tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post5150492593043304875..comments2024-03-28T07:09:28.500+00:00Comments on The Speculative Scotsman: Holiday Reading: ReduxAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08713791516631476930noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-77893775630302351232010-03-10T16:05:00.788+00:002010-03-10T16:05:00.788+00:00I'm looking forward to a Malazan Diary, and I ...I'm looking forward to a Malazan Diary, and I won't mind more photos and stories of Scotland, either. Love that country.Gabriele Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205770868139083575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-20866834038914264492010-03-10T05:47:10.351+00:002010-03-10T05:47:10.351+00:00"This promises to be a long and involved disc..."This promises to be a long and involved discussion of one of the great fantasy sagas of all time"<br /><br />Can't wait! :)nettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09352301609191689191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-79049444657419368342010-03-10T01:02:01.601+00:002010-03-10T01:02:01.601+00:00Well done - and welcome aboard the Malazan band wa...Well done - and welcome aboard the Malazan band wagon. Awesome stuff - and enjoy reading the rest of the series. I've read all currently published books (including ICE's side novels and the novellas) twice now and will again just before The Crippled God comes out. This series is so dense and brilliant it benefits from re-reads... and whatever you do, don't bail after GOTM before giving Deadhouse Gates and Memories of Ice a go - two absolute masterpieces. I say this because some people didn't overly like the ending to GoTM - don't let it deter you if you end up feeling the same... (I didn't).Marduknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-64476980528190064832010-03-09T22:08:38.176+00:002010-03-09T22:08:38.176+00:00@Afront - Despite all the preparatory burbling abo...@Afront - Despite all the preparatory burbling about my week away, this holiday honestly took me a bit by surprise, too. Wasn't planning to be off for at least another month, but the cottage emptied out and off we went.<br /><br />I have to say I've been a bit spoiled in terms of holidays since last year. Belgium, Hungary and Croatia all in the space of 2009, and now a week in Skye. My other half's a mad traveller, so what am I going say? No? ;)<br /><br />It was a great time, all things considered, though now that I'm back there's just so much catching up to be done it's hard to believe. I've been home two days and I'm still nowhere near up to speed. But hey, I'm not complaining.<br /><br />You have my word, mate: I'll read Scar Night and report back just as soon as I can. I'm sorry I didn't manage to get to it while I was on holiday, but I'd thought I would have more time to devote to the reading than I did, and that's just how things turned out.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08713791516631476930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-35758199898433174932010-03-09T22:03:20.762+00:002010-03-09T22:03:20.762+00:00Ah OK, sorry I thought you said you'd only man...Ah OK, sorry I thought you said you'd only managed the first 400 pages of the poll winner. I've never read any Erikson myself but I have read fellow Scot Alan Campbell's trilogy and think the first two were superb books.<br /><br />Mostly though I'm just whining because it sounded like you had a great holiday and I've not been away myself in ages :pAfronthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13630378459973921273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-86125610482787241432010-03-09T21:50:16.161+00:002010-03-09T21:50:16.161+00:00@Afront - Wait, what? I did too read The Malazan B...@Afront - Wait, what? I did too read The Malazan Book of the Fallen. Gardens of the Moon is what I spend the majority of the above post writing about. And the other books I read are for review on the blog in any event.<br /><br />But please, let's not squabble. I'll be reading Scar Night in due course and there's going to be a bunch more coverage of Erikson's novels here on TSS - and it was they, not they <i>and</i> Scar Night, which won the holiday reading poll.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08713791516631476930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-44098626628543361462010-03-09T21:46:02.203+00:002010-03-09T21:46:02.203+00:00Not to be a stickler either, but TSS readers voted...Not to be a stickler either, but TSS readers voted for The Malazan Book of the Fallen and Scar Night - you didn't read either of these but you read 4 other books instead. This is why I thought it sounded like your holiday reading poll was a bit of a waste of time.<br /><br />Anyway keep up the good work.Afronthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13630378459973921273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-35840025356957684372010-03-09T20:56:34.170+00:002010-03-09T20:56:34.170+00:00@Afront - Um. Not to be a stickler, but the winner...@Afront - Um. Not to be a stickler, but the winner of the holiday reading poll was The Malazan Book of the Fallen, which I <i>did</i> start reading. I only took Scar Night up with me because clearly some TSS readers were interested to hear about it. It was the runner-up and I made no promises. That said, it's got pride of place on the TBR stack and I will be giving it the second chance I'd hoped to on holiday just as soon as I've addressed a few more immediate releases.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08713791516631476930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-2212057960814315382010-03-09T20:50:46.911+00:002010-03-09T20:50:46.911+00:00"I didn't manage ... Scar Night by Alan C..."I didn't manage ... Scar Night by Alan Campbell" - Sounds like your holiday reading poll was a bit of a waste of time then.Afronthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13630378459973921273noreply@blogger.com