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Pawn of Prophecy (The Belgariad #1)

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Long ago, the Storyteller claimed, in this first book of THE BELGARIAD, the evil god Torak drove men and Gods to war. But Belgarath the Sorcerer led men to reclaim the Orb that protected men of the West. So long as it lay at Riva, the prophecy went, men would be safe.

But Garion did not believe in such stories. Brought up on a quiet farm by his Aunt Pol, how could he know t...more

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Published April 1982 by Del Rey (first published 1982)

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Aug 19, 2010 Brad rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy

At Gordon Ramsey's Pétrus restaurant (1 Kinnerton Street / Knightsbridge, London / SW1X 8EA...in case you're interested), I can get a "Roasted beef fillet with braised shin, baked celeriac and Barolo sauce" for the reasonable price of £65.00 pounds.

I haven't tried that dish yet (I probably never will), but it sounds fabulous. What I have tried, though, is my Mom's "Roast beef, mashed potatoes and seasonal vegetables." I still make it whenever my kids are in the mood, and it costs me about $15.00...more

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Jun 22, 2010 Barbara added it

Shelves: fiction, sf-fantasy-horror

I enjoyed the Belgariad books when I read them in high school, but looking at them now, there's a lot I can pick apart that I wouldn't have as a younger reader. And there was never a time, even as a younger reader, when I didn't want the character of Ce'Nedra to die a horrible death.

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Jan 15, 2008 John Conrad rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: anyone of any age who can read

Shelves: books-for-young-people

Eddings has really created a beloved series of books that can be recommended to young and old alike. It is not deep or etremely thought provoking, it's just an enjoyable combination of adventure, humor, and fun. Garion, a naive farm boy, finds out that he is not ordinary at all. As he discovers his powers, he grows to adulthood through the ten books that comprise the Belgariad and the Mallorean. Critics might find some elements a bit formulaic, but few can deny that it is a fun series to read. F...more

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Sep 22, 2011 Nicolo Yu rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, favorites

This is the first of a series of books by David Eddings that comprises his epic Belgariad, the story of a young boy thrust into the eternal contest between two competing prophesies.

This is an important book if you follow Eddings’ work as he introduces themes here in this volume and the rest of the series that he continues and repeats in his other works. Eddings pens tales of Gods meddling in mortal lives and how the gods themselves are pawns in the greater scheme of the universe.

I found the book...more

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Aug 19, 2007 W.C. added it · review of another edition

Review here for the entire Belgariad.

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 the youth don't notice just how bad the prose is.

I mean, it's hilariously bad. It's not that the Eddings machine can't write for beans; it's that the writing does all the hackneyed nasty cliched things that you're...more

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May 10, 2012 Leon Aldrich rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 1982-reads, 2012-reads, fantasy-and-science-fiction

While this series doesn't quite measure up to Magician: Apprentice, The Riddlemaster of Hed, or Lord Foul's Bane, still it should be one series on everyone's list to complete.

This will be my third go around with the Belgariad. I wanted a fresh perspective. And even though this series doesn't quite reach 4 stars, this author has a happy place in my heart.

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Apr 03, 2008 Phoebe rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is a review of The Belgariad, a fantasy series that includes the books: Pawn of Prophecy, Queen of Sorcery, Magician's Gambit, Castle of Wizardry, and Enchanter's End Game.

Are the cares of life getting you down? Sky rocketing gas prices, financial and housing markets in ruins, high unemployment, an unending war sucking dry the country's coffers and recession looming on the horizon. Rather than resort to drink or despair, get away with some escapist fantasy! I read The Belgariad series when...more

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Aug 24, 2007 Patricia rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Harry Potter Fans

Shelves: adventure, fantasy

THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SOME THINGS YOU MAY CONSIDER AS SPOILERS, though, I think they are just nuances because I'm not telling huge chunks of the story.

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 in a series of five called The Belgariad, which chronicles the quest of a boy who learns he is a sorcerer. His parents were killed when he was a baby, and he lives with his aunt. Sound familiar? This book was published in 1982....more THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SOME THINGS YOU MAY CONSIDER AS SPOILERS, though, I think they are just nuances because I'm not telling huge chunks of the story.

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 in a series of five called The Belgariad, which chronicles the quest of a boy who learns he is a sorcerer. His parents were killed when he was a baby, and he lives with his aunt. Sound familiar? This book was published in 1982.

What I liked most about “Pawn of Prophecy” is that the characters are quite human, and quite funny and smart-assed. I’ve laughed aloud a few times, and the author allows the characters to make fun of themselves and the antiquated language they sometimes employ. It’s also rather exciting and it’s an entire new world to learn a la Tolkein.

I feel secure in saying that I would like this book and perhaps this series had I never read Harry Potter; however, I am a huge HP fan and there is such a great number of parallels between “Pawn of Prophecy” and HP:

1) Garion, the boy who finds out he is a sorcerer, lives with his aunt. His parents were murdered when he was a baby, and he has sworn to avenge their deaths.
2) His aunt can turn into an animal. What animal? A great snowy owl, of course!
3) There is an important scene where Aunt Pol tells Garion he “must not say the name” of the evil god that, unbeknownst to him, he is to face in later books. This was prophesied before he was even born.
4) Also, “It’s not a good idea to speak his name. He has certain powers which might make it possible for him to know our every move if we alert him to our location, and he can hear his name spoken a thousand leagues away.”
5) The peoples in the Belgariad are separated by the gods, each choosing his own people to represent and each peoples having certain personality traits, much like the four houses of Hogwarts.
6) The author makes a deal about a cut on Garion’s forehead early on and I wonder if it has remained as a scar.
7) The old sorcerer, Garion’s grandfather, has this said about his eyes: “His eyes were a deep and merry blue, forever young and forever full of mischief.” Of course, this old sorcerer, Belgarath, has long white hair and a white beard etc. etc.
8) Garion has a “mark” upon his person that has been there as long as he can remember.
9) One of the men on Garion’s quest is regularly mistaken for a giant, as he is a big, hairy man.
10) Garion goes through this thing of where everyone keeps referring to him as “the boy” [who lived?] and he has problems with that.
11) Said of the Murgos: “There are some among them who can reach out and pick the thoughts right out of your mind.” Hmm, occlumency circa 1982?(less)

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Apr 05, 2012 Mike (the Paladin) rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy

Okay, I see all the glowing reviews and all the 4 and 5 star ratings... sigh. Here I go again.

While I don't actually dislike this book I'm pretty far from liking it either. Mostly I struggled to stay awake and keep my mind on it. It starts out slow meanders around trying to find a plot in the midst of it's standard epic fantasy stereotypes and finishes telling me I should get the next book.

Not for now, thanks.

The book wants very badly to be a standout epic. I mentioned elsewhere that it felt...more Okay, I see all the glowing reviews and all the 4 and 5 star ratings... sigh. Here I go again.

While I don't actually dislike this book I'm pretty far from liking it either. Mostly I struggled to stay awake and keep my mind on it. It starts out slow meanders around trying to find a plot in the midst of it's standard epic fantasy stereotypes and finishes telling me I should get the next book.

Not for now, thanks.

The book wants very badly to be a standout epic. I mentioned elsewhere that it felt as though the book kept yelling "LOOK AT ME I'M AN EPIC FANTASY!" The novel begins by introing us to the deities of the book's mythology, telling us about the "evil one of them" and the "mythic event" that set things in motion. (view spoiler). We are told about and later meet Polgara, Belgarath and Garion. Garion is a boy growing up on large and prosperous farm or farm-stead being raised by "Aunt Pol". (view spoiler)

I read one other David Eddings book some years ago and I've largely forgotten it. My only clear impression is that throughout the book we were always traveling. We're here and we need to go there. We get there and we find we need to go somewhere else. Once there another trip became necessary. I joked that I probably wore out shoes reading the book. The same starts out here...(view spoiler)

Anyway, the book strives to build a portentous story but ends feeling mostly like an intro into a longer story. I know a lot of you like this book and I'm not taking shots at it, it just didn't draw me in. I kept finding that my mind had wandered off the story, so enjoy if it's for you.

This is I'd say a "try it yourself book". I didn't care for it and probably won't follow it up (at least not till someone convinces me that I "simply must" try the next one. LOL). See what you think, not one I really care for. And, frankly...I'm pretty sure I'm not going to be an "Eddings fan". (less)

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Jan 04, 2013 C.E. Murphy rated it 4 of 5 stars

I'm re-reading the Belgariad, which is one of my favorite epic fantasy series ever. PAWN holds up surprisingly well. It's fast-paced, the descriptions are strong but don't slow the story down, and the characterization--always the thing that appealed most--is still just fantastic.

The broad stroke depictions of the various races is a little more jarring as an adult than as a teen, but individually the characters are still so well drawn that one can forgive Eddings for making all Arends thick, all...more

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May 23, 2010 Lisa (Harmonybites) rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, young-adult, ultimate-reading-list, novels, fiction

I can't quite make up my mind whether I like this one enough to try the next book in the series. On the negative side, this one is a bit too reminiscent of Lord of the Rings and too many other fantasy tales without bringing anything all that original to the mix. It's no ripoff like Sword of Shannara, but there is this ordinary young lad, Garion, on a farm with a destiny (tm) who picks up companions on a quest involving a dark object coveted by a dark lord. Like Garion, I also find it a bit much...more

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Mar 17, 2007 Rhapsody rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: newcomers to the fantasy genre

Shelves: fantasy, fiction

This was one of the first fantasy books I ever read. It's a little formulaic and not at all spectacular like Bakker and Tolkein, but at the time it sucked me right in. Most of the standard fantasy elements are included in this series; the farmboy with the fantastic powers and great destiny, the eclectic group of travelers (including a wizard and a thief, so original) searching for an object of power, and the evil god that is slowly awakening. All in all it's a good read.

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May 23, 2007 Eric rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Everyone, especially fantasy fans

Recommended to Eric by: Bob Egan

Shelves: fantasy, audiobooks

This is my favorite fantasy series of all time. I have read the Belgariad so many times, the characters Eddings created in it feel like old friends. And reading it never gets old.

To me, it is the pinnacle of contemporary epic fantasy. It is not only interesting characters and exciting adventure that made this so great, it was the believable interaction between the characters and the moments of humor sprinkled throughout the story.

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Dec 28, 2011 Lisa rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy

UPDATED: Uhm, wow. I didn't think I'd like this book for a second. I don't like fantasy when it deals with totally different worlds, without much foundation in reality, or with names of people and places I can't keep track of--let alone pronounce. But this was accessible and really, really interesting. The pacing regarding the revealing of information was fantastic. While I'm sure I know some things, I can't predict much and that keeps me going. Toward the end I couldn't put it down. This is the...more

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Apr 19, 2009 Jillian rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I found this fair, but very formulaic. There was nothing in here that I hadn't seen before in other fantasy novels...and there are certainly other "versions" of this common-boy-suddenly-finds-out-he-is-wrapped-up-in-a-prophesy-to-save-the-world story that I enjoyed much more ( The Baker's Boy by J.V. Jones comes to mind). Characters seemed a bit underdeveloped and the dialogue fluctuated from overly clever to flat.

In all fairness, I wasn't reading this entirely for pleasure. I was reading it a...more

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Jan 08, 2012 Eleanor rated it 2 of 5 stars

Meh? After reading high fantasy from the likes of George RR Martin and Robin Hobb it's tough to step down several notches in quality. This was recommended (and purchased) for me by my boyfriend who devoured the entire series six times and generally has a good track record for suggesting fantasy fiction. Though I can see the appeal of these books especially to someone new to the genre I just couldn't get enthusiastic. The protagonist is a whiny adolescent kid who realistically represents a child...more

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May 23, 2012 Lydia Presley rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012, fantasy, favorites, fiction

I love a good fantasy romp.

My brother-in-law has been after me to experience David Eddings' works and presented me with the first three books in The Belgariad series for Christmas last year. I was thrilled and apprehensive because, you see, I have this problem when it comes to fantasy - I get completely and totally sucked in.

That's not a bad thing, it's just fantasy has this ability to make me forget to eat, sleep, drink ... basically forget everything but reading. I walk around the house with...more

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Sep 27, 2009 Nathan rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Nobody

Recommended to Nathan by: Friends, Authors

When we're all looking for a good book to read, we usually look to our favourite authors and our best friends and trust their recommnendations as to what we should try next. Such as it was for me.
The Belgariad was suggested to me by just about everyone I knew who enjoyed fantasy, and a number of my favourite authors. Imagine my surprise when I start reading and keep waiting for the story's plot to begin, and it begins to dawn on me that no such relief will be arriving.
The problems I have with th...more When we're all looking for a good book to read, we usually look to our favourite authors and our best friends and trust their recommnendations as to what we should try next. Such as it was for me.
The Belgariad was suggested to me by just about everyone I knew who enjoyed fantasy, and a number of my favourite authors. Imagine my surprise when I start reading and keep waiting for the story's plot to begin, and it begins to dawn on me that no such relief will be arriving.
The problems I have with the Belgariad are simple: The 'story' is so cliche (An orphen boy who finds himself the subject of a prophecy to save the world, say it isn't so!), The characters are bland and the world seems impervious to logic.
Garion, the protagonist of the story, grows up an orphaned child with only his annoyingly mysterious Aunt Pol to take care of him. Despite the fact that he is at an age where he is approaching maturity, Garion demonstrates momentous stupidity several times throughout the series, and particularly in the first book. His entire childhood has been haunted by the prescence of a 'ringwraith' archetype character, a mysterious shrouded black horseman who stalks him, yet he has never once mentioned the terrifying figure to his Aunt Pol, and nor has she, who it becomes known is a powerful sorceress bordering on godly power, ever detected this figure despite being Garion's caretaker and vigilant protector.
Over the course of the story, Garion travels alongside a group of companions, every single one of whom is either Royalty, powerful Nobility or an individual regarded as an equal among Kings and Emperors. Bit odd of an adventuring party eh?
On top of all of this, the action is horribly bland and Garion's growth into the prophetic saviour is infuriatingly poor, one minute he's a lackwit child and the next he's striding along blasting enemies with torrents of magic without training and out-witting his counselors and advisors despite the fact he's never really had a proper education in statecraft.
The dialogue is similarly poor, and often cliche.
The romance between Garion and the princess of a neighboring Empire was just plain embarrassing.
In summary, I was regretful I had ever picked up the series, and was and still am confused as to how the series ever gathered the acclaim it has.(less)

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Sep 16, 2008 Jim rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, sword-sorcery

This is the beginning of a fun, 5 book series. There is another 5 book series, the Mallorean, that comes after plus several additional books, "Polgara", 'Belgarath' & the 'Mrin Codex'. If you stick with the first 5 & maybe the second 5, you'll be happy. Unless this world totally captivates you, reading the 3 additional books is kind of a waste. While there are some tidbits you can pick up, mostly they're a rehash from different POV's of the other 10 books.

That said, the world captivated...more

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Jul 28, 2008 EmmaLee Pryor rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I decided to try Eddings because Heather recommended a book by him, but our library didn't have that specific one. So I checked out the first 3 books in this series. If the next one isn't better I won't be reading it anymore. This was one long exposition or beginning paragraph because nothing really happened and most of the characters are not that sympathetic. The premise is that there are these seven gods with really hard names that have followers or people on the land and sub-groups within tho...more

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Feb 03, 2008 Nathan rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Fantasy readers, anyone who liked The Lord Of The Rings movies or books

Recommended to Nathan by: That pretty red-haired doctor I had when I was 11

Shelves: fantastic, fun-entertaining

I read this around age 11 or 12, it was recommended by my doctor when she heard that I had liked reading The Hobbit. It had taken me around a year to get to it, but when I did I was fascinated -- it was mythic, sweeping, moving, funny, had good (if rather stereotypical fantasy) characters, used descriptive language that really made me feel I could see the people and places in it. And there was a certain rough, raw, realistic feeling to it that I had found lacking in the other fantasy works I'd r...more

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Jul 16, 2011 Nan rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy

While I was cleaning off my shelves yesterday, this series caught my eye. It had been almost 20 years since I'd read them, and I wanted to decide whether I should keep them on the shelf, box them, or give them away. In order to make up my mind, I started reading.

I was happy to discover that Eddings was a much better writer than I realized. I'd remembered his humor and the witty back-and-forth dialogue among the characters. I'd remembered the running gags (such as Barak's horses and their dislike...more While I was cleaning off my shelves yesterday, this series caught my eye. It had been almost 20 years since I'd read them, and I wanted to decide whether I should keep them on the shelf, box them, or give them away. In order to make up my mind, I started reading.

I was happy to discover that Eddings was a much better writer than I realized. I'd remembered his humor and the witty back-and-forth dialogue among the characters. I'd remembered the running gags (such as Barak's horses and their dislike for carrying the giant Cherek). But I'd forgotten that Eddings was actually good. The first real hint of that shows up in the prologue, where he masters the voice of a nineteenth century text. Some of his phrases were especially strong, as when he talked about the "eternal summer" of Garion's youth. All of this left me thrilled. The Belgariad had been one of my first entries into high fantasy, and I was happy to see that it wasn't crap.

That said, I noticed more features about the book that got on my nerves this time around. Eddings had a very subtle sort of misogyny in the book. Polgara was held up as this paragon of womanhood, yet she spends most of the book scolding men. The men all seem to accept this and tell Garion that he'll have to get used to soothing a woman's scolding.

The other big problem I had was the racism. I understand that this was high fantasy, written during the Cold War. I understand what Eddings was doing by having each nation affiliate itself so strongly with its chosen god. However, the result of that affiliation is that each nation wound up with a character--and the divisions between nations take on a strong sense of racism. As a Cold War text, the primary divisions are between East and West--although one of those apparently "Eastern" countries is due south. The map of the world is suspiciously European, down to having the Viking-like Chereks live in what would appear to be Scandinavia. And the best place of all? Riva--a suspiciously England-ish island to the north. The enemies (Nadraks, Thulls, Malloreans, Murgos, and Grolim) seem to be analogues of Iron Curtain nations--with the Malloreans perhaps as China. Torak, the enemy god, seems to be both Marx and Hitler.

I did enjoy this book, as Eddings's writing is really quite good. But I can't read it with the same carefree joy as I did when I was 12. Despite having enjoyed the book, I chose not to reread the rest of the series. Once Ce'Nedra shows up, the misogyny is even harder to avoid, and I had no desire to read about her stomping her tiny feet as she threw a tantrum. I did decide the box the series, though. The books are good, and they're a fundamental part of my development as a reader.(less)

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Jan 05, 2010 Rachel rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy

Young Garion, who has grown up on a farm with no idea of who he is or who his family was, is about to be dragged into a whole new level of reality. His Aunt Pol is more than he knows, and his mysterious friend Mister Wolf (who takes Garion to the tavern even when Aunt Pol specifically tells him not to) has seen more than Garion thinks. Soon he finds himself chasing something he doesn't know with a huge man from Cherek and a slippery, sarcastic merchant. The troop travels in disguise until Garion...more

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Oct 13, 2007 Julie rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

When I first started reading Pawn of Prophecy (Belgariad part 1) I was instantly drawn into this fantastic world that David Eddings created. The story is full of wonderful and intriguing characters, and that is what moves this story along. The plot has been done before, but it's slightly reinvented for this story. Garion is expertly written, and as I read his story I felt as if it were me who was taking this journey. Not many books have done this. Belgarath is reminiscent of Tolkien's Gandalf, o...more

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Mar 06, 2009 Nocturnal rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I'm currently reading this book for the second time, after a long gap and quite a bit of growing up. I must say that my first impression was to laugh at the amount of cliches involved in the book; I understand of course that it was written quite a while ago, but places named things like "Cthol Murgos" are not, my friend, in any way original. Also it annoys me how often each character says "friend" in their speech. No one real would ever talk like that!!

Anyway, I do really enjoy the story itself...more

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Sep 02, 2007 Ysabet rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: speculative-fiction

Reread in 2004.

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 fun enough read (although the second series is far too much like a retracing of the first), but unfortunately what stands out most in my memory is that they were possibly the most badly copyedited books I have ever read. I...more

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Aug 13, 2012 Wulfae rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy

In the middle of listening to this book, and so far... I absolutely hate the aunt. There is a total of one main female character, and she's stupid. She keeps harping on our main character, insisting that he can't do anything. I get that it is difficult for someone to see their child grow up, and that she wants to protect him from whatever his destiny is, but it is driving me CRAZY that she is so over protective. And diminishes everything that he is interested in.

Also, when the kid asks a questio...more

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Aug 21, 2007 Naeem rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

My 11 year old is a avid reader and rates books by David Eddings as his favorite. I wanted to see what he was reading. I thought one novel would do the trick. But I ended up reading the full 5 (the five are really one book).

Fantastic stuff. Different and similar to Pullman's Dark Matter series, Tolkien, and the Harry Potter stuff. Like Pullman, you get the sense that the author is working out something important. Like the Tolkien you are transported into a different world.

Maps are important.

I...more

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Mar 25, 2009 Hwango rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: read-as-child-or-teen

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here.

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Mar 13, 2009 Karen rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

My copy of this is a first edition from 1982 and I'm pretty sure that's the year I first read this book because I remember waiting, anxiously, for each book in the series to be published. I tried re-reading it again today, but alas, my very well-worn first edition now makes me sneeze.

In deference to my allergies, this review will have to be mostly from memory. The bits I did read today struck me as having a mildly dated style, but still very readable and quickly absorbing. This series follows th...more

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David Eddings is an American author who has written several best-selling series of epic fantasy novels. David Eddings' wife, Leigh Eddings, is uncredited as co-author on many of his early books, but he has lately acknowledged that she contributed to them all.

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“We're living in momentous times, Garion. The events of a thousand years and more have all focused on these very days. The world, I'm told, is like that. Centuries pass when nothing happens, and then in a few short years events of such tremendous importance take place that the world is never the same again."
I think that if I had my choice, I'd prefer one of those quiet centuries," Garion said glumly.
Oh, no," Silk said, his lips drawing back in a ferretlike grin. "Now's the time to be alive - to see it all happen, to be a part of it. That makes the blood race, and each breath is an adventure.” — 63 people liked it

“Could you penetrate this palace, Prince Kheldar?" King Anheg challenged.
"I already have, your Majesty," Silk said modestly, "a dozen times or more."
Anheg looked at Rhodar with one raised eyebrow.
Rhodar coughed slightly. "It was some time ago, Anheg. Nothing serious. I was just curious about something, that's all."
"All you had to do was ask," Anheg said in a slightly injured tone.
"I didn't want to bother you," Rhodar said with a shrug. "Besides, it's more fun to do it the other way.” — 33 people liked it

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Pawn of Prophecy (The Belgariad #1)

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