*howls with mirth*

[rj_anderson]

Found this on a forum while Googling for D&L reviews:

Hi Ev1,
Some years back I read some good books that I really liked called "the master's apprentice" and I guess it was part of something called "the rip war saga". I'm not sure what it would be classified under, perhaps fantasy. I'm not sure but I can't remember for the life of me what the author's name was. From what I remember the books were based on a boy becoming a magician and fighting off different enemies and so on. If anyone knows what I am talking about, please let me know!!! Thank you!

Which elicited the following delightful reply:

You're not thinking of "The Potion Master's Apprentice" by RJ Anderson, are you?

Hee!

I'd apologize to Raymond E. Feist (author of Magician: Apprentice and the rest of the Riftwar Saga) for confusing his fans, but I really doubt his book sales have been affected.

Comments

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[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

All he did afterwards in the books is kill characters one has come to like of, and to take his universe appart.

A lot of authors do this, I find. Ursula LeGuin destroyed just about everything I loved about Earthsea with TEHANU, for instance, and Douglas Adams spent the last two Hitchhiker books savagely ripping his universe apart. I think it happens when an author feels pressured by the public (or publishers) to keep writing in a creative universe they're personally tired of. It's not a good thing.

[sannalim.livejournal.com]

Ditto on Earthsea and Hitchikers' Guide. I felt the same way, so when I bought Hitchikers' for my personal collection, I only bought the first three. And Tehanu destroyed the Earthsea series so completely for me that I've not even purchased the original three.

I hope that JKR doesn't give in to pressure to write more about Harry after the Hogwarts septet is complete, and likewise ruin the world she's created.