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<blockquote data-quote="Barendd Nobeard" data-source="post: 955841" data-attributes="member: 960">David Eddings: Belgarian, Mallorean, Elenium, Tamuli (the last two are the Sparrhawk trilogies).&nbsp; I can't believe I read them all.&nbsp; Years after they were published, so in about one month I read them all.&nbsp; Then, eventually &quot;Belgarath the Sorcerer&quot; came out and I read that.&nbsp; By then, I so hated the Belgariad/Mallorean series, I could not bring myself to read the book named after the greatest charater in the series: Polgara.&nbsp; Wow.&nbsp; Eleven bad books and I couldn't waste a weekend to read #12?&nbsp; What was I thinking?So, I'm with Frostmarrow on this one.And I am with Claude Raines, too.&nbsp; And as for annoying characters--that conman/thief who spoke &quot;in dialect&quot; all the time.&nbsp; Give it a rest!But, for complete crapitude, so bad I couldn't even finish it, the award goes to Stephen Donaldson's &quot;Thomas Covenant&quot; series.&nbsp; Now I must confess, if I read more than 50 pages of a book, I finish it.&nbsp; No matter how bad (see list of Eddings I have read, at the top of this post).&nbsp; But that first Thomas Covenent book--my god, I read 250 pages (more than half!) and then could not finish it.Special Honorable Mention time.&nbsp; For the stealth crapitude award, Terry Brooks' &quot;Shannara&quot; series. I read the first one.&nbsp; I read the second one.&nbsp; I read the third one.&nbsp; All was good, but I had no desire to read further.&nbsp; Then I read &quot;Lord of the Rings.&quot;&nbsp; Admittedly, the book was spoiled a bit, for I had already read it--in &quot;Sword of Shannara&quot;--a rip-off so extreme, I can only call it plagiarism.&nbsp; Now, I'm not some Tolkien purist or fanboy, whole sections of his trilogy are god-awful boring.&nbsp; But Shannara, well, having finally read the source material, I just can't call this a good series.&nbsp; And that name--Allanon.&nbsp; When I read/hear it, all I can think of is <a href="http://www.al-anon.alateen.org/" target="_blank">Al-Anon</a> (a 12 step program for people with relatives/friends who are alcoholics).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Barendd Nobeard, post: 955841, member: 960"] David Eddings: Belgarian, Mallorean, Elenium, Tamuli (the last two are the Sparrhawk trilogies). I can't believe I read them all. Years after they were published, so in about one month I read them all. Then, eventually "Belgarath the Sorcerer" came out and I read that. By then, I so hated the Belgariad/Mallorean series, I could not bring myself to read the book named after the greatest charater in the series: Polgara. Wow. Eleven bad books and I couldn't waste a weekend to read #12? What was I thinking? So, I'm with Frostmarrow on this one. And I am with Claude Raines, too. And as for annoying characters--that conman/thief who spoke "in dialect" all the time. Give it a rest! But, for complete crapitude, so bad I couldn't even finish it, the award goes to Stephen Donaldson's "Thomas Covenant" series. Now I must confess, if I read more than 50 pages of a book, I finish it. No matter how bad (see list of Eddings I have read, at the top of this post). But that first Thomas Covenent book--my god, I read 250 pages (more than half!) and then could not finish it. Special Honorable Mention time. For the stealth crapitude award, Terry Brooks' "Shannara" series. I read the first one. I read the second one. I read the third one. All was good, but I had no desire to read further. Then I read "Lord of the Rings." Admittedly, the book was spoiled a bit, for I had already read it--in "Sword of Shannara"--a rip-off so extreme, I can only call it plagiarism. Now, I'm not some Tolkien purist or fanboy, whole sections of his trilogy are god-awful boring. But Shannara, well, having finally read the source material, I just can't call this a good series. And that name--Allanon. When I read/hear it, all I can think of is [URL=http://www.al-anon.alateen.org/]Al-Anon[/URL] (a 12 step program for people with relatives/friends who are alcoholics). [/QUOTE]

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