Recent posts on Cold Iron & Rowan-Wood

[mirrorshard]

• Place names in fantasy
  
• Acacia, by David Anthony Durham (Part II, Part III)
  
• Obituary for David Eddings
  
• Review - Irons in the Fire, by Juliet E McKenna
  
• Review - Zahrah the Windseeker, by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
  
• Review - The Dazzle of Day, by Molly Gloss
  
• Re-reading - The Stainless Steel Rat Saves The World, by Harry Harrison
  

Comments

[yoyoangel.livejournal.com]

What Eddings book/series would you recommend to someone who has (shamefully) listened to the bashing and not yet tried reading him?

[mirrorshard.livejournal.com]

I'd suggest starting with Pawn of Prophecy, his first fantasy novel and the first in the Belgariad series. There are five of those (and they do follow on rapidly from each other), then five of the Malloreon in the same world. They're all in print, so finding them in the library shouldn't be a problem.

[yoyoangel.livejournal.com]

Cool: thank you.

[mirrorshard.livejournal.com]

No problem at all - I'd be interested to hear your reactions if you do give it a try.

[yoyoangel.livejournal.com]

I've just ordered it from the library (the wonders of modern technology!), so I'll let you know.