swedeheadchris Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Sad news, this. I know many people don't like his later works, and sometimes see his earlier works as a bit hackneyed, but still, I found them to be good fun, and an excellent introduction to fantasy.http://thebookswede.blogspot.com/2009/06/r...id-eddings.htmlhttp://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz14000.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petec Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 RIP, David. His early work was some of the first fantasy I read back in the mid-80's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 His work wasn't high literature but it was enjoyable to read.RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marwyn Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Indeed. I think those links above summarize it pretty well.RIP David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Sad news, while I haven't read any of his work for a while I certainly enjoyed some of his books when I was younger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Roses Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 I loved the Belgariad and still read it from time to time as a sort of comfort food for my reading soul. Yes the later ones were pretty dire but Silk will always be one of my favourite characters with his pointy nose. Sad news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Some good quotes from Eddings:Eddings was famously old-fashioned, never using a typewriter or computer (he wrote out his scripts in long-hand) and was well-known for being self-effacing, once remarking, "I'm never going to be in danger of getting a Nobel Prize for literature." He was most pleased when told that his books had turned nonreaders into booklovers. "I look upon this as perhaps my purpose in life," he explained in a 1997 interview. "I am here to teach a generation or two how to read. After they've finished with me and I don't challenge them any more, they can move on to somebody important like Homer or Milton."RIP David Eddings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wedge Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 I loved the Belgariad and still read it from time to time as a sort of comfort food for my reading soul. Yes the later ones were pretty dire but Silk will always be one of my favourite characters with his pointy nose. Sad news.This is pretty much what I was going to write. I'm going to have to pick up my battered, tattered, and torn copy of Pawn of Prophecy and get lost in it again (for the umpteenth time) for a few hours.Sad news, indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywolf2375 Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 RIP father of many lost hours of enjoyment...I wish I could find the article, but have always been tickled that the Sparhawk books came out of a prelim manuscript he had to write for one of the Belgarion books.Sad news...time to go pick up the unknown farm boy and see him turn into a hero again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guinevere Seaworth Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 I loved the Belgariad and still read it from time to time as a sort of comfort food for my reading soul. Yes the later ones were pretty dire but Silk will always be one of my favourite characters with his pointy nose. Sad news.You said it perfectly. A sad day for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 RIP David Eddings.His books got me properly hooked on serial fantasy, a love which persists to this day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltaran Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 His books got me properly hooked on serial fantasy, a love which persists to this day.David Eddings, the gateway drug. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaldanya Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 RIP David Eddings.His books got me properly hooked on serial fantasy, a love which persists to this day. Absolutely!N Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaceBannon42 Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Pawn of the Prophecy was the book that got me hooked on Fantasy. I'd read a bit of Piers Anthony, Andre Norton, from the School Library, The Sword of Shannara, and of course CS Lewis, and LLoyd Alexander even before that. But becoming friends with Garion, Silk, Barak, Durnik, Belgarath, Hettar, Madorellen, and the rest back in the 7th grade is what made me fall in love with the genre. I've probably read the Belgariad more than anything alside from the Big Book of Dinosaurs which I checked out of the library 87 times as a child I think.I think I'll pull out my old friends tonight. Its been to long since I've had a visit with them. I've lef them behind to hang out with Martin, and Abecrombie, and Bakker, and I feel a bit guilty about it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Storm Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 I did not know about the Belgariad series when I picked up The Diamond Throne when I was in the Navy, it got me into fanasy. I almost finished it in one day reading in my off time. I did not read a lot of the Tamuli series; however, I did read the Pawn of Prorhersey this summer and enjoyed it. This is sad new while not the best author out there, he will always hold a place in my reading heart. :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearly Headless Ned Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 RIP David Eddings. I echo everyone else when I say allthough he wasn't particularly a 'wordsmith', his books got me hooked onto the fantasy genre along with Brooks's Elfstones of Shannara. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humble Asskicker Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 What an eerie coincidence. Not a week ago I was checking his wikipedia page to ascertain whether he was still living or not.*rushes to check Terry Goodkind's wikipedia page*Sorry folks. I just need to get all the bad jokes out of my system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seventh Pup Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 I remember being in 7th grade and staying home "sick" so that I could finish the Belgariad series. I really loved them, while I feel like I grew out of them as I got older they still hold a special place in my heart.Rest in Peace Mr. Eddings and thank you for helping a nerdy, awkward girl get through middle school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Barry Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 I loved his books so much I took David as one of my confirmation names. True story. :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datepalm Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Saw this this morning. Quite sad. Oddly, I thought he was older, like in his 90's. PoP/QoS was the first time I ever finished two books in one day. And an Eddings board was the first one I regularly posted at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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