From the Bookshelf of The Sword and Laser…

Magician: Apprentice (The Riftwar Saga, #1)

Raymond E. Feist

Start date: May 1, 2020

Finish date: May 31, 2020

Discussion: Magician: Apprentice

Find A Copy At

Libraries

Group Discussions About This Book

Showing 2 of 5 topics — 177 comments total

Magician: Apprentice

MA: has it aged well?
By Ruth · 59 posts · 260 views

last updated Jul 08, 2020 02:26PM

MA: Data dump...you got the cutest little, daaaata dump...
By John (Taloni) · 5 posts · 61 views

last updated Jun 02, 2020 07:03PM

showing 10 of 33 topics view all »

What Members Thought

Feb 25, 2016 Silvana rated it liked it

Shelves: reading-with-friends, fyeahfantasy, growing-up, dick-lit

Why hello old school fantasy! Long time no see. I see that you still have dwarves of Moria, beautiful elves living in trees, farm boys turns great warriors, plucky princess and overwhelmingly likable characters. Oh and a cute dragon pet.

Not that I mind them much in this book. The writing and the pacing are good (I didn't yawn when reading this book) and the main characters, at least Pug and Tomas, make you want to hug them and muss their hair. Pug reminds me of Fitzchivalry Farseer, albeit with ...more

16 likes · Like · see review

May 25, 2020 Beth rated it liked it

Shelves: sword-and-laser, fantasy

This book was a bit of a nostalgia trip -- it came out in the 1980's, so it's around the Sword of Shannara time. It hits a lot of tropes that are a bit hackneyed today but weren't so well-worn back then -- there's an orphan boy with unusual magic, there are girls without much personality beyond flirting with boys who suddenly astonish everyone by wanting to learn swordplay (not that she's any good at it), there's even a short cut through a mountain led by a dwarf who warns them of dangerous thin ...more

1 like · Like · see review

Jun 03, 2020 Leesa rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2020, audiobook, 20xx_s-l_team_veronica

My rating is closer to 3.5 stars, but I bumped it up to 4 because overall I did like the concept of the aliens, and the characters were, in general, likable, sympathetic, and decent.

1 like · Like · see review