On Jul 24, 2013, at 11:08 PM, Lani cat <[email protected]> wrote:
> Might be a ***Spoilerrrrrrrrrrr**** > > Might be my own imagination lol but *** Spoiler*** alert. > > > ******** Spoiler******* > > Is this enuff with the **** spoiler yet******. > > **** spoiler**** > > > > Hi Ray, > Hey my brother finally finished Magicians End and we had dinner last night > discussing it. > He and i vividly remember me saying last year when i first read Magician (my > brothers copies were from back in the 90's i think), that Pugs name was > Phillip. > > Now its weird because my brother had 2 diff copies off Magician, and i had > read one then bought 3 more versions, one which was your preferred edition. > One which got given out at work and i still havent got back. > I cant for the life of me remember where i read his name was Phillip??? Maybe > i even got confused as i was reading alot of other things at the time. So we > argued about it again last night because of how you ended Magicians End with > Magnus and "Phillip" aka Pug. > > Can you tell me, am i slightly confused or did i read it somewhere in one of > your original Magician books? > Saves me going thru 5 different books LOL. > Thanks heaps > Lani > > PS, he loved the ending and the signed copy from Wellington at your signing. Odd, because I never named him anything but Pug in the novels. However, originally he was going to be "Pip" after Dickens's character in Great Expectations, whose real name was Phillip. So you may read something here on the list, or in an interview elsewhere, about that. Best, R.E.F.
