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(Msg. 1) Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 7:42 pm
Post subject: Always a fan
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I've been a huge fan of Feists books since I was oh.....8? I still have
the paperback version of Magician(the one with the cover art of pug
entering Kulgans home on the rainy night, and Kulgan smoking his pipe)my
dad gave me. I own and have read every feist book I have found(anything
released in the US basically).
I was wondering if any feist fans (or Feist himself) had some
reccomended reading for me. I'm a big fan of fantasy, some science
fiction, and even a lot of Fiction novels (Ayn Rand is my favorite that
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 10:40 pm
Post subject: Re: Always a fan [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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In article <41e73229$0$267$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com>, James
<thenimrod.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've been a huge fan of Feists books since I was oh.....8? I still have
> the paperback version of Magician(the one with the cover art of pug
> entering Kulgans home on the rainy night, and Kulgan smoking his pipe)my
> dad gave me. I own and have read every feist book I have found(anything
> released in the US basically).
>
> I was wondering if any feist fans (or Feist himself) had some
> reccomended reading for me. I'm a big fan of fantasy, some science
> fiction, and even a lot of Fiction novels (Ayn Rand is my favorite that
> fits in that category).
There are SO many good books out there, where to begin?
If you like Any Rand (not, however, one of my favorites) here are a
couple of things that, while not written like her's, are structured
around interesting characters.
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Shoeless Joe by W. P. Kinsella
The Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men, and Travels With Charlie by John
Steinbeck.
If you like reading plays, the works of August Wilson, especially
Fences and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.
The Princess Bride by William Goldman (fantasy) and any of his
non-fantasy novels.
If you would like to try some of the action adventure stuff I cut my
teeth on as a kid, consider Sir Walter Scott: Ivanhoe (of course), The
Talisman, and Waverly. Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island,
Kidnapped, and The Black Arrow. Anthony Hope, The Prisoner Of Zenda
and Rupert of Henshazu. H. Ridder Haggard, King Solomon's Mines, She.
A. Merrit, The Ship of Ishtar, The Moon Pool.
Any of the good historical novels by Thomas Costain (The Black Rose,
Below the Salt), Marry Renault (The King Must Die, The Bull From the
Sea, the Mask of Apollo), Samuel Shellenbarger (Captain From Castile
being my favorite), and Rosemary Sutcliff (Swords at Sunset may be the
best Authrian novel I've read).
Anyway, that's a short list off the top of my head. And I highly
recommend the ancient and modern classics, the Greeks, Cicero and
Marcus Arelius, Chaucer, Shakespear (of course), Melville, Twain, and
the list just goes on and on . . .
Happy reading.
Best, R.E.F.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> |
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 10:40 pm
Post subject: Re: Always a fan [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Raymond Feist wrote:
> In article <41e73229$0$267$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com>, James
> <thenimrod DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>I've been a huge fan of Feists books since I was oh.....8? I still have
>>the paperback version of Magician(the one with the cover art of pug
>>entering Kulgans home on the rainy night, and Kulgan smoking his pipe)my
>>dad gave me. I own and have read every feist book I have found(anything
>>released in the US basically).
>>
>>I was wondering if any feist fans (or Feist himself) had some
>>reccomended reading for me. I'm a big fan of fantasy, some science
>>fiction, and even a lot of Fiction novels (Ayn Rand is my favorite that
>>fits in that category).
>
>
>
> There are SO many good books out there, where to begin?
>
> If you like Any Rand (not, however, one of my favorites) here are a
> couple of things that, while not written like her's, are structured
> around interesting characters.
>
> To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
> Shoeless Joe by W. P. Kinsella
> The Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men, and Travels With Charlie by John
> Steinbeck.
> If you like reading plays, the works of August Wilson, especially
> Fences and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.
> The Princess Bride by William Goldman (fantasy) and any of his
> non-fantasy novels.
>
> If you would like to try some of the action adventure stuff I cut my
> teeth on as a kid, consider Sir Walter Scott: Ivanhoe (of course), The
> Talisman, and Waverly. Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island,
> Kidnapped, and The Black Arrow. Anthony Hope, The Prisoner Of Zenda
> and Rupert of Henshazu. H. Ridder Haggard, King Solomon's Mines, She.
> A. Merrit, The Ship of Ishtar, The Moon Pool.
>
> Any of the good historical novels by Thomas Costain (The Black Rose,
> Below the Salt), Marry Renault (The King Must Die, The Bull From the
> Sea, the Mask of Apollo), Samuel Shellenbarger (Captain From Castile
> being my favorite), and Rosemary Sutcliff (Swords at Sunset may be the
> best Authrian novel I've read).
>
> Anyway, that's a short list off the top of my head. And I highly
> recommend the ancient and modern classics, the Greeks, Cicero and
> Marcus Arelius, Chaucer, Shakespear (of course), Melville, Twain, and
> the list just goes on and on . . .
>
> Happy reading.
>
> Best, R.E.F.
Thanks for the suggestions! I've actually been meaning to check out Sir
Walter Scott, but with school, work, and other books, I completely
forgot about him.
I was also wondering if you've had the chance to read Jonathan Strange &
Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke? A friend pointed me to a blog entry about
it by Neil Gaiman a while back, and after buying the book for some extra
credit work at school, I really loved it, and am definately looking
forward to future works of hers. Hopefully they won't take another 10
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 10:43 pm
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Raymond Feist wrote:
> teeth on as a kid, consider Sir Walter Scott: Ivanhoe (of course), The
Received an old (1950) illustrated copy for Christmas, just like a copy
I had as a kid. One of the best gifts I have ever gotten... like an old
friend returned!
And thank you for all the words through these years... reading is often
a salvation and your books are always a gift. Thanks especially for
Pug! 
Polly
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