Community Malazan Questions with Esslemont and Erikson 

This channel is a goldmine for Malazan fans.

01:45 You ask a question on magic and he teleports! Nice timing 😂

Lovely conversation, thank youuuu! Seeing SE & Cam laugh together is priceless!

Once again AP delivers with a video out of dreams. This is unreal. Thanks so much AP for the contributions you’ve made to the community. When I first read Malazan, I would have never dreamed we’d get a creator like yourself. Thank you!

Great conversation, was glad to have you three virtually over for this mornings coffee. Also, this felt very much spoiler free which was great.

Thanks for this, AP and Messrs Erikson and Eesslemont. 60% through my fifth reread of Malazan, and still getting new stuff.

D&D, religion, and history. Yup, that about covers all my talking points!

Awesome!!! Big Malazan fan boy here with a complete sub press collection including forge. Love this channel and it’s always a pleasure to listen to these conversations. I always learn something new about the series which is amazing

Just finished the video and I had so much fun listening along with having a few of my “I wonder if” questions like what was the origin of the Malazan races. Blew my mind that Trell is close to Troll I somehow never even thought of it but it makes so much more sense now. Thanks for the great video, AP!

Loved seeing the interplay between the two.

Fantastic Q&A! thank you AP!

Great to hear about the influences, beyond D&D. Singing Detective!!!

Always so many profound insights from all three of these remarkably talented individuals. Thankyou so much for the pleasure and privilege of this encounter!

This was a fun discussion. Great questions/topics and interesting to hear the different answers from the authors. As for the illusory bridges and such, there's a reason old school RPGers always bring a 10-foot pole with them. :)

Fantastic discussion as always. As much as we get to see each of them on their own, the mix together is really magical

Hi, AP! Long time listener, first time commenting... I am in the last chapters of Blood and Bone and about to start the Crippled God, but can't find the non spoiler video on Philip's channel nor do I find the spoiler videos for the Crippled God on your channel. Did you guys decide to skip the last book? Anyway, thank you for your amazing insights and for bringing Mr. Erikson and Mr. Esslemont to RU-vid. My reading experience of the Malazan series was greatly enriched due to all of you!

I'd never made the connection between Trell and Troll....

Hi A.P. Hi Steven, Hello I.C.E. If K'rul gave magic to the masses, then did Icarium give the gift of time travel? The Azath house also has time traveling ability and I think Icarium got the idea when he was going against an Azath house. Anyways, Best books. ever. Steven is the best writer. Ever. _Ritesh

Is that one of Steven's paintings in the background? Brilliant.

It's not an Esslemont video without the bad connection lol

Just finished book 4 of Malazan last week and I’m so happy I’ve been able to listen to some of the spoiler free videos on here like the author interviews that you’ve done. They’ve helped me so much! I didn’t hear a spoiler warning so is this full spoilers or up to a certain point or perhaps no spoilers? Thanks for all you post and looking forward to more!

oh hell ya

I like the way the Man doesnt need the backdrop of a bookshelf behind him. He who needs a library shouldnt call himself a writer 😅

The K'Chain Ch'Malle reminded me of a cross between the Sleestack on Land of the Lost and something out of West of Eden. Although Harry Harrison is rarely mentioned unfortunately.

Trell -Troll I feel so stupid for never figuring this out.

And here I thought the Jaghut were more orcish derived. Huh. And given that Steve just makes up names that sound cool, is there anything in K'chain Che'Malle deriving from Kaschan Che'Malle? And the Forulkan becoming the Forkrul Assail? (maybe that's a Cam question 😂)

so, when will we WITNESS the next book, king?

Thanks AP for pulling this together. And thanks so much to Steven and Cam for sharing so much as always. I can't think of any other aspects of entertainment, be it books films games where the creators, where the authors interact and discuss so directly with their audience. Just adds to my love of these works even more! Forever grateful

Hope you asked about Walk In Shadow, we only have 3 full months left in 2023.

just taught a fly how to eat burnt stuff

But history is objective, rational, scientific - not rubbish at all. All historians always agree on THE ONE version of the past that is accurate...right? 😢... right? (All kidding aside, this was another great discussion video. Thanks! 😂)

Steve did you see that report that our earlier ancestors may have been reduced to a population of about 1200?

AP is it possible to get a list of the authors and books reference by Cam and Steve? Some I recognize immediately but then sometimes lag got in the way of hearing. I heard Howard, but not sure which one that was referring to lol

Full series spoilers?

:D