Will pug and thomas die?

[Cayal]

Wouldn't it be great, if he did a set of side books specifically about Tomas?
On a side note, i was completely shattered he killed off Nakor. He was probably the best character in the books. I hope he brings him back somehow.

Guessing you haven't read the recent books.

 

[lemmytl]

hi,
having read all books countless times then only end i can see is that pug is marcos brings it all round in a nice neat circle will thomas die yes in the final battle

 

[ratsy]

At this point it is so many years past the start and none of the characters are very engaging. Feist has really just rehashed all the old favorites and there have been half a dozen characters throughout that are based on one mold. Nothing new. It is kind of disappointing.

I hope Pug and Tomas die just to put them out of their misery. And me for buying all the new books in Hardcover!

But I still love the Riftwar and Serpentwar books, and Feist got me into reading so I will forever owe him that.

 

[Fake Vencar]

I just hope he properly explains who Pug really is if he decides to kill him off; it's no coincidence that Macros manipulated his future in Magician.

 

[Muskiefan82]

I believe that magician's end refers to Pug's transformation from magician to God to replace the lost God of magic.

Magician's end - god's beginning.

 

[flashx]

At this point it is so many years past the start and none of the characters are very engaging. Feist has really just rehashed all the old favorites and there have been half a dozen characters throughout that are based on one mold. Nothing new. It is kind of disappointing.

I hope Pug and Tomas die just to put them out of their misery. And me for buying all the new books in Hardcover!

But I still love the Riftwar and Serpentwar books, and Feist got me into reading so I will forever owe him that.

I have to second this post. Feist books have got worse as the years gone by, to the point that he is only writing them to get more cash. the later books are rushed, poor stories and grammar as well as getting a little mixed up.
The sooner they end the better for me. I don't want to keep buying rubbish because I have read and own every copy he has made.

As to the regards of the latest book Jimmy and the Crawler, well gravy train springs to mind. 144 pages is just taking the p1ss.

With regards to Magicians End, well my first thought was it's his son who will die. (Pug will see all his family die before him).

Will Thomas die? I hope not. I much preffered him to Pug after the first few series.

 

[Fake Vencar]

I don't necessarily believe that the books have got worse; his writing style seems to have changed quite a bit (starting with Talon of the Silver Hawk). Having recently re-read all his later books, I've found them really engaging (the continuity and spelling errors aside). I agree that some of the stories have been quite weak, but I'm enjoying the fast-paced nature of these all the same. There are definately worse books out there.

I've hope neither them die. We've yet to really see Tomas do anything worthwhile since the Serpentwar, whilst Pug seems to be labouring around.

 

[Simp_poet]

The issue that I have with Feist and writers in general is the pandering to the ADHD generation. Readers these days just don't seem to be able to hold onto a long slow simmering plot as it moves towards the climax. Instead they need a ton of herky jerk changes and character kill-offs. I am sure that Feist doesn't necessarily want to write this way, but I believe that he is under considerable pressure from a publisher.

I would tend to agree that the quantity of "major events" has shot up since TotSH, but the books are shorter, incongruous, and steamroll through incredulous plot twists that take away from the readers enjoyment. My "for example" would be the resurrection of Duke Eric Von Darkmoor. There was no need whatsoever to keep him alive, just so he could go off and die on Kelewan. On the surface it sounds cool, but the compelling need was never written out and explained because REF had to finish the book. He has introduced WAAAAY too many characters, held on to ones for too long, and fallen in love with demons and demonology. I own every single book he's written, and I will buy Magicians End on the day it comes out. I am predicting some transcendence on Pug's behalf, and I do expect that Thomas will die. I hope that REF doesn't balls this up too much. He did an amazing job developing Pug and Thomas over the last 35 years and it would be a disappointing slap in the face to kill either of them without a really skillful and plausible build up

 

[Bick]

I don't necessarily believe that the books have got worse; his writing style seems to have changed quite a bit (starting with Talon of the Silver Hawk).

I've heard this from a few readers. it makes me wonder if he's getting some of his books co-written or ghost-written?

As to whether Pug will die? Personally, I've always thought the name was very poor, so I kinda hope so!