The only one of that group I’ve read is Fevre Dream. It was an excellent book & there was never a hint it was anything but a standalone.
I’m halfway through A Storm For Swords & have my copy of* A Feast for Crows*. So maybe I’ll read another of his standalones when I’m done. Or proceed to my list of Other Stuff To Read. (Or go back to my list of Stuff to Re-Read.)
I’ve been warned, so I just wish Martin a long & healthy life…
Try Armegeddon Rag. I had coffee with GRRM right after A Game of Thrones came out, and he was pleased that I wanted to talk about something other than that book. We spent quite a bit of time talking about AR.
OH Please, let this be true. The last show of the second season was so terrible, I think all of the writers must have left early, and the producers half-wit grand nephew got a chance at writing and directing. I felt sorry for all of the actors in that one. All they needed was a shark tank!
Oh yeah, Fuck GRRM and Terry Goodkind.
later, Tom.
Going back to my first question in the thread…
Did something in particular set this rant off, or is it just a flame-up like herpes?
When I first saw it I thought, “Well, fuck he’s dead”. But that appears to not be the case…
-Joe
Martin and Tuttle originally planned to write more books covering the future of Windhaven after Maris’ lifetime.
George R.R.R.R.R.R.R.R.R.R.R.R.R.R.R.R.R.R.R.R.R.R. Martin is pretty much a fat pervert.
You throw books away just because the next ones aren’t forthcoming? Couldn’t you just sell them, or give them away, or something less wasteful? I’m not some hippie worried about recycling or that shit, just I hate to hear something perfectly useful like a book has been thrown out, especially for something as silly as the next book taking too long to come out.
As for Martin, I’m sure that at the rate he’s going he’ll wind up pulling a Jordan and die with things unfinished. I’m still not throwing my books away, though.
What Malazan book are you on Merijeek? I’m guessing you’re still working your way through them?
I’m tempted to spoil you a bit, but I will manfully resist :).
Indeed? Well…nobody’s perfect, I guess ;). I’d be willing to cut him slack on most moral failures if he’d only produce more.
Goods news and bad news on this one. The bad news is, that last book of the Malazan Book of the Fallen won’t pick up that subplot. The goods news is that, IIRC, Erikson is planning on subsequently writing some side novels to tie up loose ends like that. One of them is supposed to be set on Genabackis. Now, my memory may not be perfect here – maybe it’s Esslemont who will be writing the Genabacken book, but I don’t think so.
No, my simmering reached a boil, that’s all.
TBG, I throw books away all the time. I don’t keep fiction unless I’m pretty sure I’m going to reread it.
Damn, really? Annoying.
So…that being said, how do you know this? If it was out in Ye Olde Englande I’d have ordered from the Amazon UK already.
-Joe
Acutally, as far as I know I’m caught up. I know I missed more than a little with Dust of Dreams, though. I had to start and stop it a bunch of times due to way too many demands on my time.
I’ve even got Esselmont’s two books, I just haven’t gotten to read them, yet.
-Joe
Esselmont’s books, at the very least, are short.
Do you have the Tales of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach?
I guess that explains his popularity around here.
I would not call Return of the Crimson Guard short. It is the same general length as the Erikson books. And if you have only read Night of Knives by Esslemont, then ROTCG will come as quite a shock as to how deeply into the current Malazan plotlines it explores.
Maybe you are referring to the Bauchelain and Korbal Broach novellas? Those were written by Erikson, not Esslemont.
Two of them. Not Laughter at Lee’s End, which I will probably buy the omnibus for.
How pissed was I when I paid $25 each for the first two and they were like 100 pages each???
Poor Emancipor Reese. Still, anything to get away from The Wife.
Quick question for those with far better memories than I:
In one of the Korbal Broach books they Diabolic Duo end up facing off (and then backing down from) two rat eaters who appear to be minor elder gods.
In one of the recent Malazan books (Toll The Hounds?), Bugg sits with Seren Pedrac to protect her while some bad stuff goes down in Darujhistan. Two other beings of power sit with them and end up…evaporating in the magical deluge.
Same two godlings?
-Joe
Saw some discussion about it on a fansite. Apparently it will be written by Esslemont, though.
Good enough. I always love a story where some bad guys bite off more than they can chew.
-Joe
Night of Knives is very short. I had forgotten the actual length of ROTCG, so it was not on my mind when I made the comment. Everyone’s a critic.
Six Feet Under and The Sopranos each made it to 6, although they were a little looser in structure than Carnivale or Deadwood.