Maybe...maybe...I will start
reading him relatively soon
I have a to-read-list that will last me for 1.5 year. Toll the Hounds will be published and Dust of Dreams will be almost written by then and I might start on the Malazan World.
Unfortunatelly, I am a very slow reader and I cannot afford to re-read a lot of books when there are so many unread books out there. Although, if the book is interesting I do not mind. But I am very choosy on the books I decide to re-read.
Anyway, I must confess that this sort of culture "fan forums" is completely alien to me. Reading a book was always like an intimate act
I cannot imagine what one can discuss about the series while reading them and they are not finished yet. I have never ever participated in such forum discussions before. What is there to dicuss? I either like the book/series or not. Sometimes(not always) I can state some reasons why I feel this way. That's it.
Why Mr.A said to Mr.B that he hates him? Speculate what would happen if the king deployed his troops differently? It is a book. It is already documented. Everything is predefined by an author. The king deployed his troops this way because Steven Eriksson in his head invented it so. You see what I mean? I know it sounds odd, just like the fan forum idea sounds odd to me
On the other hand I am very curious about this series. More than in any other of the series that I keep an eye on. So, I am looking forwad for reading it and participating in the "fan" part of the Malazan forum