David Eddings (1931–2009)
Autor(a) de Pawn of Prophecy
About the Author
David Eddings was born on July 7, 1931 in Spokane, Washington. He received a B.A. in English from Reed College in Portland in 1954 and a M.A. in Middle English from the University of Washington in 1961. After serving in the U.S. Army for two years, he worked as a grocery clerk, as a sales clerk for mostrar mais the Boeing Company, and as an English teacher in a business college and a teachers' college. During his lifetime, he wrote more than 25 books, many of them with his wife Leigh Eddings. His first novel, High Hunt, was published in 1973. His other works include the Belgariad series, the Mallorean series, the Elenium series, and the Dreamers series. He died on June 2, 2009 at the age of 77. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Disambiguation Notice:
(eng) Leigh Eddings is David's wife and not the same person. Please do not combine David with Leigh, or with the various combinations of their names.
(ger) Leigh Eddings ist Davids Ehefrau und nicht die selbe Person. David und Leigh bitte nicht miteinander oder den verschiedenen Verbindungen ihrer Namen kombinieren.
Séries
Obras de David Eddings
Malloreon Series Books 1 - 5 Collection Set by David Eddings (Guardians of the West, King of the Murgos, Demon Lord of… (2020) 5 cópias
David Eddings Collection, 3 Complete Series in 5 Volumes Set: The Belgariad Series; The Malloreon Series; The Elenium… (2010) 4 cópias
The Malloreon: Demon Lord of Karanda, Sorceress of Darshiva, The Seeress of Kell (Spanish Edition) (1900) 4 cópias
The Complete Belgariad & Malloreon Series Books 1-10 (Pawn of Prophecy, Queen of Sorcery, Magician's Gambit,… (2005) 4 cópias
Elenium: el trono de diamante(vol.1) 2 cópias
Kopuly ognia 1 exemplar(es)
Les Reveurs; Les Gorges de Cristal 1 exemplar(es)
Elenium: la rosa de zafiro (vol.2) 1 exemplar(es)
Elenium - Die Rose aus Saphir: Die Elenium-Trilogie 3 1 exemplar(es)
The Circle 1 exemplar(es)
Magic's Pawn 1 exemplar(es)
La trilogie des périls. 2. Ceux-qui-brillent 1 exemplar(es)
Magic's Price 1 exemplar(es)
River's End 1 exemplar(es)
Set of 3 David Eddings Books (The Sapphire Rose, The Redemption of Althalus, The Diamond Throne) (2000) 1 exemplar(es)
Das Auge Aldurs 1 exemplar(es)
Enchanters' End Game / Belgarath the Sorcerer / Polgara the Sorceress / The Rivan Codex 1 exemplar(es)
Safir Gül / Elenium Üclemesi - 3 1 exemplar(es)
Profetiens oppfyllelse, del 1 [Enchanter's End Game, part 1] 1 exemplar(es)
Profetiens oppfyllelse, del 2 [Enchanter's End Game, part 2] 1 exemplar(es)
Le pion blanc des présages 1 exemplar(es)
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome de batismo
- Eddings, David Carroll
- Outros nomes
- デイヴィッド・エディングス
- Data de nascimento
- 1931-07-07
- Data de falecimento
- 2009-06-02
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Spokane, Washington, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Carson City, Nevada, USA
- Causa da morte
- Dementia
- Locais de residência
- Spokane, Washington, USA
Carson City, Nevada, USA
Denver, Colorado, USA
Seattle, Washington, USA (Puget Sound area) - Educação
- Reed College (BA)
University of Washington (MA)
Everett Junior College (majored in speech, drama and English) - Ocupação
- grocery clerk
English teacher
buyer/sales clerk
fantasy writer - Relacionamentos
- Eddings, Leigh (wife)
- Organizações
- United States Army (1954-1956)
Boeing - Pequena biografia
- David Carroll Eddings (July 7, 1931 – June 2, 2009 was an American fantasy writer. With his wife Leigh, he authored several best-selling epic fantasy novel series, including The Belgariad (1982–84), The Malloreon (1987–91), The Elenium (1989–91), The Tamuli (1992–94), and The Dreamers (2003–06).
Part Cherokee and born in Spokane, Washington, to George Wayne Eddings and Theone (Berge) Eddings, in 1931, Eddings grew up near Puget Sound in the City of Snohomish. After graduating from Snohomish High School in 1949, he worked for a year before majoring in speech, drama and English at junior college. Eddings displayed an early talent for drama and literature, winning a national oratorical contest, and performing the male lead in most of his drama productions. He graduated with a BA from Reed College in 1954. He wrote a novel for a thesis at Reed College before being drafted into the U.S. Army. (He had also previously served in the National Guard.) After being discharged in 1956, Eddings attended the graduate school of the University of Washington in Seattle for four years, graduating with an MA in 1961. Eddings then worked as a purchaser for Boeing, where he met his future wife. Through most of the 1960s, Eddings worked as a lecturer at Black Hills State College in South Dakota. - Aviso de desambiguação
- Leigh Eddings is David's wife and not the same person. Please do not combine David with Leigh, or with the various combinations of their names.
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The Elenium: The Diamond Throne The Ruby Knight The… de David Eddings
Excellent high fantasy trilogy, even if the third book does devolve into a political numbers game for quite a few chapters.
I have been on the fence about reading this series for years, as the author was a convicted child abuser of the worst kind, but as the series itself is a part of the fantasy canon, and as it is a favorite series of my recently departed brother, I decided it was time to give it a read. (All proceeds for sales of Eddings' works go to support scholarships and grants for aspiring English scholars and writers at Reed College in Portland Oregon)
On one note, I get the hype. This story is fast-moving, covering whole regions in a span of a few pages, with a myriad of events taking place from chapter to chapter. It is classic fantasy, in that the characters are stereotypical and the quests epic and fast paced.
As entertaining as the story is, however, I really struggled with caring about any one character in particular. There are too many to keep track of and no single one with enough depth to get invested in. So I keep reading for the sake of the wonderful story, and try to ignore my lack of emotional connection. The pace of this book is insane. I kept waiting to land in PLACE so I could take a look around and get my bearings, but as soon as I started to visualize where the characters were at, they were on the move. Additionally, Eddings obviously considered his readers to be quite dull, because I could see where this thing was going from the prologue and the heavy-handed foreshadowing that never came to fruition in book one provided a constant well for my gripes.
So, I have this entire series on Kindle, and I'll forge ahead because the story is entertaining and the read is quick. But I'll probably skip reviews for the rest of the series unless, by some miracle, I start to care about the characters.
2.5 stars for imagination. And I always round up, because writing a book is hard work!… (mais)
On one note, I get the hype. This story is fast-moving, covering whole regions in a span of a few pages, with a myriad of events taking place from chapter to chapter. It is classic fantasy, in that the characters are stereotypical and the quests epic and fast paced.
As entertaining as the story is, however, I really struggled with caring about any one character in particular. There are too many to keep track of and no single one with enough depth to get invested in. So I keep reading for the sake of the wonderful story, and try to ignore my lack of emotional connection. The pace of this book is insane. I kept waiting to land in PLACE so I could take a look around and get my bearings, but as soon as I started to visualize where the characters were at, they were on the move. Additionally, Eddings obviously considered his readers to be quite dull, because I could see where this thing was going from the prologue and the heavy-handed foreshadowing that never came to fruition in book one provided a constant well for my gripes.
So, I have this entire series on Kindle, and I'll forge ahead because the story is entertaining and the read is quick. But I'll probably skip reviews for the rest of the series unless, by some miracle, I start to care about the characters.
2.5 stars for imagination. And I always round up, because writing a book is hard work!… (mais)
That I made it through this mess is a testament to my OCD. I thought about writing a "Ten Things I Hate About You" list to this book, but that would take more effort than I care to give. So, I'll keep it short and simple:
1. Eddings seems to have ended his chapters on word count, rather than plot. I mean, this is almost Rocky Flintstone territory. Garion Blinked. End of chapter.
2. This orb our fearless heroes are chasing through two books now might as well be a cat toy for all I know or care about it.
3. I really have no idea what's at stake here at any given moment.
4. And then, MUD MEN! And then, EVIL MURGOS! And then, NAKED DRYADS! And then, MISERABLE SLAVES! Seriously though, I have never in my life had to suspend my believability for no reason other than the characters traveled further than a few paragraphs and something had to pop up to entertain my feeble mind.
If you're reading this. You've probably already read this as a ten year old boy and are now ashamed that I've stripped it down to sticks and stones. And if you haven't read it? For the sake of your sanity, skip this trash.… (mais)
1. Eddings seems to have ended his chapters on word count, rather than plot. I mean, this is almost Rocky Flintstone territory. Garion Blinked. End of chapter.
2. This orb our fearless heroes are chasing through two books now might as well be a cat toy for all I know or care about it.
3. I really have no idea what's at stake here at any given moment.
4. And then, MUD MEN! And then, EVIL MURGOS! And then, NAKED DRYADS! And then, MISERABLE SLAVES! Seriously though, I have never in my life had to suspend my believability for no reason other than the characters traveled further than a few paragraphs and something had to pop up to entertain my feeble mind.
If you're reading this. You've probably already read this as a ten year old boy and are now ashamed that I've stripped it down to sticks and stones. And if you haven't read it? For the sake of your sanity, skip this trash.… (mais)
Ebbene, la serie è finita, andate in pace. Questo è più o meno ciò che ho pensato arrivata alla conclusione di La fine del gioco. Tutto è bene quel che finisce bene – soprattutto se è senza sorprese.
O meglio, forse la sorpresa avrebbe dovuto esserci, ma non mi ha impressionata più di tanto. Un viaggio molto lungo per arrivare al dunque, tanti e complessi preparativi perché la famosa Profezia “buona” si compisse e poi? Il povero – si fa per dire – Torak viene liquidato con pochi colpi di spada e qualche frasetta sprezzante. Cascano le braccia al pensiero di averlo temuto per quasi cinque libri, questo feroce Signore del Male.
Dalla parte dei buoni, sono rimasta parimenti sconcertata da Garion. Il ragazzo si prepara ad affrontare Torak per la resa dei conti e se la fa sotto dalla fifa. Un lettore si aspetta che maturi, che succeda qualcosa nella sua testolina che lo renda pronto a fronteggiare un dio. Niente. È all'incirca lo stesso Garion che è partito dalla fattoria di Faldor. Tanto ci pensa la Profezia a diventare ciarliera e a spiegargli quello che deve fare; al resto pensa l'Occhio. Mah.
La sua futura moglie, dal canto suo, passa con disinvoltura dall'essere una bambina viziata – e, francamente, insopportabile – a radunatrice d'eserciti. Tuttavia, penso che, facendo una media, la parti in cui è una bambina viziata prevalgano. Un vero strazio.
Belgarath e Polgara tengono su tutta la baracca, insieme a Beldin (mitico!) e i due gemelli (che parlano come Qui, Quo, Qua). Sebbene viaggino separati per gran parte del romanzo e i loro battibecchi ci siano, ahimè, risparmiati, rimangono tra i personaggi migliori della serie (quelli che ti fanno desiderare di continuare a leggere nonostante tutto, per intenderci). Il colpo di coda finale di Belgarath a Polgara... mi ha fatto ribaltare dalle risate.
Tuttavia sul podio delle risate c'è solo Silk. Non so cosa avrei fatto senza di lui (*cough, cough* non avrei finito la serie). Irriverente e farabutto, non vedevo l'ora di leggere i suoi commenti. Peccato che per lui non finisca esattamente con “e vissero tutti felici e contenti”. Ma forse se la passeranno peggio tutti i mercanti che saranno costretti a fare affari con lui...… (mais)
O meglio, forse la sorpresa avrebbe dovuto esserci, ma non mi ha impressionata più di tanto. Un viaggio molto lungo per arrivare al dunque, tanti e complessi preparativi perché la famosa Profezia “buona” si compisse e poi? Il povero – si fa per dire – Torak viene liquidato con pochi colpi di spada e qualche frasetta sprezzante. Cascano le braccia al pensiero di averlo temuto per quasi cinque libri, questo feroce Signore del Male.
Dalla parte dei buoni, sono rimasta parimenti sconcertata da Garion. Il ragazzo si prepara ad affrontare Torak per la resa dei conti e se la fa sotto dalla fifa. Un lettore si aspetta che maturi, che succeda qualcosa nella sua testolina che lo renda pronto a fronteggiare un dio. Niente. È all'incirca lo stesso Garion che è partito dalla fattoria di Faldor. Tanto ci pensa la Profezia a diventare ciarliera e a spiegargli quello che deve fare; al resto pensa l'Occhio. Mah.
La sua futura moglie, dal canto suo, passa con disinvoltura dall'essere una bambina viziata – e, francamente, insopportabile – a radunatrice d'eserciti. Tuttavia, penso che, facendo una media, la parti in cui è una bambina viziata prevalgano. Un vero strazio.
Belgarath e Polgara tengono su tutta la baracca, insieme a Beldin (mitico!) e i due gemelli (che parlano come Qui, Quo, Qua). Sebbene viaggino separati per gran parte del romanzo e i loro battibecchi ci siano, ahimè, risparmiati, rimangono tra i personaggi migliori della serie (quelli che ti fanno desiderare di continuare a leggere nonostante tutto, per intenderci). Il colpo di coda finale di Belgarath a Polgara... mi ha fatto ribaltare dalle risate.
Tuttavia sul podio delle risate c'è solo Silk. Non so cosa avrei fatto senza di lui (*cough, cough* non avrei finito la serie). Irriverente e farabutto, non vedevo l'ora di leggere i suoi commenti. Peccato che per lui non finisca esattamente con “e vissero tutti felici e contenti”. Ma forse se la passeranno peggio tutti i mercanti che saranno costretti a fare affari con lui...… (mais)
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