tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post3631503800807607201..comments2023-09-29T05:32:04.308-07:00Comments on StrangePegs: Eddings vs The BelgariadAndrew Leonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-37352317302374336142012-09-26T14:54:22.819-07:002012-09-26T14:54:22.819-07:00So did he and I thought it was the best of the lot...So did he and I thought it was the best of the lot. I enjoyed Polgara's own book too. I think the other book was the Belgarion, but it is such a long time since I read it.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087140585742801854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-51427715191677020772012-09-26T14:37:37.034-07:002012-09-26T14:37:37.034-07:00Jo: She got her own solo book, too, but I don'...Jo: She got her own solo book, too, but I don't remember it being different enough to warrant reading it.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-27087732933828189122012-09-26T14:19:29.343-07:002012-09-26T14:19:29.343-07:00You are so right, Polgara, thanks.You are so right, Polgara, thanks.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087140585742801854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-22538107614193100482012-09-26T13:09:36.089-07:002012-09-26T13:09:36.089-07:00Anne: I don't buy series all at once anymore. ...Anne: I don't buy series all at once anymore. I don't remember which series taught me that. The real problem for me is that if I've bought them, I feel obligated to read them even if I don't like them. <br />I'm not reading Thrones until all of them are out, if then. Robert Jordan taught me that.<br /><br />mooderino: I'm not certain that it was about the money. For him, at least. It makes me wonder how much the publisher had to do with what he was writing.<br /><br />PT: I've never read anyone else that was so blatant with it than Eddings.<br /><br />Jo: That was probably Polgara.<br /><br />Alex: bah I don't believe you.<br /><br />David: You should finish them. It's a great series.<br /><br />Jess: Me, too!<br /><br />Michael: unfortunately...<br /><br />Briane: You should read it.<br /><br />I was (and am) pretty far from super rich. Or even rich. Or well off. Camp was cheap. The church helped pay for it.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-19657846266343915312012-09-26T10:33:17.144-07:002012-09-26T10:33:17.144-07:00I'm intrigued by the talk about Belgariad; I&#...I'm intrigued by the talk about Belgariad; I'd never heard of them at all.<br /><br />What I really liked was the worst thing in the world being out of reading material: When I was a kid, we'd go to the library every week or so, and I'd take out 10-12 books just to make sure that didn't happen. I never went to camp, though. I guess I wasn't a superrich guy, like you.<br /><br />(Are you superrich? If so, then I will comment more often so that I get remembered in your will.)Brianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01616494058636881575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-86070232143774268312012-09-26T10:22:46.121-07:002012-09-26T10:22:46.121-07:00I agree. Eddings had one great idea. Then he died....I agree. Eddings had one great idea. Then he died. Such is life.Michael Offutt, Phantom Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557969104886174930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-80695521466175451192012-09-26T06:23:39.909-07:002012-09-26T06:23:39.909-07:00*sigh* I need to read more.*sigh* I need to read more.Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14121018905141253640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-72007089432411169312012-09-25T08:17:54.222-07:002012-09-25T08:17:54.222-07:00I really ought to finish The Belgariad books. It&#...I really ought to finish The Belgariad books. It's tough to not recycle material, something I strive to avoid with each project. :)David P. Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17259276981865439853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-86508659324688047112012-09-25T07:52:44.194-07:002012-09-25T07:52:44.194-07:00Never got hooked on Eddings, but I've seen oth...Never got hooked on Eddings, but I've seen other authors do the same thing - repeated plots and characters. Why do you think I want to end with three books?Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-3390469389434874782012-09-25T05:51:11.409-07:002012-09-25T05:51:11.409-07:00Me too, thoroughly enjoyed the Belgariad, did enjo...Me too, thoroughly enjoyed the Belgariad, did enjoy the Mallorean and that was it. Didn't try any of the others. Don't even remember Silk, sorry, can't remember the name of my favourite, but it was a woman.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087140585742801854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-62746569443899821272012-09-25T05:50:03.583-07:002012-09-25T05:50:03.583-07:00I'd like to chastise authors for using the sam...I'd like to chastise authors for using the same plots over and over again, but to some extent I do it do I'm sure.PT Dillowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09394481476862013009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-1745620124872928122012-09-25T01:36:23.883-07:002012-09-25T01:36:23.883-07:00I think you were exceptionally tolerant (and in yo...I think you were exceptionally tolerant (and in your own way encouraged Eddings to keep repeating himself). I read the Begariad but the blurbs were enough to put me off reading any of the others. It's a shame he never took more risks, but I guess he was happy making money. <br /><br />mood<br /><a href="http://moodywriting.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Moody Writing</a>mooderinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01523337588830695638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-13786507890348243642012-09-25T01:08:38.925-07:002012-09-25T01:08:38.925-07:00I loved the series and I've read it more than ...I loved the series and I've read it more than once. But I wasn't happy with any of the other series and didn't finish out any of them. I kept waiting for that moment when it would be as good as or better than, but it didn't happen.<br /><br />I eventually did what you do and stopped buying series until at least 3 books had been published. I made an exception with George R. R. Martin and Game of Thrones. It was frustrating waiting for years on him. But worth it. Now I'm painting the miniatures he designed. So it's all worth it.<br /><br />No, don't get stuck writing the same story over and over and over. You'll get bored and die as a writer.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01681799401614263953noreply@blogger.com