Ian C. Esslemont

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January 01, 1962 in Winnipeg, Canada

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Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Ian Cameron Esslemont is a Canadian writer.

Ian C. Esslemont and Steven Erikson co-created the Malazan world in 1982 as a backdrop for role-playing games. In 1991 they collaborated on a feature film script set in the same world, entitled Gardens of the Moon. When the script did not sell, Erikson greatly expanded the story and turned it into a novel.

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Books by Ian C. Esslemont

Average rating: 3.88 · 2,734 ratings · 231 reviews · 5 distinct works

	Return of the Crimson Guard (Malazan Empire, #2) 3.97 avg rating — 1,085 ratings — published 2008 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Night of Knives (Malazan Empire, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 1,014 ratings — published 2007 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Stonewielder (Malazan Empire, #3) 4.03 avg rating — 519 ratings — published 2010 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Orb Sceptre Throne 4.03 avg rating — 128 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Blood and Bone: A Novel of the Malazan Empire 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — expected publication 2012 — 2 editions	My rating:

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Series by Ian C. Esslemont

Malazan (19 books)
by Ian C. Esslemont

4.15 avg rating — 45,435 ratings

Malazan Empire (4 books)
by Ian C. Esslemont

3.89 avg rating — 2,744 ratings

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Quotes by Ian C. Esslemont

“It takes an unusually philosophic mind to accept that all one’s suffering might be to no end, really, in the larger scheme of things.”
― Ian C. Esslemont, Stonewielder [Sc]

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“I've come to understand that the truth isn't really what's important...what really matters is what people agree is the truth. -Greymane”
― Ian C. Esslemont, Stonewielder

tags: malazan

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“When you do not recognize the wrongs of the past, the future takes its revenge. -Author forgotten”
― Ian C. Esslemont, Stonewielder

tags: malazan

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