“Ding, ding, ding,” the bell rings and the referee declares me the winner. I’ve just gone twelve rounds with “Toll the Hounds”, the latest 923-pages addition to the “Malazan Book of the Fallen” saga. At the start we both ran circles around each other; me trying to catch it, and TtH cunningly evading my every [...]
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The Malazan Badass Quote of the Day
“The world, someone once said, gives back what is given. In abundance. But then, as Kallor would point out, someone was always saying something. Until he got fed up and had them executed.”
- Toll the Hounds, page 119, by Steven Erikson
Amazon, I Love Thee So!
Amazon is a fickle bitch. Two days ago I put down an order that they’re masterful system managed to disappear without a trace, like it somehow decided that this particular mixture of books and comics was too awesome for my mortal mind and decided to enter the goodness into its very own version of the [...]
The ‘Toll the Hounds’ Prologue
Is now up on malazanempire.
I never get much out of these prologues, but a mere glimmer of Steven Erikson’s world is better than no glimmer at all. And it provides endless amounts of fodder for discussion.
The best thing about this prologue comes at the very end:
“Join us, friend,” said Kruppe. “Sit here by this fire: [...]
Toll the Hounds UK Cover Art
(Initially posted by Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist)
It’s that time of year, folks. I think it was sometime around February or such like that we got to see the UK cover art for “Reaper’s Gale” by Steven Erikson, and this year we’re getting the new one in late January. I remember there being some discussion as to [...]
Slightly Apocalyptic Book Awards of 2007
Welcome to my own personal award ceremony where I list and honour the books I read and reviewed in 2007. Here you’ll find my list of top releases along and the awards for Best New Author, Most Disappointing Novel, Best Book Review Blog, Best Book Forum and lastly, the books I think are most likely [...]
Toll the Hounds Synopsis
I got this from the essential fantasy blog, Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist, who in turn discovered it over at amazon.co.uk. Steven Erikson’s Malazan series is my favourite on-going fantasy series at the moment, so any news I hear about him always tends to get me very excited. “Toll the Hounds” will most probably not hit the [...]
The Lees of Laughter’s End, by Steven Erikson
I finished my copy of Lees yesterday afternoon, which was a most spectacular afternoon in every way. Not only was the sky as blue as you could only dream of and the temperature was near to perfect, but as three little doggies played beneath me I had the chance to finish the last Malazan book [...]
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