Nick A On Oct 21, 2011 4:18 PM, "Nat Russo" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I joined back in '95, when I got my very first internet connection > (a dial-up SLIP account through Northern Arizona University). Life intrudes > every couple of years and I go for an extended period of time without > checking this particular mail folder, but I always wind up coming back. > > I was about 12 years old when I discovered Magician. It was around the > same time Magician had been split into two paperback volumes here in the > U.S. As a person of refined literary taste, I had only two criteria for > buying a new paperback: > > 1. It MUST have "cool cover art". > 2. It MUST be one of a series. None of that "standalone" crap. REAL > fantasy readers read series, after all. > > Not too bad of a list for a 12 year old :) That's about as "refined" as it > got back then :) > > I walked into the local B. Dalton book store in Prescott, Arizona, and > headed straight for the Sci-Fi/Fantasy section. I immediately saw > "Magician: Apprentice" and "Magician: Master". So, criterion #2 was > satisfied. I was even more excited when I opened "Magician: Master" to the > final pages and saw the teaser for "Silverthorn". > > I gave the books a quick once-over and loved the cover art. So, criterion > #1 was satisfied. I left the store with both books and I've been a fan ever > since. > > That being said...I am SERIOUSLY behind in my Feist reading! > > Nat > > > On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Ray Chiang <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I used to buy new books based on the cover and reading the first and last >> 10 pages or so. If it was enough to catch my interest, I'd buy it. That's >> happened with Magician:Apprentice back in a B. Dalton's Bookseller in a >> nearby shopping center. I'm not 100% certain of the date, but it had to be >> before 1987, since I had to wait for the paperback version of A Darkness at >> Sethanon. >> >> I joined the mailing list either Fall 95 (my recollection) or Fall 96 (the >> earliest emails I can find in my archives). >> >> And finally, I'm still waiting on the first Riftwar Saga for the Kindle. >> I've got two of the books in the entire Midkemia series, but hoping to >> eventually get the rest at some point... >> >> -Ray >> >> >> On 10/21/2011 12:22 PM, Tim Hickey wrote: >> >>> >>> I've been a member of the list for a while, but I haven't posted... I was >>> wondering how everyone found Magician when you read it the first time. >>> >>> I went to Marist High School in Chicago and my freshman literature >>> teacher, Mrs. Littleton had us read both, Apprentice and Master, for >>> class... I have been in love with the story ever since. It is now 17 years >>> later and it is the only series of books (really the only books) that I >>> read... I always read the newest book in 1-2 days (which causes some rough >>> mornings the next day). >>> >>> >> >> >
