Hi Ray,
Never even thought about the problem of books going missing in the post. Thank you so much for the offer of a bookplate. I'll drop you an email as suggested Many thanks once again Sean From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Raymond Feist Sent: 11 July 2014 19:54 To: feistfans-l Subject: Re: Strange request On Jul 11, 2014, at 11:11 AM, Sean Brock <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Ray (and thanks for taking the time to reply), Not necessarily a strange request as such as I have no idea if you get these requests all the time, but I thought I'd give it a shot. There is a member of staff where I work who I have had the pleasure of working with for 15 years. In 2 months time she is retiring from the NHS where she has worked for 30 years. One of the things I found when I first started as a student pharmacy technician was that we both loved reading, and on my break one day I was re-reading Magician and she said she loved your books which then led on to a healthy discussion about all aspects of Midkemia, and has done ever since. Every time a new book comes out I always ask her what she thought of it. It seems fitting that as the Midkemia have come to an end, so has our working relationship. The only difference is I am now her manager. The Padawan has become the Master (oops, wrong universe) so to speak, but she has a lot to teach and could run rings around me at work day in day out, she just never wanted the management post; too much crap to deal with, not enough time with patients. Anyway, I have bought her a copy of the Voyager Classics Anniversary Clothbound edition of Magician as a leaving present an wondered if there was any way I could ship it to you from the UK to be signed for her, and I can pay shipping back? As I say I know you probably get requests like this all the time, but I thought I'd ask Many thanks Sean You are right. And I stopped letting people send me stuff when a couple of 1st editions got lost in the post. And shipping to and from the UK is painfully slow or expensive. Best I can do is have you e-mail me your address and I'll send a bookplate (if I can find them; they're around here somewhere) with a sentiment and a signature you can include with the book. My direct e-mail is below. And make sure you put "from the festfans-l in the subject line so it doesn't get caught in a filer and linger for a long time. Best, R.E.F. Raymond Feist [email protected]
