Discussion of Magician

[Teir]

I'm a fan of this book

I had read the empire series a few years before hand and apart from it being a story which just grabbed me and held me there, it was so awesome to read the other side of the story. Already having the opposite perspective gave it another level completely. I read the rest of the series as well and the same thing was true for quite a few events in the other books. At the same time Magician was the fresh start to a new story (and for someone addicted to a good fantasy yarn that was a beautiful thing ) and the completion of another. I found it very entertaining

God the series as a whole is a lesson in mortality isn't it? lol....so many years and people go by....
I don't know about the whole set......im not a real fan of the ending...but magician itself was great

[The Upright Man]

i was bought Magician as a last resort by my parents as I had read every other book by my favourite authors (Eoin Colfer and Anthony Horowitz if your wondering) and since that day I have fallen in love with the man (not anything sexual, just his way of writing).

the first chapter of Magician put me off it for a while as I dint really like it, however after get bored of re-reading Harry Potter again, I decided to pick it back up and I was Intrigued to find that it was better than I had first thought. I was quickly drawn into a world of magic and myth, that just kept me in suspence and awe throughout.

so I dont mind Stu that you didnt like it, maybe your a lot like me (except for the same name, that is) maybe after reading it and the other books you'll grow to love it.

[The Upright Man]

i know that sounds like a reviw but dont shoot me im just the messenger

[Nakor]

For me Magician gives me the history to better understand the characters in the later books. It wasn't the best book and I'd read more as they do get more interesting and captivate your attention more and more.

[night watcher]

The Magician is one of the best Fanasty novels I have ever read. Fiest Wrights the books so every can enjoy them. Thomas was the most confessed characters is the book after gettting the armour of the Draron Lord

[Fainne]

The Magician was certainly a milestone in Fantasy literature. I was recommended to read it back when I was 14. I then ate up the books that followed and am now waiting... forever waiting for the next.

But just how hot is Pug's wrath at the Grand Imperial Stadium? Perhaps hot isn't the appropriate term. But still, it gives me goosebumps everytime I read it.

[Connavar]

I havent finished Magician yet but i enjoy it alot. I was wondering does the other Riftwar series belong to the first one? Are there sequals? Or does Pug and co's tale end with the sixth book.


This book is the first fantasy i like other than Gemmell books. I have read Hobb's Farseer,Salvatore's Demon Wars,King's Dark Tower and disliked them all.


Its good to read this book cause it makes me hungry for other good fantasy both REF and others.

[Fahim]

I read "Magician" a very long time ago - back in 1990 I believe. Since it's one of the rare books that I've read, liked but don't own yet (because I keep wanting the combined edition with the pages that were cut from the original printing or something), there's no source material for me to go to and refer at the moment. When I read the book, I believe I was transformed I loved it so much that I had to hunt high and low till I got the other books in the series. If I recall correctly, I enjoyed all of them - especially the humour and some of the characters like Arutha and Jimmy that I found totally memorable.

I then continued to buy any Raymond E. Feist that I could get my hands on and I believe I have everything up to the Conclave of Shadows except for the Empire series (which I haven't read) and the original "Magician". However, I don't remember much anymore of the actual book What I do recall (since I read that fairly recently - about 2-3 years ago) is the ending to the Serpentwar Saga - everybody dies. I guess that's usual for Feist but it just turned me off wanting to read more Feist. So the Conclave of Shadows books sit there waiting to be read when one day I get back into Feist.

What I do remember is that he had characters I cared about and that's basically what got me going with the Serpentwar Saga - the later generations are not as good as the first ones. Arutha's sons are a bit more watered down and his grandsons are plain ineffectual - compared to Arutha that is. So it seems fitting that everybody should die by the end of the series. However, it also is a testimony to how good the original series must have been for me - I can't remember it all, but I still love it

[Connavar]

I was wondering about "the enemy" they talk about in the end of Magician Master.

I have only read the two magician books so far and was wondering if i will see this enemy when i read more of the series?

Right now i took a paus from Feist cause of some sci fi and Legend by DG.

[The Upright Man]

course ypull find out who the enemy is, i cant believe youve only read 1 feist book (or 2 in ur case, mine was a omnibus of sorts of bothe magician parts)

[Connavar]

It just nagged at me for some reason that maybe never we will get to know.

I loan the books since i am not sure how good Feist and i only buy my favs.

The rest of the series i am gonna have to read later cause i bought Legend by my fav writer aka David Gemmell.

[williamjm]

Originally Posted by Fahim

I then continued to buy any Raymond E. Feist that I could get my hands on and I believe I have everything up to the Conclave of Shadows except for the Empire series (which I haven't read) and the original "Magician".

I'd recommend reading the Empire series sometime, it is some of his best work. The second book in it, "Servant of the Empire" is especially good, particularly if you like lots of political intrigue.

I was wondering about "the enemy" they talk about in the end of Magician Master.

I have only read the two magician books so far and was wondering if i will see this enemy when i read more of the series?

They explain who the 'Enemy' is in the third book "A Darkness at Sethanon" IIRC.

[Nakor]

I read all of Feist's books before I became willing to read another Author, that's when I found Gemmell.
Feist and Gemmell both write Historical Fantasy, I think that Feist's stories are slightly faster paced and Gemmell creates a full pictures with great discriptions.

You really do want to continue reading the rest of the Feist books.
They get better and better in my opinion and you can really see the development of each character.
And to answer your questions Connaver - yes you learn more about the Enemy and the rest of Feists books do have Pug in them.

[Connavar]

I am a huge Gemmell fan as you can prolly see and Fiest was actually the first fantasy writer i found good enough to read after Gemmell.


I will read more of this series that for sure. Not cause i care about the rifwars or something. Mostly cause i hope for more characters like Arutha who was one of few in the first two books that grew out of his role and became a real character. I hope Pug becomes like that too.

[Gothic_Angelica]

I absolutely adore Magician, I've read the original magician and I've got the revised addition that came out, apparently there's an extra 10,000 words but I haven't found them yet. I was thinking about borrowing my mum's original and reading them side to side. I dont like loose ends.

With Feist you get to love the characters but you're not too bogged down with them, he's happy to bring them in and take them out. You have a reference, if very brief, of something that happens in the empire series so at least on a time scale things match up. I just found the book so easy to read and the characters really likable. The bit I like is Pug, Tomas and Roland getting very drunk in the Ale shed When I started collecting my own books, Magician was the first book I bought.