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  • {Commentary} Magician, Apprentice by Raymond E. Feist

    From Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, October 21, 2026 17:23:52
    Dear rec.arts.sf.written,
    rec.collecting.books,
    alt.books.raymond-feist,
    alt.usage.english,

    I just restarted this book again, after presumably a decade or two. It
    is nice, of course, and the somewhat naive biographical storytelling is
    -- or will be -- somewhat refreshing. As I'm currently only on the
    first few chapters, and Pug is still struggling with applications of
    magic as a thirteen, or fourteen year old lad the biographical part has
    not set in, yet; it's merely something that I remember from years ago,
    and something I didn't really notice until I read about this book, or
    rather books as Magician, Master is the second half, and realized in re- trospect, or possibly re-reading isn't as /polished/ as Raymond's later
    books in the Riftwar saga.

    I'm not sure if Raymond himself decided to write in more traditional
    fantasy trilogies later on [1] or if it was his publisher who coached
    him, but I personally like his later books so I don't much care.


    Anyway, just something I thought to share; best wishes and happy
    Riftwar!


    [1] The entire Riftwar saga is told in a series of somewhat independent trilogies.
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  • From Titus G@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, October 22, 2026 12:01:55
    On 21/10/2026 22:23, Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson wrote:
    Dear rec.arts.sf.written,
    ÿÿÿÿ rec.collecting.books,
    ÿÿÿÿ alt.books.raymond-feist,
    ÿÿÿÿ alt.usage.english,

    I am replying to r.a.sf.written only in case Stefan Ram subscribes to
    the others.

    I just restarted this book again, after presumably a decade or two.ÿ It
    is nice, of course, and the somewhat naive biographical storytelling is
    -- or will be -- somewhat refreshing.ÿ As I'm currently only on the
    first few chapters, and Pug is still struggling with applications of
    magic as a thirteen, or fourteen year old lad the biographical part has
    not set in, yet; it's merely something that I remember from years ago,
    and something I didn't really notice until I read about this book, or
    rather books as Magician, Master is the second half, and realized in re- trospect, or possibly re-reading isn't as /polished/ as Raymond's later
    books in the Riftwar saga.

    I'm not sure if Raymond himself decided to write in more traditional
    fantasy trilogies later on [1] or if it was his publisher who coached
    him, but I personally like his later books so I don't much care.

    Anyway, just something I thought to share; best wishes and happy
    Riftwar!

    [1] The entire Riftwar saga is told in a series of somewhat independent trilogies.

    Thank you for sharing that. I don't remember when I bounced off this but
    I see from my copy that copyright was 1982 and last century I didn't pay attention to run of the mill Fantasy concentrating on SF though did read
    Mervyn Peake and Tolkien. I might try this again.

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