Smiley's Podcast

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A podcast meant for semi serious conversations on all things Malazan (and an occasional non-Malazan topic).The world of Malazan is a fictional one created by authors, friends and anthropologists, Steven Erikson and Ian C. Esslemont. They have published more than 2 dozen critically acclaimed, fan favourite books set in this universe. We, the hosts Lee and Mora, are avid fans of the series and this podcast is but a peek into the many conversations we have about this fascinating topic.

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No Life Forsaken Excerpt 14.08.2022 52:55

(Update, Jan 2023: According to Erikson, this particular excerpt might not make it to the final story of NLF. "So what?" has been our unanimous response to this news) Mora and the Laseen Simp discuss No Life Forsaken, the state of the Late Empire, and how horrendous magenta dye looks in contrast to blue skin. Steven Erikson's facebook page with link to this excerpt. - https://www.facebook.com/stev...

Too many words! Karsa's Journey 13.08.2022 1:25:53

Spoilers upto House of Chains. Trigger warnings- Discussion involves rape and extreme violence among fictional characters. Lee & "I-heart-Karsa" Mora discuss Karsa Orlong, from his days strutting in front of Dayliss to him riding west, into the sunset. There's more digressions than either of us care to admit, and probably quite a bit of laughter about the exploits of a certain scion of the House o...

Night of Knives by Esslemont 13.08.2022 1:26:05

[Spoilers Night of Knives and upto The Bonehunters] It's finally time for the Laseen Apologist to shine! We cover the first book of the Novels of the Malazan Empire, Night of Knives, and talk about how little screentime the actual Night of Knives gets. Temper, Kiska, Riders, Dassem, oh my! A brief summary of the book- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fnUgAlcMoCf4KRxlgILL8_YD95Wq7iX8/view?usp=shari...