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Eddings

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  • 18-06-1999 8:31pm
    #1
    rory
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    I would just like to make the comment that the best series ever written are edding's belgariad,mallorean,polgara,belgarth....
    they are simply incredible(i'm on my 8 reading of the set)
    but i've heard that the rest of his books are disappointing which i find hard to believe but before i make a hefty financial plunge into buying them i would like some advice/feedback
    thank you
    rory


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    DeViant
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    Isn't he the guy who just keeps re-writing the same story again and again???

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    B.


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    Draco
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    Yep.

    They're alright but Belgarath is a bit of an indulgence and Polgara is a rather large bunch of feminist tripe. I haven't read the Rivan Codex, but I haven't heard anything good about it...

    Draco


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    #4
    rory
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15 ✭rory


    but does any1 have any insights into his others...not the belgarion books


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    Draco
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    You mean the Mallorean? (more or less the same story as The Belgariad, better written though)
    Or the Elium (how ever it is spelt)? - Quite good I thought
    Or the Tamuli? (more or less the same story as The Elium, better written though...hmmm where did I say that before)
    Or High Hunt? Okay
    Or The Losers? Strange but good
    (The last two are his Real Life books)

    Draco


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    Graysonn
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    The elysium and the Tamuli are just the Belgariad and the Malorian re-written.
    They're about a bloke who has to go looking for an almighty stone created by the Gods.
    Does that sound familar to anyone???
    Still they're a good read if a bit unimaginative after the belgariad and malorian


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    mewso
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    Yeah Eddings is quite simplistic really. I enjoyed the Belgariad, the Malorian, Elenium and Tamuli but his writing is a bit soft for me overall.

    M


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