long time lurker - second time poster, first post got a lot of sympathy from non-Sydneysiders!
Living south of Sydney, in the Shire with my family! The man has recently read The Mistress of the Empire series (after much persuasion, he read Magician and is now flying through them!) Waiting until the kids are old enough to introduce them to old friends!! I've read them all, a few times. Magician is still 'the' book I take everywhere with me - the copy I have is the third or fourth due to overuse. Have a kindle too but have yet to rebuy all my favourites for it, still think there is something great about holding a paperback in your hands and feeling the paper while you read. One thing about this list, is the recommendations, I have read something of most of the authors mentioned at some stage or another and I've liked most of them... Game of Thrones is the current one! Love the idea that there is a whole community out there with the same reading habits as me, I used to think I was the only one! Aoife >________________________________ > From: Paul Dutton <[email protected]> >To: feistfans-l <[email protected]> >Sent: Monday, 6 May 2013 6:37 PM >Subject: Re: Lurkers de-lurk – now or never! > > >It's always good to greet other lurkers in the UK, though I hie from >Liverpool, not London. > >Apart from Magician, which was brilliant in itself, I have most enjoyed Rise >of a Merchant Prince with its insights into the London Coffee House culture of >the 18th Century. Sometimes you need literature to bring history to life and >after reading this I had to go and read more about the period. > >Regards > >Paul > >Sent from my iPad > >On 6 May 2013, at 02:57, Steve Penfold <[email protected]> >wrote: > >> 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!) >> >> > > > > >
