Awesome! On Mar 23, 2013 6:53 PM, "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. > > > > > > > >
