I have always though that the Belgariad was the best series I have ever
read. Okay, the first of Eddings books I read was Guardians Of The West
not
knowing there was a previous series and got totally confused with
references
to Old Wolf in passing conversation.
However, I do recall that when The Redemption of Althalus came out. New
readers of Eddings' books liked it a lot more than the original
Belgariad/Elenium series.
Personally, I thought that with later books, such as Althalus, the heroes
were never in the same tight spots that previous books presented.
However, is it really more the fact that older readers simply have read
similar Eddings books in addition to having higher expectations. If all
books before Althalus never were published, we'd all be cheering on
Eddings
at the moment? If all books prior to Althalus came out after the current
books, we'd all be slagging off the Belgariad as being a rehash?
Any thoughts?
Cheers,
Kalten~!!!
p.s. I went into a few London book stores a few days ago and it appears
the
book shelf space reserved for Eddings books has seriously diminished.
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