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The Healthy Dead (Paperback)

by Steven Erikson (Author)
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  • Paperback: 100 pages
  • Publisher: PS Publishing; New Ed edition (30 Jun 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1904619088
  • ISBN-13: 978-1904619086
  • Product Dimensions: 20.4 x 14.8 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 535,519 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining, 30 Oct 2004
The Healthy Dead has a great premise.
The town of Quaint has an excessively benevolent ruler. All things virtuous (honesty, cleanliness, dietary fibre) are deemed lawful and desirable while 'bad' things (lust, alcohol, smoking, crying babies) are against the law.
The king is literally killing the folk with love. Enter the necromancers.
It's funny and farcial, but it makes good points which are particularly relevant when considering how much the government interferes in the lives of private individuals. There are great philosophical points made here.
This was my first Erikson book and the first few pages were difficult to get into, but it makes up for it in snappy dialogue and good plotting.
Some of the humour seemed forced, and that prevented this from being a 5 in my humble opinion, but it's great reading.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Erikson notches the comedy string to his bow, 9 Sep 2004
By Rob Matthews "Sev" (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
In the second of Erikson's "Tales of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach" Novella's from P.S. Publishing, we are presented with a no-holds-barred fantasy-farce that outdoes Pratchett and Holt in the comedy stakes.
Until now Erikson has given us mere slices of his gift for comedic dialogue in his epic "Malazan Book of the Fallen" series, most recently between Tehol and Bugg in "Midnight Tides", however it appears that these Novella's are giving the author the opportunty to cut loose, for which I for one am very grateful.
The plot involves the two Necromancer's being hired to get rid of the current King of "Quaint" for the crime of trying to instigate healthy reforms in his citizens, and they go about it by doing what they do best - Necromancy !! - with hilarious results.
If you can find a copy of this book, only 500 have been produced, then snap it up immediately.
As an in-between snack between "Midnight Tides" and "Bonehunters" this probably won't fill you up but you'll devour it anyway - Superb stuff - when's the next one due ?
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Dark (very) Humour, 19 Oct 2004
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Although one only learns a bit more about Emancipor Reese, Korbal Broach, and Bauchelain, the bizarre culture and macabre details make for an appalled but enraptured tour of Quaint, a rich microcosm within the world that contains the Malazan Empire. After having my initial sympathies for the two necromancers somewhat dashed by their thrashing in "Memories of Ice", which I read after "Blood Follows", I was encouraged to reaffirm my support of the two villains by their emergence as champions of anti-fanaticism (for their own reasons, of course). The writing is reminiscent of the Tehol and Bugg sequences in "Midnight Tides", but somewhat darker. Altogether another great read, as all of Erikson's fantasies have been. I only hope that Mr. Erikson continues to chronicle the adventures of Emancipor Reese et. al. and that the ten or so novellas that (will) comprise the cycle are someday gathered in a long, omnibus collection.
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