Considering starting on Malazan Book of the Fallen but not sure in what order I should read it. Should I just read the main series first and then do the novellas and novels afterwards or should I interchange them?

 

Erkison recommends reading them in order of publication.

 

Starting with Gardens of the Moon. 

 

It may ruin suprises and such in the main series if you read it cronologically.

 

Plus, first writen, Gardens of the Moon, being the first, sets the story up and the world (like RJ explores the nature of the power etc..) and the later published ones, although chronologically beforehand, hae the feeling that you should already know all about the dynamics of the world.

 

Thats just my opinion, it may be better reading them cronologically for you, but thats what i suggest.

So basically it's:

- Gardens of the Moon

- Deadhouse Gates

- Memories of Ice

- Blood Follows

- House of Chains

- Midnight Tides

- The Healthy Dead

- Night of Knives

- The Bonehunters

- The Lees of Laughter's end

- Reaper's Gale

- Return of the Crimson Guard

- Toll the Hounds

- Dust of Dreams

- Crack'd Pot Trail

in that order?  :P

Considering starting on Malazan Book of the Fallen but not sure in what order I should read it. Should I just read the main series first and then do the novellas and novels afterwards or should I interchange them?

Halfway through Ship of Destiny, and have to say, out of the Liveship Traders books, this is by far the most boring one. Nothing really seems to happen and the story doesn't move on.

20 pages left of Ship of Magic and then I'll start on The Mad Ship.

People cutting down the Great Trees, ie deforestation? That should have an influence on the power of the Stedding, I think.

Wait, wait, hold on.

You're saying that if we cut down trees... we gain the ability to use the one power?

..

Death to the trees!

*Picks up chainsaw and goes to work*

Hallow: I see your siggy, I'm reading 1984 now (three months late from when it was due for school). Great book. :)

Big Brother is watching you.

Just finished "Fool's Errand" by Robin Hobb, the first book in "The Tawny Man" trilogy. After finishing this trilogy I intend to read "The Liveship Traders" and then "Rain Wild Chronicles". After that I might have a look at "Soldier's son".

Winter

That is racist and mean.  :( But, unfortunately, true.  ;)

No its not racist, your nationality is not your race, hence its not racist. Is this some sort of epidemic going across the forums today?  :P

Hmmmm.... well, I suppose we now know what the world looked like pre-breaking... I wonder where Australia fits into Randland. I hope it didn't sink.

The land of madmen perhaps.