Comments on: David Eddings is dead

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:29:19 +0000

While I haven’t read any of his books in years (I’ve had The Dreams trilogy sitting in my to read pile for quite a long time) his Belgariad series was one of my favorites as a kid. That was the first series after Lord of the Rings that I really got into. I’ll have to revisit them and see if they still hold up.

By: arbitrary

arbitrary — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:10:24 +0000

While I’d read fantasy before The Belgariad, that was the first set of books I really remember recommending to friends at the tender age of 13 or so. Whatever the writing quality, I’ll always have a special place in my heart for David Eddings. It adds to the losses of fdefinitive antasy authors over the past couple of years and that makes it even sadder.

By: Andy Angel

Andy Angel — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:39:31 +0000

Mr Eddings got me started in this genre 25 years ago and I’ve never looked back. R.I.P fella and thanks for everything

By: ThatsSkarWithAK

ThatsSkarWithAK — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:10:46 +0000

@Castamere

His first series was excellent, the ones that followed were a rinse and repeat of that first series. So not completely convinced of the whole legacy thing.

There are significantly better authors that he was. However it was the right kind of books at the right time and I loved them for what they were.

By: Nosmo King

Nosmo King — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:17:05 +0000

David Eddings is the reason I failed to grow -socially- in highschool. I loved those books. I think I may read them again. -NK

By: Castamere

Castamere — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:02:01 +0000

He leaves behind a tremendous legacy and will be missed.

By: ThatsSkarWithAK

ThatsSkarWithAK — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:27:17 +0000

Yep the Dawn of Prophecy was my 1st Eddings book I bought, still that 1st edition in my bookcase. Easy going fantasy books. Got to be formulaic as he produced the same series with different characters later on.

Nether the less still a lot of fun and will be a good book for my daughter to read when she is older.

By: Aedvan

Aedvan — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:58:33 +0000

This is incredibly sad. I ran into Eddings as a youngster myself, at about the time the Belgariad was finishing up. He and his wife may not have written deep, philosophical books, but their stories were always fun reads with likable characters. For a long time he was my favorite author, and I will always look upon his works with fond memories.