webby Wrote:What was your first FPW or Repairman Jack? How did it all start for you?I read the Adversary Cycle in order, probably shortly after Night World was published in paperback (don't remember date for sure). I was one of the lucky ones who was left hanging as to the fate of Jack after his adventures with the Rakoshi. I've always thought that the ending of The Tomb made it a superior book and that those who already knew of his fate (having read subsequent books before reading The Tomb and knowing that Jack survived) missed out on a little something.
webby Wrote:What was your first FPW or Repairman Jack? How did it all start for you?
KRW Wrote:I checked it out, and sure enough, Jim was posting crazy talk! So I logged on just to make his life miserable!Is that what happened to my sanity and happiness?!?!? I always wondered... :p
Ken
webby Wrote:This may already be a thread somewhere but the search won't look for the word "first", so what the heck, I'll start a fresh thread even if there is one out there in the past. I've thought of doing this before but tonight I was inspired by the stories on the Keep Game thread, so...
What was your first FPW or Repairman Jack? How did it all start for you?
My story is that I was in a "dollar" store - the modern equivalent of the five and dime - picking up some odds & ends and I saw a book rack, which will always make me pause. I looked at what was there and much of it looked like pure drivel, but one paperback caught my eye and the description sounded pretty interesting. Yep - it was Repairman Jack, specifically The Tomb. I bought it for $1.00.
After reading it and absolutely loving it, I started looking specifically for Repairman Jack books. Once I'd caught up with those, I hunted online until I found copies of the whole AC. Then other FPW books.
I still have a few non-AC books to find, but what a great adventure it has been so far -- and what a thrill to find all the great people on this board too!
Biggles Wrote:I read The Keep when it first came out in paperback (whenever that was). Then I read each of the AC in order in paperback before any of Paul's other stuff. When Legacies came out in hardcover, I became a collector. The rest is history--now I'm part of "The Cult". Pass the Kool-Aid (root beer, please).