New Erikson Interview (02/01/2006)

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Pat, over at the Fantasy Hotlist Blog, recently interviewed the man himself. Its a good'un :)
http://fantasyhotlist.blogspot.com/2006/01/new-steven-erikson-interview.html


Oh, and Neil Clarke, from Clarkesworld books, recently announced his Bestseller list for 2005, and Erikson is the bestselling author, with 3 books in the top 10, and 6 in the top 20, while Iain Cameron Esselmont's "Night of Knives" malazan novella was the bestselling book of the year. Overall a great year for Malazan:D
 
A very revealing interview...thanks Cal :)

'Brutal drama' from Homer...no wonder I have a little trouble, didn't really enjoy Homer that much when I was at school...Still I am progressing and ready for the next volume....:D
 
Nice find, 'brood. I've now bookmarked that blog as I seem to like it for some reason :D

Having only read Gardens of the Moon (my library seems to think Erikson doesn't exist, despite my reminding them oh about every month :p and my most recent foray into a bookstore was too short to search for it - even if I couldn't have bought it.), I found a great deal of the interview confusing, I really need to get to reading this series. Perhaps it's also time to send another nice little note to the library :)
 
I have a question after reading this interview. Has Steven Erikson ascended to the God of Fantastic Literature?

I quote:

"The second was convincing myself that writing the series really has been as easy as it has seemed and continues to seem -- I mean, it should be hard, right? The plot-lines and arcs are so folded and interwoven you could make a trampoline out of them strong enough to handle a plummeting bus. And yet it all arrives, timely and satisfying (to me) with nary a wayward step. It feels uncanny, Patrick. I wasn't drawn to halt once in the entire writing of Midnight Tides, for example. Not even a half-hour's pause. At times I felt like a spectator to the whole creation process. Pretty much the same for The Bonehunters and now Reaper's Gale. It just flows. Scary."

It almost sounds as though he wrote Midnight Tides in one sitting! Aye, Ascended!

Rahl
 
dwndrgn said:
Nice find, 'brood. I've now bookmarked that blog as I seem to like it for some reason :D
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An interview with Erikson and an interview with Bakker on one blog in a short space of time is hardly bad going (and it has a classic subtle attack by Bakker on Goodkind). It's a decent interview - but then all Erikson interviews seem to be. One interesting thing was Erikson's appreciation for Hobb.
 
Brys said:
One interesting thing was Erikson's appreciation for Hobb.
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Yes I noticed that, surprising to my mind at least as I don't really view Hobb all that highly. She's OK and probably better than average for the Genre but nothing special or extraordinary either in her prose or storylines although I don't mind her characterizations. Erikson calls her writing "subtle", so maybe it's so subtle it's well and truly passed below my literary radar...;)
 
Its worrying in some ways. I'm looking forward to the imminent finish of Reaper's Gale, and Bonehunters hasn't even been released yet:eek:
 
GOLLUM said:
Yes I noticed that, surprising to my mind at least as I don't really view Hobb all that highly. She's OK and probably better than average for the Genre but nothing special or extraordinary either in her prose or storylines although I don't mind her characterizations. Erikson calls her writing "subtle", so maybe it's so subtle it's well and truly passed below my literary radar...;)
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Well there I totally dissagree with you Gollum, I enjoyed The Farseer and the Tawny Man books as much as Steven Erikson's work, or any of the authors listed here in these forums. But I can see I'd never convince you so I won't even try.

Rahl
 
Rahl Windsong said:
Well there I totally dissagree with you Gollum, I enjoyed The Farseer and the Tawny Man books as much as Steven Erikson's work, or any of the authors listed here in these forums. But I can see I'd never convince you so I won't even try.

Rahl
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You never know, miracles have been known to happen, even in cyberspace...;)

I must admit the Farseer books were quite good but not my favs. The Liveship Traders is the one I disliked the most..:(
 
Couldn't stand Hobb, to be honest. I read her first book and couldn't go any further. But then, that was just after Memories of Ice, so it was a bit of a step down;)
 
The curse of genius I'm afraid....:rolleyes:

Then again once you've checked out Calvino, Wolfe and Harrison to name but one trifecta you might not be quite so sad. Nice to see you taking a shine to Elliott...:D
 
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