Malazan Book of the Fallen--DUST OF DREAMS: Roll Call and First Impressions (*NO SPOILERS*)

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

Please let us know if you've read or are planning to read Dust of Dreams by Steven Erikson.

Please, **NO SPOILERS!!**

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

OK, I've started and read the prologue. Some new characters, some new settings--I'm a little surprised that Erikson continues to expand the cast and world when this book and the next book will wrap up the series.

And it's a very bleak start, very bleak.

[Helen]

Well that'll cheer my Christmas!

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

Helen wrote: "Well that'll cheer my Christmas!"

Prologue is bleak but the next couple chapters are less so. Some of the action is back in Letharii--Tehol & Bugg! Bonehunters!

[Scott]

Yeah, at first I was pretty shocked at all the new characters. But then I remembered that I was dealing with Eriksen and I shouldn't have expected anything else haha.

It's a very interesting penultimate book; the payoff at the end is pretty well worth the funky prologue and parts with new characters.

[Helen]

I love Tehol and Bugg. I'm reading two hopefully quick reads then I'll read this and the final back to back.

Merry Christmas

[Scott]

They are great. You'd think it would get old after a while but it never got to that point for me

[Helen]

I'm starting and I already have no idea who anyone is or what is going on! Yay, it's Malazan.

[Scott]

New year, new characters :D

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

Helen wrote: "I'm starting and I already have no idea who anyone is it what is going on! Yay, it's Malazan."

I'd like to say it gets better, and yes, there are familiar characters, but there are new ones, and new storylines. This is truly a sprawling series with a cast of thousands!

[Helen]

Can you imagine filming it and trying to justify why you needed ten million main actors.

[Scott]

Helen wrote: "Can you imagine filming it and trying to justify why you needed ten million main actors."

haha, that would be bonkers. I don't think there's any way to do these books in film/tv.

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

Scott wrote: "haha, that would be bonkers. I don't think there's any way to do these books in film/tv"

But there sure are plenty of scenes that are awesomely cinematic!

[Scott]

Kathi wrote: "Scott wrote: "haha, that would be bonkers. I don't think there's any way to do these books in film/tv"

But there sure are plenty of scenes that are awesomely cinematic!"

Yeah, there really are. Maybe if they took one story line like the chain of dogs and made that into a movie.

[Helen]

Funny, I've thought a few times that this is like for our five different stories wrapped together.

The Bonehunters would be unmissable.