Memories of Ice

#15 in Fantasy

Memories of Ice

Steven Erikson

First published 2001Original language EN

8.98.9 / 10
Score out of 10528 ratingsConfidence 78%: this much of the score is the readers’ own
#15 of 200 in Fantasy ahead of 93% of the category
794
Pages
about 15 h
Reading time

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Steven Erikson
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Our view

“Memories of Ice” is epic fantasy at full stretch: a war of soldiers, sorcery and gods that also finds room to think about compassion. It is the third of ten volumes, picking up directly after the first, and it expects readers to arrive knowing that world. Nearly eight hundred dark, crowded pages make it a commitment, and it is no place to start the series.

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About the book

Memories of Ice is an epic fantasy novel by Canadian writer Steven Erikson and the third volume in his series the Malazan Book of the Fallen. The events of Memories of Ice begin just after the first book, Gardens of the Moon, and at the same time as the second, Deadhouse Gates.

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Reading order · Malazan Book of the Fallen

Full order & progress →
Score per volume10 volumes on a timeline, 1999 to 2011 · Best-rated volume: Memories of Ice
  1. Gardens of the Moon
    Gardens of the Moon1999 · 1,120 ratingsStart here
    7.97.9 / 10
  2. Deadhouse Gates
    Deadhouse Gates2000 · 651 ratings
    8.48.4 / 10
  3. Memories of Ice
    Memories of Ice2001 · 528 ratingsThis book
    8.98.9 / 10
  4. House of Chains
    House of Chains2002 · 475 ratings
    8.48.4 / 10
  5. Midnight Tides
    Midnight Tides2004 · 406 ratings
    8.68.6 / 10
  6. The Bonehunters
    The Bonehunters2006 · 378 ratings
    8.78.7 / 10
  7. Reaper's Gale
    Reaper's Gale2007 · 325 ratings
    8.58.5 / 10
  8. Toll the Hounds
    Toll the Hounds2008 · 301 ratings
    8.68.6 / 10
  9. Dust of Dreams
    Dust of Dreams2009 · 279 ratings
    8.38.3 / 10
  10. The Crippled God
    The Crippled God2011 · 278 ratings
    8.78.7 / 10

Where the score comes from

The sources average 9.1 across 528 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 78% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 8.9 comes out.

SourceAverageRatingsWeight
Google Books9.08 2%
Hardcover9.1520 99%

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It has 794 pages — longer than 81% of the ranked books in Fantasy.

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