Wow, small world :) I grew up in Prescott. Graduated from Prescott High in '88. I haven't been back since about '98. I hear PV is bigger than Prescott now. As an aside...I've been watching X Factor and it appears Chino Valley is on the map now. There's an extraordinary young lady from there with a beautiful voice. I'm not sure how much development has taken place since I left, but there used to be pretty much nothing in between Prescott and Chino (about 16 miles apart). In fact, Chino didn't even have a high school at the time. They used to bus the kids in to Prescott.
Nat The B. Dalton used to be in a tiny mall called "Ponderosa Plaza" On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 8:32 PM, Nick Andrews <[email protected]>wrote: > A friend loaned me the purplish paperback in 86 I think, so I was 14. > > My brother works for the town of Prescott and lives in PC! > > 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). >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>
