Here you will find the latest news in the world of Raymond E. Feist. It maybe the title of the next book, a new release or even a new project, but it could also be an update on an existing project. What ever it is though, we hope to present it to you as soon as we are aware of it. If you know something we don't, that relates to Raymond E. Feist, and believe it should be here, then please contact us.
Mon Jul 23rd, 2001
A Message from Neal Halford
This is Neal Halford. I have a titbit of information that I thought might be of interest to Feistfans the world over. 'Swords and Circuitry: A Designer's Guide to Computer Role-Playing Games' hits the streets this week, and thanks to Ray's and Sierra On-line's gracious blessings, I've provided small samples of the game script and design document of 'Betrayal at Krondor' for would-be designers and 'Krondor' players everywhere to enjoy. The book also features an in-depth interview with John Cutter who provided the lead design on BAK, and he and I discuss some of the joys and frustrations we experienced while creating this absolutely one-of-a-kind bestselling game.
Co-written by me and my wife (Jana Halford), 'Swords and Circuitry' is now available through Waldenbooks, B. Dalton, Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, Borders, CompUSA, Best Buy, and all other major outlets where books and games are sold. Please feel free to drop by my site at http://Neal.Hallford.com where you can read Chapter 1 of 'Swords and Circuitry' with an Adobe Acrobat Reader, or learn more about this terrific, how-to book now available from Prima Games Development.
Thu Jul 19th, 2001
New Titles
Honoured Enemy , the first book in the Legends of the Riftwar is due for release in Hard Cover in the UK and Australia on the 6th of August
Thu Jul 5th, 2001
Future works
Ray wrote
Eventually there will be two more books in the Legacy (Krondor) series,Krondor: The Crawler and Krondor: The Dark Mage.
Best, R.E.F.you will find teh occasional line with
Tue Jun 19th, 2001
A NEW BEGINNING
As of today, I am proud to announce that Crydee.com will continue the function of providing Raymond E Feist related News to the world. Until now this service has been ably provided by Steve Russell. Due to other commitments, Steve has passed on this task to myself. I only hope I can provide as high a standard of service as Steve did. It will be a few weeks before full service is provided, and some links may not yet work properly. If you have any Feist related news , worthy of inclusion please email me. I shall of course provide news from the Feistfans-l Mailing list
Sun Feb 11th, 2001
THE FUTURE OF THE SITE
After thinking over things for a while (and delaying my decision - or just being lazy), I've decided to give away the REF Internet Resource Index
).I ran the site for several years, going from a link page to an active news site, throwing in some reviews, and also inheriting the FEISTFANS-L Members Listing
).My second year in college has proven too time-consuming for me to update the sites everyday, and I let them lapse at the beginning of last semester.
Now, instead of seeing the two sites die, I would like to hand them off to someone who has more time and energy than I do. So, I am requesting that interested people email me
) with the information I will list below. Note that the two sites do not necessarily have to go to the same person. I already know of certain people who I would prefer to inherit the sites, but I want to give everyone who's interested a chance.
In your email, please include the follow information:
1) Full Name
2) Age
3) Where you live
4) URL of your website(s)
5) Which site you want (or both)
6) Why you want it/them
7) Ideas you have for the future of the site
A couple notes: I really want to hand the site(s) to someone who has a good knowledge of HTML, particularly in terms of clean layout. Furthermore, I want to give it/them to someone who will be dedicated to running the site(s).
Whoever I choose to receive the sites will get all the HTML and graphics, along with some information about what needs updating, and any help requested.
The deadline for responses is February 18.
Sat Sep 9th, 2000
Magician Art Auction
John Bunting posted this very cool announcement to the list:
For the RICH collectors on the list, with money to burn. This is a once in a life time purchase
Starting bid at $1200 !
The original art for Magician Master by Kevin Johnson
A completely unique, one-of-a-kind work of Fantasy Art is now available on EBAY for the first time. This is the ORIGINAL illustration for the Raymond E. Feist paperback version of 'Magician:Master,' volume 2 of the Riftwar Saga. It was used on the first four US editions of the paperback starting in 1986, by Bantam Spectra. (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25646-7 Apr '86 [Mar '86] Print 1 -Print 3, and Bantam Spectra 0-553-26761-2 1986 Print 8) For a picture of the covers of these editions please link to
The painting is by the well-known Scifi/Fantasy illustrator Kevin Eugene Johnson, and was created in 1985 and signed by the artist. Johnson has produced fantastically detailed cover art for over twenty years. Some of his other work has been covers for Harry Harrison, Robert Silverberg, Andre Norton, Robin Bailey, and Edgar Rice Burroughs reprints. Johnson also created the cover for Phillip Jose Farmer's 'Gods of Riverworld' hardcover edition in 1983. For a list of Johnson's cover artwork since 1989 see Locus Index. This painting shows Pug on a beautiful blue background, and was used for both the front and back covers of the novel. It measures 32.25' x 24'. It is painted on illustration board (like smooth masonite) , and is outstanding in detail (see picture closeups.) There are some imperfections on the edges of the work, primarily from paste up and photography handling, when framed these will no longer be visible. This is a work of art that will be treasured by both artists and fans alike.
Disclaimer. I have no vested interest in the sale.
Sat Sep 2nd, 2000
Conclave Release Date
Today Ray mentioned that the possible release date for the first book in the Conclave of Shadows series, Talon of the Silverhawk is Fall 2002. Of course Tear of the Gods and at least two of the Tales of the Riftwar novels should be out before that.
Fri Sep 1st, 2000
Return to Krondor Soundtrack Review
A very cool game music site, GameScore, has recently posted a review of Chuck Mitchell's Return to Krondor Soundtrack CD. There is also a trivia contest, with two winners receiving an autographed copy of the disc.
Thu Aug 31st, 2000
Tear of the Gods Finished!
Good news from Ray:
Handed in today.
I'm going to take a small break, then start on Conclave of Shadows I: Talon of the Silver Hawk.
If I remember correctly, Ray's publisher is going to fast-track this novel (go without a big advertising blitz, etc.) so hopefully November is still the target date.
Thu Aug 31st, 2000
Books in French
Sylvain Guehl announced the publishing order for the next few books to be translated:
I've seen that, now that ADAS's been translated, the next books to appear in french will be in that order :
The Empire Trilogy ('La trilogie de l'Empire' : Fille de L'Empire, Pair de l'Empire, Maîtresse de l'Empire)
Prince of the Blood (Prince de Sang)
The King's Buccanneer (Le bucanier du Roy)
Which means no french Riftwar Legacy until then (I believe the Serpentwar will come first)
Mon Aug 28th, 2000
More on Return to Krondor
Desslock's RPG News has more coverage of the Return to Krondor sales ranking scandal. A letter from John Gordos, a former PyroTechnix employee, seeks to confirm RtK's high sales ranking the past few weeks. However, John gives a bit of a diss to Ray in this statement:
I think RtK was in a similar boat, just like the original BaK. Feist isn't as popular as he thinks he is, and people have to exhaust their RPG 'wish list' to find the title. Once they do, they generally have fun with it. The 10 dollar price certainly helps, too.
Desslock counters by stating that he did like RtK, but continues his criticism of PC Data's ranking system. Check Desslock's site for more information.
Sun Aug 27th, 2000
Tales of the Riftwar Status
This string of posts from Ray details the status, and planned length, of the Tales novels, which are co-authored:
They are co-authored novels. Three, so far. I'm 6 Chapters into Honoured Enemy, a book with Bill Forstchen, and Joel Rosenberg is working on Chapter 5 of Murder in LaMut.
Doubtful that he could make heads or tales of three books at once (two Tales novels and Tear of the Gods)?
It's usually one book at a time, but I've done multiple projects before. While working with Janny on the Empire series I finished the 1st draft of Faerie Tale and the final draft of Prince of the Blood.
It's not confusing. Being a writer is what I do.
And how does co-authoring work?
The guys do first drafts and I do rewrites, and we talk on the phone about what's what.
And finally, about the length of the new books, compared with the Empire series:
Probably in the 300 page range rather than the big monsters like Servant and Mistress.Daughter, though, was a smaller book.
Sun Aug 27th, 2000
Krondor Series Update
Ray posted this about the future of the Krondor series of books, more or less confirming that it will be more than just a trilogy:
As I finish Tear of the Gods (in by next weekend), I'm considering what to do with this series, either with or without a game contract.
I think there are two, or even three, more books that would work in the James vs. Sidi saga.
Wed Aug 23rd, 2000
Desslock Questions Return to Krondor Sales
Desslock posted this today:
Of course, the reason I tried to include sales statistics from a local retailer, was because PC Data's accounting system sometimes results in some misleading results. Perhaps there's never been a more obvious example of the misleading nature of PC Data's results than the lists of the top selling games for the past couple of weeks. 'Surging' to the bottom of the list is none other than Pyrotechnix's 1998 adventure/RPG hybrid, Return to Krondor
. When that game was initially released, it didn't even make the top 10 list of best sellers for a single week, and it was enough of a commercial bomb that it ultimately contributed to the dissolution of Pyrotechnix's development team. Even taking into account bargain bin pricing, there's no rational explanation for Return to Krondor's sales resurgence (after all, the game has been available for discount pricing for well over a year now), unless PC Data is incorporating some weird bundling arrangement or similar distribution transaction that doesn't involve purchasers actually choosing to purchase the game. Myst continued to be on PC Data's list for years as a result of similar machinations. It's really a bit embarrassing to PC Data.
Thu Aug 10th, 2000
Another Week on the Chart
Return to Krondor is still number 10 on the sales chart.
