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Originally Posted by pilotbob
I'll just mention a couple of authors that I usually recommend when people want to "try" fantasy.
Terry Brooks -- start with the Magic Kingdom of Landover series.
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Oh, Great Ghu. Eddings
does have an original concept, but it's marred by cotton candy writing that made my teeth hurt.
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David Eddings -- as someone said, Belgariad is a good starter here.
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And a good place to
finish. Eddings has a smooth prose style that reads easily, and a gift for dialog. Unfortunately, he has one story to tell, and one set of characters. Subsequent series have the names changed and the serial numbers filed off, but are the same basic story.
I read and enjoyed the Belgariad. I plowed grimly through the sequel, the Malloreon. The authorial strings were too evident, as Eddings carefully maneuvered his characters through
every spot on his world. It felt like "paint by numbers" fantasy.
Back when they were being published, I saw commentary online from folks who wished the Belgariad would go on forever. By the time I finished the Malloreon, I felt like it
had.
Read the Belgariad. If you
really like it, read the rest of Eddings, as you'll be getting more of the exact same thing.
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Dennis