Raymond E. Feist
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Oct 15, 2026
speaker_4HOST
The audience definitely had a massive list of what they considered snubs.
speaker_4HOST
We had Steve demanding the Riftwar saga by Raymond E. Feist, which is classic large scale portal fantasy.
speaker_5HOST
Oh yeah, classic.
speaker_4HOST
Kat advocated for Jim Butcher's Codex Alera, which marries Roman legion military tactics with elemental magic.
speaker_3HOST
We are talking about Pug and Rand al'Thor.
speaker_2HOST
Let's examine Pug first, also known later as Milamber from the Riftwar Cycle by Raymond E. Feist.
speaker_3HOST
Pug's inclusion on this list is fascinating because he is uniquely positioned.
speaker_3HOST
He doesn't just master one system of magic.
ClarkyHOST
I've got a good book.
ClarkyHOST
I started reading Magician by Raymond Feist, which was gifted to me by the wonderful Black Dog two years ago.
ClarkyHOST
And I started reading it and then forgot I was reading it and then lost it and then found it again.
ClarkyHOST
So I've started reading it.
speaker_3HOST
Like what happens when the people writing the books are the same people rolling 20-sided dice on a Friday night?
speaker_4HOST
We enter the era of extreme gamification and the sprawling multiverse, pioneered by authors like Raymond E. Feist and Steven Erikson.
speaker_3HOST
Let's start with Feist and the Riftwar Saga, beginning with Magician in 1982, a true cornerstone of 80s epic fantasy.
speaker_4HOST
Absolutely.
speaker_1HOST
He really is
speaker_2HOST
Now, speaking of earning your progression, Mary Castle highlights another incredible journey, Raymond E. Feist's Magician, published in 1982
speaker_1HOST
Magician is absolutely seminal to the genre
speaker_2HOST
It's huge.
speaker_2HOST
Okay, yeah.
speaker_1HOST
You start as a highly vulnerable level one apprentice who can cast maybe one spell before passing out, and through rigorous study and survival, you grind your way up.
speaker_2HOST
So Feist is literally mapping the mechanics of leveling up onto a novel.
speaker_1HOST
Exactly.
Josh TeessmaHOST
You may be familiar.
Josh TeessmaHOST
Um, Raymond E. Feist of Riftwar fame.
DaveHOST
Never read him.
Josh TeessmaHOST
Which I've not read.
speaker_2HOST
Naturally.
speaker_1HOST
Slayman71 throws in Pug and Macros the Black from Raymond Feist's Riftwar Saga, openly admitting he isn't even sure which of the two is more powerful but they belong in the conversation.
speaker_1HOST
It's exactly like listening to sports radio.
speaker_2HOST
It really is.
Matt GrafGUEST
Mm
Jed BrophyHOST
... onto Raymond E. Feist, um, David Gemmell, David Eddings, all sorts of fantasy writers.
Jed BrophyHOST
Tolkien is still the one.
Jed BrophyHOST
He will always be-
Matt GrafGUEST
Everything traces back to Tolkien in a way.
Jed BrophyHOST
Yeah.
Jed BrophyHOST
I, I was lucky enough to sit in the green room with Raymond E. Feist and George Martin, and they both said that they would not have become fantasy writers if it hadn't have been for, um, you know, stumbling across Tolkien early on-
Matt GrafGUEST
Yeah
WaltHOST
Michael Moorcock, Fritz Lieber, some old school pulp sword and sorcery stuff.
WaltHOST
But probably the person who probably had the single biggest influence on how I What I want to read would be Raymond Feist.
Matt WarnockGUEST
Okay.
Matt WarnockGUEST
That's the Vlad Taltos, right?
C.A. HouseGUEST
Oh, wow.
C.A. HouseGUEST
The moment I started reading fantasy novels, I started with this book called Magician Apprentice by Raymond Feist.
C.A. HouseGUEST
Incredible book.
C.A. HouseGUEST
Strongly recommend it to anybody who loves traditional fantasy.
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