The Riftwar Saga
by Raymond E. Feist · first published 1988
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Its not SciFi, but Magician by Raymond E Feist (the Riftwar saga) would make a great tv series, there are lots and lots of books.
on “Ask HN: Which SciFi novel(s) would you want made into a TV series?” ↗My vote would be for The Riftwar Saga by Raymond Feist. Another series that would be basically a better version of LoTR would be The Belgariad and The Malloreon series from David Eddings. 10+ books worth of material from the two series.
on “Four book adaptations we want instead of more Lord of the Rings movies” ↗Just finished: Ready Player One and The Riftwar Saga (both very enjoyable) Reading: Predictably Irrational (more substance than most business books I've read)
on “Ask HN: What is HN reading?” ↗…original series up on a recommendation from a college friend. I went in thinking I was too old for a "YA Fantasy" book to make my heart ache. Wrong, wrong, wrong. Took me right back to bawling over Feist's Riftwar Saga as a young teen.
on “Ask HN: What book bit, stung and shook you deeply?” ↗The Riftwar Saga by Raymond E. Feist (Magician, Silverthorn, A Darkness at Sethanon), while not an officially licensed D&D tie-in, is based on a D&D campaign the author played in at UCSD in the 1970s. I think the Malazan…
on “The Eldritch Roots of Dungeons and Dragons” ↗> The Riftwar Saga by Raymond E. Feist (Magician, Silverthorn, A Darkness at Sethanon), while not an officially licensed D&D tie-in, is based on a D&D campaign the author played in at UCSD in the 1970s. The books are set…
on “The Eldritch Roots of Dungeons and Dragons” ↗