> On Fri, 09 Jul 2004 10:59:42 +0200, Thierry CHARLES  
> <thierry@_no_spam_les-charles.net> wrote:
> 
>> The french titles are :
> 
> 
> That explains it.
> 
> 
> 
>> - Pug, l'apprenti
>> - Milamber, le mage
> 
> 
> Those would be "Magician: Apprentice" and "Magician: Master". It's 
> really  just one book ("Magician"), but some publishers split it into two.
> 
> 
>> - Silverthorn
> 
> 
> This one apparently kept it's original title.
> 
> 

> 
> 
> "A darkness at Sethanon"
> 
> As for what the place in question is called in the original language, 
> see  my signature.
> 
> 
> Those three ("Magician", "Silverthorn", "A darkness at Sethanon") form 
> the  series "The Riftwar Saga".
> 
> I don't get why the French publisher changed the name of the series. I  
> could understand if they wanted a French name for it, but if they're 
> gonna  have an English title, they could have just stuck with the original.

Yes, it's a really strange idea !

>> - Prince de Sang
> "Prince of the blood"
> 
> I'm not sure what series that book, and the next one ("The king's  
> buccaneer"), officially belongs to, but I've seen them referred to as  
> "Krondor's sons". I've also seen them bundled with "The riftwar saga", 
> but  I think that's just laziness on the part of book-store keepers.

There is a continuity between the 4 first books and this one, In the 
french edition it is presented as the continuation of the saga

> I have to say, I think you're really missing out by reading the French  
> translations. A translator will never be able to capture the "feel" of 
> the  writing. Unless your English reading comprehension is really poor 
> (judging  from your posts, that doesn't seem to be the case), I really 
> recommend  that you try to get hold of the English versions.
> 

I think I'll try with the sixth book :)


Thanks.

Thierry

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