I expect Malazan to be a whole different beast though. Check out my WoT read for how I expect this to go down. So naturally, now that it’s time for the second big read, I’ll be blogging about it as well. It was a great read, no doubt, but blogging about my journey as I went made it way more engaging and fun. One was The Wheel of Time, which I read last year. Very few series have gripped me as much as this one.There’s two big series that I always wanted to tackle. It was tough getting through 'Gardens of the Moon', but I am so happy I did.
You could also check out TOR.com's "Re-read of the Fallen" (but be careful of spoilers, they are basically everywhere) which could give you some inkling as to what this stuff is all about.
Man, I wish I had all this goodness to delve into for the first time. I'd say, go with the order as they were published:Īnd by the time you've read all this, the sequel to Forge of Darkness will be out They are "Blood Follows", "The Healthy Dead" and "The Lees of Laughter's End" (the three of them collected in the anthology "The First Collected Tales of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach"), the aforementioned "Crack'd Pot Trail", and "The Wurms of Blearmouth". These tales have both a darker tone as well as a sillier tone to them, but also with some profound philosophizing, almost like quick captures of some of the ingredients found in the main saga - and in one case ("Crack'd Pot Trail") going almost literary despite being short, these tales have amazing depth and are ridiculously entertaining and can be read in one sitting, in any order. Personally though I believe it would be a more enjoyable experience to read the series in the order I've listed below (and you may have to restart 'Gardens.' a few times wondering when it's going to click, but persevere and the richest fantasy tale of them all awaits - I can't express enough how great this stuff can be at its best), and I am convinced that meeting some of the characters from 'Dancer's Lament' in the main saga first will color your perception of them in this latest entry in a more entertaining manner.īy the way, there are some absolutely great novellas, too, if you want to dip your toes a bit - Steven Erikson has written quite a few of them, set in the same (Malazan Empire) world, featuring two rascally necromancers.
Then I thought, why not start with 'Dancer's Lament' - it will throw you into the deep end, but so did 'Gardens of the Moon' which, while being the first published Malazan novel, reads as if it is part five or six of an ongoing series (but SOOOOO worth it on a re-read).
I was thinking about this while reading the prologue and first chapter of 'Dancer's Lament' at first I thought it would be better to read the epic (and amazing) "main saga", Steven Erikson's "The Malazan Book of the Fallen" (starting with 'Gardens of the Moon').
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