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[polywillow]

[typingoverworld]

The real and true function of priests of all colours is simply that of listening to a litany of moans, fears, and confessions, all for the betterment of someone's soul--never could figure out whose, but no matter.

Steven Erikson, “The Crippled God”, from the Malazan Book of the Fallen series

[christinewyrd]

The Wyrd Reading List: The Stop by Nick Saul and Andrea Curtis. The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben. Memories of Ice by Steven Erikson. 🤓 I tend to read more than one book at a time... it's a condition. Might start adding a sort of book review thing to my blog? 🤔 . . . #wyrdreading #bookworm #bookdragon #thestop #stevenerikson #hiddenlifeoftrees #whatimreading #christinewyrd #nerd #wordsarepowerful

[polywillow]

Pray, do not speak to me of weather

Not sun, not cloud, not of the places

Where storms are born I would not know of wind shivering the heather

Nor sleet, nor rain, nor of ancient traces

On stone grey and worn

Pray, do not regale the troubles of ill health

Not self, not kin, not of the old woman

At the road’s end I will spare no time nor in mercy yield wealth

Nor thought, nor feeling, nor shrouds woven

To tempt luck’s send

Pray, tell me of deep chasms crossed

Not left, not turned, not of the betrayals

Breeding like worms I would you cry out your rage ’gainst what is lost

Now strong, now to weep, now to make fist and rail

On earth so firm

Pray, sing loud the wretched glories of love

Now pain, now drunken, now torn from all reason

In laughter and tears

I would you bargain with the fey gods above

Nor care, nor cost, nor turn of season

To wintry fears

Sing to me this and I will find you unflinching

Now knowing, now seeing, now in the face

Of the howling storm

Sing your life as if a life without ending

And your love, sun’s bright fire, on its celestial pace

To where truth is born

Pray, An End to Inconsequential Things

Baedisk of Nathilog

Toll the Hounds, Malazan Book of the Fallen book 8

[alarelius]

I started reading Heretical Fishing and Dust of Dreams on the same day and I’m having so much fun with both! I think if I keep reading DoD I won’t be able to stop myself from then picking up the crippled god, I know it’s a two-part finale. I reallly missed Steven Erikson’s prose. Especially after the litrpg binge I’ve been on, it’s delicious. Every character (still alive) I adore in this series is in this book like god damn! I know people hate on dust of dreams but I think y’all are full of shit (so far) 🙂‍↕️

[lashaan]

Gardens of the Moon is a visionary tour de force in epic fantasy literature heaving readers into a grim and relentless world where creatures, sorcerers, and gods are playing three-dimensional chess. Find my full review on my blog. 😉 . . . #GardensoftheMoon by #StevenErikson. . . . #QOTD: Would you become a slave to a God if it meant absolute power? 😱 Hell nah! Give me my independence and I’m gooooood! 😂 . . #classic #fantasy #book #review #bookblogger #bookidote (at Île de Montréal) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_jT355gvMP/?igshid=1mvvj14k7t0lo

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[chapterswelove]

Hope you are having a great Saturday! I’ve been working on some schoolwork but I’m done for the day and now I’ll read a bit. • • • Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen #1) by Steven Erikson The Malazan Empire simmers with discontent, bled dry by interminable warfare, bitter infighting and bloody confrontations with the formidable Anomander Rake and his Tiste Andii, ancient and implacable sorcerers. Even the imperial legions, long inured to the bloodshed, yearn for some respite. Yet Empress Laseen's rule remains absolute, enforced by her dread Claw assassins. For Sergeant Whiskeyjack and his squad of Bridgeburners, and for Tattersail, surviving cadre mage of the Second Legion, the aftermath of the siege of Pale should have been a time to mourn the many dead. But Darujhistan, last of the Free Cities of Genabackis, yet holds out. It is to this ancient citadel that Laseen turns her predatory gaze. However, it would appear that the Empire is not alone in this great game. Sinister, shadowbound forces are gathering as the gods themselves prepare to play their hand... Conceived and written on a panoramic scale, Gardens of the Moon is epic fantasy of the highest order--an enthralling adventure by an outstanding new voice. • • • •#gardensofthemoon #stevenerikson #themalazanbookofthefallen #epicfantasy #highfantasy #adultfantasy #fiction #bookdragon #booklover https://www.instagram.com/p/B4GGrUpAg6W/?igshid=x0327jtiosvn