Raymond E. Feist
Raymond E. Feist
Raymond Elias Feistis an American author who primarily writes fantasy fiction. He is best known for The Riftwar Cycle of novels and short stories. His books have been translated into multiple languages and have sold over 15 million copies...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
meaning-of-life life-is problem
Life is problems. Living is solving problems.
risk dying cold
If you're going to risk dying, there's no sense doing it wet, cold and hungry unless absolutely necessary.
sea wind grows
Some loves come unbidden like winds from the sea, and others grow from the seeds of friendship.
moving-on bored assumption
In the end, my reasons for moving down the timeline and introducing a new cast have more to do with keeping myself entertained, on the assumption that if I get bored, my readers are going to be even more bored.
risk succeed willing
You can't succeed unless you're willing to risk failure
first-love love-is firsts
The first love is the difficult love.
goodbye two amazing-life
There were two things going on: 1) I had already established in my own mind where I wanted to go with the next series, and having James around as a Grey Eminence would have complicated matters. He had had an amazing life and it was time to bid him good-bye.
betrayal games issues
The issue of the Betrayal was so central to that, I felt the need to comment upon it. My choices were to ignore the games and put them 'outside' of continuity or to integrate them. I chose the latter.
american-author certain charm due duplicate earlier hard magician mostly risky
Also, it's risky to try to duplicate earlier success. Magician had a certain charm to it, mostly due to my choice of lead characters, that I would be hard put to duplicate.
american-author downhill hit people
There's always going to be comparisons, and that's unavoidable. There are people out there who feel I hit my peak with Magician and have gone downhill since.
american-author good honour issues
One of the key issues will be personal honour vs. the good of the many, and unforeseen consequences.