male readers. Legolas - 09/01/2013 06:32:34 PM 1116 Views
Genre? No. Opposite for the whole Larry - 09/01/2013 06:41:54 PM 1196 Views
Re: Genre? No. Opposite for the whole DomA - 10/01/2013 01:11:27 AM 1111 Views
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