david eddings

I've reread all of his fantasy books several times. They are pretty good. But he often takes the easy way out. Example: In the Malloreon, using a character to decide what happens. Boring and annoying. Many of his characters are too powerful. e.g. those creater beings in the dreamers. can't...

Hey, this (Campfire stories by *JessKat83 on deviantART) was recently done for me by an artist on DeviantArt. I requested Tynian and Ulath sitting around a campfire telling their stories - and me thrown in because that would be an awesome way to pass an evening, seeing who can spin the biggest...

Hi guys n galz. I, like you all, am a big fan of David Eddings work. I read some of his stuff when I was much younger and I really want to read them all again from start to finish. Which brings me to an age old question regarding his books. Belgarath The Sorcerer..... This is the prequel to...

I have read David Eddings Belgariad series sometime ago and enjoyed very much. Now I am going to embark soon on the The Dreamers series, which has now reached four books, are there going to be any more? Please don't post spoilers as I start on this series, thankyou Ian.

Baisicly, I've always wondered about this and now I've joined sffChronicles i thought id ask. Because Garion can use the will and the word, will he live longer than the avarage person?? And if so what about Ce'nedra?? She cant use the will and the word, all she can really do is use her...

Not sure if there's another thread on this, my apologies if there is. Just curious how the rest of you might rank those with "Talent" in the Belgariad/Mallorean series. I haven't really solidified any sort of list myself. I know each of them has different abilities that the others don't...

What book/s are on your nitestand right now? Weyrs of Pern is on mine.'08.

Hi guys new to the forums here and just want some opinions from fellow fantasy readers. I am a huge fan of science fantasy having read the works of Terry Brooks, Raymond E Feist, Robert Jordan, Robin Hobb and David Gemmell to name afew. I have always steered clear of David Eddings, i can't...

I've just heard that fantasy author David Eddings passed away last night (June 2nd) at the age of 77. I haven't read anything by him in several years but greatly enjoyed his earlier work. Another sad loss. :(

I thought it would be interesting to ask everyone why they started reading Eddings in the first place, how old they were, etc. I first read the Belgariad when I was seven. I pinched the books off my auntie because she kept saying how good they were :) I'd read them by torchlight when I was...

Greetings everyone, I was recently inspired to try some "just for fun" fan writing. (By day, I write documents for the government. The plots are terribly dry, and in the end, the State always wins no matter how much of our money it spends.) After two dozen short stories and a few novellas...

I'm curious as to who is your least favourite character by Eddings? And let's try to keep the bad guys out of this :p For me personally I'd have to say Stragen (in the Elenium/Tamuli). I'm not exactly sure why. He just never seems to fit, for some reason. - Dreir -

I just read the belgariad and the mallorean through a second time, and at the end of The Seeress of Kell, Beldin and Vella turned into hawks and flew away, but there's this one sentence that they were "never again to return". but isnt beldin immortal? and vella mortal, so does that mean that...

I read The Belgariad years ago, and remember it as being a pretty average-to-good fantasy series....just picked up a 2-volume set of The Mallorean, and having a bit of trouble with it: specifically, the habit DE has of taking four pages to describe in detail (say) how the party set up camp for...

I was thinking the other day of all the knights that go off with sparhawk in search of a cure for the queen. These are all noblemen, but of what rank? In Domes of Fire, They are introduced to the Emperor and their titles given, but one is missing (sort of). The ranks, in order, are...

I haven't read these books for ages, but I have the urge to find the passages about this character/ remember his name. I believe he was first spotted with his donkey or horse by Belgarath and Garion as they were journeying somewhere (forest/mountainous setting). Belgarath signified that he'd met...

Well I noticed that when I read Eragon by Christoper Paolini there are alot of similarities in the story. The twins (Beltira and Belkira). In Eragon theres a twin too. They even have the same mind as Belkira and Beltira. The silver mark on the right hand of Garion (In Eragon...Eragon has a...

Hi, I read David Eddings' first belgariad book and I really liked it, but when I read the second one, I just couldn't get into it. Has anyone else had this problem? Should I just try again? Ed - Threddy

Have tried twice to read the Belgoriad, but both times I can't seem to get drawn into the story enough to read the whole thing...My mate says its great, but well I've tried but it just hasn't captured my interest that much. I've heard mixed things about Eddings overall, but am unsure whether I...

while reading the awakening they made a reference to tristan and iseult and when i checked the footnotes it said the story was about tristan falling in love wit iseult who is his uncle's wife first thing i thought of was the belgariad have u noticed any other allusions?