Question.. I'm not where I can review my manuscripts, but in the text from the sample it uses the surname "conDon" in a couple of places. I thought it was "conDoin". Is my memory failing me or is it a spell check issue on a early draft?
Thanks Lucas Richardson HCS TV Sent from my iPad On Mar 27, 2013, at 9:02 PM, Paddyjack <[email protected]> wrote: > Or, you know, this is an Earth's way of saying this, but on Midkemia they say > it differently.... :-) > > PJ > > On Mar 27, 2013 5:32 PM, "Simon Wright" <[email protected]> wrote: >> Remember that the text is supposed to have been revised and compiled by >> Magnus. It is possible that he changed it to make it clearer to the reader. >> >> From: [email protected] >> Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:56:19 -0700 >> Subject: Re: Magician (Voyager Classics) [Special Edition] [Hardcover] >> To: [email protected] >> >> Nope, it says he's writing it in the second year of King Lyam the First's >> reign in the same line. I call shenanigans! :-) >> >> Ben >> >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:57 AM, Barry Ruck <[email protected]> wrote: >> If it took Pug longer to wirte than Lyam to reign - there could have been a >> Lyam Second and even Third :) >> >> >> -- >> >> Reality is what you bump into in the dark. - Raymond E. Feist >> >> Barry Ruck - Harlow, Essex. UK. >> >> >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ben >> Sent: 27 March 2013 17:39 >> To: feistfans-l >> >> Subject: Re: Magician (Voyager Classics) [Special Edition] [Hardcover] >> >> Hi Ray, >> I'm really looking forward to this. The art looks amazing. I did have one >> question as I skimmed through the accompanying text. In it, it says: >> >> "In the second year of the reign of King Lyam the First, I, Pug of Crydee, >> magician to the royal court and cousin to the King by adoption, do take >> quill in hand and set forth this account, that all may benefit from the >> knowledge I have gained." >> >> Wouldn't he just be called King Lyam, as they don't normally add "the First" >> until after a second person takes the name, similar to the way Pope Francis >> isn't referred to as Pope Francis the First (officially) or WW1 was just >> called The World War or The Great War until 1939. And yes, you can send me >> the William Shatner SNL "Get a Life" video as a response. >> >> Ben
