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Ahleal V
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It may be of interest to some of you that BBC News is reporting that the fantasy author David Eddings has died.
His books were never good - and even when I was young, I knew that - but I devoured them anyway. I still reread both series of books every two years or so; though by this point I don't really need to as I know the stories inside out. They're books that I read when I have the flu and I can curl up in bed with some chicken soup.
I didn't read his more recent offerings; the last one I read was Polgara the Sorceress. However, I do remember some interview a few years back whereby he didn't seem to have taken well to the advent of the Internet and computers and fans openly discussing and criticising his work...
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John Donne
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Oh gosh! Well his work wasn't high literature, but he had a formula for crafting engaging tales that entertained a lot of people (and got young'uns reading as they were v accessible). Sort of our generation's H. Rider Haggard.
Thx for the stories, go well dude.
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Geneviève
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Yes, loved the first two series for his characterizations. Rest in peace, DE
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Mamacita
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Memorial threads go in All Saints. Away you go...
Mamacita, Heavenly Host
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dj_ordinaire
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That's strange... I could have absolutely *sworn* that he died a couple of years ago... ![[Confused]](confused.gif) Am I thinking of someone else?
As 'rearranging the furniture in Tolkien's attic' goes, he wrote some decent yarns - rather enjoyed The Redemption of Althalus - sorry to hear about him anyway, God speed.
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Celtic Knotweed
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![[Waterworks]](graemlins/bawling.gif) Another author I've enjoyed bites the dust.
I still re-read some of the sets every now and then.
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JonahMan
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I just re-read his first two series (Belgariad and Mallorean) prior to giving them to Jonahlet no 1 to read..... quite engaging in some ways, though very unsubtle in others. Always sad when an author you've enjoyed will never produce anything again (though Tolkien seems to manage it even so).
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basso
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quote:
Originally posted by dj_ordinaire:
That's strange... I could have absolutely *sworn* that he died a couple of years ago... Am I thinking of someone else?
The same thing occurred to me, but I think I was thinking of Robert Jordan.
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Beldaran
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Unsurprisingly I love his books, to me they're a nice easy read that doesn't tax the mind and are un put downable till the end.
I will miss him. x
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Og: Thread Killer
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His thesis for writing his books his way, that the story is about how the group succeeds together due to their dedication to each other, was a bit overly pointed and unsubtle; but ever since, I've been unable to read or watch things overly selfish or depressing, which is tough in this "Even Doctor Who has to suffer" post-911 entertainment world.
Seems Eddings imprinted his entertainment values on me as a young 20ish type, and ever since, I've been trying to get back to that.
RIP....I must admit to really enjoying those books.
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Suzywoozy
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Those were the favourite books of my early teens. I too have been rereading the Belgariad before giving them to my 12 year old daughter. I think the very length of the Belgariad and the Mallorean made me feel like I had lost dear friends when I had finished the books. I reread in my early 20s and didn't enjoy them, but am now approaching my 40s and loving them once more. Not high art but very very lovable. RIP ![[Votive]](graemlins/votive.gif)
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Nunc Dimittis
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I've just finished reading the Belgariad and Malloreon, and couldn't put them down.
May their author rest in peace and rise in glory.
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Patdys
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I have just passed them along to my son. Again, not great literature but very 'chicken soupy', nice for a wintry day. RIP
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Zwingli
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When I was 12 a kindly school librarian gave me a copy of Pawn of Prophecy, and I was hooked. It and the next two books of the first series were my favourites; unfortunately the quality then declined significantly (though gradually), and I kept reading each new release and wondering why they no longer had the effect of the first couple of books.
Back in the days when I thought I would have liked to be a novelist (I was about 15) I remember deciding to study the structure of Eddings' writing to work out why he was so readable, and see if it could be replicated.
I never quite bought into the idea that Eddings wrote low quality bubblegum fiction. He certainly seemed more intelligent than whet most of my friends were reading at the time.
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