HeyJaredSmiley's Podcast
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.
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The Mission: Gardens of the Moon - The Malazan Rereaders' Rereadalong - Smiley's Podcast (opens the original)
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[SPOILERS FOR THE ENTIRE MBOTF] Our questionable heroes assemble to storm Darujhistan in the titular mission, while in the meantime, the best scene in the book transpires. The dinner scene sets the tone for the rest of the Imperial storyline and offers an excellent lens to view the position of Adjunct through for the rest of the series. With the conclusion of the dinner, High Mages part ways, Ganoes & Toc reunite, arrests must needs take place, and Imass think of futility. --- Socials! The Calad
Darujhistan: Gardens of the Moon - The Malazan Rereaders' Rereadalong - Smiley's Podcast (opens the original)
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[SPOILERS FOR THE ENTIRE MBOTF] After a lengthy absence, Mora & Lee return to the City of Azure Fire in its earlier conceptions. From Kruppe's earliest mumblings & prophetic dreams, the machinations of the Daru crew, the Three Musketeer inspired quartet, assassins, maidens, alchemists, oh my! In the words of one Fisher kel Tath: Oh frail city, where Smiley's abide... --- Socials! Dust of Memes link: https://www.reddit.com/r/Dust_of_Memes/s/0kzCbF8BGq Shoot us an email with questions or the like:
Pale: Gardens of the Moon - The Malazan Rereaders' Rereadalong - Smiley's Podcast (opens the original)
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[SPOILERS FOR THE ENTIRE MBOTF] Welcome to our first actual episode on Gardens of the Moon, wherein we tackle the insanity that is the fall of Pale, the prologue, and how utterly dislikeable Ganoes Paran is. Lee's one-sided beef notwithstanding, Pale is a fairly enjoyable (if, again, utterly insane) opening to Gardens, with a few kinks to be ironed out in the rest of the book & series. Links to stuff mentioned: AP "A Critical Dragon" Canavan's various videos on Gardens' prologue: Analysis of Mot
The Malazan Rereaders' Reread Intro - Smiley's Podcast (opens the original)
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[Spoilers MBOTF] Come one, come all, to our Malazan rereader's rereadalong (better title pending). As the title suggests, we are tackling the Book of the Fallen from a rereader's perspective, and as such will be spoiling the series extensively (true to our word, we've done so from the very first episode). This episode is more of an intro of sorts, tackling the (part atrocious, part pulpy, part wonderful) covers and the otherwise great prefaces of Gardens of the Moon, ere we get into the meat of
What is Malazan, Anyway? - A No Spoilers Brief & Recap (opens the original)
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Pending the start of our reread, we figured it'd be an interesting point to give a brief recap of the history of Malazan, how it came about, and what it is about, anyway, in a spoiler free manner. From the series' RPG origins to movie scripts to ten-book publishing deals, Malazan is storied both within & beyond its pages. --- Socials! The link to Blackdog Blues , as promised. Shoot us an email with questions or the like: smileyspodcast@gmail.comWould you prefer YouTube? https://www.youtube.com/@
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