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I had a bad feeling when I saw "David Eddings" pop up as one of the trending topics on Twitter. Apparently, Eddings has died, aged 77.
When I was at summer camp (at the TIP program on the Duke University campus) when I was about 13, a friend of mine discovered that I hadn't read The Belgariad. "Come on," she said. "Someone here must have the books with them." We went through the dorms, knocking on doors, asking if anyone had copies willing to lend. I think we talked to less than half-a-dozen people before we found a young man who had the entire series and was willing to lend it to me. I finished the series in a matter of days, and acquired my own copies soon after.
I have very different reading tastes now, and haven't read most of Eddings more recent work, but I sincerely thank him for all the reading pleasure he gave me and so many of my peers when I was younger.
When I was at summer camp (at the TIP program on the Duke University campus) when I was about 13, a friend of mine discovered that I hadn't read The Belgariad. "Come on," she said. "Someone here must have the books with them." We went through the dorms, knocking on doors, asking if anyone had copies willing to lend. I think we talked to less than half-a-dozen people before we found a young man who had the entire series and was willing to lend it to me. I finished the series in a matter of days, and acquired my own copies soon after.
I have very different reading tastes now, and haven't read most of Eddings more recent work, but I sincerely thank him for all the reading pleasure he gave me and so many of my peers when I was younger.
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