On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 10:16 AM, Raymond E. Feist <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Feb 10, 2012, at 8:00 PM, Strider1974 wrote: > >> Spoiler Alert >> >> . >> . >> . >> . >> . >> . >> . >> . >> . >> . >> . >> . >> . >> . >> . >> . >> . >> . >> . >> . >> . >> . >> . >> . >> . >> . >> . >> . >> . >> . >> . >> . >> . >> . >> . >> . >> . >> . >> . >> . >> . >> While reading ACI there were places that felt reminiscent of Magician eg the >> Hal meeting and escaping with the princess. Is it just me or did anyone else >> feel the same way. >> >> Note - This is not a criticism ( I loved ACI) and it is most definitely not >> a retelling of Magician but rather it some ways it is like the saga is >> coming full circle. >> > > There are only so many plot devices, and in 30 books a couple of them are > going to get reused. It's funny, but it wasn't until after I finished > Kingdom Besieged I realized I had done the Siege of Crydee before, in > Magician. Sometimes you get so deeply into the mechanics of writing a scene > you lose the bigger context. Arutha won, Martin didn't, but both serviced > their purposes. > > Best, R.E.F. > > ---- > www.crydee.com >
And here I thought it was intentional, bringing things full circle as it was. I was definitely reminded of Arutha and Anita - just took it as foreshadowing. (You're too good to not remember the similarities Ray).
