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  I loved them when I was 12. There's a sequel series called the Malloreon, and a couple larger books rele... : J4NUS
  • Oh, and he wrote six books (two trilogies) in another universe, called The Elenium and The Tamuli that I ... : J4NUS
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    Fuck, I gotta check those out. And I just finished re-reading it and I actually don't mind the writing... : MurrayTheSkull
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      Honestly, I re-tried it quite a while ago, and that's all I remember. I might have just been in a snobby... : J4NUS
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        I think I appreciate the underlying snarkiness and bitterness that pervades the books. It kind of levels... : MurrayTheSkull
        • You'll probably like the Mallorean five-ology then, too. But you might get tired once you get the to T : cerealSAM2
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  I read them in high school, plus the next five called the Mallorean. They were awesome and I've been mean... : sixfoot6
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    There are the Belgarath and Polgara novels that fill in all their backstories as well! : gigaduck
    • ^^^^ the only passable books in the series. Eddings writing style and lame attemps at humor get old very ... : guigr
  • I read all of eddings seriers. Even though I enjoyed them, the storeiea between the series were all clone... : alcueso
  • I got the first one for my girlfriend a while back and she did the same thing as your wife. The good thin... : ColoradoCNC
• I read this (and their other) series when I was 12, and absolutely loved them. In fact, I go back and re-... : Bold
• I loved them when I first read them at 13, and now I can see their flaws but I still reread them about on... : gigaduck
• I didnt read those, but I did read The Redemption of Althalus. That was a very enjoyable book. : elathan
• I really liked his Redemption of Althalas when I read it, although that was nearly a decade ago. Didn't t... : Arceihn
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  I enjoyed them when I read years ago, the next series feels tired and repetitive. : scanline
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    I believe the repetition in The Mallorean was intentional: the characters even have a discussion about it : Bold
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      Oh, and my other complaint about The Mallorean is that it undermines the main division of the opposing sides in The Belgariad. See, the "choice" between the two prophecies in The Mallorean is between Garion's baby, who is the Child of Light, and that star-filled check (whose name I've forgotten), who is the Child of Dark. In essence, the baby is the extension of Garion, who was the Child of Light at the end of the first series. But in The Mallorean, Torak in his writing before his death said Garion something to the effect of, "Okay, if you're reading this, you won and I'm dead. That means YOU have to win at the next confrontation between the two prophecies." So, in essence, Garion and Torak were on the same side?! What the fuck?! The Prophecy of Dark (or whatever you want to call it) would've needed Torak to win in the first series, since that means he would've lost in the second series, resulting in a victory for that prophecy. But because Garion won, that meant the Child of Light would be chosen in the second one, setting up the defeat for the Dark Prophecy.
      
      I dunno, when you really think about it, it's kinda' fucked. All those evil acts perpetrated by Torak in the first series, yet HE would've been the Child of Light in the second series if he had won. And it wouldn't have taken much for him to win: any accidental death on the part of the pawns of prophecy, like Barak or Silk or whomever, or if Torak hadn't killed Durnin, resuling in Polgara's ability to completely resist him at the end of The Belgariad, would've resulted in Torak's victory. And then he'd be the Child of Light in the second series. Bizarre.

      Jan 09, 2010 8:15am PST
      Oh, and my other complaint about The Mallorean is that it undermines the main division of the opposing si : Bold
• To be perfectly frank, I think they're trash. : GreatGooglyMoogly
• I enjoyed Eddings when I was in my teens. I think I read the first two books of the Elenium or something.... : lightly inclined
• It's a fantastic series. His Sparhawk novels are also pretty good. : ColoradoCNC
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  I've read all their series ++ and they're fucking dire apart from the humor. Fun pulp. : d fluke
  • Did about a book a day of those while home sick once : d fluke