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Yeah I guess that's what Feist was talking about when he said he was successful because he broke the rules. It makes sense that the work was a mashup of previou

Yeah I guess that's what Feist was talking about when he said he was successful because he broke the rules. It makes sense that the work was a mashup of previous works, it seemed clear that outside of his set pieces things really got bogged down. I read magician first and after that trying to read Lotr was going from a carnival ride to a cathedral, long slow and overly rich. The dizzying heights of individual expansion that pug/tomas got to over the series has died with the 80s and thanos I guess. That scene in the colosseum raining fire raindrops still sits vividly in my mind, why the greatest hits from magician have never been made into a more expressive media is obvious financially but nags at me nonetheless.

sakisv 7y ago
> That scene in the colosseum raining fire raindrops still sits vividly in my mind, why the greatest hits from magician have never been made into a more expressive media is obvious financially but nags at me nonetheless. Ah the memories. That was indeed an awesome scene. You also reminded me of some other scenes in that book: - Macros defending Elvandar all on his own - Macros confronting Tomas after the battle and Tomas realizing how powerful Macros was - Pug Tomas and Macros watching the creation of the universe at "A darkness at Sethanon" On one hand I'd like to see them turned into movies/series but at the same time I think I prefer not to "spoil" the world and the characters that I have built in my mind.
- vmilner 7y ago
  The parallel "... of the Empire" series is very good too, and has the colosseum scene from a different character point of view.
whatusername 7y ago
It sounds like there was some interest that only recently fizzled out. (ref: http://www.crydee.com/raymond-feist/whats-happening/2019/12060/tv-series-update http://www.crydee.com/raymond-feist/whats-happening/2019/120... ) That being said -- it does feel like it was going to get some pretty stiff competition - with the $$ amazon are throwing at LoTR and WoT, alongside Witcher, GOT Prequels, etc.
Jedi72 7y ago
"Tremble and despair, for I am power!"

sakisv 7y ago

> That scene in the colosseum raining fire raindrops still sits vividly in my mind, why the greatest hits from magician have never been made into a more expressive media is obvious financially but nags at me nonetheless. Ah the memories. That was indeed an awesome scene. You also reminded me of some other scenes in that book: - Macros defending Elvandar all on his own - Macros confronting Tomas after the battle and Tomas realizing how powerful Macros was - Pug Tomas and Macros watching the creation of the universe at "A darkness at Sethanon" On one hand I'd like to see them turned into movies/series but at the same time I think I prefer not to "spoil" the world and the characters that I have built in my mind.

vmilner 7y ago
The parallel "... of the Empire" series is very good too, and has the colosseum scene from a different character point of view.

whatusername 7y ago

It sounds like there was some interest that only recently fizzled out. (ref: http://www.crydee.com/raymond-feist/whats-happening/2019/12060/tv-series-update http://www.crydee.com/raymond-feist/whats-happening/2019/120... ) That being said -- it does feel like it was going to get some pretty stiff competition - with the $$ amazon are throwing at LoTR and WoT, alongside Witcher, GOT Prequels, etc.

Jedi72 7y ago

"Tremble and despair, for I am power!"