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[ellarien]

I have just taken delivery of a copy of the 6th Malazan novel, The Bonehunters. What with shipping and the ridiculous exchange rate, this UK MMPB probably cost me almost two locally-grown hardcovers. The good thing is that at the rate Tor is catching up, the next one ought to be available in hardcover here round about the same time it comes out in paperback in the UK.

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[gwyneira.livejournal.com]

Is it known yet how many books are going to be in the series? I have the first few, but I've been waiting to read them, as I hate getting stuck in the middle of long series (I blame Robert Jordan for this phobia). I've been avoiding George R. R. Martin for the same reason.

[ellarien]

Wikipedia says the series is projected to be ten books; Amazon UK says the seventh is due out in May and the eighth about a year later.

My problem with long series is that I don't have the time these days to reread the previous volumes every time a new one comes out, so I spend a lot of time trying to remember who all these people are and what they did to each other before. The Erikson books are not as strongly linked as some, so it isn't quite as much of an issue.

[gwyneira.livejournal.com]

Wow, then I'm definitely going to avoid reading them for a while.

Yes -- I used to reread all of the Jordan books every time a new one came out, but now that there are so many of them, who has time? Much easier to wait and glom them all together then have to try to remember everything that went on in each one. :)