Tell me about: Raymond E. Feist

[Praetorian]

I have read the two core books, Magician: Master and Apprentice... but I was wondering how the other stuff ranks. I am especially intrigued with his collaborations with Janny Wurts. Lately I have been reading through Curse of the Mistwraith, which is a very good book and part of a much larger series.

Wurts is a wordy author with lots of description and metaphors in her writing, but also able to weave a very good story together. Curse of the Mistwraith is a big book, followed-on by other big books.

I like Wurts's styler and would be intrigued with he other work in Feist's world. In general, i am interested in reading a bit more about Feist and his take on Sword and Sorcery- so, anything worth while?

[General Lee]

I have been a big fan of Raymond E. Feist ever since you introduced them to me Chris. I have read every book that he has writen and have enjoyed them all. I also have become a fan of the Janny Wurt's series and am anxiously awaited the final book in the series.

[Praetorian]

Is the Shaodw and Light series by Wurts worth it? I hate plodding through a series jsut to be strung along... Jordan soured me on epics for the sake of epics. A lot of the reviews I have read of Wurts work seems to imply it is unnecessarily long.

I am about 100 pages away from finishing Curse of the Mistwraith... should I grab the next book of move on?

Also, is anyone familiar with Robin Hobb? Opinions?

[General Lee]

It depends how far you really want to get in the series. I have read every one of the Shadow and Light series and can definitely say that some are better than others. The series has many ups and downs and Wurt's ability to make things really visual begins to become a little repetitve after a while. There are just so many times you can hear about how Lysaer lights up a room before you just want to stranglet the guy. All in all the series is good and I recommend it if you have some time to kill. I am awaiting the last book in the series so that I will finally be done with it. One good thing is that Wurt's unlike Jordan has promised the end of her series in a set amount of books, not continuing to draw out the series for more money from the fans.

[Praetorian]

Can you recommed any similar style books?

I am leaning more and more away from getting into Wurts stuff. Her prose is just too... flowery.

[nintendork]

I read Faerie Tale over the summer and really enjoyed it, the story definitely moved, and the fantasy elements didn't seem out of place or silly.

[nintendork]

...and i just saw how old this post is... ahh i am a dork

[lkky00245]

When you're older we'll tell you that you were born in Britain's last Asian colony in the lunar year of the pig and that when we brought you home, the staff of our apartment block gathered to wish you well. "It's a boy, so lucky, so lucky. We Chinese love boys," they told us. One man said you were the first baby to be born in the block in the year of the pig. This, he told us, was good Feng Shui, in other words a positive sign for the building and everyone who lived there.

[chaos]

They call that thread necromancy. But hey, at least you weren't spamming. Ugh.

Has this forum been abandoned to the spammers, or what?

[tadk]

I have not read any of MR Feists novels
Janny Wurtz I have read a lot of hers and Really like them
Her first trilogy was a nice take on Technology mistaken for Magic