So, tonight was the “evening with Ray” as we have been referring to it. Dave and I fucked off out of work shortly after four to get into Borders Oxford street in plenty of time for the 6:30 talk. We were the first there. Which was good, what was even better was they did in fact have several copies of the Magician 20th anniversary edition. It is leather bound, with marble end pages and an embossed cover. Translation: it is quite nice. Magician is not only one of my favourite fantasy books, it is one of my favourite books. They had seven for sale. There were three left when we were done. So I have that signed by Raymond E. Feist and I am more than happy about that. It was also a very reasonable £25. Oh and it also has some great chapter illustrations.
The talk was pretty good. Ray was quite funny and definitely entertaining. I was very glad to have gone along. In the good news front there is a good chance of more dark fantasy along the lines of Faerie Tale which I love and also the chance of two science fiction novels. I really like the sound of all of them ALOT. All in all a good evening. I hadn’t planned on buying his latest book in hardback, I normally wait for paperbacks but after hearing him talk I wanted it. So I picked it up and oh yes got it signed.
I hate the fact that my computer can’t render this properly and know I will spend some time in work tomorrow playing this. Pingis is a spectacular game, the detail and skill gone into it are just superb. It’s also damn addictive.