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Steven Erikson

Fantasy author, Malazan Book of the Fallen

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Their 2012 r/Fantasy AMA, posted from this account

We retrieved 5 posts and 267 comments from u/stevenerikson, dated 2012 to 2017, most often in r/Fantasy.

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A redditor wrote in r/Fantasy

On “Hello Reddit, I am Steven Erikson. Please Ask Me Anything.”

I know that your series was loosely based on an RPG that you ran, and I find that fascinating. I've read your essay on the subject (for the lazy), but I had a few questions on the player-character novel-character dynamic. 1. how true are the novel-characters that were PCs in…

u/StevenErikson replied

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There's a fair mix of game characters and novel characters. I think I've given brief lists in other interviews, but for the main ones: I was Dancer and Cam was Kellanved (though in the game he called himself Dr Wu): I was Anomander and Caladan and Cam was Whiskeyjack, K'azz, Greymane. I was Kruppe and Rallick; Cam was Baruk and Coll. A bunch of guys got in on things later, making up Fiddler's squad in the Bonehunters (barring Corabb and Cuttle). A good friend was Karsa Orlong and went through the hell that was Book One in House of Chains.

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A redditor wrote in r/Fantasy

On “Hello Reddit, I am novelist Steven Erikson. Please Ask Me Anything.”

Hola! I just want to thank you for Tehol Beddict. The single greatest character I have had the pleasure of reading. Komsomnidah.

u/StevenErikson replied

Tehol blinks in modest surprise, then quickly reaches for his blanket.

A redditor wrote in r/Fantasy

On “Hello Reddit, I am novelist Steven Erikson. Please Ask Me Anything.”

First off, fantastic books. Thank you for sharing your wonderful creative mind with us. I love the way magic works in the Malazan universe and Quick Ben is probably my favorite mage of any fantasy series. Where did you get the idea for the way magic/ warrens work in Malazan?

u/StevenErikson replied

We were hammering the GURPS magic system into something that worked for our Malazan game-world. We learned early on to keep it mysterious and mysterious it shall remain.