Beyond Reality discussion

Please let us know if you've read or are planning to read Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson.

Please, **NO SPOILERS!!**

I plan on reading it.

I will be too :)

yes rereading it...one of my favorites in the series.

I'll be reading it. I just need to get in gear on my current book, and I'll be ready for this one. :)

Ive read it twice, so I will at least participate.

I'm slowly getting into this one, started it while on a road trip and now that I'm home, I'm still having trouble finding time to read more than a few pages at a time. But soon...

Yes!

I tried starting a couple of nights ago, realised I'd no idea what I'd read so will leave it til the weekend when I may be more conscious!

I'm once again at the 'what is going on' stage ;)

Helen wrote: "I'm once again at the 'what is going on' stage ;)"

Just try to push on through. I find, as a first-time reader of this series, that it is better to not worry too much about catching everything or understanding everything. I just keep reading and find that many questions get answered (though not all, and not completely) and it's a great story whether I catch every little thing or not.

One thing that makes this a tough book/series to read is that the usual sense of "good guys" and "bad guys" is not present most of the time for most of the characters. I find I'm "pulling for" characters on all sides of the various conflicts, or nearly all sides.

I do really hate mallick Ral though. Hate

Oooh, I recognise the name at least.

I'm a bit behind here! I've just finished Gardens of the Moon, and, eventually, really enjoyed it. Is Deadhouse Gates the next in the series? If so, I shall get it and read it :)

Yup, Deadhouse Gates is the second book in the series. :)

David wrote: "I'm a bit behind here! I've just finished Gardens of the Moon, and, eventually, really enjoyed it. Is Deadhouse Gates the next in the series? If so, I shall get it and read it :)"

No worries about being a bit behind. Feel free to comment in the Gardens of the Moon threads--I love to know what you liked about it.

I know what you mean about eventually enjoying it. Book two is different.

Finally started it! And like someone else here am at the "what on earth is going on?" stage. Still, I was like that with Gardens of the Moon too for at least a third of it and ended up loving it. I think I have a slight disappointment that so few of the characters from Gardens of the Moon are present in this one after it took so long to get my head around them all, and there's a feeling of "Oh no, loads of new characters to sort out!" Still, I'm confident that I'll get to like this one too...

I'm at that stage on book three. I preferred book 2 to 1 after thinking along the same lines as you.

David wrote: "Finally started it!"

Yay! I hope you will comment as you go along, David. And yes, Erikson seems to have a habit of starting books with new characters, new settings, new situations, but over time, they come together. And until they do, it's still pretty compelling writing.

I do refer to the cast of characters and maps in the front and the appendices in the back all the time as I'm reading. Sometimes it helps, sometimes not.

me too!

packed away, but as soon as I unpack I am itching to get this one started.

We'll be here.

As always! :)

Daniel wrote: "packed away, but as soon as I unpack I am itching to get this one started."

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