| Can any one post some sort of a beginners explaination of things. I'm part way in to the first book and totally lost. It feels like I picked up in the middle of the series or something, the way he doesn't explain anything at all.
Ok, so Warrens are where the Gods live, and where Mages draw thier magic from? Also, mages can go inside them?
Bridgeburners are just soldiers left over from the Emperor? Is there something special about them? I can't really figure them out.
Also, that Magic fight near the begining, where Tattersails lover was killed...was that an actual moon or something? The way he was describing it, I couldn't tell.
Those are the main things I'm confused about, but there are also other things, minor explainations about other people/mechanics without spoilers would be appreciated. I like his writing style, and the way magic is extremely rampant and hardcore deadly is very neat, and I usually hate over powered magic.
I feel ASoIaF started the same way, just dropping you in to the middle of things, and it's my favorite fantasy series right now. So I will continue with Malazan, but man I wish these series started better. It makes it hard to recommend them to some one.
Say what you will about Jordan, but he did a very good job of explaining the way magic mechanics work by having his characters starting out as novices. I knew that a 'teacher' character was telling the reader how things worked, but he wrote it in well with his characters. I think he also did well in introducing new characters in to the story slowly, letting you get to know them first.
Anyways, this series is very neat, just hard to get in to right now. His world seems very badass though. |