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    Magician by Raymond E Feist

    Come on... who's read it?

    Not just Magician.... but Silverthorn and Darkness at Sethanon and then all of Feist's awesome books?

    Any one got goosebumps from remembering these genius books?



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    Re: Magician by Raymond E Feist

    Oh yes. Read them ages ago. Then again a few years later. Then again a few years after that. Among the best of genre, IMHO.

    They are also a perfect example of why I buy books, not (generally) borrow them. I can then go to my "library", browse, see what tickles my interest, and read it. And having been buying books for 40+ years, and only ever gaving got rid of about half a dozen (including a couple that got left on planes, and I ended up buying again, dammit), I've now got a pretty healthy collection to choose from.

    And that reminds me, haven't read them for a while. Hmmm.

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    Re: Magician by Raymond E Feist

    I have read them several times. They are one of my favorite series of books. I'm slowly adding them to my Kindle collection.

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    Re: Magician by Raymond E Feist

    Yes, another reader - though not since I was in my teens!

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    Re: Magician by Raymond E Feist

    Quote Originally Posted by pollaxe View Post
    Yes, another reader - though not since I was in my teens!
    Indeed. I liked them so much at the time, I'm concerned that they wouldn't be as good as I remember if I read them again.
    Society's to blame,
    Or possibly Atari.

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    Re: Magician by Raymond E Feist

    Not this again Like the last time, I'll say: rubbish

    Magician is OK. The rest, bad, except where co-written with Janny Wurts (empire trilogy).

    Go read some Robin Hobb, Patrick Rothfuss and George RR Martin, then when you try to read Feist again your eyes will bleed and beg you to stop.

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    Re: Magician by Raymond E Feist

    Reminds me. I must try and get a copy of Hyperion and the Fall of Hyperion.
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    Re: Magician by Raymond E Feist

    Yes, of course..
    Cheers, David



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    Re: Magician by Raymond E Feist

    I've read the first trilogy. Magician is a brilliant book, certainly one of the best I've read but the rest were a bit meh. I didn't enjoy them too much probably because I found Pug such a great character and then he was gone.
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    Re: Magician by Raymond E Feist

    Quote Originally Posted by kalniel View Post
    Not this again Like the last time, I'll say: rubbish

    Magician is OK. The rest, bad, except where co-written with Janny Wurts (empire trilogy).

    Go read some Robin Hobb, Patrick Rothfuss and George RR Martin, then when you try to read Feist again your eyes will bleed and beg you to stop.
    A bit like you loving coffee cake cake and him over there liking chocolate cake. Personally, I'll take a good Victoria sponge over either. My wife loves Brussel spouts, but they make me puke .... literally. I, on the other hand, love most seafood and most of it makes the wife puke, again, literally.

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    Re: Magician by Raymond E Feist

    Quote Originally Posted by Saracen View Post
    A bit like you loving coffee cake cake and him over there liking chocolate cake. Personally, I'll take a good Victoria sponge over either. My wife loves Brussel spouts, but they make me puke .... literally. I, on the other hand, love most seafood and most of it makes the wife puke, again, literally.
    So you're saying I should marry him?

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    Re: Magician by Raymond E Feist

    Quote Originally Posted by kalniel View Post
    So you're saying I should marry him?
    Bake him a cake and see what happens. .Better yet, get him to bake you a cake. At least that way, you get a cake.

    But, just for the sake of clarity, no, that wasn't quite what I meant, though I suspect you know that, just a tad.

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    Re: Magician by Raymond E Feist

    Quote Originally Posted by kalniel View Post
    Not this again Like the last time, I'll say: rubbish

    Magician is OK. The rest, bad, except where co-written with Janny Wurts (empire trilogy).

    Go read some Robin Hobb, Patrick Rothfuss and George RR Martin, then when you try to read Feist again your eyes will bleed and beg you to stop.
    Got to agree with this. It's readable enough, but he really does create a far too powerful character, makes life far too complicated and then tries to write more stories after Magician which, well, don't really work.

    As a stand alone book, Magician is something fit for 12 year olds. You read it along with David Eddings, but it's stepping stone fantasy rather than worthwhile.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Primum Agmen View Post
    Got to agree with this. It's readable enough, but he really does create a far too powerful character, makes life far too complicated and then tries to write more stories after Magician which, well, don't really work.

    As a stand alone book, Magician is something fit for 12 year olds. You read it along with David Eddings, but it's stepping stone fantasy rather than worthwhile.
    woah ... that's a bit harsh, but you say it like you mean it so I shall assume you feel that strongly.

    I re read it this year.. and it's still amazing for me. I like the naivity.. and I still read the original version, not his rewrite.

    Now... because of this thread I'm 2 out of 3 books through Mara's trials cowritten by Janny Wurts.. and it IS genius. Deep and complex politics and some of the best tear jerking moments.

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    Re: Magician by Raymond E Feist

    and Im on the LAST in the series ! Thats 27 books since I posted last
    Cheers, David



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