David Eddings, Dead at 77

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One of my favorite authors has died.  David Eddings was 77.  From the obituary:

“Mr. Eddings introduced many people to fantasy literature, himself inspired to do so by the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Eddings, who bore the distinction of always writing his books out long hand, was quite frank about the position of his books – there to make reading fun for people. He noted in an interview with Reed Magazine that once readers were no longer challenged by his books that they were free to then move onto “somebody important like Homer or Milton.”

Working together with his wife, Leigh, the couple wrote more than twenty books.”

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I for one would love to see the Belgariad made into a series of movies.   I had always hoped there would be another series after The Mallorean set in the same Universe.   He will be missed.

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