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Originally Posted by Critteranne
That's a good price as the Eddings books never go on sale. OTOH I'm wondering if it ages well. I wasn't able to get into this series, and after recent revelations about David and Leigh Eddings, I'm afraid to try again. 
Some fans have revisited the books and said that they seem to support child abuse (at least verbal child abuse). Can any fans verify whether that is true?
Or are people seeing the books in a new light because they have since learned that David and Leigh Eddings served time for abusing their foster children? 
(The news was discussed in several blogs, but there are newspaper clippings.)
On the other hand, the Eddings died several years ago, so if you buy their books, they don't get the money. |
Their crimes happened in the 70s, and were awful. Their books were published in the 80s and are wonderful. The books don't make up for the crimes, but the Eddings don't get any benefit from someone enjoying them today. And maybe in the decade+ between their crimes and their books, they learned something and became better people. Reading their work does not equal condoning their crimes.
I read these when I was a teen in the mid 80s, and didn't find out even a hint about their crimes until recently (it apparently came to light in 2019). I'm not going to let their actions destroy my enjoyment of some of my favorite books, which I still reread every couple of years at least.
YMMV of course, and learning about Marion Zimmer Bradley's case did make me uninterested in continuing to read her books. Ah, well. I never claimed to be consistent.
