Comments on: Mongolia Adventures and Goat’s Head Soup: Steven Erikson’s Notes on a Crisis

By: Sanctume

Sanctume — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:17:56 +0000

Oh, I can relate about Crisis. It is common to call it Midlife Crisis.
The Crisis itself are the consequences of one’s actions.
The crisis, i think, narrows down to the questioning of one’s own values.
The ability of one to answer these, pick and choose which values are worth having, and which values are not for one’s life.

See, these values are not unique because they are taught, shared, influenced by everyone that touched our lives: parents, siblings, teachers, friends, peers, employers, religion, society. Each of these are outside influence wanting you to conform or accept to their values.
It is when a man is able to decide for himself which of these he is freely choosing for himself, is when he is able to overcome the crisis.

Crisis is about change. A better term for those who have not decided and chose to run away or took more destructive paths in the lives, it is a Midlife Transition.

By: Telorast

Telorast — Thu, 13 May 2010 06:13:20 +0000

Unbelievably excited – can’t wait for the rest! Must have moar.. I hope your insides forgive you :-/

By: Andrea

Andrea — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:33:13 +0000

I don’t know the others, but I’m absolutely happy with your decision to show yourself and do not sit back.

I’m reading your seventh novel in english (I read only the first and the third in italian), struggling on almost every page, because of the richness of the prose. But, since I discover your books, I wanted to discover a little bit more of their reserved writer.
I love books and brilliant books (as yours are) the most. But before books, I love people.

So thank you for this blog and for sharing with us a little view on your life,
you’re actually my favorite fantasy writer (among many, many others).

By: Shannon

Shannon — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:36:03 +0000

Brilliant beginning! I am so glad you are putting words to the screen. I can’t wait for the next installment.

By: Zach

Zach — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:28:11 +0000

I read an interview about you going to Mongolia, but I had no idea it went badly.
…I’m excited to hear more about such an amazing author. Yay blogs!

By: Rhulad

Rhulad — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:57:29 +0000

Awesome, can’t wait to here more from you while I wait for the next book.

By: Margaret

Margaret — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:44:56 +0000

Dull? You, Steve? Never.

By: Owen

Owen — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:21:41 +0000

Excellent! Can’t wait to hear more.

Though personally I still think you should have a blog on your own site…

By: Terez

Terez — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:01:03 +0000

Bookmark’d, and looking forward to it every bit as much as the next book, if not more.

By: Lenore

Lenore — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:59:46 +0000

Ooh–can’t wait to read more!