Re: Hmmm...Is anyone still here? And, should I read the new books?

> William Marnoch wrote:

> The biggest problem with The Dreamers is that the quality of the
> writing and dialogue and characterization is abysmal, far inferior to
> The Elenium, for example, and Eddings didn't seem to be putting any
> effort into the writing.

>> Tom F replied:

>> How is that possible? The "far inferior" bit, I mean? I read my first
>> Eddings ever fairly recently (first in Elenium series, and I couldn't
>> finish it mostly because I thought dialogue and pretty much everything
>> else *were* abysmal, easily among the worst books I have ever read.
>> Can it *really* get worse?

>> Tom F's example:

>> "I sort of think it's a good idea to jam my finger up my a** now,"
>> said Sparhawk.

>> "No Sparhawk," answered Sephrenia, "that's sort of a bad idea. You
>> Elenes are so smart, and we Styrics are so thick, so that's sort of
>> what's expected of *us*."

>> "I guess I sort of hadn't thought of that," Sparhawk admitted.

So which of Eddings books *do* you like, and why?  There must be 
*something*, as you've subscribed to this newsgroup.

~~ Shelly ~~