Books! Reading is fun!

[Goatmeal]

I just read the 29th and final novel in the Riftwar Saga by Raymond Feist. Big big fan, my favorite series and favorite author.

Klytos, I am envious; the last of the Riftwar series I read was "The Serpent Saga"...

It was the extremely well-written "Betrayal At Krondor" Computer RPG that got me interested in Feist's "World of Midkemia" -- only to discover much later that Feist didn't write the game, merely serving in an "executive editor with final say" capacity for the game.  Either way, I was hooked...

( "Return to Krondor" had a great start to the game, but deflated once you left the gates of Krondor for the Midkemia countryside... )

Oh well...  At least I have the remaining 11 of the 29 books left to look forward to in my old age.

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Loved the Hitchhiker's Guide books, and picked up the first Dirk Gently book while on a trip in England years ago -- brilliant!  Unfortunately, the follow-up Dirk Gently was only so-so.

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Unfortunately, I haven't been doing much reading the last few years, but I did finally read Orwells' "Animal Farm" and "1984" recently -- both contain brilliant insight and many cautionary lessons to be learned.

[Klytos]

I think Serpentwar was the best "series" of all the series within Riftwar. I think his character development was awesome especially of Erik and Calis. A couple of the later ones are a bit repetitive but I love them all. I also got into the Fiest stuff through BAK although my dad was already a fan so when he realised I loved it he gave me Magician to read which I think is up there with Tolkien for it's strength of story and writing. Been hooked ever since.