Raymond E. Feist: The Riftwar Saga & Empire Trilogy | Books Review
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- Опубликовано: 19 сен 2024
- Today I will be reviewing Raymond E. Feist, and his earlier novels in the Riftwar Cycle.
Books I refer to:
The Riftwar Saga
1. Magician (1982)
2. Silverthorn (1985)
3. A Darkness at Sethanon (1986)
The Empire Trilogy
1. Daughter of the Empire (1987) with Janny Wurts
2. Servant of the Empire (1990) with Janny Wurts
3. Mistress of the Empire (1992) with Janny Wurts
Krondor's Sons
1. Prince of the Blood (1989)
2. The King's Buccaneer (1992)
Other Books in the Riftwar Cycle:
The Serpentwar Saga
1. Shadow of a Dark Queen (1994)
2. Rise of a Merchant Prince (1995)
3. Rage of a Demon King (1997)
4. Shards of a Broken Crown (1998)
The Riftwar Legacy
1. Krondor: The Betrayal (1998)
2. Krondor: The Assassins (1999)
3. Krondor: Tear of the Gods (2000)
4. Jimmy and the Crawler (2013)
Legends of the Riftwar
1. Honoured Enemy (2001) with William R. Forstchen
2. Murder in LaMut (2002) with Joel Rosenberg
3. Jimmy the Hand (2003) with S. M. Stirling
Conclave of Shadows
1. Talon of the Silver Hawk (2002)
2. King of Foxes (2003)
3. Exile's Return (2004)
The Darkwar Saga
1. Flight of the Nighthawks (2005)
2. Into a Dark Realm (2006)
3. Wrath of a Mad God (2008)
The Demonwar Saga
1. Rides a Dread Legion (2009)
2. At the Gates of Darkness (2010)
The Chaoswar Saga
1. A Kingdom Besieged (2011)
2. A Crown Imperiled (2012)
3. Magician's End (2013)
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Hi Kathi! Hope all is going well with you. I was looking for a new series to read and decided to look back through your videos. I’m waiting for book number 3 and throughly enjoying them. (Who knew with the author being in San Diego the library would have almost none of his books). Really loving the series so far. Thanks again. Hope 2023 is treating you well.
Hi Sarah, hope you are well. I love this series and am about to start re-reading it for the 4th or 5th time. This is one of the best series in fantasy, IMO.
I am about 15% into the magician and I am loving it so far. Thanks for the review!
I'm so glad you are enjoying it. 😊
Haven't read any of his books, but this genre is definitely to my liking. Thanks for introducing me to his works!
No, thank you for watching, Steve. I think you'll enjoy fantasy and Magician is wonderful.
30 or 31 books
I couldn't agree more with your review. I used to recommend the original trilogy to so many people back in the 1980's and they all loved it.
Thank you. It is a classic now, I think.
I found the empire trilogy to be more consistent than the riftwar saga, but then I enjoyed the political and dynastic maneuverings of Empire over the straight up fantasy of Pugs adventures. I would definitely go back and pick up the Conclave of shadows books If I were you. They were very good.
The Empire Trilogy is a different type of fantasy, though very well done. Back when I first read the series I preferred straight up fantasy.
I did pick up the Conclave trilogy and will read them at some point.
Thank you for taking the time to share.
I've read the riftwar trilogy years ago, quite liked it. Might get back to Feist's books sometime
It has been many years since I last re-read it, but now I'm also intending to read them again.
I read these on the bus to university in the 90’s I’m rediscovering them again via audio book. Great for enjoying our long distance driving, The Empire trilogy is great! I;m not listening to the Serpent war sage, and loving it…. Haven’t read most of the others, but plan to catch up….. REF is better in a lot of ways than JRRT. Wizards First Rule was also good but that’s a different auther
I'm about to re-read The Magician myself and will most likely end up reading many in the series. I like Goodkind's series too and have read it more than once.
Thank you for sharing.
I enjoyed this review Kathi.
I'm very glad. 😊
Hands down my favourite series !!!!!!! So many characters that will live in your heart forever. Pug the sorcerer, Thomas the Valheru Dragonlord, Jimmy the hand,Prince Arutha and in later series Eric von Darkmoor,Ru Avery,Nakor the blue rider,Talon Silverhawk,Miranda daughter of Macros plus the children and grandchildren of characters established in the first trilogy, its a very rich sauce in this literary stew and its delicious!!!!! If you love traditional fantasy this is one of the best ever written. A Kathi 7 is like a 8.5/9 anywhere else lol.
It's a favourite of mine too, which I'm thinking of reading again soon. Jimmy the Hand, Pug and Arutha are some of my favourite characters.
😂 Yes, a 7 by me is like 8.5/9 elsewhere.
Thank you so much for sharing.
Magician is the book that made me fall in love with reading, i loved the riftwar series and the Empire series.
I first read it when i was in my teens, and I just started reading it again 2 days ago for the 3rd time in my life and i am loving it all over again even though i am nearing my 50's.
It was my favorite series for a lot of my life, with Game of thrones and The stormlight Archive edging ahead of it now.
I'm intending to re-read the Riftwar saga this year as well (for the 3rd or 4th time) and I know I'm going to love it just as much on my first reading of it.
Thank you for sharing.
Great review!
The number of books in the entire series is intimidating but I am interested in trying out this book.
Thank you. 😊
You could always just read the first 3 books in the Riftwar Saga. I haven't read all the books yet, though I hope to at some point.
@@NerdyKathi I will! 🙂
I have never read any of his books but I did hear about "Magician"! It's quite well-known among fantasy readers. I agree about Tolkien. He is definitely very black and white.
'Magician' is definitely worth reading. Oh I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks Tolkien has little grey. 😊
Good review. Agree with you. Definitely up there with one of the bet fantasy books. Also, Lucian asked when you’re doing Percy Jackson :)
Thanks hun (No Carys to police me 😂). I haven't read Riordan, not sure I will as it's more YA fiction. I didn't love the films.
His exploration of strong female characters only gets better later in the series, though I agree with your comment for the Riftwar Saga specifically; but later in the series Miranda, Briana, and a few other more "central" female characters are shown to be not only with grit, but integral to the advancement of the story. After finishing every book of his and completing the entire cycle I would say it's not LIKE Tolkein, but BETTER than Tolkein; I agree with the black and whiteness of Tolkein, and while Feist loves the gray area, more than that their PACE is massively different; Tolkein preferring a garden's stroll, Feist throwing the reader headlong into only the juiciest bits of intrigue and action throughout his 3 centuries of history in the world he has created.
It has been a long time since I read the series, and I never did read all the books in the Cycle. You have made me curious now to read more of the series. Thank you. 😊
@@NerdyKathi Thank you for your reply, can't recommend the entire Cycle enough, the ending had me in tears for a couple of hours in the best way; fantastically finished masterpiece!
I was just listening to these and I’m half way thru the Empire trilogy, now the channel is deleted! Would anyone know anything about it?
Sorry, Melissa, I don't know.
Boy does this have evles. I've read nearly the whole series. 1 left. I'm a bit scared to read the last 1.
Its more like d&d forgotten realms than lord of the rings. The gods play a bigger role in this series.
You've done well reading the entire series. Some people think it is similar to Tolkien, but I don't think so either.
@@NerdyKathi the Fridaynighters which Raymond was apart of, created this universe. Its a homebrew version of d&d, called Midkemia. The foreword in later books talks about it.
Never read this author. Fantasy isn’t my genre. I’m more a historical fiction lover. I just finished An Officer and a Spy by Robert Harris. (This morning in fact)
I’m also reading through the Bible in 90 days which is quite a feat. I have about 20 days left.
If you are ever interested in trying fantasy, Feist's 'Magician' is a great start.
Im not sure where you get not enough strong women in the books? Pretty much all of the female characters are kick-ass over-powered. I think Feist is a little obsessed with this if you ask me. Probably the only character who is not a total Mary Sue is Abigail of Carse. There are three complete books dedicated to Mara alone.
I was talking about the original series of 3 books. There were few memorable female characters in those.
@@NerdyKathi Could be why they are the best? Im all for strong women characters when its appropriate, but the Kingdom is based on medieval times, women just didnt have strong roles outside royalty. The other races (like the Kesh) has historical lore behind the he/she who is Kesh and Lakeisha's concern with multiple female leaders, it make sense in the context. To simple squeeze in diversity characters just to keep the woke crowd of 2020's happy would make for a rather horrible read. Have a look at what they've done to Tolkien.
Given that we are talking about fantasy not historical works, I don't agree that an author cannot include strong female characters. They can create anything they like in a fantasy world. I agree however, that I don't want token characters, to appease readers.
@@NerdyKathi Sure, but its not compatible with the lore that a comparable woman character can do what Pug did, for instance. Surviving 4-years as a slave alone would not make sense in a world where every other woman is raped and murdered on sight. Young Adult fantasy does all this 'squeezing diversity' into books, which is why most of it is total unreadable garbage. But they are appealing to a different market. Theres no reason why you couldn't just make up more fantasy in your head when reading it - pretend Pug is a trans black Asian if it makes you feel better. I doubt Mr Feist would mind.