{"id":9753,"date":"2012-08-01T11:49:57","date_gmt":"2012-08-01T19:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=9753"},"modified":"2012-08-01T11:49:57","modified_gmt":"2012-08-01T19:49:57","slug":"free-readin-forge-of-darkness-by-steven-erikson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/news\/free-readin-forge-of-darkness-by-steven-erikson\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Readin&#8217;, <em>Forge of Darkness<\/em> by Steven Erikson"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/forge-of-darkness-by-steven-erikson.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/forge-of-darkness-by-steven-erikson.jpeg\" alt=\"Forge of Darkness by Steven Erikson\" title=\"Forge of Darkness by Steven Erikson\" width=\"648\" height=\"309\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/forge-of-darkness-by-steven-erikson.jpeg 648w, https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/forge-of-darkness-by-steven-erikson-300x143.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/forge-of-darkness-by-steven-erikson-500x238.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a>\n<blockquote class=\"pull full\" style=\"overflow:auto;\"><p>If the Malazan series emphasized a postmodern critique of the subgenre of epic fantasy, paying subtle homage all the while, the Kharkanas Trilogy subsumes the critical aspects and focuses instead on the homage.<br \/><span style=\"float:right\">&#8211; Steven Erikson<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;m not much of a <em>Malazan<\/em> reader these days, but I know a lot of my readers love Erikson and his work. I remember when Erikson first told me about this trilogy, years ago, and it&#8217;s kinda cool to finally see it take shape. I wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/writing\/an-aside-my-afternoon-with-steven-erikson\/\">a bit about the experience<\/a> here. Thanks to Tor.com, Erikson fans can now read the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tor.com\/stories\/2012\/07\/forge-of-darkness-prelude-and-chapter-one-excerpt\" target=\"_blank\">Prelude and Chapter One of <em>Forge of Darkness<\/em><\/a>, in advance of its September, 2012 release date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If the Malazan series emphasized a postmodern critique of the subgenre of epic fantasy, paying subtle homage all the while, the Kharkanas Trilogy subsumes the critical aspects and focuses instead on the homage.&#8211; Steven Erikson I&#8217;m not much of a Malazan reader these days, but I know a lot of my readers love Erikson and&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/news\/free-readin-forge-of-darkness-by-steven-erikson\/\" title=\"ReadFree Readin&#8217;, <em>Forge of Darkness<\/em> by Steven Erikson&#8221;>Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[38,25,125,126,127,44],"class_list":["post-9753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-fantasy","tag-free-readin","tag-malazan","tag-steven-erikson","tag-the-kharkanas-trilogy","tag-tor"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v14.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/news\/free-readin-forge-of-darkness-by-steven-erikson\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Free Readin&#039;, Forge of Darkness by Steven Erikson - A Dribble of Ink\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If the Malazan series emphasized a postmodern critique of the subgenre of epic fantasy, paying subtle homage all the while, the Kharkanas Trilogy subsumes the critical aspects and focuses instead on the homage.&#8211; Steven Erikson I&#8217;m not much of a Malazan reader these days, but I know a lot of my readers love Erikson and... 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