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The Lees Of Laughter's End is a novella by Canadian author Steven Erikson, set in the world of his Malazan Book of the Fallen epic fantasy series. It continues the storyline of Bauchelain, Korbal Broach and Emancipor Reese , three characters who had a cameo appearance in the novel Memories of Ice and were the focus for the previous ...
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West of Theft, on a vast stretch of ocean known as the Wastes, the free-ship Suncurl pilots its way along the Lees of Laughter's end, away from the city of Lamentable Moll. Aboard the ship, three passengers have become the subject of the crew's gossip: the luckless manservant Emancipor Reese, and his masters, the homicidal necromancers known as ...
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The Tales of Bauchelain & Korbal Broach are a series of darkly comic novellas written by Steven Erikson that follow the adventures of the titular necromancers and their long-suffering manservant, Emancipor Reese. They take place in the same universe as the Malazan Book of the Fallen and the Novels of the Malazan Empire, with Bauchelain, Broach, and Reese briefly appearing in Memories of Ice and Orb Sceptre Throne, but they are side stories to the rest of the Malazan narrative.
"Where the Malazan series runs counter to Fantasy tropes, the necromancer novellas strive to counter the ethics of modern, presumed sensibilities – which is just a fancy way of saying that they are satires."
―Steven Erikson
Erikson writes these novellas whenever he "need[s] a real break" and finds them "a lot of fun to write". He calls them a kind of homage to the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories of Fritz Leiber.
In 2010, Erikson began work on a Bauchelain and Korbal Broach novella called Excesses of Youth. But by 2011, he mentioned that work on the novella "was not grabbing me", and so instead he began writing The Wurms of Blearmouth.
In a 2016 interview, Erikson stated that he had a contract to write three more Bauchelain and Korbal Broach novellas bringing the total to nine.
Each of the novellas is self-contained, but builds on a larger story. The order that the novellas were published does not match the order in which overall story events take place.
Published Order:
•Blood Follows (2002)
•The Healthy Dead (2004)
•The Lees of Laughter's End (2007)
•Crack'd Pot Trail (2009)
introduces the necromancers Bauchelain and Korbal Broach as Emancipor Reese makes the fateful decision to apply for a job as a manservant. Meanwhile a vicious killer stalks the streets of Lamentable Moll.
sees the trio leaving Moll on a doomed ship and encountering unexpected foes in the eldritch waters of Laughter's End.
finds the necromancers and their servant shipwrecked and pursued by enemies at a small isolated coastal town run by a sorcerer-tyrant.
involves the necromancers in the affairs of Quaint and the town's cult of wellness, where citizens are encouraged to be happy and healthy upon pain of death.
follows all of the necromancers' old enemies as they gather together to bring final justice to the terrible duo.
involves Bauchelain, newly crowned King of Farrog, Korbal Broach, newly invested as Farrog's Grand Bishop, and the slowly unraveling Emancipor Reese in their dealings with both new as well as old foes as they do their best (worst?) to rule the kingdom.
The first through third published novellas (Blood Follows, The Healthy Dead, and The Lees of Laughter's End) have been reprinted together in The First Collected Tales of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach by PS Publishing (UK HC - 2007) and also by TOR (US TPB - 2009).
The fourth through sixth published novellas (Crack'd Pot Trail, The Wurms of Blearmouth, and The Fiends of Nightmaria) have been reprinted together in The Second Collected Tales of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach by Bantam (UK HC - 2018).
Steven Erikson says it takes about two weeks to write one of the Bauchelain and Korbal Broach novellas, which he usually fits in between book projects.
1.Fantasy Hive interview
2.New Bauchelain and Korbal Broach Novella on the Way
3.Steven Erikson Answers Your House of Chain Questions
4.Read for Pixels 2016 Interview
5.Steven Erikson Live Q & A - Fantasy/Sci-Fi Focus - See 1:11:55
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Aboard the ship, three passengers have become the subject of the crew's gossip: the luckless manservant Emancipor Reese, and his masters, the homicidal necromancers known as Bauchelain and...
The Lees of Laughter's End is the third published novella in the Bauchelain & Korbal Broach series by Steven Erikson. Chronologically, it is set after Blood Follows and before The Wurms of Blearmouth. The novella is also included in The First Collected Tales of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach . Contents. 1Publisher's Summary. 2Dramatis Personae.
1 gen 2007 · Aboard the ship, three passengers have become the subject of the crew's the luckless manservant Emancipor Reese, and his masters, the homicidal necromancers known as Bauchelain and Korbal Broach. But a bizarre force pursues them along the cursed sea-lane known as Laughter's End, even as an arcane thing awakens aboard the Suncurl.
27 gen 2020 · Bauchelain and Korbal Broach by Erikson, Steven. Publication date 2009 ... Blood follows -- The Lees of Laughter's end -- The healthy dead Access ...
