Tempra Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 many thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat5150 Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Sounds cool, thanks for the info you've given sofar Pat. No problem! About 125 pages to go and a major "fuck me" moment just happened. And I mean MAJOR. Totally unanticipated, I'm shocked! There's a big party on Lether, and it appears that quite a few people who weren't on the guestlist are showing up anyway... Needless to say, expect the unexpected. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Mongoose Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Damn it. I miss timed my re-read so i'm going to have finished Bonehunters about five weeks before Reaper's Gale comes out. I neeeeeeeeeed this book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 Well, based on the Dramatis Personae of Reaper's Gale, it's going to be quite a party! The index of characters alone takes 6 pages! Six pages? The Dramatis personae for MT was only 3, so that's a huge cast of characters indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 Hmm. How is the spacing on the proof, Pat? The proofs I've received from Gollancz seem to be a bit different in spacing format from the release copy of the book (and I'll be able to tell for sure when I have RSUS and can compare it to my release copy of Locke Lamora). So six pages on the proof may not be six pages in the finished book. Still sounds like a lot more than normal though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat5150 Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 The page proofs I have for Reaper's Gale are replica of what you'll get in the novel format. So yes, 6 pages is quite a lot. But there's quite a crowd in this one, all the more since there are a few surprises that are not part of the Dramatis Personae... Also, keep in mind that Reaper's Gale is a bit longer than both Memories of Ice and The Bonehunters, making it the biggest Malazan book thus far. Only about 80 pages left! Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ser Jaime Posted March 18, 2007 Share Posted March 18, 2007 I can't wait for this book! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat5150 Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 Man, I just finished Reaper's Gale. And let me tell you, what a book! I have to admit that the body count is quite surprising. Heck, even GRRM would nod in approval, incredulous himself! I'll have to read my notes (31 handwritten pages) before I can collect my thoughts and write that review. In one of my interviews last year, SE mentioned how he loved to use misdirection and how everything was now so convulated it was unbelievable. Well, never has it been more apparent than in Reaper's Gale. Whatever you think is going to happen, well it doesn't -- at least nowhere near the way you envisioned. In my opinion, it's one of the best in the bunch, second only to Memories of Ice and Deadhouse Gates. However, like The Bonehunters, it's not self-contained. But now that the author is bringing together all those disparate threads, there is no way for the Malazan volumes to stand on their own the way the first 5 did. Still, this book moves the story forward like none of its predecessors. And yes, there are a couple of cliffhangers. All in all, I think it will satisfy Malazan fans around the world and, more importantly, make them beg for more! I know I am! Expect the book review in the next couple of days. Cheers, Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightsnake Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 Part, come April, I expect your death count and plot points in black text! Btw, did you get my PM about the entry? Sorry for the slipup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat5150 Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 I'll try to get my review of Reaper's Gale up at some point tomorrow. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Is anyone else here in line for an ARC of RG? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Nope. I've only got one publisher sending me ARCs at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voland Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Where's the line Cali? I'll gladly take a spot! Pat's review was brilliant and has put my expectations, anticipation and just-get-med-the-damn-book-now-need thru the roof, up in the sky and out into the atmosphere! Ffs roll on May! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat5150 Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Guys, There are no ARCs available for Reaper's Gale. Erikson's editor printed a set of page proofs just for me! How cool is that, eh!?! Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Pat A bit off-topic, but do you know when you'll have the interview with Scott Bakker up? Did you ask him about The Aspect Emperor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat5150 Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Pat A bit off-topic, but do you know when you'll have the interview with Scott Bakker up? Did you ask him about The Aspect Emperor? Scott is really busy at the moment, so he asked me to do the Q&A with him around May. Of course I'll ask him about The Aspect-Emperor! What he'll answer, though, is beyond my control! Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashamanic Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 Yeah, Pat's review has me really excited. Waiting till May is going to drive me crazy Bonehunters is out in paperback in the UK now (just released I think), around 1100 pages, which must be very close to the maximum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckman Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 So Pat just released the news that there will be a limited edition of Reaper's Gale. I wonder if this means they'll be doing one for the previous books as well? Any other info on this Pat as to publisher/price/etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat5150 Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 Not yet. . . Got the email when I came back from a Bar class, and Transworld was already closed because of the different time zones. I've emailed SE's publicist to get more info on the limited edition. At the moment, the only thing I know is that she has a copy for my giveaway. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 Just flipped through the paperback of TBH in Waterstones. The new cover isn't too bad actually in person, and it does stand out from the shelves quite boldly. Oddly, the book has bigger type than MoI, so it doesn't appear to be any longer than that book after all. It also has the prologue to Reaper's Gale in the back. Most curious is that the ALSO BY STEVEN ERIKSON inner cover has the previous edition covers for the series, suggesting they may not get round to replacing the covers of the first five books for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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