Hi Ray, I'm really looking forward to this. The art looks amazing. I did have one question as I skimmed through the accompanying text. In it, it says:
"In the second year of the reign of King Lyam the First, I, Pug of Crydee, magician to the royal court and cousin to the King by adoption, do take quill in hand and set forth this account, that all may benefit from the knowledge I have gained." Wouldn't he just be called King Lyam, as they don't normally add "the First" until after a second person takes the name, similar to the way Pope Francis isn't referred to as Pope Francis the First (officially) or WW1 was just called The World War or The Great War until 1939. And yes, you can send me the William Shatner SNL "Get a Life" video as a response. Ben On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 6:07 AM, Raymond Feist <[email protected]>wrote: > I didn't realize anyone at Harper put anything up yet. Oh, well. > > Ya, that's Krondor. There's a reason it's at sunset, which is covered in > the text. > > Steve Stone is brilliant with art and Lucy Begent's design graphics group > are killing the maps. It's going to be very pretty. > > Best, R.E.F. > > On Mar 26, 2013, at 3:58 PM, Lani cat <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes, i was thinking Krondor too :) > Funny how we all see the images in our own minds. Awesome. > > ------------------------------ > Subject: Re: Magician (Voyager Classics) [Special Edition] [Hardcover] > From: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:38:06 -0400 > To: [email protected] > > I saw it more as Krondor, seems too grand to be Crydee in my imagination. > > Lucas Richardson > HCS TV > Sent from my iPad > > On Mar 26, 2013, at 9:24 AM, Alexis duprey <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hmm, what area do you think that first picture is? Crydee? > > On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 7:07 AM, Chris Fowler <[email protected]> wrote: > > ** > Just got mine through the post this morning, wow he's a big bad boy :) > > --Chris-- > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* [email protected] > *To:* feistfans-l <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, March 25, 2013 7:35 PM > *Subject:* RE: A little head's up and a bit of a brag > > Ray: Congrats on completion of the Midkemia cycle. I'm anxiously > awaiting Magician's End...and re-reading Demonwar and AKB and ACI in > preparation. The Chronicles of Pug looks like it will be an awesome > capstone to 30 plus years of work. You deserve a little brag -- indeed, > more than a little! > > For Feistfans who are interested, Ray's publisher provides a little sneak > peek of the Chronicles of Pug here: > http://www.harpercollinscatalogs.com/TR/other/9780380978267_0_Extra_spread_1.pdf > > That excerpt may not be in final form but the visuals are truly gorgeous. > It's mouth watering for this Midkemia fan of 27 years. Warning that the > excerpted text may be considered spoilerish. > > Ray, if you would prefer that this link not be circulated (although I > think it can only entice buyers!), please accept my apologies and the > powers that be should be please delete this from feistfans website. > > > > > From: [email protected] > > Subject: A little head's up and a bit of a brag > > Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2013 17:48:28 -0700 > > To: [email protected] > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---- > www.crydee.com > > Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by > stupidity. > > > > > >
