Reaper’s Gale just got released. If you don’t see me posting much for the next while, you know where I’ll be…
…re-reading the earlier books in the series so I can follow the plot in the new one.
I’m falling behind – just started Midnight Tides (book 5) yesterday. Is Reaper’s Gale book 7 or book 8? Please don’t tell me it’s book 9.
6, I believe.
And I assume it was only just released in the UK?
-Joe
Okay, I checked.
Gardens of the Moon
Deadhouse Gates
House of Chains
Memories of Ice
Midnight Tides
Bonehunters
Reaper’s Gale
And the novellas with the vampire/flesh-eating guys – I love those – Blood Follows, The Healthy Dead.
I haven’t read the one he wrote with Esslemont. Is it necessary?
As mentioned, Reaper’s Gale is book 7.
And I think it is only released in the UK for now (I dunno about Canada), but my local bookstore imported several copies 
FWIW, the Esslemont book (I think there’s only one–Night of Knives–out for now, but more are planned) does not have Erikson listed as a co-author, though of course he would have helped in the plot and world-building. Esslemont isn’t as good a writer as Erikson, though it’s still perfectly readable. It’s not necessary reading, though it is helpful.
And I’ve just noticed that another Bauchelain and Korbal Broach book has been published.
If that’s Book 7, is the series done? I could have sworn seven was the magic number.
-Joe
No. Wiki says three more after Reaper’s Gale. I read somewhere that Erikson planned on 10 books. Does that make it the longest fantasy series, after Wheel of Time?
Edited to thank HunterHawk for the Esslemont info. 
By page count, probably (not counting open-ended series). In terms of number of titles, not even close–I think Cabell’s Biography of Dom Manuel of Poictesme is around 25 volumes.
F***! I’ve been buying the books in hardcover. Bought the first one that way, and series books have to match. With these books, the paperbacks come out first. I lollygagged and didn’t realize BoneHunters had been published in HC.
So this week I’m looking everywhere for Bonehunters in HC. Find what looks to be a nice used copy from an Amazon UK seller. Send him an e-mail, ask if he ships to the US. No response after 3 days.
Tonight I check back at Amazon UK. Maybe the guy sold the book, and that’s why he didn’t respond to the e-mail. Nope, the book is there, but the seller has raised the price by $30.
So I go looking at ABE. The same seller is there, with the book listed at the original, lower price. Did he think I wouldn’t find it?
Well, I did. And I found another ABE seller offering a fine/fine copy of the book at a more reasonable price.
::grumble grumble:: Mostly at me, for not paying attention and having to pay secondary market price for the book.
Hunter Hawk, have you read that 25-volume series? I’ve never heard of it.
Do you want me to check at my local bookstore? I think I saw a HC copy still on the shelf–not sure about the price, though.
I’ve read maybe a quarter or a third of The Biography. IMO, James Branch Cabell was the best fantasy writer in the history of the United States, and you really oughta read at least some of his stuff. Start with Jurgen–this should still be in print from Dover–then track down copies of Figures of Earth and The Silver Stallion. Wildside Press may be printing some of Cabell’s books as well.
That’d be awesome, especially if the bookstore would take a phone order, or on-line. (I’m waiting to hear back from the second ABE seller.) $50 is about my limit.
I will check on Cabell. One of his books, Something About Eve, was listed in the Newman-Jones Horror: 100 Best Books thingie.
Hmm. Looks like they do have online ordering at their web site. You can give it a shot, and I could also check to see if they have a copy on the shelf.
Edit: The site claims that the HC copy is in stock.
Thanks! I ordered it. Free shipping even!
I didn’t realize you were talking about University Bookstore in Seattle. My oldest son worked there for several years right out of high school, in shipping and customer service. I loved having that connection. He was able to get me a signed copy of A Clash of Kings, and he also snagged the special boxed edition of The Stand when the person who ordered it decided they didn’t want it.
Cool beans!!
ETA I also bought a copy of Jurgen from Amazon, and while I was there, they recommended The King of Elfland’s Daughter. I read a few pages at the site and ended up buying that one too.
Good choice. If you like TKoED, you should definitely get the Dunsany volume of the Fantasy Masterworks series.
According to chapters.ca, the Canadian release date is June 26. Guess I’ll be waiting until then.
Over at SFF World, they’re talking about the Canadian price for Reaper’s Gale ($54.95!), and saying that it’s slightly cheaper to get it from Amazon UK, even with the shipping. And it’s even cheaper from the Book Depository.
That’s for the hardcover, which I won’t be buying. Also, Chapters is selling it at a deep discount($36.26 for non-members). The paperback is even cheaper.
Update: I’ve just read The Lees of Laughter’s End (I mean, in addition to House of Chains, Midnight Tides, and The Bonehunters). Lees is definitely Erikson taking a break in between the heftier Malazan books; you can read it in an evening, and he’s doing his own twisted version of slapstick comedy. Temporally, it takes place between the two earlier novellas.
Is it worth reading? Yeah. Is it necessary reading? No. Should you buy the paperback rather than shelling out for the hardcover? Yeah.
Got the big paperback version at chapters for 29 bucks and wow what a book, I just finished it yesterday and will probably reread it to see what I may have missed.
Sargeant Hellion is my heroine.
Declan