That's a pretty good summary of my thoughts as well. Despite the lag in the middle, am looking forward to seeing how WoT ends.
Regards, Andrew On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 3:27 PM, StephenB <[email protected]> wrote: > The first 6 were good. The next 4 were pretty boggy due to multiple > main pov’s and such a complex set of timelines. Book 10 brought the > timelines together. Book 11 was Jordan’s last but we could see where it was > all going... sort of. Sanderson took over for what was supposed to be the > last book, but it would have been over 6” thick, so they split it into 3. > Been building up a head of steam since then. > > *From:* Dave White <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, November 12, 2012 8:12 PM > *To:* [email protected] ; Paul Maynard <[email protected]> > *Subject:* RE: Magician's End Cover? > > Wait... didn’t Robert Jordan die a couple of years ago? Did they have > someone else write the last book instead? I read the first four or five and > then lost interest, but they we always on my list of “must get back to” > books. > > --Dave > > *From:* Paul Maynard <[email protected]> > *Sent:* 12 November 2012 13:24 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: Magician's End Cover? > > Lani, > > The series is called The Wheel of Time, by a guy called Robert Jordan. The > first book is called The Eye of the World. If you check it out let me know > what you think =] > > I know what you mean about characters that you come to love. Pug, Tomas, > Nakor, Erik, Roo and countless others feel like friends to any number of > people on this list, I'm sure. I'm also sure Ray will enjoy being able to > introduce us all to an entirely new set of characters when he puts his mind > to something else in the coming years too. > > Best Regards, > Paul Maynard > > > ------------------------------ > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Magician's End Cover? > Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:17:09 +0000 > > > Thanks for that Paul, > All i need is another series to keep me on tender hooks *laugh*. > I was used to reading Anne Rice and of all things Stephen King till my > brother got me hooked on Ray which i have to say is far superior reading. > But the series and getting hooked on a line of characters who you never > want to end is almost too much LOL. > I will check out Memory of light though, who is the Author? > Kind regards > Lani > > ------------------------------ > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Magician's End Cover? > Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:11:58 +0000 > > Lani, > > Waiting on A Memory of Light which comes out in January is killing me > enough right now. Eagerness to read it combined with complete fear of it > being the end of the 14 book 'Wheel Of Time' series which I've loved for > years! Check it out if you haven't already. > > Best Regards, > Paul Maynard > > > ------------------------------ > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Magician's End Cover? > Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 11:58:24 +0000 > > Hello Paul, > Well im envious of you actually, at least you havent read everything. The > WAITING is just driving me a little NUTS. > Enjoy, you really dont know what your missing right now :). > I must always research first before reading from another Author because im > kind of impatient and really afraid of the END book :(. > Happy reading, get your tissues handy too. > Lani > > > ------------------------------ > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Magician's End Cover? > Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 11:53:39 +0000 > > > Subject: Re: Magician's End Cover? > > From: [email protected] > > Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 12:44:01 -0800 > > To: [email protected] > > > > > > On Nov 9, 2012, at 12:06 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > > > > http://www.risingshadow.net/library?action=book&book_id=23317 > > > > > > Ray or Feist Fans in the know: > > > Is this really the cover for Magician's End? If so, it's pretty cool. > However, since I don't see anything about it on crydee.com, I have my > doubts. Not to mention the reference to the "Fourth Book in the Demonwar > Saga." > > > Anxiously awaiting May 6... > > > Have a great weekend, all. > > > > > > > > > > > Someone leaked an artist's rough. That is not the final. Obviously you > caught the mistake in text and the color of the type font isn't final. > > > > But that's more or less how it's going to look. > > > > Best, R.E.F. > > ---- > > www.crydee.com > > > > Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by > stupidity. > > > > > > > > > > Morning All! > > I have a confession to make...my reading and keeping up to date with the > Riftwar has slipped badly, and some of you of list stardom may never > forgive me. Ever since getting my First Edition of RaDL signed by Ray while > he was on a UK tour (which, of course, I then refused to open - spine > protection!), I've not read anything Riftwar related. I know, I know. > > My thinking was to wait for the paperback of RaDL to come out as I read a > lot on lunch breaks, at relatives houses, etc, and it's much more tranport > friendly. That purchase never happened, nor any subsequent books so my mind > has yet to be graced with the words of the Demonwar or Chaoswar Sagas. > > However! Seeing Magician's End written on a front cover, regardless of it > not being a final draft, has just changed my mindset and I believe I'll be > Feist-focussed again in the not too distant future, getting myself fully > up-to-date with the world(s) of Pug & co in time for the May release of a > book I dread only second to A Memory of Light for ending series' that I've > grown up with. > > If the book is half as good as that cover it promises something epic. > > Best Regards, > Paul Maynard >
