#steven erickson

[spindleys]

My Invincible swap AU

Warning this post contains spoilers for the Invincible comic and show don't read unless you've finished both or are ok with being spoiled

Eve swaps with Mark (I've thought about for a while and have built this entire AU around Eve, Mark, and those beings in their lives that can feasibly switch being swapped)

Polly swaps with Nolan (I flip flopped between her and adam but ultimately decided on her due to Eve getting her looks from her)

Phase 2 swaps with Oliver (Phase 2 is Eve's only sibling we've yet to hear speak)

Dr. Brandyworth swaps with Debbie (They're both the only normal 1s of their families)

Cecil swaps with Kregg (Cecil's the most fitting 1 I could think of that matches with the final 2)

Radcliffe swaps with Conquest (They're both blind in 1 eye elders who used to be great but lost their way in their later years leading to their being killed by a member of the next generation)

Steven Erickson swaps with Thragg (They're both Arch Nemeses in part due to killing multiple family members)

[geekynerfherder]

Showcasing art from some of my favourite artists, and those that have attracted my attention, in the field of visual arts, including vintage; pulp; pop culture; books and comics; concert posters; fantastical and imaginative realism; classical; contemporary; new contemporary; pop surrealism; conceptual and illustration.

The art of Marc Simonetti.

[harrypotterhousequotes]

RAVENCLAW: "The only death I fear is dying ignorant." –Steven Erickson (Tattersail: Malazan Book of the Fallen: Gardens of the Moon)

[artsytoad]

Todd Lockwood, House of Chains

www.artsytoad.tumblr.com

[hauntedjpeg]

“One day I’ll be a soldier,” Ganoes said. The man grunted. “Only if you fail at all else, son. Taking up the sword is the last act of desperate men. Mark my words and find yourself a more worthy dream.” “I want to be a soldier. A hero.” “You’ll grow out of it.” -- Steven Erickson, Gardens of the Moon

[say-gex]

is there a site like coppermind but for malazan? i like to check some things while reading but i don’t wanna use fandom

[bookish-thinking]

Review: “Shadowbahn” by Steven Erickson

I received a copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I have so many questions.

There were many elements of this novel that made absolutely no sense. Take the one-page (two pages were a welcome but rare exception!) to start with. Like connected little snippets, each chapter was more of a scene - but then again, since they were linked in plot and narrative, why not combine them into one chapter? Secondly, what was the meaning of the titles - sometimes a traditional heading, sometimes a phrase seamlessly leading into the chapter proper - they were almost a poetry in themselves. Which genre should this fall into? Dystopia/Utopia (this was apparently a split America with a border running through Texas and a "Disunion currency", but this element was not introduced at all before 1/3 through), or magic-realism, or sci-fi, or metaphysical/supernatural?

Then again, there were certainly elements I could cherish: the twin (or pair) symbolism that permeated the whole story. Also the many alternative history story lines - a history without Elvis Presley, one (if I understood it correctly, I am not sure) where Kennedy never became president. The continuous importance of music in many forms. The clear typography of different segments.

Overall, however, too many questions remained at the end - there was no "solution". Or am I just overthinking everything since I am an English lit grad student? It was very modern and I certainly appreciate the basic idea - however, in the end, modern became ambiguous and unreadably vague. It is a novel for aficionados. Not so much for me.

“Shadowbahn” will be published on February 14th.

[dark5light]

Krughava: I have watched it weaken. I have watched its light fade from the world. And I have seen her desperation. We are too few. We are failing. That shining thing, there in her hand, is dying.

Abrastal: Tell me its name. This argument of yours. You name one side faith and another side despair. Speak to me of what she holds. This failing, dying thing.

Spax: Why, Firehair, you do not yet know? That which fades from the world? Its name is compassion.