[sunback]

what is everyone's thoughts on Eddings I have found with most people they either love him or hate him, I personly enjoy his writeing it is a littel predictable but who said thats a bad thing

[Alucard]

I've never felt either way about him. I don't hate him, but I wasn't wowed by him either. Kind of like -- if I had a book of his in my hand, I would read it, but if it suddenly caught on fire, I wouldn't really miss it. And whenever people ask for my verbal response to him, it is always:

"Eh."

[Cannon Fodder]

I'm not all that big a fan of Eddings. I read The Belgariad a few months ago but I wasn't particularly impressed with it. A series full of stock fantasy and not a particulary gripping one. I might have liked it a lot more had I read it about ten years ago when I had read a lot less fantasy and would be more acceptant of what was basically a series of books for kids.

[Shimrod]

I've read a couple of books of David Eddings "the Belgariad" and "the Elenium"series. I've enjoyed reading them but I couldn't finish "the Tamuli" series.
Sparhawk, Kalten and the like couldn't fascinate me anymore. Too predictable and Eddings sense of humour isn't my cup of tea so to say.

[allanon]

I love him, LOVE HIM!!!
He is definetly my favourite author. What I like most, is his humour- the dialogues, the characters.
"Tamuli-Saga" is my favourite, especially the "Hidden City".

[ezchaos]

I read the Belgariad and Mallorean years ago. I thought the former was pretty good, but I wonder if I read the Belgariad now, would I still like it?
While reading the Elenium, I got really sick of Edding's writing syle. I really hated the way he potrayed men and women (part of the reason I don't care for RJ). The beautiful and strong women with a quick temper and their pussywhipped boyfriends routine got old. I think I read the first book of the Tamuli and didn't bother with the rest.
I didn't plan on reading 'Redemption of Althalus' in the first place, but from the overwhelming number of bad reviews I've seen, I'm definately staying away from it.
As I've said before on this board, I lump Eddings in with other writers like Feist, Goodkind, Brooks, etc. Some of their older stuff is OK, but the rest is just fluff.

[Kal Zakath]

Yes,I love his books.His descriptions about friends and relatives give me a kind of warm feeling.I love his humor.I love all good man get rewards at the end.Reading his books,let me think the world is still worth to love .This is a good balance to Martin's books.
So,he is one of my favourite writers,at the same level with jordan ,matin,williams and hobb in my opinion.

[jfclark]

Eddings' books are good "young adult" fantasy. But there are better writers of YA fantasy out there (Le Guin, in particular). I think it's not fruitful to compare Eddings to, say, Martin or Tolkien, who wrote for an older audience.

Not saying that adults can't appreciate Eddings, just that he's in a different league altogether from other adult writers.

[Bardos]

...sucks.

[Kal Zakath]

I do not think Tolkien's books are for adults.It realy is for youth!And I do not think that Eddings's books are just for youngster.

I hate the thought that Eddings 's books is not reality becouse of all good men being surviving or his plots being predictable. To me all novles Plot can be predictable at a level,and all stories are unreality.We read novel not for reality but for evading reality!!!'A good man that died can revive' is not more unreal than 'wolf can communicate with man'.So,stop saying 'I hope this man or that man die becouse that is more real.'