http://www.fantasybooknews.com/2010/review-gardens-of-the-moon-by-steven-erikson/ Fantasy Book News Sun, 15 Aug 2010 21:20:01 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.fantasybooknews.com/2010/review-gardens-of-the-moon-by-steven-erikson/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Review: Dragons of a Lost Star by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman | Fantasy Book News Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:05:29 +0000 http://www.fantasybooknews.com/?p=726#comment-26 [...] picked up Dragons of a Lost Star out of sheer desperation. I had just concluded Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson, and was sorely in need of some familiar characters. Gardens of the Moon [...] [...] picked up Dragons of a Lost Star out of sheer desperation. I had just concluded Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson, and was sorely in need of some familiar characters. Gardens of the Moon [...]

]]> http://www.fantasybooknews.com/2010/review-gardens-of-the-moon-by-steven-erikson/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Kevin Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:25:41 +0000 http://www.fantasybooknews.com/?p=726#comment-25 I felt the same way when I first read Gardens of the Moon. I was like, wait, what's going on?? Who are these people? I only continued when I found out I was SUPPOSED to be lost and not know everything's that's happening. The meaning of the title doesn't become evident until later books, I heard. It's certainly a risk to write books like this, just throwing the reader into the action without explanation, but I think it's definitely deliberate. To be more challenging, more immersive? Maybe, I don't know. But it's certainly different. The scope, planning, and just pure ambition of his Malazan novels, I think, are enough to make me trust that Erikson knows what he's doing and won't let readers down. I felt the same way when I first read Gardens of the Moon. I was like, wait, what’s going on?? Who are these people? I only continued when I found out I was SUPPOSED to be lost and not know everything’s that’s happening. The meaning of the title doesn’t become evident until later books, I heard. It’s certainly a risk to write books like this, just throwing the reader into the action without explanation, but I think it’s definitely deliberate. To be more challenging, more immersive? Maybe, I don’t know. But it’s certainly different. The scope, planning, and just pure ambition of his Malazan novels, I think, are enough to make me trust that Erikson knows what he’s doing and won’t let readers down.

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