Off the Raymond E Feist FAQ:


Are Kulgan and Meecham a gay couple?

From: "Raymond E. Feist"
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1996 09:56:07 -0800
Subject: Re: Behavior or genes?

Kulgan and Meecham were characters I didn't wish to create controversy with, rather just let them live together in the woods and have Meecham disapear when Kulgan died. If you reread their exchanges, especially in Silverthorn, you can see a hint of a couple, rather than a man and servant as was publicly their roles. But two old guys living together in the woods for 20+ years? Ya, roomates.

LOL


What would happen if someone were to name their child Nalar?

> From: "Raymond E. Feist"
> Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 09:45:22 -0800
> Subject: Re: [spoiler]Names
They wouldn't. It wouldn't occur to anyone; the gods would see to that. It would be subtle. Someone might begin to think the name, but somehow it would change to "Nolar," or "Nelor," and then they'd think, "Why don't I just name the kid 'Rectal Itch' or 'Seeping Boil?'" and they'd get rid of the idea. There are fail safes built into the system.

Haha.


How come each chapter in REF's books starts like "The Storm Broke"?

> From: "Raymond E. Feist"
> Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 14:12:00 -0700
> Subject: Re: Stylistic query for REF
It was just something I tried with Magician that seemed to stick. Every chapter but one (I think it's 24 in Mistress) starts that way. Janny and I blew it in that one instance. Anyway, we did it with the Empire stuff because it's related. Faere Tale, on the other hand, doesn't have that, neither will any other non-Midkemian related books.

This is a very irritating quirk of the Midkemia books. All the chapters start with something like: "Pug ran", "Eric grimaced" or that sort of thing.


Is Tsurani culture based on Japanese culture?

From: "Raymond E. Feist"
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 07:07:15 -0800
Subject: Re: Tsurani

Japan during the Tokagawa Shogunate, China during the Sung Dynasty, Korea for some of the cultural window dressing, a touch of Zulu from before the Zulu-Boer War, and a couple of things I cribbed from the Aztecs. Mix well, stir, and pour.


Other excerpts:

""Feist stuck his girlfriend's name on the book" deal, or any of the other things people have said over the years. As to the last, Janny was never my girlfriend, so I don't know where that one started."