just want to lament the passing of David Eddings, one of my favorite fantasy authors. I believe that I have read all of the works by him and his wife Leigh. My favorite is the Ellenium Series with the Pandion Knight "Sparhawk" as the hero, grand adventure all the way through. As well were his other series like the Mallorean. I hope that he is now spinning tall tales in Valhalla Jacamo

I'm sorry to hear about his passing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Eddings

John L Peterson wrote: just want to lament the passing of David Eddings, one of my favorite fantasy authors. I believe that I have read all of the works by him and his wife Leigh. My favorite is the Ellenium Series with the Pandion Knight "Sparhawk" as the hero, grand adventure all the way through. As well were his other series like the Mallorean. I hope that he is now spinning tall tales in Valhalla Jacamo

I never read through his series...though I do have the Belgariad (is that right).

Not many new authors in the genre I like...so it is sad to see any of the old guard go.

Mr. P.

All I know about him is that his wife was his co-author. Was he a good author, in your opinion, OP?

Eddings was a fantastic fantasy yarn spinner,he wrote several series of adventures consisting of five to seven books each. there was my favorite called the Ellenium,the Hero Sparhawk a Pandion Knight with a bad temper and a mean assed horse named Faran. There also was a series named the Belgariad, and one named the Mallorean.Several series supporting character books and several others co-authored with his wife. Now, having said all that! What I mean is, if you had all of his books in front of you,you could make yourself comfortable and wander off for days! In my opinion he was really good. Jacamo

In that case, I'm sorry one of your favorite writers went under. Maybe I'll check him out myself.

I am also very sad to hear of his passing, my husband first introduced me to his works and despite thinking I could never like fantasy I am now an avid fan! The Belgariad is my favourite and I have Mr Eddings to thank for changing my perceptions about what is a wonderful genre...

Leeann I like the Belgariad series also, especially Belgarath and Polgara,good fun and adventure. I think it was probably also fun to write.

He and his wife wrote very witty repartee, I was current on everything they wrote through the Dreamers series. I apparently live in a cave and missed this news bit, and I am saddened by it.

I didn't know he had passed away, I have read some of his books and Polgara is one of my favorite female leads in fantasy. I love the way he and Leigh wrote together as a pair.