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Raymond E. Feist
Raymond Elias Feist at Salon du livre 2008 (Paris, France)
Raymond Elias Feist at Salon du livre 2008 (Paris, France)
OccupationNovelist
NationalityAmerican
Period1982 - present
GenreFantasy
Notable worksMagician
RelativesFelix E. Feist
Website
www.crydee.com

Raymond Elias Feist (born 1945, Los Angeles, California) is an American author who primarily writes fantasy fiction. He is best know for The Riftwar Cycle series of novels and short stories. His books have been translated into multiple languages and have sold over 15 million copies.[1]

Biography

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Raymond E. Feist was born in 1945 in Los Angeles, and was raised in Southern California. He was born with the surname Gonzales, but was subsquently adopted by Felix E. Feist. He graduated with a B.A. in Communication Arts with Honors in 1977 from the University of California at San Diego. During that year Feist had some ideas for a novel about a boy who would be a magician; he wrote the novel two years later, and it was published in 1982 by Doubleday. Feist currently lives in San Diego with his children, where he collects fine wine, DVDs, and books on a variety of topics of personal interest: wine, biographies, history, and, especially, the history of American Professional Football.[2]

Works

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The Riftwar Cycle

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The overwhelming majority of Feist's works are part of the Riftwar Cycle, a fictional universe featuring the worlds of Midkemia and Kelewan.[3] Human magicians on the two planets are able to create "rifts" through dimensionless space that can connect planets in other solar systems. Other creatures are able to move through this dimensionless space. The novels and short stories of The Riftwar Cycle record the adventures of the people on the various worlds.

Midkemia was originally created as an alternative to the Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) role-playing game. When Feist studied at the University of California, San Diego, he and his friends created a new role-playing game based on the world of Midkemia. They called themselves the Thursday Nighters, because they played the Midkemia role-playing game every Thursday evening. After some time, when the group changed and began meeting on Fridays, they became known as the Friday Nighters. The original group have since formed a company called Midkemia Press, which has continued publishing campaigns set in Midkemia.[4]

Other works

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Feist has published one non-Riftwar novel, Faerie Tale, a horror story set in Hollywood. He has also published several short stories in various anthologies.

Bibliography

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The Riftwar Cycle

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Also formerly published under the title Pug and Tomas and also republished in two parts in the United States:
  1. Magician: Apprentice (1986)
  2. Magician: Master (1986)
  • Shadow of a Dark Queen (1994)
  • Rise of a Merchant Prince (1995)
  • Rage of a Demon King (1997)
  • Shards of a Broken Crown (1998)
  • Talon of the Silver Hawk (2003)
  • King of Foxes (2004)
  • Exile's Return (2005)

Short stories

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Other works

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Novels

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Short stories

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  • Profit and the Grey Assassin (1982) in Fantasy Book (journal)
  • Geroldos Incredible Trick (1997) in A Magic Lovers Treasury of the Fantastic (ed. Margaret Weis)
  • One to Go (2002) in Thieves World: Turning Points (ed. Lynn Abbey)
  • Watchfire (2004) with Janny Wurts in Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy (ed. Al Sarrantonio)

References

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  1. ^ "Raymond E Feist biography, bibliography, interviews and book reviews". www.fantasybookreview.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
  2. ^ "Biography". Crydee.com. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
  3. ^ "Writer: Raymond E. Feist (1945 - , United States)". www.scifan.com. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
  4. ^ Claire E. White (2000-03-01). "A Conversation With Raymond Feist". WritersWrite.com. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
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