re: Malazan series

I am on vacation this week, so I bought Deadhouse Gates to start the series. I love it, but I'm really having to fight the temptation to go full on wikipedia nerd to wormhole the various magic systems, races, etc... There's a pleasure in finding the stuff out organically as the author intends in revealing it... but damn. It's such a dense world, that I just want to dive into the nuts and bolts of it without having to rely on the narrative to discover it.


I've killed my enjoyment of a lot of series (both book and TV) by jumping into the wikis for them, though. It's much more enjoyable and rewarding to slowly gain understanding as you read.