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From: ie98@vaxb.acs.unt.edu
Subject: Opinions from someone new...
Organization: University of North Texas
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 07:34:07 GMT

Alright...I've finally got this thing figured out...I'm *really* interested in
all the stuff you guys are talking about...I've been and Eddings fan for a long
while...I'm hoping to start offering MHO about some of the stuff, just for
fun...
I have something to say about the Losers...I haven't read it, but I hear
(mostly from here) that it tends to drag...I've noticed that it takes Eddings a
book to get his characters developed...Seems to me that the first book'll drag,
but the rest are superbly interesting. Perhaps he could write just one book
about some of his characters that he's already developed.
About Ce'Nedra...She's easy to explain why she had as much power as Garion,
being a dryad and all...BUT, what about Vella? I came to the conclusion that
she either discovered the will and the word, or she and Beldin truly became
hawks and lived their lives as such...The only thing I see with that would be
the fact that it would be *really* hard for Beldin to keep his nose out of the
world's events...old habits die hard. 
Anyway I ramble on...I'd like to hear any other opinions...The most that can
happen to me is I may be transformed into a radish.
-Susan ("How remarkable")-- 
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From: dkf11@cl.cam.ac.uk (Donal K. Fellows)
Subject: Re: Next book?
Reply-To: dkf11@phx.cam.ac.uk
Organization: U of Cambridge Computer Lab, UK
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 02:04:18 GMT

In article <1993Jan12.001156.2452@nevada.edu> thumim@nevada.edu (Scrooge McDuck) writes:
>In article <1993Jan11.210715.12038@infodev.cam.ac.uk> dkf11@phx.cam.ac.uk writes:
>>
>>Off the top of my head, the next book in the Tamuli after 'Domes of
>>Fire' is 'The Shining Ones' followed closely by 'The Hidden City'.
>>Only the first is currently out in the U.K. (as of last look in a
>>bookshop).
>>
>That's funny.  I got _Domes of Fire_ for Christmas.  My mother bought
>it in a bookstore in Colorado.  I have been seeing it in Vegas for the
>past two months.
>

I didn't make myself clear. It has been out in the U.K since sometime
last August.

>It was very good, BTW.  

I agree with that. I await eagerly the next book, but I don't think
that it has arrived yet. Oh well... :)

Donal.
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From: ic76@vaxb.acs.unt.edu
Subject: MUSH info and a question!
Organization: University of North Texas
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 02:48:39 GMT

Hey, everyone!  I've received alot of queries about the Belgariad MUSH, so I
thought I would post something about MUSHing in general, and the address of the
Belgariad MUSH.
	MUSHes are interactive roleplaying games played over the computer.
People from around the world play characters. The Belgariad MUSH has characters
from the books, and many other characters. We try to keep it IC and very
Eddings-Like. 
	The address is 128.197.10.202 4201
		You can telnet to it, but it really works better if you
		have a managing program like tinyfugue or dink
 Come join us and have fun!!!

-Susan

PS Anyone else curious about Belsambar and Belmakor?
From: ztstodd@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Todd Vaarwerk)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.eddings
Subject: Re: EDDINGS AND HIS WORKS
Keywords: EDDINGS.NEW
Date: 9 Jan 93 11:41:00 GMT
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In article <1993Jan9.042745.16260@infodev.cam.ac.uk>, dkf11@cl.cam.ac.uk (D.K. Fellows) writes...
>In article <C0K9DK.DMt@acsu.buffalo.edu>, ztstodd@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Todd Vaarwerk) writes:
>|>In article <C0IBG8.qE@knot.ccs.queensu.ca>, polowin@chem.queensu.ca (Joel 
>|>          Polowin) writes...
>|>>In article <1993Jan7.203245.4056@infodev.cam.ac.uk> dkf11@phx.cam.ac.uk writes:
>|>>>> IN FACT THE 11TH AND 12TH BOOK WILL DEAL WITH BELGARATH AND ALODAR
>|>>>Who is Alodar BTW?
>|> 
>|>I think that he means ALDUR .. Master of Belgarath & The
>|>Brotherhood of Sorcerers, and Creator of the Cthag Yaska.
>|> 
> 
>Aldur did not create Cthrag Yaska, He merely polished it up. ( Consider Cthrag
>Sardius which fell from the sky, and was not polished by any Gods, yet which is
>the other half of the same original stone)

         I humbly sit corrected .. 


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From: starfish@stein.u.washington.edu (Sarah Skovronsky)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.eddings
Subject: Re: Next book?
Date: 12 Jan 1993 22:39:20 GMT
Organization: University of Washington
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thumim@nevada.edu (Scrooge McDuck) writes:

>In article <1993Jan11.210715.12038@infodev.cam.ac.uk> dkf11@phx.cam.ac.uk writes:
>>
>>Off the top of my head, the next book in the Tamuli after 'Domes of
>>Fire' is 'The Shining Ones' followed closely by 'The Hidden City'.
>>Only the first is currently out in the U.K. (as of last look in a
>>bookshop).
>>
>That's funny.  I got _Domes of Fire_ for Christmas.  My mother bought
>it in a bookstore in Colorado.  I have been seeing it in Vegas for the
>past two months.

Yes, I have Domes of Fire already.  (Bought it the second I saw it!)  I
was wondering when the rest of the series would be appearing.

>It was very good, BTW.  Although, without having read the previous
>three, it was hard to remember why certain relationships existed.

>You get to find out more about Mirtai, which is now becoming one of my
>favorite characters in this series.  Reminds me a lot of good old mom.

Yes, I greatly enjoyed the details of Mirtai as a character, and her
background and history.

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From: dkf11@cl.cam.ac.uk (Donal K. Fellows)
Subject: Re: EDDINGS AND HIS WORKS
Keywords: EDDINGS.NEW
Reply-To: dkf11@phx.cam.ac.uk
Organization: U of Cambridge Computer Lab, UK
Distribution: news
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 20:32:45 GMT

In article <1993Jan7.112853.1@ccsua.ctstateu.edu> SELF writes:
>A BOOK ON LADY POLGARA WOULD BE NICE,I FELL IN LOVE WITH HER AND WAS CRUSHED
>WHEN SHE GOT MARRIED.....OHH WELL.SHORT STORIES ON ALL THE CHARACTERS WOULD
>BE GOOD READING.
> IN FACT THE 11TH AND 12TH BOOK WILL DEAL WITH BELGARATH AND ALODAR AND THE ORB
>EDDINGS IS WRITING TWO MORE BOOKS IN THAT SERIES.A BEGINING AND AN ENDING.
>WITH THE BELGARID AND THE MALLOREAN AS THE MIDDLE PARTS...
> IF YOUR WONDERING HOW I KNOW,WELL I HEARD IT STRAIGHT FROM THE HORSES MOUTH
>D.E HIMSELF
>

There is no need to shout. It just makes things harder to read! :)

Who is Alodar BTW?

Donal.
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From: dkf11@cl.cam.ac.uk (Donal K. Fellows)
Subject: Re: Next book?
Reply-To: dkf11@phx.cam.ac.uk
Organization: U of Cambridge Computer Lab, UK
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 21:07:15 GMT

In article <1isjevINNf6n@shelley.u.washington.edu> starfish@stein.u.washington.edu (Sarah Skovronsky) writes:
>Does anyone know when the next book in the latest series (Domes of Fire, etc.,
>sorry I don't have the book with me so I can't remember the title of the
>series) is coming out?  Has it already appeared in the UK?
>

Off the top of my head, the next book in the Tamuli after 'Domes of
Fire' is 'The Shining Ones' followed closely by 'The Hidden City'.
Only the first is currently out in the U.K. (as of last look in a
bookshop).

Donal.
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From: gregc@microsoft.com (Greg Cox)
Subject: Eddings health
Date: 04 Jan 93 23:58:52 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Corp.
Distribution: usa

I heard a wild rumor about a year ago that David Eddings
was in poor health, perhaps even dying.  Does anyone know
for sure one way or the other?

Thanx.

Greg Cox
gregc@microsoft.com
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From: damiene@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au (Eccles)
Subject: Re: inions from someone new...
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 23:53:38 GMT

ALI00BAW@UNCCVM.UNCC.EDU writes:

> 
>QUERY: We know something about the activities of Belgarath and Beldin
>before the time of the two series, as well as [Bel]Zedar, but what of
>the Twins?

What about the other two sorcerers who killed themselves?

Eccles the Terminally confused

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From: polowin@chem.queensu.ca (Joel Polowin)
Subject: Re: EDDINGS AND HIS WORKS
Keywords: EDDINGS.NEW
Organization: Dept. of Chemistry, Queen's University
Distribution: news
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 23:19:20 GMT

In article <1993Jan7.203245.4056@infodev.cam.ac.uk> dkf11@phx.cam.ac.uk writes:
>> IN FACT THE 11TH AND 12TH BOOK WILL DEAL WITH BELGARATH AND ALODAR AND THE ORB
>>EDDINGS IS WRITING TWO MORE BOOKS IN THAT SERIES.A BEGINING AND AN ENDING.

>Who is Alodar BTW?

If I recall correctly, the protagonist of one of Lyndon Hardy's books --
either _Master Of The Five Magics_, or _Secret Of The Sixth Magic_.  The
first is weak but at least has a nifty magic system; the second trashes
the magic system...

Joel Polowin
polowin@silicon.chem.queensu.ca, polowin@chem.queensu.ca,
polowinj@qucdn.queensu.ca

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From: tao@fine.princeton.edu (Terry Tao)
Subject: Re: Eddings gave up on Malloreon
Originator: news@nimaster
Organization: Princeton University
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 01:33:11 GMT

In article <1993Jan5.183321.9663@iscsvax.uni.edu> mcmurtrey@iscsvax.uni.edu writes:
>
>I've been reading the thread about Eddings and new belgariad and melorian
>(misspelled) books.  Some people think that continueing the series would be
>boring.  :-)  
>
>What I suggest instead would be some work from previous history. (ie. battle of
>VoMembre, the story of how Polgara discovered she was beautiful and/or was
>awarded the title Duchess of Wo--- would be very interesting to read and it
>would provide fresh characters, and plots for eddings and the readers... ::-)
>
>Perhaps a book of short stories about Polgara would be nice....
>
>                                                        Diana McMurtrey
>
>
>        

I think it would be hard to do.  All these little side stories add flavor
to the main series - following them up would be anti-climatical, really.
It would be like printing the entire Mrin Codex.  They aren't enough of a
story to be interesting, I mean the Polgara gaining the Duchy story would
just be a showcase for Pol's sorcery, and not much of an ending.  They're
designed to be "completed by the reader", in a way.

Also, I haven't read any Eddings books other than the Belgaraid, Malloreon,
and the Elenium, but all these stories would not be epic style and maybe
Eddings has only had good luck with epics? (all the endings in the
historical short stories would be of the form "one day the Child of Light
will come and ..." or some such, I suppose.  Or take the Battle of Vo
Mimbre - Eddings might set it up as an epic quest again with a party of
thirteen or so with Brand as the hero, and doing all the usual things with
raising armies, fighting Grolims and Angaraks, and trying to put the Orb on
a shield without burning Brand's arm off, and setting up the whole thing as
the "Final" confrontation between Light and Dark...)

On a completely different note - there seems to be a resemblance between
Sparhawk's name "Anakha" and the word "Anarchy".  Any greek expert here to
tell me if Anakha actually means anything?

Terry
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From: berry@ccsua.ctstateu.edu
Subject: EDDINGS AND HIS WORKS
Followup-To: ALT.FAN.EDDINGS
Keywords: EDDINGS.NEW
Reply-To: SELF
Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT
Distribution: news
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 16:28:53 GMT

A BOOK ON LADY POLGARA WOULD BE NICE,I FELL IN LOVE WITH HER AND WAS CRUSHED
WHEN SHE GOT MARRIED.....OHH WELL.SHORT STORIES ON ALL THE CHARACTERS WOULD
BE GOOD READING.
 IN FACT THE 11TH AND 12TH BOOK WILL DEAL WITH BELGARATH AND ALODAR AND THE ORB
EDDINGS IS WRITING TWO MORE BOOKS IN THAT SERIES.A BEGINING AND AN ENDING.
WITH THE BELGARID AND THE MALLOREAN AS THE MIDDLE PARTS...
 IF YOUR WONDERING HOW I KNOW,WELL I HEARD IT STRAIGHT FROM THE HORSES MOUTH
D.E HIMSELF
From: jonwd (Jon Wiederspan)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.eddings
Subject: Problem with short stories
Date: 8 Jan 1993 17:10:33 GMT
Organization: Me
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I think there is a problem that arises when authors try to write short stories
or novels to flesh out events or tales mentioned in other novels.  This problem
is that they may not be up to the task.  These tales (or in some cases poems
or songs) are a different type of writing than the author has been doing.  
Furthermore, each reader will flesh out these tales/poems/songs/etc. in the way
he/she wants.  The author's work is unlikely to match this (the same problem
that arises when making a film of a novel).

It seems to me that Anne McCaffrey is a prime example of this with her
"Pern" novels.  The DragonRiders and HarperHall series were very good (my 
personal taste) and so well accepted that she was tempted to start writing
adjunct material; "Moretta's Ride" springs to mind.  This story was ok, but
I was, in general, disappointed with it because Moretta was not the way I
had pictured her when reading the trilogies.  Now there are books on the 
geography of Pern and much more.  Many people may like these, but they are
in no way as good as the original trilogies.  It seems a shame to me to
have a good writer spending time on lesser tasks.

In the end, any novel relies on a certain amount of imagination and inventiveness
on the part of its readers.  I hate to see that disappear.

Jon Wiederspan

It's just my opinion.
From: ztstodd@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Todd Vaarwerk)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.eddings
Subject: Re: EDDINGS AND HIS WORKS
Keywords: EDDINGS.NEW
Date: 9 Jan 93 00:31:00 GMT
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In article <C0IBG8.qE@knot.ccs.queensu.ca>, polowin@chem.queensu.ca (Joel 
         Polowin) writes...
>In article <1993Jan7.203245.4056@infodev.cam.ac.uk> dkf11@phx.cam.ac.uk writes:
>>> IN FACT THE 11TH AND 12TH BOOK WILL DEAL WITH BELGARATH AND ALODAR
>>> AND THE ORB
>>>EDDINGS IS WRITING TWO MORE BOOKS IN THAT SERIES.A BEGINING AND AN ENDING.
> 
>>Who is Alodar BTW?

         I think that he means ALDUR .. Master of Belgarath & The
         Brotherhood of Sorcerers, and Creator of the Cthag Yaska.


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From: thumim@nevada.edu (Scrooge McDuck)
Subject: Re: Next book?
Organization: University of Nevada System Computing Services
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 00:11:56 GMT

In article <1993Jan11.210715.12038@infodev.cam.ac.uk> dkf11@phx.cam.ac.uk writes:
>
>Off the top of my head, the next book in the Tamuli after 'Domes of
>Fire' is 'The Shining Ones' followed closely by 'The Hidden City'.
>Only the first is currently out in the U.K. (as of last look in a
>bookshop).
>
That's funny.  I got _Domes of Fire_ for Christmas.  My mother bought
it in a bookstore in Colorado.  I have been seeing it in Vegas for the
past two months.

It was very good, BTW.  Although, without having read the previous
three, it was hard to remember why certain relationships existed.

You get to find out more about Mirtai, which is now becoming one of my
favorite characters in this series.  Reminds me a lot of good old mom.

Peace.
Scrooge
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Subject: Re: inions from someone new...
From: WEZAMG@DEVAX1 (George ZAMROZ)
Date: 13 Jan 93 08:55:09 +1000
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In <damiene.726537218@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au> damiene@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au writes:

> ALI00BAW@UNCCVM.UNCC.EDU writes:
> 
> > 
> >QUERY: We know something about the activities of Belgarath and Beldin
> >before the time of the two series, as well as [Bel]Zedar, but what of
> >the Twins?
> 
> What about the other two sorcerers who killed themselves?
> 
> Eccles the Terminally confused
> 
Yes. Belmakor and Belsambar.

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From: ladyk@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Catarina Ang)
Subject: New book
Summary: Repeat?
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 01:39:03 GMT

 Will whoever sent the information about the new book re-send their
articles, or post them to me, please. They've expired. I don't log in
that often in the hols.
Thanks .

 Lady K

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From: ladyk@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Catarina Ang)
Subject: New book
Summary: Does anybody know...?
Keywords: The Losers
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 04:59:47 GMT


Does anybody know anything about the new Eddings book titled the
'Losers' which seems to be telling a story like the fall of grace of
Lucifer...Why it was written? Is it available in paperback? I should be
very pleased if anyone could tell me anything about it.

-----
	Lady K
 A ripple of laughter drifts to your ears ... and is cut off abruptly as
the door to the Ivory Tower slams shut.
-----
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From: ie98@vaxb.acs.unt.edu
Subject: <None>
Organization: University of North Texas
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 07:08:39 GMT

About the Giving up on the malloreon...If you want to keep on going with th the
characters in the Belgariad...follow the news on the Belgariad MUSH...Maybe not
Eddings, but hey, it works...
I understand that  maybe he got tired of the idea, and thought he needed a new
fresh one (Who can blame him after ten long books) But even with the MUSH, I
think some short stories would be nice...
-Susan ie98@vaxa.acs.unt.edu...mail me if you're curious about the MUSH ;) 
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From: ALI00BAW@UNCCVM.UNCC.EDU
Newsgroups: alt.fan.eddings
Subject: Re: inions from someone new...
Date: 8 Jan 93 17:48:29 GMT
Organization: UNC Charlotte

C.S. Lewis once said of the Narnia series that there are two times
to stop writing more books in a series; one before everyone is sick
of it and the other AFTER.  (This is not and is not intended to be
an EXACT quote.)
 
As for Beldin, the impression that I got was that (a) he did not like
his human form all that much, and only used it when he had to, and (b)
that he was much less an "activist" Belgarath--after all, he was the one
who kept watch over Torak's body all those centuries.
 
QUERY: We know something about the activities of Belgarath and Beldin
before the time of the two series, as well as [Bel]Zedar, but what of
the Twins?
From: starfish@stein.u.washington.edu (Sarah Skovronsky)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.eddings
Subject: Re: New book
Date: 6 Jan 1993 20:10:30 GMT
Organization: University of Washington
NNTP-Posting-Host: stein.u.washington.edu
Keywords: The Losers

ladyk@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Catarina Ang) writes:


>Does anybody know anything about the new Eddings book titled the
>'Losers' which seems to be telling a story like the fall of grace of
>Lucifer...Why it was written? Is it available in paperback? I should be
>very pleased if anyone could tell me anything about it.

About all I know of "The Losers" is that it is contemporary fiction 
(sorry, no sorcery) and is rather grim.  I haven't read it or even
bought it, as I prefer fantasy.

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From: dkf11@cl.cam.ac.uk (D.K. Fellows)
Subject: Re: EDDINGS AND HIS WORKS
Keywords: EDDINGS.NEW
Organization: U of Cambridge Computer Lab, UK
Distribution: news
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 04:27:45 GMT

In article <C0K9DK.DMt@acsu.buffalo.edu>, ztstodd@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Todd Vaarwerk) writes:
|>In article <C0IBG8.qE@knot.ccs.queensu.ca>, polowin@chem.queensu.ca (Joel 
|>          Polowin) writes...
|>>In article <1993Jan7.203245.4056@infodev.cam.ac.uk> dkf11@phx.cam.ac.uk writes:
|>>>> IN FACT THE 11TH AND 12TH BOOK WILL DEAL WITH BELGARATH AND ALODAR
|>>>Who is Alodar BTW?
|> 
|>I think that he means ALDUR .. Master of Belgarath & The
|>Brotherhood of Sorcerers, and Creator of the Cthag Yaska.
|> 

Aldur did not create Cthrag Yaska, He merely polished it up. ( Consider Cthrag
Sardius which fell from the sky, and was not polished by any Gods, yet which is
the other half of the same original stone)

Donal.

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From: mcmurtrey@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: alt.fan.eddings
Subject: Re: Eddings gave up on Malloreon
Date: 5 Jan 93 18:33:21 -0600
Organization: University of Northern Iowa


I've been reading the thread about Eddings and new belgariad and melorian
(misspelled) books.  Some people think that continueing the series would be
boring.  :-)  

What I suggest instead would be some work from previous history. (ie. battle of
VoMembre, the story of how Polgara discovered she was beautiful and/or was
awarded the title Duchess of Wo--- would be very interesting to read and it
would provide fresh characters, and plots for eddings and the readers... ::-)

Perhaps a book of short stories about Polgara would be nice....

                                                        Diana McMurtrey