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false <![CDATA[Pawn of Prophecy (The Belgariad, #1)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170267561m/44659.jpg 44659 28 Selected as a 2003 Popular Paperback for Young Adults by the Young Adult Library Services Association Long ago, so the storyteller claimed, the evil God Torak sought dominion over all and drove the world to war. Now the one talisman keeping this sinister force from seizing power has been disturbed—and no one will be safe. . . . Raised on a quiet farm by his Aunt Pol, Garion spends his days lounging in his aunt’s warm kitchen and playing in the surrounding fields with his friends. He has never believed in magic, despite the presence of a cloaked, shadowless stranger who has haunted him from a distance for years. But one afternoon, the wise storyteller Wolf appears and urges Garion and his aunt to leave the farm that very night. Without understanding why, Garion is whisked away from the only home he has ever known—and thrown into dark and unfamiliar lands. Thus begins an extraordinary quest to stop a reawakened evil from devouring all that is good. It is a journey that will lead Garion to discover his heritage and his future. For the magic that once seemed impossible to Garion is now his destiny. The first exciting adventure in David Eddings’s The Belgariad Pawn of Prophecy is the newest addition to the Del Rey Imagine program, which offers the best in fantasy and science fiction for readers twelve and up. 2558293 1982 Pawn of Prophecy (The Belgariad, #1) total:5266|5:1867|4:1973|3:1133|2:250|1:43| 5266 21169 6482 341 5 8 false false Mon Jan 14 22:37:37 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 15 07:27:10 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 4 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Apr 03 08:58:05 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 03 09:26:54 -0700 2008
Are the cares of life getting you down? Sky rocketing gas prices, financial and housing markets in ruins, hi...more...]]> 0 5 false false Sun Aug 19 18:30:22 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 19 18:30:22 -0700 2007
I noticed that most of the reviewers give this a nostalgic loved-this-when-I-was-young rating. And they're right to do so. This is the perfect series of books for a young reader: clever enough to hold its own, exciting without being too graphic, and...more...]]> 4 3 false false Thu Aug 02 19:17:43 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 24 21:38:04 -0700 2007
I like this book because I like Harry Potter, and they are very similar, but I’ll get to that later.

This is the first book i...more...]]> 3 2 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1993 Sat Mar 17 22:16:00 -0700 2007 Sat Mar 17 22:23:40 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 3 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1991 Fri Aug 31 18:40:39 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 31 18:48:00 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sun Apr 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 17:34:57 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 08:04:52 -0700 2009 The Baker's ...more...]]> 1 1 false false Tue Jun 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jan 11 00:49:57 -0800 2009 Sun Sep 27 23:42:38 -0700 2009 1 The Belgariad was suggested to me by just about everyone I knew who enjoyed fantasy, and a number ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Sep 16 03:17:35 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 16 03:24:40 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Jul 28 12:53:30 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 13:05:11 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Oct 13 16:18:47 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 13 16:21:32 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Jun 16 13:20:20 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 06 09:49:50 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sun Sep 02 08:16:17 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 02 08:20:31 -0700 2007
I think I first read through David Eddings' books when I was in high school, but unless I unearth the handwritten "books I've read this year" records I used to keep, I won't know when. I reread the Belgariad and the Malloreon in Hawai'i in 2004, and they were a f...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Aug 21 17:46:21 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 21 18:21:03 -0700 2007
Fantastic stuff. Different and similar to Pullman's Dark M...more...]]> 2 1 false true Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1985 Wed Mar 25 00:49:53 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 01:07:47 -0700 2009 The Belgariad when I was 10, and at the time I thought the books were great. I reread the series recently, and was less impressed. Partly this is because I've grown very tired of prophecy as a story device. That certainly bodes unwell for a book called Pawn of Prophecy. Still, even ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1982 Fri Mar 13 15:32:45 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 15:46:55 -0700 2009
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I read these books in the 80' when I was in Jr. High and High School. They are great because Eddings doesnt overencumber anyone with...more...]]> 5 2 false false Fri Jul 18 07:44:47 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 18 07:52:29 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Dec 30 13:09:59 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 13:18:07 -0800 2008
This is a underling concept to the five book Belgariad series; the first book,"Pawn of Prophecy" begins this twisted experience of life while never stating it.

Boys will be boys, girls will be...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=44659