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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 1417 Views
Yes. *NM* jh - 25/12/2012 10:07:26 AM 495 Views
They're among the best fantasy series out there, yes. Legolas - 25/12/2012 07:02:39 PM 1012 Views
What makes it so good, your opinion? Also, does it have a satisfying conclusion? *NM* Anonymous2000 - 26/12/2012 10:50:53 PM 394 Views
Good questions. Legolas - 26/12/2012 11:30:14 PM 1191 Views
Great info, thanks! A few more questions..... Anonymous2000 - 27/12/2012 12:30:39 AM 981 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 917 Views
Yes and No Wibble - 27/12/2012 02:10:16 PM 1010 Views
There is one main arc, but it's not easy to spot badassashaman - 27/12/2012 05:12:20 PM 1054 Views
Do it! MonCul - 26/12/2012 03:09:41 PM 1176 Views
I started Gardens of the Moon recently. j-whitt987 - 26/12/2012 09:45:58 PM 1300 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 462 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 1039 Views
Yes. Yes, it does. Legolas - 28/12/2012 10:41:17 PM 922 Views
I liked the first one... *Major Book 2 Spoilers* Wibble - 28/12/2012 10:51:09 PM 988 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 927 Views
The complaints about Felisin have always had me shaking my head Larry - 29/12/2012 02:38:03 AM 977 Views
No, it's true, it makes sense enough. Legolas - 29/12/2012 08:34:24 AM 964 Views
Perhaps the biggest problem Wibble - 01/01/2013 12:20:18 AM 998 Views
I think it's just indicative of general misogyny in the fantasy readerbase, myself. *spoilers* Ghavrel - 30/12/2012 09:51:08 AM 992 Views
General misogyny? lol A Deathwatch Guard - 31/12/2012 05:50:15 AM 929 Views
I liked Felisin's stuff. Stephen - 29/12/2012 04:15:04 PM 934 Views
Just adding my bit here... vandevere - 29/12/2012 04:42:21 AM 1139 Views
sausagefest of a post up in here temeraire - 09/01/2013 04:43:38 PM 917 Views
Sadly, most posts here are that Larry - 09/01/2013 05:31:40 PM 1040 Views
Not much mystery to that, is there? Legolas - 09/01/2013 05:52:09 PM 976 Views
Nope, no mystery at all Larry - 09/01/2013 06:12:17 PM 975 Views
Of course, the genre as a whole has more male readers. Legolas - 09/01/2013 06:32:34 PM 907 Views
Genre? No. Opposite for the whole Larry - 09/01/2013 06:41:54 PM 973 Views
Re: Genre? No. Opposite for the whole DomA - 10/01/2013 01:11:27 AM 904 Views
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