I'm going through the books mostly for the first time. I had read the Empire trilogy long ago, and really enjoyed it. I stumbled into it looking for more works by Janny Wurts in actuality, but I forgot much of it over time. I got sick a while ago and read Rides a Dread Legion off my shelf ( I don't usually read fantasy much anymore), and decided I had to go read more. So far I've done the original trilogy, At the Gates of Darkness the Empire Trilogy Again, and now I'm at the Prince of Blood.
I'm massively enjoying all I am reading, but as a personal preference I am still heavily in love with the Empire trilogy. When I first came across it I was used to reading Dragonlance novels and the like, and I was completely caught off guard by it's mostly political and cultural dimensions. I love the fact that Mara wins repeatedly by political trickery and exploiting her own culture's weaknesses. Also it's unique amongst fantasy novels in particular that the antagonist was Tsurani society, rather than any particular enemy. I also love the depth of the cultural depiction, I felt fully and logically immersed in an alien shame-society. I'm somewhat bummed by having read ahead and discovering Kelewan is no more :\. "Yey! We overthrow our oppressive and backward culture...then we all die." I'm sure I'll like the rest of the books though :) On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Mat Fisher <[email protected]> wrote: > I also recently purchased the kindle editions of the original Riftwar > trilogy, plus the 4 Serpentwar books. Going through a "skimmed" re-read:/ > I am glad the original trilogy finally made it to Kindle as it has become > much harder to find those particular books at the big bookstores. > > Mat > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Elliott > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 2:37 PM > To: feistfans-l > Subject: Re: Bad Memory > > > I've just started my bi annual reread from start to finish. Some bits I > remember vividly, some parts of the books I can quote straight of the top of > my head... One passage which is an utterly beautiful way to describe the > bittersweet feeling of loving someone you can't have. It's one of my > favourite paragraphs in all the books (with names redacted to avoid giving > any plots away).. Softly she said, '**** says that some loves come unbidden > like winds from the sea, and others grow from the seeds of friendship. ' 'I > will hope for such a harvest, ****. But should it not come, still I will > remain your good friend. ' > > This time round I read the Rewritten version of Magician on Kindle and > thoroughly enjoyed it, the extras really did add so much more to the story. > There were places were I could thought I could see where Ray had carefully > weaved in a snippet to relate to later books. There was also bits that I had > forgotten. > > Elliott > > ________________________________ > > This e-mail communication, including all attachments, may contain private, > proprietary, privileged and/or confidential information and is intended only > for the person to whom it is addressed. Any unauthorized use, copying or > distribution of the contents of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you > are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, and have received it in error, > please delete it and notify the sender immediately. > >
