[Gooch]

What's the story with Mr. Erikson's books? Since reading everybody's thrill and delight on these boars, with his books, I've been searching for them regularly now. WITH NO LUCK!

I live in the states. I cannot find any local bookstore that carries them, Amazon.com says it ships in 4 to 5 weeks, with the possibility that it may never ship, and anyplace else, I've checked, and cannot find them!

Anybody know what the story is on these books in the states? I read an interview somewhere that talked of publishing problems originally, for the US, but that was an inteview from 1999 I believe, and the first book was due out over here in 2000.


Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

[Rhaegar]

Well, here in Canada Steven Erikson is quite easy to find, but I guess that really doesn't really help you in the ol' USA. Do you live close to the border? If so, maybe you could just head over the line to the nearest bookstore.

I really hope you find these books. In my mind, this series is the best thing I've read since ASoIaF. The first book is a bit weak in certain respects, but the second book - WOW. A fantasy of epic proportions.

[ChrisW]

Alas he does not yet have an American publisher. You can either get the books by amazon.co.uk or as Rhaegar said get them from Canada. Perhaps there is an online canadian bookstore.

[Keyoke]

Try ordering it from Chapters.ca

Or, if money is a issue..

Try using www.abe.com, (http://www.abe.com,) it's a pretty good, I have found many out of print, and hard to find books through them..

Keyoke

[Hans]

Gooch, only a few months ago I asked that question to Erikson, on malazanempire.com when he was answering fans questions. He said that the publishers in the US have said that the book is too complicated for the US readers, so you need to blame US publishers.

But if you order the book from amazon.co.uk (or GotM + DG maybe even MoI), it is actually much cheaper including delivery than it would cost you to buy it from amazon.com. There are a few people I know in the US who ordered it from amazon.co.uk and received it in 1.5 weeks, and found it cheaper than if they had brought it from amazon.com.

[Rob B]

Others have said the same thing as Mr. Erikson, some British Fantasy is "too dark" or "too complicated" for US audiences. I think it is a load of Bull$#it.

Hmmm...George R.R. Martin doesn't exactly write in sunshine and roses and paint by numbers.

[SusF]

Geeze that's discouraging. What's wrong with dark and complicated fantasy?

Maybe if we order from Amazon.uk the publishers will take notice? http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/smile.gif

Susan

[ChrisW]

Umm Fitzflagg, Erikson didnt say that. He said thats what the US publishers said and as his writing is so damn good there must be some reason why no US publisher has snapped him up.

[Rob B]

Hans is the one who said Erikson said the books were too complicated. I was just saying that other British authors have said US publishers feel along with being complicated, some British fantasy is too dark.

[Llama]

I live in the US and order from amazon.co.uk all the time, it's ridiculous the stuff you can't get here. Like M. John Harrison's TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS, probably the best speculative short fiction collection published last year (or maybe the year before?). (Although now I hear it's going to be published by Night Shade this year, let's hear it for the small presses).