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Originally Posted by jbjb
I also find Eddings to be perfect comfort reading (at least the Belgariad, Malloreon, Elenium and Tamuli series), but he lost me before "The Dreamers" - I didn't really enjoy "The Redemption of Althalus" either.
I never read "Belgarath the Sorcerer", "Polgara the Sorceress" and "The Rivan Codex" - are they worth the effort?
/JB
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I haven't read Althalus yet. That, and Regina's song, are the only two Eddings books left. The others I've read multiple times; once in Dutch, twice in English.
Belgarath and Polgara are worth it. They effectively tell a very condensed version of the Belgariad and Malloreon, but from Belgarath's and Polgara's viewpoint, throwing in a lot of history about those two characters. I liked those books as they tie up a lot "How did that come about?" stuff.
The Rivan Codex is for fans only. It's pure background material; a 'book about the books'.
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Hm. In hindsight I clearly like Eddings; he's not bad, but as I said, he can be boring if you read too much of him. The same goes for Terry Brooks and RA Salvatore as well. Some very good stuff, but in the end, too much of the same.
Maybe I'm just outgrowing this kind of fantasy after reading it for over 15 years
