Re: Reading the Belgariad Again

Carl wrote:
> I've just started reading the Belgariad again - it's been about 6 years.

You're a braver man than me!

(not hard, me not being a man and all that....)

> Reading it has reminded me why I used to like DE's writing so much. It
> really is a good and enjoyable series. It also highlights how badly his
> writing has degraded.

I'm too scared to pick up my old favourites in case I see them through
new eyes and they turn out to have been sh*t all along. I'm glad to
hear this might not be the case....

>Some phrases have been rehashed to the point of death
> in his later books still work well in the Belgariad (mainly 'and
everything
> was all right again').

I don't think I'd be able to read the scene with Ce'Nedra throwing
coins into the grass without fuming and wanting to go compare it to the
scene in Althalus to see if they *are* actually word for word.

(note to self - project for rainy day. Right after I finish compiling
the Mrin Codex from the scraps given in the books) ;)

> If it's still good reading by CoW, I'll start the 'if they made a movie,
who
> would play who' thread, just of old times' sake.

Alyson Hannigan for Ce'Nedra....

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