The Malazan Rereaders' Rereadalong - Gardens of the Moon: Pale - Smiley's Podcast

[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 Mother's Lament [https://youtu.be/V4CNpO1K1ow?si=DbFpCIRqP3Fbibsa], Dialogue in the Prologue [https://youtu.be/0ijnOyIE_dc?si=XsVVrnONXEuUYs3u], Analysis of the first paragraph [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i4OhAh3CAE&list=PLqNvO4rxJOPujgtZV58SdvBmL0lngO0vE&index=5] Quartermaster Pores' many essays on the Malazan Military. As examples, we add here: Ranks & structure, [https://www.reddit.com/r/Malazan/comments/15z7i02/a_spoilerfree_guide_to_malazan_military_ranks_and/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_term=1] and the military's disposition pre the Fall of Pale [https://www.reddit.com/r/Malazan/comments/wenjae/malazan_military_disposition_prefall_of_pale/]. Flicker kel Tath's excellent essay [https://www.reddit.com/r/Malazan/comments/11uluo4/a_certain_deal_about_a_death/] on Paran's deal, and an expansion [https://www.reddit.com/r/Malazan/comments/1ps8c03/oponns_vengeance_an_expansion_on_the_deal_about_a/] on the selfsame essay by michhoffman. --- Socials! Shoot us an email with questions or the like: smileyspodcast@gmail.com Would you prefer YouTube? https://www.youtube.com/@smileyspodcast Join the r/Malazan Discord: https://discord.gg/V8EwKkdzv9 Want schedule updates? https://bsky.app/profile/smileyspod.bsky.social ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUM4Zm9rUkZva09BUlZoN3ZjOEdTek1rbnpYenxBR3JiS2FrNlA3TnVqenFpZXRGU2pSX2d3QkJDVk9QVWh2WFFmLWdTODZLQzV4MTYyS0xnd0pmRzZ6OFM3bFVXRERXOVFORWJ5dS1GNjFlMTI0UnBUTkRWOXlPa1ZMTGFQelhB&q=https%3A%2F%2Fbsky.app%2Fprofile%2Fsmileyspod.bsky.social&v=trBy5ZRojNE]Wanna buy us a drink? ⁠⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/smileys [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUM4Zm9rUmFSd1RoWGNuY0duWWItS3lOTGxMZnxBR3JiS2FtQkVhbUo0aUhXVDMxcWtCWXJ2VFM1Mk1RNGMzTE1fUTZwS0dLZUZCa081Q2lHYmVEYTQ0RFdvLWk4Zm93MklUYlFHZlByWUc1RVU4OFJRbkgtT0NPM0I5LXdTaXBx&q=https%3A%2F%2Fko-fi.com%2Fsmileys&v=trBy5ZRojNE]