Pawn of Prophecy is the first book of David Edding's Belgariad series. I added Leigh up there, because his wife has indeed collaborated with him on all of these myriad plethoras of books, although publishers did not credit her in the early books. Leigh passed away in 2007, and David in 2009: they were married 45 years.
The version of this I bought was the first three books of The Belgariad. I read Pawn and I will probably read the others later: it's a quest, and a very pleasant read completely due to the really heart-felt characters. Foremost of course, the main character, a boy named Garion, who watches the angst of others with a matching empathy that is so very endearing. He does indeed do a lot in the observation-department, which is what a youngster would be relegated to, but because he is quite emotionally involved, it does not feel static.
I'm really not a quest person, which is a shame, because on some level quests are allegories for the passage of our own lives, which is why I think I balk at the rote and predictable elements of them.
Oh. I'm afraid that not liking quests could possible say unkindly things about my psychological composition.
Lessons for Writers: Emotions are very fine, delicate, ephemeral, sensitive things. If you can get them right, you are probably way ahead of the game.
David & Leigh Eddings were quite the couple, yes,
and David certainly knew characters were their strength.
The version of this I bought was the first three books of The Belgariad. I read Pawn and I will probably read the others later: it's a quest, and a very pleasant read completely due to the really heart-felt characters. Foremost of course, the main character, a boy named Garion, who watches the angst of others with a matching empathy that is so very endearing. He does indeed do a lot in the observation-department, which is what a youngster would be relegated to, but because he is quite emotionally involved, it does not feel static.
I'm really not a quest person, which is a shame, because on some level quests are allegories for the passage of our own lives, which is why I think I balk at the rote and predictable elements of them.
Oh. I'm afraid that not liking quests could possible say unkindly things about my psychological composition.
Lessons for Writers: Emotions are very fine, delicate, ephemeral, sensitive things. If you can get them right, you are probably way ahead of the game.
David & Leigh Eddings were quite the couple, yes,
and David certainly knew characters were their strength.
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