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The Prince of Thieves: The Weight of Isolation
Image generated using ChatGPT He walked the eastern road out of Boktor until the city’s light was a smear behind him and the road was just a road, dark and indifferent beneath his boots. The ring was in his coat. The merchant was already forgetting him, constructing a version of the evening he could live with. This was how it always went. Silk had made a long study of what men remembered and what they let go. What they let go was him. This was the isolation particular to his trade. Not […]https://markneweden.wordpress.com/2026/07/19/the-prince-of-thieves-the-weight-of-isolation/
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Off to bed listening to The Mallorean : King of the Murgos. #DavidEddings ⚔️
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A quotation from David Eddings
A man my age is willing to accept almost anything. After the initial shock of astonishment that comes each morning when I wake up and discover that I’m still alive, I can face the day with an open mind.
David Eddings (1931-2009) American writer
The Shining Ones, Part 1, ch. 7 [Fontan] (1993)More info about this quote: wist.info/eddings-david/80270/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #davideddings #acceptance #age #belief #credulity #growingold #oldage #openmind
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A quotation from David Eddings
A man my age is willing to accept almost anything. After the initial shock of astonishment that comes each morning when I wake up and discover that I’m still alive, I can face the day with an open mind.
David Eddings (1931-2009) American writer
The Shining Ones, Part 1, ch. 7 [Fontan] (1993)More info about this quote: wist.info/eddings-david/80270/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #davideddings #acceptance #age #belief #credulity #growingold #oldage #openmind
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A quotation from David Eddings
A man my age is willing to accept almost anything. After the initial shock of astonishment that comes each morning when I wake up and discover that I’m still alive, I can face the day with an open mind.
David Eddings (1931-2009) American writer
The Shining Ones, Part 1, ch. 7 [Fontan] (1993)More info about this quote: wist.info/eddings-david/80270/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #davideddings #acceptance #age #belief #credulity #growingold #oldage #openmind
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A quotation from David Eddings
A man my age is willing to accept almost anything. After the initial shock of astonishment that comes each morning when I wake up and discover that I’m still alive, I can face the day with an open mind.
David Eddings (1931-2009) American writer
The Shining Ones, Part 1, ch. 7 [Fontan] (1993)More info about this quote: wist.info/eddings-david/80270/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #davideddings #acceptance #age #belief #credulity #growingold #oldage #openmind
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20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just book covers (don't forget the alt text).
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Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings.
#20Books20Days #Bookstodon #Books #Fantasy #DavidEddings #PawnOfProphecy #TheBelgariad
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20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just book covers (don't forget the alt text).
14/20
Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings.
#20Books20Days #Bookstodon #Books #Fantasy #DavidEddings #PawnOfProphecy #TheBelgariad
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I was checking out of the #Nasfic hotel and the desk clerk was named "Garion". Yes, after the #DavidEddings character. He's a bigger #BrandonSanderson fan, though.
He had no idea what NASFiC was or that it was relevant to his name. Nice kid, though.
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#Belgariad fan. #DavidEddings Can the fediverse suggest another read of the same genre? Merci #Fantasy #SciFi
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The Belgariad by David Eddings (1984)
I'm going to read the rest of Eddings' epics in the realm of the Kingdoms of the West and the Angaraks, and will post about them when I get to them. Eddings wrote three other epic series -- The Malloreon, The Elenium, and The Tamuli -- and what I remember from my last reading 10 years ago, each is better than the one before it. So I was looking forward to this re-read.
I haven't been disappointed. I'm almost to the end of The Belgariad and it is much richer and more interesting than I remembered from my previous reading.
The Belgariad is really about a prophecy, or really, two diametrically opposed prophecies, and the magic power of their opposition. It is this tension between different fates for the world that seems to drive magic, and history -- kingdoms and empires and global political forces.
First published in 1984, The Belgariad does reflect some of the tropes and flaws of the Tolkien-pretender era of fantasy writing, perhaps exemplified by Terry Brooks and Steven King, who openly state that they wanted to write an epic because of Tolkien. Eddings motives preface my edition:I'd noticed that high fantasy lacked the gritty realism of The Grapes of Wrath or For Whom the Bell Tolls, so in a sense, our fantasies have been an experiment in form -- "Realistic Fantasy," perhaps (or Fantastic Realism, take your pick).
I still think The Belgariad falls short of his literary ambitions. His vision and storytelling are still somewhat juvenile in the manner of Brooks, Jordan, King, or countless other authors who imitated Tolkien in that era. But like Brooks, and unlike Jordan or King... Eddings got better at it. Leaps and bounds better at it than Brooks did.
To sum, I'm going to keep reading before I post any real reviews, but I'll post these meta-reviews when I feel like it for each series in the Eddings saga.
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The Belgariad by David Eddings (1984)
I'm going to read the rest of Eddings' epics in the realm of the Kingdoms of the West and the Angaraks, and will post about them when I get to them. Eddings wrote three other epic series -- The Malloreon, The Elenium, and The Tamuli -- and what I remember from my last reading 10 years ago, each is better than the one before it. So I was looking forward to this re-read.
I haven't been disappointed. I'm almost to the end of The Belgariad and it is much richer and more interesting than I remembered from my previous reading.
The Belgariad is really about a prophecy, or really, two diametrically opposed prophecies, and the magic power of their opposition. It is this tension between different fates for the world that seems to drive magic, and history -- kingdoms and empires and global political forces.
First published in 1984, The Belgariad does reflect some of the tropes and flaws of the Tolkien-pretender era of fantasy writing, perhaps exemplified by Terry Brooks and Steven King, who openly state that they wanted to write an epic because of Tolkien. Eddings motives preface my edition:I'd noticed that high fantasy lacked the gritty realism of The Grapes of Wrath or For Whom the Bell Tolls, so in a sense, our fantasies have been an experiment in form -- "Realistic Fantasy," perhaps (or Fantastic Realism, take your pick).
I still think The Belgariad falls short of his literary ambitions. His vision and storytelling are still somewhat juvenile in the manner of Brooks, Jordan, King, or countless other authors who imitated Tolkien in that era. But like Brooks, and unlike Jordan or King... Eddings got better at it. Leaps and bounds better at it than Brooks did.
To sum, I'm going to keep reading before I post any real reviews, but I'll post these meta-reviews when I feel like it for each series in the Eddings saga.
#DavidEddings #bookstodon #EpicFantasy -
Learn something
No day in which you learn something is a complete loss.
~ David Eddingsslip:4a1344.
#7ForSunday #DavidEddings #ExperienceAndLearning #InspirationalQuotesBookSelected #Quotes -
"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."
Garion let that pass.
- Pawn of Prophecy
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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."
Garion let that pass.
- Pawn of Prophecy
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#7Books On my list, I'm counting a series as a single "book" since all the individual books together tell a single story. And because if I didn't, there wouldn't be much variety on my list 😜
1. The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley (single book)
2. The Belgariad by David Eddings
3. The Circle of Ceridwen by Octavia Randolph
4. The Road to Valhalla by Melanie Katsak
5. All the President's Men by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
6. Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
7. The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule#bookstodon #Fantasy #Watergate #MountEverest #TrueCrime #TedBundy #MarionZimmerBradley #DavidEddings #OctaviaRandolph #MellanieKarsak #WoodwardAndBernstein #JonKrakauer #AnnRule
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#7Books On my list, I'm counting a series as a single "book" since all the individual books together tell a single story. And because if I didn't, there wouldn't be much variety on my list 😜
1. The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley (single book)
2. The Belgariad by David Eddings
3. The Circle of Ceridwen by Octavia Randolph
4. The Road to Valhalla by Melanie Katsak
5. All the President's Men by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
6. Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
7. The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule#bookstodon #Fantasy #Watergate #MountEverest #TrueCrime #TedBundy #MarionZimmerBradley #DavidEddings #OctaviaRandolph #MellanieKarsak #WoodwardAndBernstein #JonKrakauer #AnnRule
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#7Books On my list, I'm counting a series as a single "book" since all the individual books together tell a single story. And because if I didn't, there wouldn't be much variety on my list 😜
1. The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley (single book)
2. The Belgariad by David Eddings
3. The Circle of Ceridwen by Octavia Randolph
4. The Road to Valhalla by Melanie Katsak
5. All the President's Men by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
6. Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
7. The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule#bookstodon #Fantasy #Watergate #MountEverest #TrueCrime #TedBundy #MarionZimmerBradley #DavidEddings #OctaviaRandolph #MellanieKarsak #WoodwardAndBernstein #JonKrakauer #AnnRule
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Hello, voici un #vendredilecture en avance 😂 Mais comme je suis en test de la plateforme... Voici une chronique sur un auteur qui a marqué mon rapport à la Fantasy, et même mon style d'écrivain : 𝘿𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙙 𝙀𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨.
Avis complet (très partisan !) : https://www.yhpadines.fr/2021/04/la-belgariade-david-eddings-roman-fantasy/ (l'image donne le ton)
Et vous, avez-vous apprécié 𝙇𝙖 𝘽𝙚𝙡𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙙𝙚 ?
Bonne Toussaint !
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#mastolivres #mastobookfrance #passionlecture #lecture #avislecture #chroniquelitteraire #livrefantasy #belgariade #davideddings -
Hello, voici un #vendredilecture en avance 😂 Mais comme je suis en test de la plateforme... Voici une chronique sur un auteur qui a marqué mon rapport à la Fantasy, et même mon style d'écrivain : 𝘿𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙙 𝙀𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨.
Avis complet (très partisan !) : https://www.yhpadines.fr/2021/04/la-belgariade-david-eddings-roman-fantasy/ (l'image donne le ton)
Et vous, avez-vous apprécié 𝙇𝙖 𝘽𝙚𝙡𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙙𝙚 ?
Bonne Toussaint !
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#mastolivres #mastobookfrance #passionlecture #lecture #avislecture #chroniquelitteraire #livrefantasy #belgariade #davideddings
