Hello fellow Feist fans,
I'm currently reading all the books, using John's Alternate Reading Order from
Crydee. I'm in the Riftwar Legacy series and I'd like to know more about John's
logic in creating this reading order.
First, thanks for putting it on the website for everyone. It really is a
lifesaver for me as I'm reading most of the books for the first time. I just
read 6-7 of them in high school and it was a little daunting to discover there
were 25 of them when I decided to read them all, plus all the ones that came
out since I'm on the list!! But now I'm a little confused about the order, as
I'll explain after the spoiler space.
Also thanks for the family tree, it's also a life saver!
Spoilers of The Riftwar Saga, the Empire Trilogy, Krondor's Sons, Serpentwar
Saga and the Riftwar Legacy.
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So I understood the logic of John's reading order, as it was chronological but
didn't cut series in half. But at the end of Shards of a Broken Crown, Jimmy
and Pug's children are dead, and Krondor (well what's left of it) is in the
hands of Patrick, son of the king Borric. The next series in the reading order
is Rifter Legacy, where, at the beginning of Krondor the Betrayal, Jimmy is 25
(I guess, still quite young and Arutha's squire). Nicholas is not even born,
while he was admiral in the previous book of the order! Huh what? I don't
understand why this series didn't come earlier in the reading order.
I just peeked at Honoured Enemy (I still have to read Jimmy the Crawler before)
and I see Borric, the one that was duke in Magician, as a character. Wait
didn't he die like three or four generations ago??
It would be nice if John (or anyone else who wants to chip in) could enlighten
me on why he prefers to read the books in that order. It seems to me that the
brain needs to do some gymnastics travelling back to decades ago (and back to
the future I guess in the next series).
My guess is, since Riftwar Legacy and Legends of the Riftwar are not 'essential
to the main series', John prefers to read series where the main plot advances
at a fast pace and then books that are less important to the main plot.
I hope what I wrote doesn't come across as a criticism, I'm really grateful for
what John did, it's a nice tool for first readers.
Good [whatever time of the day it is in your side of the world]! Good evening
for people near my time zone (GMT +1)
Agnes
