The next best thing to experiencing something yourself is to hear people talk about their interests, sharing their experiences and stories. And the best stories are those that come from passion - striving to overcome obstacles on your way to succeeding in your chosen field, funny anecdotes, hardships endured. "Release The Geek" is our weekly forum to chat to people who are geeky about something - they could be successful, semi-so, or on their way to achieving a level of it but they've all got one thing in common - passion. Can't replicate it. And we want to share their experiences, their hurdles, their stories with the greater geek populace (or anyone who would care to).
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Episode 8 - Midkemian Geekery with Raymond E. Feist
London Times and New York Times bestseller Raymond E. Feist, author of The Riftwar Saga, The Empire Trilogy, Faerie Tale and many more much loved novels helps us Release The Geek this week! We sat down recently with Raymond for an animated and entertaining discussion that moved across a number of topics, including:
- How the world of Midkemia came to be, and the South African connection to the continent of Novindus
- Playing World of Warcraft with his family
- How a young sci-fi/fantasy geek kid came to be so interested in sport
- And how the love and belief of a group of his friends launched a career that resulted in selling millions and millions of books around the world and gaining many adoring fans
Plus we'll find out the connection between author Jeffrey Archer and one of the darkest plagues of our time.