It is, but the characters aren't connected to Pug and Feist's Midkemia regulars. I tried to find the book at Borders, but it shows all the hallmarks of danged good fiction, selling out quickly.
On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 4:49 PM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>wrote: > > > Is this new book part of Feist's story of Midkemia and that other dimension > where Pug's powers were trained? It's the world on the other side of the > Rift. The last of his books I've read dealt with a character Talon, an evil > Prince who's reformed and joined Pug's cause, and an upcoming battle with > sinister beings from another reality. Their was one book with a golem-like > construct that was damn near indestructible, and the discovery that hundreds > more of these constructs exist. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Martin Baxter" <martinbaxt...@gmail.com> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2010 3:48:43 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] SyFy Premieres New "Riverworld" Miniseries this > Sunday Night > > > > More than welcome. Personally, I'm still waiting on one of Feist's newer > books I have on hold at the library, "Honoured Enemy". The premise has been > done before in fiction, enemies uniting in the face of a greater threat, but > I get the feeling that, in Feist's hands, it's got to have some magic in it. > (Pardon the unintentional pun.) After Zelazny, Feist's work has a > suprisingly strong influence on my thoughts, especially regarding > characterization. > > On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Keith Johnson > <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>wrote: > >> >> >> Thanks for the tip, Martin. in that case it's time to dig into my boxes >> and find the Feist and Brooks novels. >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Martin Baxter" <martinbaxt...@gmail.com> >> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com >> Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2010 8:15:42 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern >> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] SyFy Premieres New "Riverworld" Miniseries this >> Sunday Night >> >> >> >> Keith, the first one was... entertaining. Can't say much more than that >> for it. I may -- *may* invest in the watching of this one, but only if there >> isn't something on the dial of more interest to my brain. >> >> I've only read a couple of the Riverworld novels, and the appeal was about >> the same as the miniseries. Interesting, and that's it. But then, only one >> of Farmer's works has eve rhad any interest for me, "The Other Log of >> Phileas Fogg", and that because of its multiversal aspects. IMO, not really >> worth the investment. Iwould (and will, when time allows) go with Feist's >> continuation of his Midkemia series. >> >> On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 11:30 PM, Keith Johnson < >> keithbjohn...@comcast.net> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> Well, looks like SyFy is going back to the well, so to speak, with a new >>> "Riverworld" miniseries, premiering this Sunday night. I have a few >>> questions about Riverworld for the gang: >>> >>> One. I believe SciFi aired a Riverworld miniseries a few years back, >>> that wasn't well received by fans. My understanding was much of the basic >>> premise from the source material was changed, such as the protagonist of the >>> movie *not* dying over and over, as in the book(s)? Can anyone here comment >>> on that first miniseries? >>> >>> Two. From what you've heard and read and seen about the new >>> depiction--such as getting the dying over and over thing right--do you have >>> hope for this new one? Do you plan to watch it? >>> >>> Three. I have never read any of the "Riverworld" stuff. Is it good and >>> worth seeking out? I was just deciding on my next big undertaking for >>> leisure reading. It came down a choice of the "Wheel of Time" stuff (which >>> I've never read), return to Raymond Fiest's world of Midkemia (the "Riftwar" >>> saga and others), or Terry Brooks' latest works tying together the worlds of >>> his books depicting the fall of our civilization with the ones that depict >>> the rise of the magic that leads to the world of Shannara. Should >>> "Riverworld" be on my list of potential choices? >>> >>> **************************************************************** >>> http://www.syfy.com/riverworld/ >>> >>> What if, after you die, you are reborn on another planet, along with >>> everyone else who has lived and died on Earth? And what if, in this >>> incredible life after death, there comes death after death, after death, >>> after death? Welcome to Riverworld, a place of strange, watery beauty and >>> the current abode of a fascinating cast of the recently (and >>> not-so-recently) dead. It certainly isn't Heaven, but it just might be Hell. >>> >>> >>> Matt, an American journalist, and his fiancee, Jessie, are killed in an >>> explosion, but reawaken in this unusual afterlife. Everyone who has ever >>> lived on Earth has been resurrected simultaneously in this strange new >>> world. Determined to find Jessie, Matt joins forces with an intrepid crew, >>> including a 13th century female warrior and riverboat captain Mark Twain. As >>> they embark upriver, their adventure begins, all the while tracked by the >>> watchful eye of a mysterious alien force. >>> >>> Tahmoh Penikett (*Battlestar Galactica/Dollhouse*) and Laura Vandervoort >>> (*Smallville*) star in *Riverworld*, a four-hour miniseries based on the >>> popular award-winning series of novels by Philip Jose Farmer. Others in the >>> cast include Alan Cumming (*Tin Man*), Mark Deklin (*Nip/Tuck*), and >>> Peter Wingfield (*X2: X-Men United*). *Riverworld* is directed by Stuart >>> Gillard (*Charmed*, *Taking Liberty*) and produced by Reunion Pictures. >>> >>> >> > >
