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Originally Posted by Thoruk He doesn't whore out his characters for cash, but his wife writes too much of his material now. His quality of writing has gone way down from his first series.
I was a huge fan of his. Ate up everything he wrote, but my past few experiences with him have left me feeling 'meh' but, oh well. |
So true, I couldn't even finish the last book I started (The dreamers iirc) since I found it boring and written like shit, it felt like I was reading some novel from my little brother...
But maybe Ut is a blind fanboy eh?
I loved The Belgariad and The Malloreon, but that's about it. I find Robert Jordan, Robin Hobb or Martin much better than Eddings.
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David Eddings' first books (which were general fiction) sold moderately well. Later he switched to the much more successful field of epic fantasy. However some of his more recent series, namely those after The Malloreon, received fairly widespread criticism from readers and critics alike due to the fact of his 'Re-hashment' of storylines and characters. Eddings, in a recent interview with sffworld.com, said "I don't take orders from readers".
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