Which was your favorite book? (not including Magician)

Rise of a Merchant Prince hit a chord with me and is my favorite followed
closely by Darkness at Sethanon.
 >> Stay informed about: Which was your favorite book? (not including Magician) 

On 05/09/06 at 12:58:11 fuzzhead72 RemoveThis @yahoo.com somehow managed to type:

> For me, it was probably "Rise of a Merchant Prince", although "The
> King's Buccaneer" was pretty close as well.

Ahh well. My favourite bookS would be the Empire series, if I hadn't
stumbled across them I wouldn't have been introduced to Magician. But
since Magician I reckon my favourite would be Flight of the Nighthawks.
Not so much beacuse of what it is but for what it could lead to. Who
knows, the mystery of who or what Nakor is could be solved. ( I still
reckon he's MUCH, MUCH more than "...just a man who knows a few
tricks...")

One problem with it, and most of Rays' other books, though is THAT IT
ISN'T BIG ENOUGH. I like books about the size of Peter F Hamiltons
Nights Dawn trilogy...


>
> Least favorite were those based on the video game.

My least liked was Tear of the Gods. Dunno why but it just sorta didn't
"grab" me or maybe I just didn't "get it".

--

Humbug
Today is Pungenday, the 29th day of Bureaucracy in the YOLD 3172
 >> Stay informed about: Which was your favorite book? (not including Magician) 

It's really hard to single out just one but I really enjoyed Exile's Return.
--
Shaun.
 >> Stay informed about: Which was your favorite book? (not including Magician) 

fuzzhead72.RemoveThis@yahoo.com wrote in news:1157425091.410691.286900
@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com:

> For me, it was probably "Rise of a Merchant Prince", although "The
> King's Buccaneer" was pretty close as well.
>
> Least favorite were those based on the video game. I almost stopped
> reading Feist after getting bored reading some of them.
>

I still rate Magician as my favourite single book. It has that slightly
"raw" edge that seasoned authors lose; by Darkness at Sethanon, that
edge was still evident but the polish of experience was starting to be
more obvious.

The other books after then have been, generally, very good but have
lacked the scale and ambition of the original "trilogy".

My big problem with the more recent books is they seem to be shorter and
written with less "tightness" than the earlier ones; if I re-read the
Serpentwar books, or any from before that time, it takes me twice as
long to get through a page of their tightly written story than it does
through one from the looser new books. My mind doesn't think it's
missing much if I read more quickly...

I understand that publisher pressure (and the need to pay the bills) may
mean that there is a requirement to get books out quickly but recently
it seems that commercialism rather than a love for writing has taken
over. Serialisation generally puts me off, especially with short books,
I can understand it with big books like the Serpentwar ones but the
recent ones feel almost like novellas compared to early material!

I received my copy of Into A Dark Realm today, if it fails to capture me
in the same way that Flight of the Nighthawks failed, I probably won't
buy any more in this series and might not even be tempted back by the
next...


 >> Stay informed about: Which was your favorite book? (not including Magician) 

On Tue, 5 Sep 2006, Humbug wrote:

> On 05/09/06 at 12:58:11 fuzzhead72.DeleteThis@yahoo.com somehow managed to type:
>
>> For me, it was probably "Rise of a Merchant Prince", although "The
>> King's Buccaneer" was pretty close as well.
>
> Ahh well. My favourite bookS would be the Empire series, if I hadn't
> stumbled across them I wouldn't have been introduced to Magician. But
> since Magician I reckon my favourite would be Flight of the Nighthawks.
> Not so much beacuse of what it is but for what it could lead to. Who
> knows, the mystery of who or what Nakor is could be solved. ( I still
> reckon he's MUCH, MUCH more than "...just a man who knows a few
> tricks...")
>
> One problem with it, and most of Rays' other books, though is THAT IT
> ISN'T BIG ENOUGH. I like books about the size of Peter F Hamiltons
> Nights Dawn trilogy...
>
>
>>
>> Least favorite were those based on the video game.
>
> My least liked was Tear of the Gods. Dunno why but it just sorta didn't
> "grab" me or maybe I just didn't "get it".
>
> --
>
> Humbug
> Today is Pungenday, the 29th day of Bureaucracy in the YOLD 3172
>

I liked the Empire series best-ish(ish because the original Magician was
so good)

I just re-read 'Buccaneer' and it was ok, but I couldn't get that into it
for some reason, either time.

The video game ones were hard for me because I don't play games and they
were so obviously game-like.

There is so much buzz in here about Merchant Prince, I think I'll read
that one again. I barely remember it. I also look forward to the new ones.

Still the Empire series goes down as one of my all time favorite series'
as well as Magician..
 >> Stay informed about: Which was your favorite book? (not including Magician) 

fuzzhead72.RemoveThis@yahoo.com wrote:
> For me, it was probably "Rise of a Merchant Prince", although "The
> King's Buccaneer" was pretty close as well.
>
> Least favorite were those based on the video game. I almost stopped
> reading Feist after getting bored reading some of them.

Faery Tale ( my favourite by far, and that's including Magician )
Then Kings Buccaneer, Darkness at Sethanon
 >> Stay informed about: Which was your favorite book? (not including Magician) 

Vampyre wrote:
> fuzzhead72.RemoveThis@yahoo.com wrote:
> > For me, it was probably "Rise of a Merchant Prince", although "The
> > King's Buccaneer" was pretty close as well.
> >
> > Least favorite were those based on the video game. I almost stopped
> > reading Feist after getting bored reading some of them.
>
> Faery Tale ( my favourite by far, and that's including Magician )
> Then Kings Buccaneer, Darkness at Sethanon

Yeah, damn, I always forget Faerie Tale when thinking of Ray's books. That
was an awesome read.
--
Shaun.
 >> Stay informed about: Which was your favorite book? (not including Magician) 

In message <news:450b952e$1@news2.actrix.gen.nz>
"~misfit~" <misfit61nz.TakeThisOut@yahookers.com.au> enriched us with:
>
> Vampyre wrote:
>>

<snip>

>> Faery Tale
[...]
>
> Yeah, damn, I always forget Faerie Tale when thinking of Ray's
> books. That was an awesome read.

I'll third that (except the part about forgetting it <G>).

--
Troels Forchhammer
Valid e-mail is <troelsfo(a)gmail.com>

Giving in is no defeat.
Passing on is no retreat.
Selves are made to rise above.
You shall live in what you love.
- Piet Hein, /The Me Above the Me/
 >> Stay informed about: Which was your favorite book? (not including Magician)