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The new David Eddings Q&A can be found here: http://fantasyhotlist.blogspot.com/2006/02...-interview.html
Unfortunately, Eddings was not as loquacious as SE, but he still offers some interesting tidbits!
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Patrick
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New David Eddings interview
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Posted 20 February 2006 - 12:24 AM
Nifty. I still enjoy his earlier stuff but man alive, "Redemption of Althalus" was bloody terribl.e
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Posted 20 February 2006 - 12:29 AM
Things i learned: David Eddings is 75 years old!
Didnt know that.
Didnt know that.
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Posted 20 February 2006 - 02:36 AM
"Readers from the 80s hold [David Eddings] and a number of other authors in high esteem...But do you feel that this "new" generation gives [David Eddings'] books and those of Raymond E. Feist, Terry Brooks, etc, the respect they deserve?"
As a reader of fantasy from the 80s, I speak for all of us when I say that we do not hold David Eddings in high esteem. If any of us did, we are now wondering what we were thinking.
As a reader of fantasy from the 80s, I speak for all of us when I say that we do not hold David Eddings in high esteem. If any of us did, we are now wondering what we were thinking.
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Posted 20 February 2006 - 05:46 AM
David Eddings is, for me, a writer that I rather enjoyed as a youngster, however he's painful to read as an adult. I just kind of leave him in the section of 'really great when I was younger/less cynical'. Although reading fiction from earlier eras has always intrigued me, especially seventies and sixties fantasy, talk about some weird stuff there. Anyways, to sum it up, Eddings is a good writer of children's fantasy, comparing him to more hard-boiled authors like SE is like comparing a chicken to a chicken hawk, definitely not birds of a feather.
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Posted 20 February 2006 - 04:41 PM
I think Eddings is a quite good introduction to fantasy. The Belgariad was what made me hooked to fantasy (something not even Tolkien succeded with) so I'm grateful for that.
And he doesn't have a computer or a typewriter?!
And he doesn't have a computer or a typewriter?!
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Posted 20 February 2006 - 05:35 PM
I actually enjoyed eddings, especially 'Belgarath the Sorceror'.. I probably wouldn't enjoy the books as much now, but for that age -12-ish- I think the books are very good..
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Posted 20 February 2006 - 06:07 PM
Harold Bloom said:
As a reader of fantasy from the 80s, I speak for all of us when I say that we do not hold David Eddings in high esteem. If any of us did, we are now wondering what we were thinking.
I do, if it were not for him I might not have ever gotten into the fantasy genre.
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Posted 22 February 2006 - 04:44 PM
Originally Posted by Harold Bloom
As a reader of fantasy from the 80s, I speak for all of us when I say that we do not hold David Eddings in high esteem. If any of us did, we are now wondering what we were thinking.
Oh yes.
As a reader of fantasy from the 80s, I speak for all of us when I say that we do not hold David Eddings in high esteem. If any of us did, we are now wondering what we were thinking.
Oh yes.
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Posted 23 February 2006 - 12:50 PM
I haven't read Eddings for many years but one thing in this interview really shocks me. He HAND-WRITES all his work. It must take ages.
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Posted 23 February 2006 - 02:00 PM
I've always enjoyed Eddings, I like his humor.
The only problem I have with him is that he's kinda repetitive. the Belgariad and the Mallorean can be held up as a mirror to Elenium andThe Tamuli. He writes, different setting, different characters, same problem, same personalities in all his work.
I picked up the mallorean again a few years back and thought it was quite well written and found me caught up in it again even though I knew how it ended.
The Redemption of Altheus I quite enjoyed(wasn't suprised that he used the same personality profiles as in his earlier work) wasn't new, but was enjoyable.
I read the first book of his new series(wich ended with the current release) and wasn't spurred to buy and read the followups. I believe he has sort of outlived his time(not to be rude). Getting too old to come up with new idears and become too predictable.
The only problem I have with him is that he's kinda repetitive. the Belgariad and the Mallorean can be held up as a mirror to Elenium andThe Tamuli. He writes, different setting, different characters, same problem, same personalities in all his work.
I picked up the mallorean again a few years back and thought it was quite well written and found me caught up in it again even though I knew how it ended.
The Redemption of Altheus I quite enjoyed(wasn't suprised that he used the same personality profiles as in his earlier work) wasn't new, but was enjoyable.
I read the first book of his new series(wich ended with the current release) and wasn't spurred to buy and read the followups. I believe he has sort of outlived his time(not to be rude). Getting too old to come up with new idears and become too predictable.
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Posted 23 February 2006 - 02:33 PM
First off, Pat, interesting interview. I like how you don't hesitate to ask fantasy authors 'the hard questions'.
As for Eddings, apparently like many here, I hold him in nostalgic fondness. His was my first 'epic' fantasy, bought all five of the Belgariad for my 13th b-day. At the time, it was the coolest concept ever. I've moved on, but still think it's great intro level stuff.
He handwrites. Oh. My. God.
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As for Eddings, apparently like many here, I hold him in nostalgic fondness. His was my first 'epic' fantasy, bought all five of the Belgariad for my 13th b-day. At the time, it was the coolest concept ever. I've moved on, but still think it's great intro level stuff.
He handwrites. Oh. My. God.
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Posted 24 February 2006 - 08:26 PM
yea i agree biening an 80s reader my self he was good when i was 12 untill i found terry brooks and nuff said didnt know he was 75 :Erm:
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