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Originally Posted by Kirtai
Didn't Eddings openly admit that the point of the books was to show that a story could be cliched, predictable and formulaic but still be a good read? (In this case, the characterisation is what supports it)
I believe that "The literary equivalent of peddling dope" was the way he described it.
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“The use of archetypal myth in the creation of fiction is the literary equivalent of peddling dope.” — David Eddings, introduction to The Rivan Codex.