Belgariad. La saga completa

I'm a closet sci-fi/fantasy/adventure fan. I make no apologies for that. And I'll make no apologies for loving this series of books. I've read this series at least a dozen times and it never fails to entertain. This series is deceptive. Because the five books are quick reads, it can be easy to dismis Leggi tutto

The Belgariad series and its sequel, the Mallorean series (also 5 books) are some of the best fantasy novels you will ever read. Unlike most fantasy books, it is relatively easy to quickly figure out the world in which they take place. The characters are absolutely fantastic - some of the best chara Leggi tutto

L'intera saga è molto bella. Bellissimi i personaggi e le ambientazioni. Quello che mi è piaciuto molto è l'idea della magia. La magia è parola e volontà. Non è la classica concezione del potere, se una cosa si deve fare è perché il fato ha deciso che va fatta e si fà tramite la comunicazione tra ma Leggi tutto

Okay, what to say about Eddings? Let me start by saying that while LOTR was the first fantasy I read (back in the early 90's, when there was a sense that there wasn't a fantasy genré yet, at least not in the small time where I lived, there was just SF and then there was LOTR) Eddings was the one that Leggi tutto

Belgariad 1-5 While the Belgariad is far from being perfect or original, it does an extremely good job with the tools at its disposal. The journey is constantly moving and evolving without suffering from the snail-like pacing typically associated with classic epic fantasy. The world is creative and f Leggi tutto

This is the series that really got me hooked into the fantasy genre. The pace at which the story moves along is one of the best... introducing you to the innocent, somewhat naive farmboy Garion, who quickly grows on you as everything that has been kept secret from him is slowly revealed, forcing him Leggi tutto

Truly great story. When I read LOTR, I was left with images of all of these grim people with little in the way of comic relief.......to which you might respond "Sauron's got the world practically in his grasp, what's the humor in that?" I just think that I'd rather sit down and have a drink with Bel Leggi tutto

The Belgariad is the best series of books I have ever read. The books take you into a well defined world, each country very different from the next, and envelops the reader in such a riveting story-line that he would want to never put the book down. The series is full of magic (sorcery), action, and b Leggi tutto

This was my introduction to high fantasy. My gateway drug, I suppose. I have loved these books since they were loaned to me in high school, and I used to reread them at least once a year. When times were bad, I could still follow along with Garion, sigh over Silk (one of my original literary crushes Leggi tutto