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Originally Posted by pwalker8
That's kind of the point and a recurring theme for Eddings. Of course, it's not so much a re-telling as the idea that events keep repeating themselves until the final resolution. The idea goes way back. One sees it in a number of mythologies and Eddison's classic "The Worm Ouroboras" is an example of a similar theme.
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I got the idea about the repetition of things. I guess I thought the idea could have been expressed without resorting to writing two 5 book series that are basically identical except for a few place and character names. And then to repeat the process with two trilogies just made it sort of seem like Eddings figured while he was on a good thing he would cash in on it.