{"id":4150,"date":"2010-07-22T13:43:31","date_gmt":"2010-07-22T21:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=4150"},"modified":"2010-07-22T13:43:31","modified_gmt":"2010-07-22T21:43:31","slug":"an-aside-steven-erikson-completes-the-malazan-book-of-the-fallen-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/news\/an-aside-steven-erikson-completes-the-malazan-book-of-the-fallen-series\/","title":{"rendered":"An Aside | Steven Erikson completes the Malazan Book of the Fallen series"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/gardens-of-the-moon-by-steven-erikson.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/gardens-of-the-moon-by-steven-erikson.jpg\" alt=\"Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson\" title=\"Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson\" width=\"286\" height=\"432\" class=\"center\" \/><\/a>\n<p>From Erikson&#8217;s Facebook account (via <a href=\"http:\/\/thewertzone.blogspot.com\/2010\/07\/steven-erikson-completes-malazan-book.html\">The Wertzone<\/a>):<\/p>\n<div class=\"quote\">\n<p>GASP! That would be me, coming up for air. How long was I down there? About twenty years, from conception to completion. The Malazan Book of the Fallen is done. Sure, editing and all that crap to follow. But &#8230; done. I don&#8217;t know who I am. Who am I again? What planet is this? Three months of butterflies &#8230; maybe this double whiskey will fix that. Hmm. No. Delayed reaction going on here.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>He&#8217;s been working on the damn thing for nearly as long as I&#8217;ve been alive! For <em>Malazan<\/em> fans, and the Fantasy genre as a whole, it&#8217;s a pretty monumental achievement. Now, whether he&#8217;ll wrap it up in a satisfying manner remains to be seen (given the flagging opinion of the later books in the series), but either way, he&#8217;s certainly proved to be prolific, publishing near a novel a year (at 900+ pages, no less). Hell of an achievement.<\/p>\n<p>Congrats, Steve!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Erikson&#8217;s Facebook account (via The Wertzone): GASP! That would be me, coming up for air. How long was I down there? About twenty years, from conception to completion. The Malazan Book of the Fallen is done. Sure, editing and all that crap to follow. But &#8230; done. I don&#8217;t know who I am. 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