Ah - for some reason I thought you did it before Ray. Good old John! :)
Mike > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Larry Siegel > Sent: 26 June 2012 06:41 > To: 'feistfans-l' > Subject: RE: Quick wave from an old face... (Not really OT) > .. And about ACI... > > Ray Chiang used to host the FAQ.. but he had to give it up... > So I took it over... And then it fell to Crydee.com.... > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Gibson [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2012 5:22 AM > To: feistfans-l > Subject: Re: Quick wave from an old face... (Not really OT) > .. And about > ACI... > > Hi Larry! I remember you from years back. Was it the FAQ > you used to > run? > > Mike, > (Gibfish of the West!) > > > > On 22 Jun 2012, at 07:39, "Larry Siegel" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > First off, as shocking as this may seem, I am still around.... > > And yeah I read that post a few months ago about old timers still > > kicking > > around.... I have 61844 unread messages in the group just > sitting on > > my > > PC.... which I will catch up on in the next 5 years probably.... > > I stopped actively reading the list a while ago, as I found myself > > encountering way too many spoilers, and lacking the self > control to > > not read > > them :) > > > > With life being what it was, I stopped reading any of the riftwar > > books > > after Talon, when I decided I was going to wait for the > last Riftwar > > book to > > be out, and then read them all back to back.... as I just couldn't > > seem to > > wait patiently between books anymore. > > > > Anyway, I went out and bought ACI... not knowing about the > mistakes > > in the > > book. Last week, I had read about the issue on Amazon's website > > (Thanks John > > for posting)... Sent an e-mail to HC... and less then a > week later I > > have a > > corrected version. That being said... I ran into a > situation where the > > original and the new version were mixed up before the original was > > 'destroyed' as requested from HC... So long way of reaching the > > question... > > But how would I know by looking at the 2 books, which is > the correct > > one and > > which is the bad copy.... Is there a page or text I can > look for to > > let me > > know? > > > > Secondly... if I had not read John's post on amazon... and not > > switched the > > book out, and a year from now after "Magician's End" comes out... > > and I read > > ACI... would I be completely lost? Is it just one chapter that's > > messed up? > > The posts on Amazon had said there were a lot of errors in > the book, > > and I > > didn't know how bad they were, or if it was just some disgruntled > > reader > > thrown off by the bad chapter issue. > > > > I am going to have to start reading the old e-mails on the list > > again... > > Some pretty interesting threads seemed to have passed me by. > > > > It is refreshing to see the list carries on... like an old > book... the > > characters we are used to seeing are still around... and the > > occasional > > troll still pops up that needs a thrashing. And yes this post is > > probably > > the longest one I have written to the list.. but I haven't > posted in > > like 7 > > years so :p > > > > Still Here... and Still lurking....PsiHawk > > > > Larry > > > > > > > > > > >
