THATS IT Thankyou, i knew something had been bugging me and this is it.
T On 14 August 2013 12:45, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > Firstly, I have resisted the urge to subscribe to this mailing list for > many years because I am an English Teacher (Head of Department) in a UK > state school and know that I will have little time to contribute. However, > I have been a huge Fan of REF’s work since the age of about 14 and felt > like I needed somewhere to release some of the emotions that I have in > relation to the end of the cycle. > > When I finished reading ‘ADaS’ for the first time, I was a highly strung > teenager with all of the emotional baggage that that entails. At the time, > it was the last book in the trilogy and I had no idea that more would be > forthcoming. I can distinctly remember being distraught beyond reason and > quite depressed for a day or two because I had come to the end of the > story. I felt the same way after watching ‘Return of the Jedi’ for the > first time. > > Of course, since then, there have been 27 more books to keep me going. > Being an English teacher, I am well aware that there is more great fiction > out there than I could ever get through in a life time. REF himself, has > written ‘Faerie Tale’ and I know he intends to write more fiction. > > It was not the void (that could easily be filled with other works) left > behind that troubled me; it was simply the loss felt at coming to an ending. > > Twenty odd years of life experience have now awarded me with a different > perspective. I understand that, just because REF has finished the cycle, it > doesn’t mean that the story just ends. Indeed, he has left a number of open > threads that (although they may never be taken up and woven into words on a > page - but I sincerely hope some do) can be woven through our own > imagination. I believe this was done deliberately to show that life still > continues on Midkemia. Nevertheless, I was still left with a nagging > depression when I finished ‘MAG END’ and it took a day or two to figure out > what was bothering me... > > I put off reading ‘MAG END’ until the school holidays because I wanted to > savour it with as little distraction as possible (no easy task when you > have a 5 year old daughter). I was enjoying two fabulous weeks on the Greek > Island of Zakynthos when I hit this shallow depression and found it > impossible to pick up another book or even enjoy dips in the pool or the > fantastic Greek cuisine. > > I thoroughly enjoyed the entire book - especially the cosmo/theological > discussion - and thought that the ending was perfect. So why did I feel > like something was missing? I felt Pug’s storyline was brilliantly done; as > was that of the conDoins and the Jamiesons. Neither were tied off > completely but both had their conclusions explained in the epilogue. > > After some time, I realised that what was bothering me more than anything > else was Tomas’ storyline. I understand that the main character has always > been Pug but, for me, Tomas came a close second. Pug got his moment with > Lims-Kragma. I was desperate to know what Tomas’ reward would be. I also > needed to know how Calin, Calis and Aglaranna dealt with his passing. > > Similarly, another storyline that I would love to read more about is the > emerging relationship between all the different, elven races and how this > develops in the new era. This is just curiosity, however. The plight of > Tomas fills me with a much deeper need. > > I hope this wasn’t too long. I tend to get a bit carried away with myself > sometimes. > > Kind regards and a big thanks to anyone that reads this. > > Terry > > > >
