************ Krondor: The Betrayal SPOILER************
Absolutely, I can’t believe I forgot to mention the Tsurani. My mind has wandered to them on a number of occasions whilst reading the last few books. I started to wonder if REF intended to pick up their story with the new series but the use of ‘King of ....’ in the titles threw me off. Still I suppose anything could happen with their societies in the new world. I also wonder if the new world will still fit in with the cosmology of the Riftwar. There wouldn’t have to be any direct reference to it so long as nothing contradicted it. To be honest I think it would be pretty difficult to contradict the cosmology anyway. That would leave it open for the likes of Magnus to put in a cameo but then I suspect REF might want to have a completely clean break and possibly even want to lay down caveats right from the start to make it impossible and thus avoid the temptation later on down the line. Who knows? A part of me thinks that REF has gone right to the very edge of ‘epic’ by having Pug save the multiverse (the existence of everything). I had been wondering how you top that and keep going but then I realised that not all stories have to be huge and they don’t have to keep getting bigger. One of my favourite stories has to be Krondor: The Betrayal; simply because I loved Gorath’s personal story of transformation (I’m a sucker for anti-heroes) and that story came well after the original epics and is dwarfed by comparison. I’m actually getting quite excited about the new series. It’ll be refreshing to go right back to a fresh start with entirely new characters to learn to love. Sent from Windows Mail From: Kofi Ofosu-Ennin Sent: Tuesday, 20 August 2013 15:32 To: feistfans-l Totally agree with you. I keep wondering what's going to happen with the elven races. Also, I can't get the new Kelewan from my mind. how are they coping? do they still practice magic? Ray left so many open threads.. Which I know will keep me going. On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Stephen Betley <[email protected]> wrote: ************SPOILER************ To me Tomas didn’t need a reward, I don’t think he wanted one. From the point he felt Draken-Korin he knew the end was coming, one that his Valheru memories probably told him were inevitable. He had his reward... 100yrs as the consort of the hottie that is Aglaranna. I think he was pretty happy with this. All very Elvish!! Smile Like you I was sad at his end, but in his last moments when he sank beneath the virtual waves he was at peace with himself (& the dragons). The few seconds with Pug at the end sufficed. S From: Giovanni Agosta Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 1:49 PM To: feistfans-l Subject: Re: *MAG END SPOILER* Love the entire cycle but need to get something off my chest Some great thoughts Terry... Thanks for sharing... On 14/08/2013 10:45 PM, <[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
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