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Originally Posted by taosaur
I listened to the whole thing for the first time as an adult a few years ago, and can't say much in its favor except that it was good for putting me to sleep. I don't think much fantasy from that time period has aged well. Eddings really turns the questionable racial allegory up to 11, but worse, his stuff just doesn't stand up to the kind of intricate, character-driven fantasy we've seen in the last 10-20 years. Eddings and Jordan seem amateurish compared to a lot of stuff coming out lately.
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Different strokes for different folks, I guess. A lot of people really love George RR Martin, but I've never managed to get past book one. I've tried it a couple of times, but just never could bring myself to care about any of the characters. I still re-read authors like Eddings and David Gemmell. I guess I've always been more drawn to story-driven than character-driven.