Wonderful, and it will go so well with that $1500 shelf full of books, the perfect capper. You always did have class my friend. BTW, I started re-reading from the beginning in anticipation, and yeah - you really ARE that good. You're a master storyteller who started out strong and only got better as you mastered your craft
On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 8:52 PM, Adam MacCready <[email protected]>wrote: > Ray, > > That is the best news I have heard all day, I cannot wait to see all the > pictures and see how close my mental images were to the way you intended > people to see the world. > > Adz > > > > Sent from my iPad > > On 24/03/2013, at 8:48 AM, "Raymond Feist" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Folks, as you are among the most loyal (and crazy) of my readers I > thought I'd share a bit of information with you. > > > > As some of you may know, we've had a project, The Atlas of Midkemia, on > the back burner for nearly 15 years as HarperCollins and I struggled to > find a specific place to put it and make sense of it. Now that the Riftwar > Cycle is over, we've come to a logical place to create this project, which > has morphed into something we're calling The Chronicles of Pug. > > > > It's a book of illustrations and maps, with commentary by Pug and > Magnus, addressing the geography and culture of many places, relating to > the situations in the book. > > > > I'm hoping to have all my bit done by next weekend, and here's what I > wish to share with you. > > > > Steve Stone, who has done the illustrations for the covers of several of > my books in the US has been killing the images. They are at times breath > taking and more than once I've said, 'OK, that's now how I imagined that > would look; this is better!' The maps are lovely and make me wish I could > go play tourist (and I know better). > > > > The unexpected thing for me is I'm having a blast writing the text. I'm > going back and reading stuff I wrote decades ago, and if I can sound a > little immodest, I find myself going, "Damn, I forgot I wrote that! It's > pretty damn good!" > > > > The hardcover will be released in the fall,sometime in September I > think, and it will be a very nifty package, with a faux leather feel > binding, and lovely art in color and black & white. > > > > Just thought you should know. > > > > Best, R.E.F. > > ---- > > www.crydee.com > > > > Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by > stupidity. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- If you want to take the island, then burn your boats. With absolute commitment come the insights that create real victory. -Tony Robbins
