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Originally Posted by astra
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 |
One reason I go to science fiction conventions (the next one is Eastercon this year at Heathrow,
http://www.orbital2008.org/) is for book and literature and genre discussions. But I have also seen your opinion when I have tried to get friends that read science fiction to go to conventions. They say they like to read the books but they do not want to talk about them. Here is an example of discussions about Pratchetts books:
http://www.sf-foundation.org/publica...pratchett.html
- Coming of Age: John Clute
- The Childrens' Books: Cherith Baldry
- Theories of Humour: Andrew M. Butler
- Unseen University: Penelope Hill
- The Librarian and his Domain: Andy Sawyer
- The Witches: Karen Sayer
- Death: Nickianne Moody
- The City Watch: Edward James
- Mapping Narrative Spaces: Matthew Hills
- Faith and Ethics: Farah Mendlesohn
Just as an exemple that you can discuss a lot of things about a book or a book series.