I believe Ray mentioned that he may be a Supanova this coming November. >From another Brisbanite. Michael On 06/05/2013 12:55 PM, "Troy Lawson" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I too mainly "lurk" and rarely put my opinions in as I find a few hours > later pretty much what I was going to say has already been said lol. I live > with constant depression, epilepsy and a failing body due to it and Ray's > books have over the years been a great comfort to me especially when I am > in deep depression I return to the world of Pug and Thomas and it can quite > often help lift me from the depression. I can't wait for the last book and > to see what he has in store for us after that! I am sure he will no doubt > write more books that will make me laugh and cry and feel like I am there > with the characters. > > Thank you Ray, > > Troy Lawson > > P.S. any update on where the Brisbane Australia signing will be ? > > > > Date: Mon, 6 May 2013 03:57:19 +0200 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Lurkers de-lurk – now or never! > > > > After way, WAY too long lurking on this wonderful list, I’d like to > finally say ‘Hi everyone’ from the western outskirts of London - and to > apologise for the Subject of this posting which (unintentionally) sounds a > little like a call to arms! I first registered on here in August 2005, and > after receiving many tens of thousands of e-mails from you active lot over > the past 8 years or so, it is more a reflection of the way I feel about not > having ‘spoken directly’ to any of you up until now, and wanting to say at > least something as we all approach what feels to me, with the imminent > publication of Ray’s last Midkemia-universe book, something akin to ‘The > End’. > > > > I have read all of Ray’s books, and many of your postings (albeit not > all of them), and I’d quite simply like to express my immense gratitude to > all of you. Ray, your books have given me huge amounts of pleasure over > many years, and have kept me up later than I should have been on way too > many occasions. Long ago, I lost count of the number of incredibly vivid > images that you have conjured up in my mind: of forests, villages, towns, > cities and worlds that I have ‘visited’ through your writings, of battles > in which I feel I have almost taken part, of political machinations that I > have been privy to, and of course what must be many hundreds of ‘friends’ > that I have made with the characters in your stories (for the record, Jimmy > and Nakor are my endearing favourites!). I am of course looking forward to > your future writings, Ray, but will miss them all, good and bad, and this > universe, forever! Thank you from a man to whom you have given back such a > wonderful gift - the enjoyment of reading. > > > > As for the rest of you here on this list, you have provided me with much > entertainment, laughs, and information – and not just on Ray’s literature > either, but on plenty of other subjects. I am, as always, taken by the > rising excitement on this list of the book launch, helped on this occasion > by the tantalising pre-release chapters now available (that I have resisted > reading thus far). I intend to drop in and see Ray tonight at Forbidden > Planet in London (welcome back to the UK, Ray!), and perhaps will have the > honour of chatting with one or two of you, but my heartfelt thanks go out > to all of you on this list, many of whose names are now very familiar to > me, and I hope that you continue to entertain and inform long into the > future! > > > > Briefly (I know, it’s probably obvious by now that my communications are > often anything BUT brief!), a couple of things I had considered > contributing previously to the list, but somehow never quite got around to > posting: > > - For the locationists amongst you, I live with my wife of three months > (whom I managed to persuade to read Magician and half of Silverthorn, but > nothing further so far, sadly) in a mid-sized town just inside the western > side of the world’s largest car park, the M25 motorway, which surrounds > London. I’m 46, and along with half of the rest of the world, work in IT! > > - Some time ago, shortly after reading about a fort set in one of Ray’s > out-of-way places (the Dasati, or perhaps the demon, realm? – I can’t > recall for sure), I drove past a road in a little town called Ware somewhat > north of London, with the name of Demontfort Rise. Well, it made ME smile! > > > > For any of you that have made it this far into my overly-long message, > apologies for the length of it. Oh, and if any other lurkers feel brave > enough, please join me in saying hello, if only on this one ‘special > occasion’. Go on, you know you want to. ;-) > > > > Thank you again to one and all, and finally : Magician’s End, here I > come! > > > > > > Steve (resisting the strong urge to re-lurk!) > > > > >
