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Again on Malazan

By blog on May. 7, 2010.

I realise I’m writing two posts on Malazan in less than a fortnight, but it’s warranted.

As I’m sure you’re aware, if you read any of my posts, I’ve been reading Malazan books constantly for probably the past year. I sort of got a little burned out with the whole series a little while back, as I was slogging my way into the ninth volume in the series. I felt like I was sick of the whole thing, you can see the post, it’s only a week or so old.

So, I kept reading. As I was reading one day, I actually started to feel excited with the book again. There’s things going on that are mysterious and interesting, and I’m really excited to see a certain army wage war on a God. Oh yeah, now that’s the Malazan I’ve come to know and love.

I’m also really enjoying watching the odd interplay of a small group who’ve found a giant mobile city that belonged to the K’Chain Che’Malle. I think that’s part of what I find so enjoyable about the Malazan books, they’re so epic. Erickson isn’t afraid of making a band of travellers happen upon a 100 foot tall mechanical dragon in the middle of a desert. I mean, it’s not the first time we’ve found an amazing monstrosity in the sands, remember that giant jade statue? Yeah, where that storyline is going is damn interesting too!

So, I’m pleased I didn’t give up on the book. I picked it up whilst having a bath the other night – trying to alleviate a very sore shoulder from poor posture at my computer – and read. When I picked it up I wasn’t really, really, into the book, but my interest had picked up again. I started reading in the bath and before I knew it I’d been in there an hour. At this point I knew I was going to finish this book before I went back to reading the Mistborn books, even though those are shaping up very well too!