First the History:
I started reading the Riftwar books before I was 10. I caught word of them from some pc gaming magazine that mentioned a game that was developed from these storylines. Anywho, long story short, I read them, loved them (in the sort of easy pulpy way that befits my age) and the memory of those novels is basically what fuels my DnD gaming today.
Now, later, in either middleschool or early high, I read the Serpantwar saga, which was more or less crap, atleast relative to the earnestness and relativly dynamic action and breezy character development of the Riftwar Books (Good) or Empire trilogy (Great). I won't go into detail explaining my distaste, but it tickles me in the same way a sideways comparison between early and later West Wing episodes would (using that example because there was a discussion on the board about that shark jumping show). But then, I don't know if the earlier novels would hold up now. I haven't read much fantasy since, and I might have become too cynical to mull over someone else's nerdy musing when I have my own to worry about. So anyway....
I'm in the mood for an easy read, and I see that there are two new Feist novels out that follow on the heels of the Serpentwar books. Has anyone read them and are they any good? Thoughts, criticisms, etc appreciated.
I started reading the Riftwar books before I was 10. I caught word of them from some pc gaming magazine that mentioned a game that was developed from these storylines. Anywho, long story short, I read them, loved them (in the sort of easy pulpy way that befits my age) and the memory of those novels is basically what fuels my DnD gaming today.
Now, later, in either middleschool or early high, I read the Serpantwar saga, which was more or less crap, atleast relative to the earnestness and relativly dynamic action and breezy character development of the Riftwar Books (Good) or Empire trilogy (Great). I won't go into detail explaining my distaste, but it tickles me in the same way a sideways comparison between early and later West Wing episodes would (using that example because there was a discussion on the board about that shark jumping show). But then, I don't know if the earlier novels would hold up now. I haven't read much fantasy since, and I might have become too cynical to mull over someone else's nerdy musing when I have my own to worry about. So anyway....
I'm in the mood for an easy read, and I see that there are two new Feist novels out that follow on the heels of the Serpentwar books. Has anyone read them and are they any good? Thoughts, criticisms, etc appreciated.
