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Introduction thread - always need one of these
I've definitely found an eReader/cell phone works much better, but you still need a free appendage. Maybe those new google glasses things will let you turn pages by just moving your eyes to the side. That would be great.
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Lee wrote: "Sounds like another partitioner for audio books"After you mentioned it on your Dresden Files review, I actually tried listening to an audio book while I walk, and it seems quite difficult to concetrate. Especially when there's noise around me. I have to pause, restart, listen again and look around me like a grumpy old grandma :p
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I love audiobooks, always have one going, but Malazan seems way too complicated for audio (for me at least). I've learned I don't do well with complicated audiobooks although I thought the Wheel of Time ones were great. But then again, they're pretty straight-forward for the most part. The multiple names do get tricky though.
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I think the guy who's done the A Song of Ice and Fire books has won awards for doing the most amount of voices for a recording. Crazy and Malazan's just as bad (by bad I mean insanely, awesomely good).
Marina wrote: "What about flipping the pages? :p You know they are working on creating stands for musicians, which is basically an ipad on a stand with a pedal to move a page.
Shouldn't that hard to reapply for book reading with twins?
I would TOTALLY get one. Done. :) Although by then, I probably won't have twins who need constant support and I'll definitely not be having any more that's for sure. :D :D
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A tall slightly unstable stand with an iPad perched on it with two 2 year olds running around. That's your future :)
Oh man, the thought of two 2 year olds running around is scary enough. We have a 2 year old already and while I always thought I understood "terrible twos" I have now found out I never knew what that really meant. :)
Lee wrote: "Sounds like another partitioner for audio books"What's a partitioner?
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What's a partitioner?"
An attendee at the local church. But is usually spelled "petitioner." ;)
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Eek, I'll just shut up now.
Hi everybody, i'm Musa (some call me Aubrey),I am a Mazalan addict. I was introduced to the Mazalan series in book #4 (House of Chains) when we exchanged books with my friend. I was reading the culture novels (i still do) so my friend asked if we could exchange series. I just finished reading The Algebraist at the time and he just finished House of Chains.
Let's say the rest is history! Once I started reading House of Chains...I was hooked. It was like reading Dune for the first time, for me. I am forever grateful for that exchange... that's what friends are for :)The Malazan series has everything I want in a book series, like it was written just for me :)
Currently reading, The Crippled God and other stuff.
regards
Musa
PS: Address- ZA
David Sven wrote: "Susan wrote: "Lee wrote: "Sounds like another partitioner for audio books"What's a partitioner?"
An attendee at the local church. But is usually spelled "petitioner." ;)"
OK, more into the old gods myself
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Got it? yes.
Thought it was funny? Sorry. :P
I'm so glad I found this planned reread (thanks, David Sven). I haven't read DoD or TCG yet and have thought for over a year that I couldn't attempt them without rereading the earlier books so that I could remember what on Earth is going on but was daunted by the task. I loved the first 8 books so much when I read them that I am eager to complete the story and this reread will give me the spur I need to do it. The slower rate will mean I can keep up with other reading and everything else that life involves.
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hoping to read the series for the first time. I heard about this series after reading A song of Ice and fire and was looking for another epic fantasy series. I got 15 pages into the book and was put off. Im hoping this book club group read will help me get into this series!
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Welcome to the group. You'll find group reading at least the first few books in a group read very beneficial. The story is so large, that at one point two books 3 and 4 if I remember, happen at the same time. It takes 2000 pages to describe what is going on.
But fear not, you are in good company.
Lee wrote: "Hi Shaad,Welcome to the group. You'll find group reading at least the first few books in a group read very beneficial. The story is so large, that at one point two books 3 and 4 if I remember, hap..."
Hopefully thats true! I guess then lots of patience is required.
Hi Everyone, Im Ben. Finished the main series early this year, and have read all the side books that have been released in the US so far.Been meaning to read the series again and look forward to starting it again with you guys.
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Been meaning to read the series again
I think this is one of the most amazing things that you hear about from so many readers who finish the series. It is something that the new readers should take notice of. A lot of people hear have only just finished the series this year and it is a huge series, yet signing on to start it all again. Not 'i'd like to read that again in a couple of years'. I remember writing when i was halfway through book five or six that I couldn't wait to start it all again as I became so much more familiar with the world.
Buckle up! Its going to be a hell of a ride!
Absolutely. I finished The Crippled God in January and wanted to start reading Gardens of the Moon that same night. I didn't. But it was a struggle not to.
Finishing House of Chains in few pages and I must say this book is awesome. Story that begun few books ago coming to an end or maybe just begining? I'm so gonna forget about planned break from Malazan and go straigth for the Midnight Tides!
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Lee wrote: "Feners hairy balls its exciting"ahahahaha :D
Lee-It's funny you said that because I keep thinking that when I get to GotM it will be exciting to see young Ganoes talking to the famed Whiskeyjack!
I love the glimpse of the young soldier with the fiddle strapped to his back too. Though to be honest it took me three times to get. Lol. That first scene is especially poignant to me after finishing The Crippled God.
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I'm Franck.I actually started to read the Malazan way back before it first came out ;)
I read Gardens of the Moons as an advanced bookstore copy( which you can't argue would make me the number 1 fan, sorry Shelley) back in the 90s while I was still living in France. It was the only review I ever made for the scifi fan group I was a member of at the time.
Since then I moved to the US so I had to wait a few years for the US edition to catch up but it finally did and I have read every book in the serie as well as the first 4 Eremont books.
I've been itching to reread some of the early books ( especially Deadhouse Gates ( you can never get too much of the Chain of Dogs) and Memory of Ice).
Hello all. My name is JT and I'm a Malazan addict, like y'all seem to be. My kind of crowd. I'm 28 and been reading nonstop for about 23 of those years. I seriously cannot ever remember not having something to read at the time. That being said, this series has been my favorite read ever. Liking forward to discussing, agreeing, and disagreeing with you awesome people.
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I am excited, ths group started out a couple months back when a few friends agreed we'd like to read Malazan again as a group. Here we are less than a week from commitment and a shite load more of The Fallen than expected.
Hi All,I have been reading this for about 2 years and have fallen, no pun intended, for this series completely. I am a huge fan of Glen Cook's The Black Company series and never thought I would find a series with that gritty realism plus the fantasy setting that Cook had created. Then I picked up Gardens of the Moon 2 years ago and was floored by the scope and imagination that Erikson had put on the page. So I am excited to see this group and to see the discussions within...also I really love the map!!
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Hi everyone,I've never read the series before, but have been planning to tackle it this year for a while now (and then onto WoT :S). So I will be starting fresh with Gardens of the Moon today, Jan 1st, which has been on my shelf for over a year.
I also write a blog with responses to my fantasy reads - www.fixedonfantasy.com.
Cheers,
Josh.
I realize I've been commenting and haven't introdiuced myself! I picked up GotM on the suggestion of a GR friend and got so obsessed with the series I didn't stop except for 1 or 2 short breaks where I read just one book before being driven mad by my NEED to continue. I was living in my inner Malazan world!i have only reread less than 5 books in my life (I'm 56) because life is short and there are too many books. I own all of them because I knew one day I wanted to reread but who knew when. This reread was brought up in the bridgeburner group - was I the one who brought it up? Even so I wasn't sure I would actually reread but a few days ago I did start Gardens and I'm just as enthralled' it's also nice that this time I don't have to wait for the last few books to be released. Which I didn't want to wait for the 6 month American delay so ordered from England!
Btw Rob it shouldn't be called the terrible twos. Whoever said that first clearly hadn't yet endured the tyrannical threes ha. ALSo the Hobb series is one of my favorites and maybe I shouldn't say this but I would finish that first. I should note tho that I love marathon reads of series when possible ie all the books are done. You get to be inside that world.
As foe WoT jeez I can't believe the end is near! I've been with that since the 2nd was released. Ditto for Martin but I may be dead before he finishes.
Ok I'll shut up now!
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Hi, I'm Roberta. I discovered this group today via the Only the Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy blog.
I have read this series till The Bonehunters and I loved every book so far. I usually read only two of the books in this series a year because they are complex and English is not my first language but I need to reread the first books (at least) and I would love to do it in a group read.
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Glad you found you found us. We started today and plan to do four chapters a week so that people can read other books at the same time and not be swamped by the series.
There are discussion threads for each chapter, grab your copy of GotM and join us :)
http://onlythebestscifi.blogspot.be/That's very cool. Thanks Bryce!
PS; are you guys seriously going to always blame Gail? you haven't read all the moderator names then. :p
(i wasn't going to say it, but then i figured i had to come up for Gail's innocence)
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I'd apologise to Gail, but, well she'll probably change my name again tomorrow to get me back.
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