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Re: David Eddings Mossman Send a noteboard - 24/03/2011 07:55:05 PM
Have you read anything by Eddings?


Yes. Read the Belgariad, the Mallorean, and the Sparhawk books. Tried The Redemption of Althalus and couldn't make it through.

If yes, how long ago did you (first) read it/them?


Twenty or so years ago. I read the first three WoT books and was looking for something else in the genre.

Do you reread?


I've re-listened on audiobook. I like to have a book going when I'm doing home improvement jobs and the like.

What's your favourite of his series?

Probably the Belgariad. The Mallorean is perhaps better-written, but it's too much like a repeat of the first series.

Favourite character?


Hmmm... probably Beldin, maybe Drosta, but none of the characters are particularly meaty.


Are the Elenium and Tamuli set in a version of Earth? Or is it a version of the world of the Belgariad and Mallorean?


Neither. It just seems like a version of the Belgariad world because Eddings tended to keep rehashing versions of the same idea.

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Oh. Totally bad place to start. - 16/03/2011 09:45:40 PM 1345 Views
No. Never cared to read it, since I rarely read epic fantasies until 13-14 years ago. *NM* - 16/03/2011 09:33:52 PM 759 Views
Makes sense. *NM* - 16/03/2011 09:46:04 PM 699 Views
I sure have read Mr. Eddings - 16/03/2011 09:44:24 PM 1613 Views
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Only the Belgariad. - 16/03/2011 11:24:32 PM 1430 Views
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I read one of his books when I was in about seventh grade. - 17/03/2011 05:20:15 AM 1325 Views
LOL. - 18/03/2011 02:05:58 PM 1255 Views
I really liked the first two series but his style got really stale after that *NM* - 17/03/2011 01:30:33 PM 569 Views
Makes sense, even though I don't agree with you. *NM* - 18/03/2011 02:06:38 PM 553 Views
I really loved the first books - 25/03/2011 07:09:49 PM 1228 Views
Too many books. - 17/03/2011 07:10:16 PM 1175 Views
He should have stopped writing after Polgara. - 18/03/2011 02:07:30 PM 1158 Views
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I read Elenium 10 years ago or so - 17/03/2011 10:25:09 PM 1464 Views
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Horrible, horrible writer. One of the worst I've ever had the misfortune to read. *NM* - 17/03/2011 11:00:41 PM 643 Views
You're quite lucky if he's one of the worst. *NM* - 18/03/2011 08:44:17 AM 554 Views
The Belgariad and The Elenium are both decent popcorn reads - 18/03/2011 11:40:24 AM 1435 Views
~nods~ - 18/03/2011 02:14:49 PM 1227 Views
Hate to say it, but about 30 years ago - man do I feel old now - 18/03/2011 12:34:12 PM 1214 Views
Makes me feel a lot better about the 18 years I've been reading them. - 18/03/2011 02:15:47 PM 1194 Views
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I read the Belgariad when I was 10 or 11. - 20/03/2011 04:14:07 AM 1400 Views
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