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David Eddings

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The Resume

    (July 7, 1931-June 2, 2009)
    Born in Spokane, Washington
    Fantasy author
    Wrote the Belgariad series (1982-84), the Malloreon series (1987-91), the Elenium series (1989-91), the Tamuli series (1992-94) and the Dreamers series (2003-06)

Why he might be annoying:

    He quit being a college lecturer to work at a grocery store.
    He started writing fantasy after spotting Tolkein's 'Lord of the Rings' in a bookstore, muttering 'Is this old turkey still floating around?' and discovering the book was in its 78th printing.
    His wife Leigh co-wrote most of his books but did not receive credit on the covers until the mid-90s.
    He destroyed his car, a quarter of his office and the original manuscripts of several novels when he was flushing out the fuel system of his car with water and threw a burning piece of paper into a puddle to see if it was still flammable. (It was.)

Why he might not be annoying:

    His books were known for their humor and sharp characterization.
    He said he wanted to make reading fun for people, after which they could move on to 'somebody important like Homer or Milton.'
    Asked by a fan about writing future books for one of his series, he replied 'The fact that you want more is a fair indication that we hung it up at just the right time. The next logical step probably would have been, 'Another Sparhawk story? God, can't he find something else?'

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 9 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 11 Votes: 9.09% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 79 Votes: 45.57% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 10 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 34 Votes: 67.65% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 20 Votes: 30.0% Annoying