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Scott_R · 2nd May 2008, 03:02 PM

Hello, all.

I finished Dark God a while ago, but just discovered these boards.
I started reading Feist over 20 years ago, and pretty much followed them all.

I've been a little disappointed by succeeding books. The Darkwar was engaging, but it's driving me crazy that he keeps changing the rules. It reminds me of the old Warner Brothers cartoons where the coyote unzips his skin pulls it of, becoming the sheep dog, then unzips that and becomes something else, then unzips that, and again....

The impression I get is that REF decides that the old explanations didn't make sense, or a new explanation is needed to sync with the new stories, or he just liked a newer idea. How many changing explanations have we had for the Chaos Wars? What about the Talnoy? How many times did what they were change? Nakor is influenced by an artifact to channel Wodar-Hospur. No wait, he's Kalkin. Ralan Bek has the Nameless in him. No, it's a Dasati god. (wait, didn't he give Tomas a workout *before* Nakor put that into him??)

Part of the problem is that the story was sometimes told from Nakor's perspective, apparently showing his thoughts, and those thoughts weren't consistent with later revelations.

Oh, well, I'll keep reading new books, but I hope REF finds explanations he likes and sticks with them.

2nd May 2008, 03:02 PM	#43 (permalink)
Scott_R Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: New York Posts: 1	Re: Wrath of a Mad God- Spoilers May Be Included Hello, all. I finished Dark God a while ago, but just discovered these boards. I started reading Feist over 20 years ago, and pretty much followed them all. I've been a little disappointed by succeeding books. The Darkwar was engaging, but it's driving me crazy that he keeps changing the rules. It reminds me of the old Warner Brothers cartoons where the coyote unzips his skin pulls it of, becoming the sheep dog, then unzips that and becomes something else, then unzips that, and again.... The impression I get is that REF decides that the old explanations didn't make sense, or a new explanation is needed to sync with the new stories, or he just liked a newer idea. How many changing explanations have we had for the Chaos Wars? What about the Talnoy? How many times did what they were change? Nakor is influenced by an artifact to channel Wodar-Hospur. No wait, he's Kalkin. Ralan Bek has the Nameless in him. No, it's a Dasati god. (wait, didn't he give Tomas a workout before Nakor put that into him??) Part of the problem is that the story was sometimes told from Nakor's perspective, apparently showing his thoughts, and those thoughts weren't consistent with later revelations. Oh, well, I'll keep reading new books, but I hope REF finds explanations he likes and sticks with them.