Fantasy Buddy Reads discussion

This is a topic for a prospective series Buddy Read of parts of Raymond E Feist's Riftwar Cycle.

The proposed books are:
Riftwar Saga
1. Magician
2. Silverthorn
3. A Darkness at Sethanon
Krondor's Sons
4. Prince of the Blood
5. King's Buccaneer
Serpentwar Saga
6. Shadow of a Dark Queen
7. Rise of a Merchant Prince
8. Rage of a Demon King
9. Shards of a Broken Crown
Riftwar Legacy
10. Krondor: The Betrayal
11. Krondor: The Assassins
12. Krondor: Tear of the gods
13. Jimmy and the Crawler
Legends of the Riftwar
14. Honoured Enemy
15. Murder in Lamut
16. Jimmy the Hand

This list is a draft and can be lengthened or shortened after discussion. Also the number of books read per month should be considered. I was thinking of 2.

Oh dear! lol I’ll try and keep up. One a month is definitely doable. I might struggle with 2.

The GR list says Riftwar is four books. Your list looks like a Saga.

Lena wrote: "The GR list says Riftwar is four books. Your list looks like a Saga."

Yeah, this is the Cycle. I combines several series.

Ah. Scribd only has a couple and my library has next to none ☹️

Lena wrote: "Ah. Scribd only has a couple and my library has next to none ☹️"

I can send them to you if you want:)

Let's go with one a moth so it is doable for more of us:):):)

Oooh Choko, that sounds like fun! When would this adventure begin?

My son has every paperback - to the extent that he would only buy them if they were in the same cover set. He adores them. He first read them as a teenager after I introduced him to fantasy with David Eddings.

So as I have a library in the next room. I can start with everyone else. One a month is all I would be able to manage.

One a month seems reasonable, they are not long Books.

I loved David Eddings as a kid... I wonder how hos book would read today...

What I have in my library.

Paperbacks

Magician (Both the Original and Revised, 1984 and 93 editions respectively.)
Silverthorn (1990)
A Darkness at Sethanon (1993)
Prince of the Blood (1990)
The Kings Buccaneer (1993)
Krondor Tear of the Gods
Krondor The Assassins

In Trade paperback

Honoured Enemy
Talon of the Silver Hawk.

In Hardcover (in no particular order).

At the Gates of Darkness
King of Foxes
Shadow of a Dark Queen
Rage of a Demon King
Jimmy the Hand
Flight of the Nighthawks
Shards of a Broken Crown
A Kingdom Besieged
Exiles Return
Krondor The Betrayal
Rides a Dread Legion
A Crown Imperiled
Into a Dark Realm
Wrath of a Mad God
Rise of a Merchant Prince.

I had the last book in hardcover too, but gave it away to a nurse who was also a fan (after I had read it while recovering from surgery).

While I'm sure I would enjoy participating in a re-read, I can't imagine how I would fit this in alongside the Malazan series I'm reading for the first time, and other projects I'm working on.

I'll keep an eye on the chat though as I'm sure it'll be entertaining.

Amazing that there are so many.

One book a month then. Is everyone ok with the books I have listed, or should we increase/reduce?

I found this list: https://www.goodreads.com/series/49642

Lena - that is the right list and in correct order.

Thanks Graeme. Perhaps we should go by that one then and see how far we get. About two and half years of adventure.

Definitely up for that :)

Yay! We are going to have plenty of books to read ahead:):) I always worry that we would run out:):):)

I really hope the quality keeps the same!

Sounds good to me.

This is the series that got me into fantasy. Love magician apprentice. It took me forever to get through magician master because it has a really boring stretch. Silverthorn is amazeballs, and worth getting to. Prince of the Blood is an alltime fav. Maybe I should reread lol.

Maybe you should 😉

So I got a package in the mail today...


Today is officially amazing.
Thank you Choko!!!

:D That is amazing!

Haha! Now you have no excuses and have to join us for the read 😀!

You bet I will!

So when do we begin Magician: Apprentice because I need to schedule my life around these 31 books 🙂

I read the first book as a suggestion and realized that reading them in a group will be more enjoyable. I have the first 4 and will need to purchase most of them used to get through this series. My local library just does not have many. Maybe 1 or 2 books.

Anyone have a timeframe when this series will begin? Maybe next year in 2019? I hope so, as I was going to suggest this series. Feist's writing is not my favorite and a little dated but I really liked the first book.

Michael

I was going to set up a schedule, but I got sidetracked. I was thinking about later this year, like September, but we could set it up for 2019 as well.

September sounds better.

I like September as well. With one a month as I prefer it will take several years assuming I / we make it that far.

If you guys are still planning to read it in September I'd be in :)

It’s official in my mind. September 1st!

September 1st and I'm in!! Can we get someone to add this to the master list? I don't think I have enough comments to request it so if someone could please do this it would be awesome!

Already read the 1st book, but am going to re-read it once we start the series!

Just requested Buddy reads be added from September to March!

September 1 Magician: Apprentice
October 1 Magician: Master
November 1 Silverthorn
December 1 A Darkness At Sethanon
January 1 Daughter of the Empire
February 1 Servant of the Empire
March 1 Mistress of the Empire

How cool would it be if we actually made it through all 31?!?!

Yeah, 31 is such an intimidating numer.

Good thing I noticed this thread... I didnt realize Empire wasn't the beginning...

Excellent thank you for setting it up Lena.

Will definitely join for Magician, then we'll see!

One of my favourite series.