Steven Erikson




Steven Erikson

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born
October 07, 1959

gender
male

place of birth
Toronto, Canada

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genre
Science Fiction & Fantasy

influences
Gustav Hasford, Tim O'Brien, Robert Ludlum, Tom Clancy, Stephen King, John Gardner, Don DeLillo, Ursula LeGuin, Stephen Donaldson, Tim Powers, Glen Cook, Paul Kearney


about this author

Steven Erikson is the pseudonym of Steve Rune Lundin, a Canadian novelist, who was educated and trained as both an archaeologist and anthropologist. His best-known work is the on-going series, the Malazan Book of the Fallen.




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avg rating: 4.23 | 6,519 ratings | 560 reviews | 19 distinct works | 64 fans
Gardens of the Moon Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1)
by Steven Erikson
avg rating 3.95 — 1,247 ratings — published 1999
15 editions
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Deadhouse Gates Deadhouse Gates (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #2)
by Steven Erikson
avg rating 4.31 — 875 ratings — published 2000
12 editions
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Memories of Ice Memories of Ice (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #3)
by Steven Erikson
avg rating 4.43 — 819 ratings — published 2001
10 editions
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House of Chains House of Chains (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #4)
by Steven Erikson
avg rating 4.30 — 723 ratings — published 2002
9 editions
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Midnight Tides Midnight Tides (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #5)
by Steven Erikson
avg rating 4.28 — 605 ratings — published 2004
11 editions
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The Bonehunters The Bonehunters (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #6)
by Steven Erikson
avg rating 4.34 — 512 ratings — published 2006
9 editions
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Reaper's Gale Reaper's Gale (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #7)
by Steven Erikson
avg rating 4.34 — 427 ratings — published 2007
7 editions
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Toll the Hounds Toll the Hounds (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #8)
by Steven Erikson
avg rating 4.25 — 272 ratings — published 2008
7 editions
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Blood Follows: A Tale of Bauch... Blood Follows: A Tale of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach
by Steven Erikson, Mike Dringenberg
avg rating 3.91 — 120 ratings — published 2002
3 editions
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The Healthy Dead: A Tale of Ba... The Healthy Dead: A Tale of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach
by Steven Erikson, Mike Dringenberg
avg rating 3.98 — 108 ratings — published 2004
3 editions
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"Kallor said: 'I walked this land when the T'lan Imass were but children. I have commanded armies a hundred thousand strong. I have spread the fire of my wrath across entire continents, and sat alone upon tall thrones. Do you grasp the meaning of this?'
'Yes,' said Caladan Brood, 'you never learn.'"
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"[T]he unnamed soldier is a gift. The named soldier-dead, melted wax-demands a response among the living...a response no-one can make. Names are no comfort, they're a call to answer the unanswerable. Why did she die, not him? Why do the survivors remain anonymous-as if cursed-while the dead are revered? Why do we cling to what we lose while we ignore what we still hold?
Name none of the fallen, for they stood in our place, and stand there still in each moment of our lives. Let my death hold no glory, and let me die forgotten and unknown. Let it not be said that I was one among the dead to accuse the living. "
Steven Erikson (Deadhouse Gates)
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"Seven Cities was an ancient civilization, steeped in the power of antiquity, where Ascendants once walked on every trader track, every footpath, every lost road between forgotten places. It was said the sands hoarded power within their sussurating currents, that every stone had soaked up sorcery like blood, and that beneath every city lay the ruins of countless other cities, older cities, cities that went back to the First Empire itself. It was said each city rose on the backs of ghosts, the substance of spirits thick like layers of crushed bone; that each city forever wept beneath the streets, forever laughed, shouted, hawked wares and bartered and prayed and drew first breaths that brought life and the last breaths that announced death. Beneath the streets there were dreams, wisdom, foolishness, fears, rage, grief, lust and love and bitter hatred."
Steven Erikson (Deadhouse Gates)
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