RIP David Eddings

[McHoff H. McChrist]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Eddings

Boo. Loved his books when I was young. Still, 77 isn't a bad innings.

 

[Agravaine]

Pah, I loved his stuff a few years back.

 

[Swither]

His books got the usual snobbery aimed at them, but I did enjoy them when I first started reading fantasy, plus the later ones were much better.

 

[Sorontar]

I loved The Belgariad and Mallorean books and even The Elenium series.

RIP

 

[Sharra]

He was my first real introduction to fantasy - very sad

 

[Chick]

R.I.P

 

[Pegasus Belgar]

RIP David, one of my all time favourite authors.

 

[Kelger]

Really enjoyed reading his stuff as a kid, likewise some of the first fantasy stuff I read. RIP

 

[Zeus]

not one of my favorite authors, but will still be missed

 

[Epiphany]

Very sad - I loved The Belgariad. Are the prequels mentioned on that Wikipedia link any good btw?

 

[Swither]

The prequels are ok. Belgarath the sorceror and Polgara are not too bad reads.

 

[Pictelf]

Yeah I enjoyed the 'filling in' of Belgarath and Polgara. Decent stories in themselves, though strangely I wouldn't give them to someone before they had read the Belgariad and Mallorean.
For all that he was kinda looked down upon a bit he was one of those authors I could pick up and devour his books when I was tired and just wanted a nice gentle fun read. I enjoyed the gentle humour that went between characters and could easily forgive the similarities between different series.
R.I.P. and thanks for many a pleasant hour.

 

[Cathral]

Damn just found out about this. I have read and reread his Belgariad, Mallorean, Elenium and Tamuli series.

The interaction between characters was always good and made up for the repeating storyline which was still enjoyable.

I think I will start reading them again.

RIP David.

 

[Medivac]

One of the first books I read after all of the middle earth books was The Pawn of Prophecy, and it took me years to find the other books, must have been my 14th birthday when I read the other 4, lol boxed set pressie from the parents \o/

I still listen to them on audio books, and think of fond childhood memories
RIP