On 18 Mar, 22:37, William Marnoch <will...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:02:35 -0700 (PDT), "Ce`"
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> <lala...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >I started to, but gave up :)
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> >I need some information - can anyone tell me a bit about the character
> >Ara, eg what does she look like, does she have kids, which book does
> >she appear in, is she human, is she a PolgAra rip off, does she have a
> >mate etc?
>
> >Will tell all once I get some facts straight.
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> >Ce` - Mistress of Intrigue!
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> I don't remember her being in the first book (which is the only one of
> the series I read), but the characterisation wasn't at all memorable
> (like the rest of the book), so it is possible she was a major
> character and I've just forgotten.
Ta - net doesn't have much on her, but she was in Book Two (2004):
"the only girls are the goddesses & Ara, wife of stodgy farmer Omago
who invents the spear?"
http://www.amazon.com/Treasured-One-Dreamers-Book/dp/0446532266
Also from amazon.com reviews:
"Omago's wife Ara becomes a major player in this novel. In the opinion
of everyone who eats her food, Ara is probably the best cook in the
world. But it soon becomes apparent that she is something greater than
an excellent cook. She seems to be more powerful than any of the eight
gods of Dhrall. Even though she hasn't initiated the Amarite invasion,
Ara quickly makes use of it to defeat this second attempt of the Vlagh
to escape the Wasteland.
This volume answers some outstanding questions about the gods of
Dhrall, but leaves others unresolved and even raises still more. Who
is Ara? And who arranged the Amarite invasion? "
"Clearly the Eddingses have gone downhill with age. I had set high
standards for their fantasies, and rightly so, because their first
four serieses (serii?) inspired my own writing and probably the
writing of scores of other aspiring fantasy novelists. Their
characters were lifelike, sympathetic (even the villains!) and had
personalities that reminded you of someone you know. (We all know a
Ce'Nedra. Admit it.) "
(nothing about Ara. I just liked the quote. :)
"I am convinced that this book was *NOT* written by David Eddings. Mr.
Eddings has been called one of the best authors due to the quality of
his writing by Western Mail:
"What separates the grown-up authors from the boys is the quality of
the writing and David Eddings is one of the best" - Western Mail
I don't know who wrote this book but as another reviewer noted, it
seems a bad parody of Mr. Eddings' previous material. I am struggling
to finish it, and will write to both author and publisher to let them
know my feelings. "
Yeah. That's my problem right there. I always said it read like bad
fanfic, I just never noticed Ara was a character in an afec fanfic
from June 2000. She's an Alorn blonde mother, possibly liased with
Belar, and has a daugher Oonaigh, who dies in the breaking of the
world.
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/alt.fan.eddings.creative/msg/441c7b0906c28c57?dmode=source
Anyone who's read the Elder Gods - do you think he read afec or is
Ara just a coincidence? I'm hoping for the latter,
Ce`Nedra - not sure what Aeen would say about this.
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