Midnight Tides - Steven Erikson
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Written by Steven Erikson
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Fans of Steven Erikson’s Malazan fantasy series probably won’t be surprised to learn that Erikson once worked as an anthropologist and archaeologist. His background shows in the complex, detailed societies he creates, from the level of mythology right down to daily customs. Midnight Tides, the fifth book in the series, is even a sort of archaeologist’s nightmare, in which a forgotten artifact from the past is rediscovered and unleashes chaos and destruction upon the world. The novel follows the war between the Tiste Edur, an ancient race, and the Letherii, who have conquered all their other neighbours. The conflict is a continuation of an older battle between ancient beings, but its terms evoke our own world. The Letherii society follows the dictates of the free market, and most of the citizens live in various degrees of indebtedness. The Tiste Edur live according to traditional concepts of honour and community, but their society can no longer survive in the face of the rapacious Letherii commerce machine, which always demands new resources and subjects to exploit.
In his earlier novels Erikson made a name for himself with his realistic, unsentimental depictions of combat, and Midnight Tides is perhaps his most modern rendering of warfare. Magic is his equivalent for contemporary military technology, with summoned demons dominating the battlefield like tanks, and sorcerous firestorms standing in for carpet bombing. Cities are laid to waste in seconds, and soldiers go mad from the magnitude of destruction. Erikson also subverts many of the typical genre expectations of a fantasy novel. Sure, there’s the usual cast of colourful characters–warrior brothers who quest for a magic weapon, an undead emperor, a bloodthirsty god, a shrewd slave, and many more–but there’s no simple conflict between good and evil here, just shades of grey. Midnight Tides plays out like real history does, with no real beginning or completion, just an unending chain of events, each leading to a future that promises only more chaos and madness.
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This post has 4 comments
December 8th, 2012
Great book, terrible narrator. Could only get 1/4 of the way in before i gave up in frustration.
John Haag’s voice is completely uninteresting, he pauses where there should be no pauses, and his tone is completely wrong each sentence. He drawls on in the same monotone even through fights and intense parts of the book.
Recommend skipping this audiobook and reading yourself so as not to ruin it for you.
February 3rd, 2014
Shtef speaks true… This, like House of Chains before it, is not a Brilliance Audio production, and John Haag ruins this like he did even to Name of the Wind/Way of Kings, two of the best novels of any genre released recently. Alternative to braille, but only that.
April 11th, 2014
Absolutely awful narrator. Better to pay for the Brilliance Audio productions than grab this for free.
Books 1-3 are narrated by Ralph Lister and are fabulous, and if you were spoiled by that, you won’t get five minutes with the awful pronunciation in this edition.
December 31st, 2014
The above three are right, to an extent. Unless you are really particular about your readers, the narrator is passable. If you’ve got money to spare, then sure, grab the Brilliance Audio version–it is definitely a big step up from this production. But if you are broke (like me), you are better off downloading this and listening to it than skipping the book entire. It’s an excellent novel somewhat marred by a mediocre narrator. Once you get past the numerous changes in pronunciation from the earlier narration, the novel is still an enjoyable read, rescued by great writing and a fascinating universe (as was the case with some of John Haag’s other narrations–namely those from the Kingkiller Chronicles).
In fact, several readers from the website Good Reads absolutely adore the narrator. I don’t quite agree with them but they make excellent points and has prompted me to give my opinion of him a second chance. [ https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/815571-why-no-audiobook ]
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