David Eddings

[§Honeymouse§]

I love all of David Eddings books but my absolute favourites are the Belgariad and the Mallorean series you cant beat them except maybe with the Ballybran books.

[Kitsch]

Have you read the Polgara and Belgarath books? They aren't part of a series as such but kind of follow on from the Malloreon and provide history of the Eddingsverse which covers from the creation of the world up until the beginning of the Belgariad

[Beisla]

Yep, Eddings is one of my favorite authors. His books are what got me interested in fantasy in the first place. :D

I love the Belgariad and the Malloreon (my favorite), plus Belgarath and Polgara's books, but I didn't much like the Elenium and the Tamuli. Althalus was all right, though nowhere near as good as the first two series. I also enjoyed Regina's Song. I haven't gotten around to reading his newest series yet, but I'm going to, even though I hear it's not very different from his other series.

[AnnMarie]

The Elder Gods is different in that the gods themselves seem to be the main characters, rather than just on the edges. (Well, except Fern.... I don't think anyone would DARE put HER on the fringes! LOL)

[§Honeymouse§]

i love the polgara and belgrath books, but Althalus was one of ma favs. ( luv Emmy the cat) :wave: :fiend:

[Elisabetha]

I love most of Eddings books. I have not yet read the Rivan codex and also havén't started on the Elder Gods. I think I will wait with that one untill the series is complete. The one book I didn't like was written by Eddings before he started writing fantasy. The title is High Hunt. I bought it at a bookmarket and never finished it. It was rather horrible and IMO badly written. But I can forgive him, as all authors have to learn how to write somehow / somewhere.

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[Brenda]

Just curious, what are these books about and which one should I start with?

[Beisla]

Just curious, what are these books about and which one should I start with?His books (or actually, most of them are written with his wife Leigh Eddings) are mostly traditional fantasy.

There are four different fantasy worlds, of which you can start with any. I myself recommend the Belgariad/Malloreon world, but everyone has their own preferances of course. :D

1st world: Books should be read in the following order:
The Belgariad (series): start with Pawn of Prophecy, then the rest of the series, then The Malloreon (beginning with Guardians of the West), then Belgarath the Sorcerer and Polgara the Sorceress. Oh, and The Rivan Codex if you want more background info.

2nd world: first The Elenium, beginning with The Diamond Throne, then The Tamuli beginning with Domes of Fire.

3rd world: The Redemption of Althalus (stand-alone)

4th world: (new series, four-part, first two books are published) Dreamers, beginning with The Elder Gods.

Whole bibliography here (http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/authors/David_Eddings.htm). Click on the names of the books for more info.

[Lady of the weyr]

Eddings is one of my favorite authors, i love reading them! I've read everything from the belgariad to the elinium! As far as i no, I've read every single book he's written, which took a while lol!

You can probably tell from this posting that im a bookworm! :)

[Lady of the weyr]

Eddings is one of my favorite authors, i love reading them! I've read everything from the belgariad to the elinium! As far as i know, I've read every single book he's written, which took a while lol!

You can probably tell from this posting that im a bookworm! :)

[Elisabetha]

Lady of the weyr, have you read the books he has written before he started on fantasy? I would like to know what someone else thinks of them. I have only tried High Hunt and as I said before found it rather horrible and couldn't get into it.

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[Beisla]

Lady of the weyr, have you read the books he has written before he started on fantasy? I would like to know what someone else thinks of them. I have only tried High Hunt and as I said before found it rather horrible and couldn't get into it.

:bouncy: :bouncy: :bouncy:I've also tried that one, but couldn't get into it, either. I remember I never finished reading it.

[Lady of the weyr]

well, i'm not to sure if i have read high hunt. I know I've looked at it but i cant remember if i've actually read it! i may not have though, as from what I've read of it, the beginnings not exactly I would get into ( but I'll try too).

[Mausey]

I've got all their fantasy books except the Riven Codex and the Dreamers. I'm not sure if I'll buy them though. They're interesting books, but nothing special so far.

[granath]

I've only read the Polgara books, in Spanish translation six years ago. Okay to combat boredom when my flatmates were elsewhere and I had nothing else to do. :roll:

[Faren]

Lady of the weyr, have you read the books he has written before he started on fantasy? I would like to know what someone else thinks of them. I have only tried High Hunt and as I said before found it rather horrible and couldn't get into it.

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I read The Losers ...it was very different. Reminded me more of Regina's Song. It wasn't fantasy at all.
And yes, the Belgariad and Mallorean are my favorite of his series. I've read both of the Elder Gods books and they are ok...not anywhere as good as his earlier stuff though.

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The Redemption of Althalus...


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The Redemption of Althalus is brilliant, i loved his journey into civilisation to requisition the wealth of the rich ... with all the results that followed :D especialy when he threw away money that he didnt realise was money :rofl:

emmy is brilliant too, i do think it was cruel though how she just tells him how long he's been away from his world for ;)

[Elisabetha]

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Those are some of my favourite scenes in the book as well -H- . I had a lot of fun imagining his face when he realised that he had thrown away money :devil: . Emmy is among the best characters (or maybe that should be types) that the Eddingses have written.

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[Beisla]

Elisabetha, maybe you should put a spoiler warning on your post...

[Anneli]

Maybe you should give them another go?

I prefer the Elenium trilogy (although the first book is pretty slow, the third one called "The Sapphire Rose" more than makes up for it in terms of being interesting and funny at the same time ;) )

IMO the Belgariad is good, but the Malloreon then more or less repeats the Belgariad since that's what the fans wanted :(

*no prizes for spotting similarities with the continuation of Ninth Pass Pern due to "popular demand"* :(

I've only read the Polgara books, in Spanish translation six years ago. Okay to combat boredom when my flatmates were elsewhere and I had nothing else to do. :roll:

[Magician Girl]

I have read all of the books by David Eddings except for a couple books here and there. I have also read The Elder Gods and now reading The Treasured One. I think these books are very good so far. I am looking forward to the third book.

[dae]

Regina's Song was a strange book but i liked it as much as his other ones but i need to read it agian because i know i missed alot of the story line :D

[B`dgyr]

Funny, I loved the Belgariad. Absolutely loved it! Loved Polgara! Loved Belgarath the Sorceror!
Didn't care for the Malloreon at all....Except the end, when Belgarath finally gets what he deserves...
One would think one would have known what one was going to be rewarded with.....

[granath]

It might be fun reading them in English this time. I probably missed a lot of the humor in Spanish, because puns and the like are notoriously difficult to translate.

[Silverspirit157]

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I liked the Malloreon better than the Belgariad, mainly because it skipped Barak and Mandorallen. Personally I like Sadi and Velvet more as companions to the "Child of Light". Also, you see a lot more of Beldin! He's one of Mr Eddings's better characters! :D

Zandramas is also a better villain than Torak. In the Belgariad, he's just a shadowy force behind the Grolims but in the Malloreon, you have her appearing almost at random, instilling fear and hate in the companions in a way Torak never did.

Eddings should have continued that pattern in the Elder Gods and Althalus but didn't. The Vlagh and Daeva are again barely present. You hardly feel that they menace the world at all! Also, the goals of Torak, the Vlagh and Daeva are less well defined than in Malloreon. The Malloreon is my fav series! :D :bow:

[Faren]

You know, I have a stack of books I haven't read yet (including Dragonsblood)
and yet, as I was browsing in a bookstore last weekend, I picked up Volume 1 of the Belgariad (includes the first 3 books in the series...I already owned the last two). My son stole it from me first (he's read the series before, but dropped the book he was currently reading), and now I'm re-reading it too with all the pleasure I got the first time.

That's the hallmark of a good author. :ok:

[Rinoa]

I started reading David Eddings out of desperation. I was on vacation in London during the first week of June and finished all the books i had with me. I went to a bookstore with a friend and started browsing for something to read. I picked up one of the Eddings books because 1) it was in the Science Fiction/Fantasy section 2) It was by David and Leigh Eddings (my first name - so it must be quality) and 3) I had heard the name somewhere before. I was very impressed and, as soon as I got home, went to the used bookstore I frequent to buy the rest of the series. I haven't gotten any others yet, but I will hopefully get them very soon.

[Paulita]

Just finished the Belgariad. Why didn't I find him sooner. I only picked up a copy of Althalus because I needed something to read on a train journey about 4 mths ago I'm now hooked. Time to buy more!!!!!!!!!!

[Mausey]

I'm glad I read the other books before I read Althalus. It was a good enough story, but I don't know if it would have hooked me like Belgarion and group did.

[Faren]

I agree with you, Mausey. Now the Sparhawk series was as good if not better IMO.

[Lessaruatha]

I love the Sparhawk series equally as well as the Belgariad and Mallorean series'.

Lessa

[-H-]

The Redemption of Althalus was by far the best book the Eddings's wrote ... Its a shame it wasn't expanded into a series :(

[Elisabetha]

It is really interesting to see that so many people think different series by the Eddingses are the best they have written. Especially as they don't really differ that much (I can't talk about the Elder GOd's series as I have not yet read them), apart from Regina's song that is. I have to admit that I have a favourite series too, that is the Sparhawk books. I think maybe it is not a question of which books are better, it might be more a question of which world/characters are more to someones liking?

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[Lessaruatha]

I think you have hit the nail on the head there Elisabeth.

Lessa

[Brenda]

Well, I finally went and got the first two books of the Belgariad - and went right through them! I like that we don't know any more than the main character does - although the myth at the beginning does give a few hints.

[Aurelia]

I've read the first two books of the [I]Belgariad/I]n as well - I love the myth, and I love the sensible, no-nonsense attitude of Belgarath and Polgara.

[Faren]

I'm very disappointed with his last series, The Dreamers. I tried...I read the first two and barely tolerated it. But this last one, "The Crystal Gorge" was just awful. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone. If you haven't read it, spare yourself.:sad:

[Mausey]

Too late Faren. :D I've already started the series and I can't quit now. I will read the entire series, but I WILL NOT be buying them. Not his best work by any stretch of the imagination.

[Faren]

http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20070126/NEWS/101260101

Poor guy. I didn't know that Leigh was so ill either. :sorry:

[Beisla]

Oh no. :sad:


Thanks for the link, Faren.

[Lessaruatha]

not a smart thing to do. Glad noone was hurt though

[Kath]

It gets worse.

http://www.locusmag.com/


Leigh Eddings is reported to have died last week after a series of strokes.

[Faren]

Aww...I am so sorry to hear that. Poor man. :sad:

[Beisla]

What terrible news. :cry:

[edith]

How sad!
Poor David!

I've been eading his stuff for a year and a half now.

If it wasn't so sad I'd say the fire could be something out of one of hi books!

[sjslack]

-Winces- Ouch...

I'm reading one of his books at the moment, 'Redeption of Althalus'. A house burning down is bad enough...but for there to be manuscripts there as well? -Shudders-

[GoldriderAria]

Oh my! That's awful! :(

I love his work. The Belgariad and Mallorean (and all other related novels) have always been fun and relaxing reads for me when I need something fast and easy. :) I love his way with dialogue.

I also enjoyed the two Sparhawk trilogies (I know they have a more specific name, but that's how I remember them!), and Redemption of Althalus.

I still need to read the new ones.

[elfycat]

Just finished the Belgariad. Why didn't I find him sooner. I only picked up a copy of Althalus because I needed something to read on a train journey about 4 mths ago I'm now hooked. Time to buy more!!!!!!!!!!

had the same reaction from a friend of mine when I lent him a book by a little known authoress :noface: I think the first book was called 'To Ride Pegasus'.

Love all of the Eddings fantasy books, I've read the others, but I'm not so keen on them. I'm on my second set of the Belgariad, the first set were worn out with pages falling out. Goodness knows how often I've read them over the past 20 years

:( sad news though.

[B`dgyr]

....And I notice that no one got my joke......

[edith]

found it :D didn't notice it before.

So, I've read the Belgariad/ Mallorean and the Sparhawk books, where next?

[Faren]

....And I notice that no one got my joke......
:erm: I still don't. What?
found it :D didn't notice it before.

So, I've read the Belgariad/ Mallorean and the Sparhawk books, where next?

The Redemption of Althalus! :yes:

[B`dgyr]

Funny, I loved the Belgariad. Absolutely loved it! Loved Polgara! Loved Belgarath the Sorceror!
Didn't care for the Malloreon at all....Except the end, when Belgarath finally gets what he deserves...
One would think one would have known what one was going to be rewarded with.....



Okay, follow me here.

AT the end of the Malloreon, what happens that is of great importance to Belgarath, and you could say is his reward for his service?

Now, think about how wolves talk.

I can't explain it any better than that.

[Faren]

Okay, follow me here.

AT the end of the Malloreon, what happens that is of great importance to Belgarath, and you could say is his reward for his service?

Now, think about how wolves talk.

I can't explain it any better than that.

I get it! For some reason I couldn't find your post. :erm:
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[B`dgyr]

One is glad that one now understands what one was trying to say.
*hangs tongue out and pants*

*ducks and runs*

[Faren]

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