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 EAN: 9780002247023 Edition: De Luxe Ed Format: Import ISBN: 000224702X Label: Voyager Manufacturer: Voyager Number Of Pages: 400 Publication Date: May 28, 1998 Publisher: Voyager Studio: Voyager Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Disgraceful pretensionI've read Eddings' fiction, including that stupid book with the talking cat, and do not see how he presumes to sneer down his nose at Tolkien, or to make such grand sweeping claims about his own work. The man's ego is out of control and far out of proportion to the standards of his work. His breed of fantasy is the equivalent of male romance novels, writing to the same formula over and over. It's clear he believes he writes 'literature', yet will break the process down to a bunch of admitted stereotype/cliches: ... Read More Rating:  - Understand what you are buyingI read through most of the reviews for this book, and I think that there is a very common theme among the negative reviews: they didn't know what they were buying. This book wasn't written to tell a story. It wasn't written as a prequel or followup on the books of the Belgariad or the Malloreon. This book was largely written before any of those books were written, because this book is the background of the stories in the Belgariad and Malloreon. I think that a lot of people bought this book with the impression ... Read More Rating: - An unfortunate case of EgoAs much as I enjoy the majority of David Eddings' story, a man who can only write one plotline with the same characters undergoing variation should not presume to tell anyone how to write a story. I am not disparaging the repeated retellings; I enjoy them (except Polgara) and I am buying the newest series in hardback. The fact of the matter is Eddings is not really an author; he's a storyteller. He's perfected one story and has become very good at retelling that one story in different ways. The fact that he presumes ... Read More Rating: - Excellent Final BookThis was the perfect cap to the book series. It let you see into the mind of the author, as well as how each Kingdom and character was developed. Other than the Mallorean Gospels (which bored me to tears), I couldn't put it down! Great book! Rating: - Buy this one last....I agree with some of the reviewer's in that this book should be read after reading the Belgarid/Mallorean. If you haven't been steeped in the world it relates to, the Codex will be a very slow and boring read. But if you are a Eddings fan, this book is a great addition to your library. I too, felt David Eddings frustrations come thru in some of his commentary, but unlike some I didn't take it personal. Give the guy a break. I highly reccommend this book to all the Eddings fans. 
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