Great story! Congrats on your wonderful marriage. On Nov 1, 2011 10:57 AM, "Earl Borah" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Tim Hickey <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've been a member of the list for a while, but I haven't posted... I was > > wondering how everyone found Magician when you read it the first time. > > I was probably about 20, give or take a year, when I overheard a guy > in my National Guard unit recommend this book to someone. I thought it > sounded interesting, so a few weeks later when I was in a bookstore I > found the book and picked it up. Enjoyed it a lot, read the rest of > the trilogy, and then got VERY excited when I found out a new, related > book was about to be published, and picked up Prince of the Blood when > it came out. Been a fan ever since -- and a scene in PotB has been a > favorite ever since, as well. I used to woo girls by sharing the scene > with Jimmy going for a swim, and stumbling into something. Awesome > scene. > > When I got married, one reason I knew I'd found the right woman was > the amount of duplication we had on our bookshelves -- including two > nearly complete collections of Ray's works (most of my older copies in > paperback, most of her older copies in hardcover book club editions). > Working our our fifteenth year now. > >
