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Old 11-24-2005, 08:16 AM   #305
SteveDallas
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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl
I read the Colour of Magic when it first came out in paperback- I would have been about 14. I read my copy to bits and had to buy another one . . . Sad to hear it hasn't aged well.
Well, maybe I should give it another try. I may have been more favorably inclined if I had read it first before the other novels. Though I suppose it is a compliment (however backhanded) in that it suggests great improvement in his writing over the years.

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl
. . .I remember thinking we should be studying David Eddings in our English classes......
Oh, yeah an essay explaining the plot parallels between the Belgariad and the Elenium. There's the ticket!
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