Eddings now and forever

[Esioul]

I read a few books, or the beginnings of some of them, from the Belgariad series. I found them to be very samey and not very full of any interesting ideas... but maybe I read the wrong ones?

[Sirathiel]

Yes, the Belgariad starts very slow. I remember that I was a bit afraid after having read the beginning of its first book that I wouldn't really like the book. The Belgariad will never be one of my favourites, but it is a little fun read.

Maybe, Esioul, you should try the Elenium. I liked it much better and I think it got going a bit faster. I liked its characters very much. They have their quirks and faults and I think these books quite humerous.

I liked especially the very different religions of the Elenium world. And the way the gods were depicted. I don't know if you'll like them, too. But if a library near you has the Elenium it couln't hurt to try. Right?

[Tyrion]

i love eddings and i agree that athalus sucks but the garion and sparhawk books are still cool george r.r martin and david gemmell are the best

[erickad71]

Hi there.
Nice choice for a name, Tyrion is one of my favorite characters in the Song of Ice and Fire series. Glad you found us.

[Princess Ivy]

Don't worry, I am also an Eddings fan, although not of the Althulus and that odd one about the twins (which I still cannot remember the title of) But I am looking forward to his new series!!!!
VERY much.
Sorry, I did like Sparhawk though. But I am a girl, maybe that does explain it. Maybe I can redeam myself by admitting that I like Kalten even better?

[LadyFel]

My favourite has to be Ulath...and Aphrael

The Elenium and Tamuli trilogies are the only ones I've read so far, and I wasn't too impressed with some of the backtracking in the story, like he's trying to teach a five year old to remember what to concentrate on...But the characters were good, Sparhawk was admittedly a bit of a pain, but so would anyone be with his wife and daughter...

Then again, I like the camaraderie they all display in their interaction, and the periodic repetition of certain jokes...although by the end I was more groaning than giggling at 'Be nice' and other jewels...

Fun to read once, I might even go back to read them again in a couple of years, but not one to put among my favourite authors...

[aftermath]

I read most of eddings work exceptfor his first seires and im working the one. I have no memory for book titles, i just remember the story. But I really loved Athulus. I found it to be very amusing. But everyone has their favorites.

I just bought the Edler Gods two days ago, the first one in the Dreamers seires. I havent had time to read it all yet but I have read the first 100 or so pages and its pretty good so far. I really like it.

[Suzie]

Originally Posted by Twelve

Oh, I forgot to write about what I like to read...

Ummm...outside of the OTHERLAND series, I have much respect for Tad Williams' work.

I like Terry Brooks.

I have mixed feelings about George R.R. Martin.

I like R.A. Salvatore.

Like Michael Moorcock.

I like Robert Holdstock.

I also like to read historical fiction, mystery, military, and espionage books.

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Have you read Bernard Cornwells' Harlequin, If you haven't it sound like you would like it, I thought it was great, but I like Eddings so I'll leave that one with you.

[Suzie]

Originally Posted by jerchar

Hello everyone,
I just registered, I would really like to find somebody who likes Eddings as much as I do, right now I am re-reading The Elenium, just finished the first book, it's even better than seeing a movie for the second time. Does anybody hate Sparhawk, I would like to hear what you think of him, women I think will almost find him perfect, whereas men.... I am very curious about your comments.

Hi Jerchar

I love Eddings and it's nice to see that I have someone else here that thinks his books are great (with a couple of exceptions, one being the Riven Codex!) I really like most of the charactors but when it's been a while between readings I confess to mixing some of them up. I reread the Belgaread about 6 months ago but I havent read the Tamuli for ages. Will start to read again in hopes of long discussions about how great it is!

[Circus Cranium]

I read 'The Losers', his non fantasy one. It was really slow to start, but I ended up loving it. He's got a really nice voice to his writing, very clever.

[freight_train6]

I think Eddings is awsome at describing events and a true genious when it comes to working through a problem. The will and the word what better of a way to describe magic? I truely dont think we got to hear enough about chaldan and nedra enough we were decribed all the rest in good detail. I believe Eddings is very good at what he does and anyone willing to put that down hasnt read enough.

[talen]

if you read the elenium i got really emotional when kurik died i nearly cried even martels death nearly made me cry how sephriena reacted and im not the emotional guy lol

[The Ace]

Eddings' quality deteriorated badly after the Garion books. He wrote some excellent fantasy at the beginning, but then fell away. I know that Elenium/Tamuli have their followers, but I don't think much of them at all , and anything later is a waste of paper.

[Fantasy Reader]

I must agree with you, although i liked Althalus as well. The new series is so boring, I cannot believe that Eddings wrote it. I still think that the best books he ever wrote were Polgara and Belgareth.

[pukka sahib]

I read The Belgariad series about five six years ago (im still a teen...don't hold that against me) and I loved it, im pretty sure over the space of those said five-six years Ive read the series about four times unfortunately My towns library is pretty shocking (it rarely has even the classics like Jane Austen or the Bronte sisters) and I've been unabe to finish the Mallorean series. I have read the Elenium and Tamuli series and enjoyed it but did find it a bit disappointing at the similarities. I have other favs but im young and still in love with Belgariad.