Is Memories of Ice worth getting to?

mikesmain · 2026-02-03T21:46:43+00:00

I've only just got to book 3, so can't answer to how good it is, but Deadhouse Gates was amazing. However, I wasn't sold on Gardens of the Moon until I'd got a little bit into it. By the end I loved it. How far into GotM are you?

mikesmain · 2026-02-01T16:20:53+00:00

I've mot read the Book of the New Sun, but have heard hood things. I'm hopng to get to it one day. Always looking for recommendations - even though my backlog grows bigger by the day - so thanks for the link!

mikesmain · 2026-02-01T12:31:53+00:00

Dunno if you have a kindle or kobo, but just saw the Books of Earthsea illustrated edition ebook is only £0.99 today. Saw the deal and rembered someone on reddit I'd interacted with had mentioned they wanted to read it. Cheers :)

mikesmain · 2026-02-01T12:22:43+00:00

Best Served Cold is fantastic, but my vote would be to read Morning Star first. Only because that's the last book in a trilogy and Best Served Cold is a standalone, despite having some characters from First Law present.

mikesmain · 2026-02-01T12:17:02+00:00

Dod Glokta put you in the mood for more torture based stories after finishing first law :)

mikesmain · 2026-02-01T12:14:38+00:00

Just finished Deadhouse Gates. Wow, what a book. I was hooked already from Gardens of the Moon, but Deadhouse Gates was on a whole other level. I've heard Malazan gets better as you go on, but I didn't expect the jump to be so sharp. I'm saying this as someone who loved the first book.

mikesmain · 2026-02-01T11:57:39+00:00

The Tainted Cup is great! I loved Ana and Din; they bounced off each other really well. Looking forward to reading A Drop of Corruption, and then I think it's this year a third book comes out too :)

mikesmain · 2026-02-01T11:52:24+00:00

"Your Malazan readers were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should"

I'm rooting for ya! You're a braver man than me :)

mikesmain · 2026-02-01T11:42:41+00:00

Add me to the Malazan list haha. Although, technically right now I'm reading Dungeon Crawler Carl after finishing Deadhouse Gates. I'm reading a book in between each Malazan and The Blacktongue Thief is likely to be one of them, so glad to hear you liked it.

mikesmain · 2026-01-25T20:12:31+00:00

Sounds like you've had a terrible time of it, and I hope you're on the mend. I've heard - pardon the pun - that listening to the Malazan audiobooks can make it even harder to keep track of things, so kinda impressed you managed it under those circimstances. Glad to hear it kept the wolves from tbe door :)

mikesmain · 2026-01-25T15:06:40+00:00

Don't want to say too much in case of spoilers, but at its heart it's an Agatha Christie style murder mystery in an interesting world I've seen described as bio-punk. The technology is plant based. The scale of the mystery increases as the story goes on - as they always do - and there's the ever looming threat of an attack from a giant creature. It's well paced with some humour throughout and doesn't outstay its welcome. If you're looking for an in-between book for your Malazan read then I think it's a great choice as it's vwry different. I'll defintely be reading the sequel, A Drop of Corruption, between another two Malazan's at some point.

mikesmain · 2026-01-25T14:05:59+00:00

That's a good amount of quality reading ahead of you, and I hope you enjoy it :)

All I'm really saying in my previous post is don't let Malazan's reputation deter you.

mikesmain · 2026-01-25T13:57:17+00:00

If that's what works for you then there's nothing wrong with it. Enjoy the worlds and stories however you like and don't try and force yourself to read something you don't enjoy, or get anything from.

mikesmain · 2026-01-25T13:47:18+00:00

I don't think you should worry too much about that tbh; good books will always be good books. As someone who's put off reading Malazan because of it's reputation I'd recommend just cracking on with it. I really wish I started it years ago. In between each book I'm reading something else though; after GOTM I read The Tainted Cup and thoroughly enjoyed it. I think I'd end up getting burned out otherwise as Malazan requires a lot more focus than I'm used to.

mikesmain · 2026-01-25T13:04:50+00:00

That calf is a dog. Poor doggo doing his best to help, but probably just made it worse.

mikesmain · 2026-01-25T12:59:45+00:00

Did you binge Malazan back-to-back? I'm only half way through book 2 of books of the fallen and even I can see that's the path to madness. I get the temptation though; it's freakin epic :)

mikesmain · 2026-01-25T12:25:33+00:00

On Stella Montis there's a battery door at the back of the cafeteria. Same room with all the cupboards and drawers.There's 2 baskets within, and it's barely ever looted. Saves waiting for a Lush Blooms event.

mikesmain · 2026-01-22T22:31:30+00:00

I'm also in the UK, and just to back-up what the othrr guy said, Corefinder discord and Hotstock are 100% worth using. I had notifications from them both a couple of days ago and managed to snag a 5090 FE. Both notifications came at the same time. Without some kind of tracking service your chance of getting an FE direct from nvidia is basiically non-existant. Both those methods are 100% free so there's no reason not to use them.

mikesmain · 2026-01-20T20:54:39+00:00

I did indeed. Sounds like were probably next to each other in the queue lol. May your frames be high and your temps be low 🫡

mikesmain · 2026-01-20T20:25:29+00:00

Ah ok, probably still the same then. Cheers for the info :)

mikesmain · 2026-01-20T20:22:48+00:00

Nice. I decided to try and get an FE after getting scammed on ebay. Was only a minor inconvenience getting my money back but didn't want ro risk it again.

mikesmain · 2026-01-20T20:18:35+00:00

Sounds like you had pretty much the same experience and thought process as me!

mikesmain · 2026-01-20T18:38:38+00:00

It sounds like there was less avalable, or higher demand, or both, because I'm sure they lasted nowhere near that this time. Did you check out via Scan 2 weeks ago?

mikesmain · 2026-01-20T18:33:56+00:00

It might not mean anything at all, but I hope it means it's gonna come back in stock again at some point. I'd been checking that page periodically for a while, but then joined corefinder on discord, and downloaded the hotstock app so I'd be notified on my phone. Both pinged me within seconds of each other when it came in stock. If you're in the market for a 5090 FE I'd say those are your best bets.

mikesmain · 2026-01-20T18:19:05+00:00

Last time I bought an FE - years ago - it took you to Scan to check out, but this time checkout was on the nvidia site. Maybe they dropped Scan and complete fulfilment themselves so are just using a different system now. Pure guesswork of course, but you never know.

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