Ray, Where is your spoiler space??? :-P I haven't read Farie Tale... Yet. On Apr 14, 2012 5:49 PM, "Raymond E. Feist" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Apr 14, 2012, at 12:09 PM, joel langton wrote: > > > Ray, I really enjoyed Faerie Tale, and even own a couple of the Hill > House copies. > > How did Faerie Tale come about and, any chance you'll write something > like this again? > > > > Best > > Joel > > > > If I get the chance, I'd like to do another contemporary fantasy. It came > about because I wanted to spread out a little before I got known as "the > Midkemian author," so I could show I can do other things. The idea itself > came about because over the years I asked three questions. 1) who were the > magi? (historically. It's pretty interesting really) 2) what if fairies > were real? 3) why if humans have been around about a half-million years, > give or take a week, do we have only 10,000 years of history, give or take > a week? I'd been asking those questions for years and after I did research > on the magi nothing happened, until years later one day I said, "We have > only 10,000 years of history because every time humanity got civilized, the > fairies beat them back into the stone age until the magi rose up and > stopped them! > > Then all I had to do was think up a story around that, which took another > couple of years. > > Best,R.E.F. > ---- > www.crydee.com > > Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by > stupidity. > > > > > > > >
