In which I get on my soapbox...
Jul. 16th, 2008 11:35 amI read a lot of books. This will come as no surprise to anyone who has known me, either RL or online, for more than about 5 minutes. In particular, I read a lot of science fiction/fantasy (the line between the two is really so blurry now we probably need a new portmanteau name for the genre like 'scieasy' or something) and crime (more your traditional detective stuff than the more forensic/psychological end of the market). And while I will talk a bit here about what I've read, I tend to rant more over on my Vox blog, mostly because of the one nifty thing it does, which is allow me to link directly to the Amazon pic etc.
I started off reading science fiction (the science-based stuff) back when my brother lived at home and I could raid his bedroom for the likes of Brunner, Asimov and Bradbury. At some point in my teens I started reading fantasy, such as there was at the time - one of the series of books I read back in the early 1980's was David Eddings' books called the Belgariad. Because of the vagaries of the local library system, I never really finished the next series (the Malloreon) and that was pretty much it for me and Mr Eddings. Our paths never really crossed after that.
Until recently, when I picked up a copy of The Redemption of Althalus at the library and happily brought it home, thinking how nice it was for once to have a standalone novel to read rather than Volume 1 of 12 or whatever, even if that standalone was 900 pages in paperback. I know now that this particular book is a couple of years old (first published in 2002), but humour me, okay? ;)
( Cut to protect the guilty... ) And so, I think we can safely conclude that the chances of me reading anything else by the Eddings is slim to absolutely none. In fact, if it wasn't a library book I would probably consider slipping it into the recycling bin rather than either selling it or giving it away. It's not big and it's not clever, but at least there are other authors out there who don't quite channel teenage fanfic writers in their line of thinking.
I started off reading science fiction (the science-based stuff) back when my brother lived at home and I could raid his bedroom for the likes of Brunner, Asimov and Bradbury. At some point in my teens I started reading fantasy, such as there was at the time - one of the series of books I read back in the early 1980's was David Eddings' books called the Belgariad. Because of the vagaries of the local library system, I never really finished the next series (the Malloreon) and that was pretty much it for me and Mr Eddings. Our paths never really crossed after that.
Until recently, when I picked up a copy of The Redemption of Althalus at the library and happily brought it home, thinking how nice it was for once to have a standalone novel to read rather than Volume 1 of 12 or whatever, even if that standalone was 900 pages in paperback. I know now that this particular book is a couple of years old (first published in 2002), but humour me, okay? ;)
( Cut to protect the guilty... ) And so, I think we can safely conclude that the chances of me reading anything else by the Eddings is slim to absolutely none. In fact, if it wasn't a library book I would probably consider slipping it into the recycling bin rather than either selling it or giving it away. It's not big and it's not clever, but at least there are other authors out there who don't quite channel teenage fanfic writers in their line of thinking.
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