I just pre-ordered the Chronicles from our friend Amazon for $16.75 plus shipping. Not even remotely bad!
On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 2:07 PM, Raymond Feist <[email protected]>wrote: > > On Mar 25, 2013, at 12:35 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > 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. > > > I'm a little surprised they previewed that much. In theory, I haven't > done a rewrite on the material posted, so either it'll change or they're > happy with it the way it is. > > In any event, this is the most collaborative thing i've done since the > computer games. And what other people see is really fun. > > On another note, I noticed a couple of negative reviews on Jimmy on > Amazon. I usually don't look at reviews, but I was there seeing if they > had a release date yet for the US edition (I assume those who posted > reviews either got the UK edition or advances from HC). I don't debate > reviewers; everyone likes a different flavor ice cream. But I should point > out for those who says it "lacks depth" it's a novella. And it's a short > one at that. it wasn't designed to be a full blown novel. Moreover, it > was a marketing test that HC UK wanted to try out, as they have with a > couple of their other authors, attempting to see what the market will > bear, what demand is for various non-traditional publishing attempts, etc. > I have no idea how this one will shake out. Hate it because it's bad, > but don't hate it because it's brief; it's supposed to be brief. > > Best, R.E.F. > ---- > www.crydee.com > > Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by > stupidity. > > > > > > -- Nick A "You know what I wish? I wish that all the scum of the world had but a single throat, and I had my hands about it..." Rorschach, 1975 "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."- Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759 "Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them." Bill Vaughan "The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." Plato
