David Eddings

David Eddings (born July 7, 1931 in Spokane , Washington , † June 2, 2009 in Carson City ) was an American fantasy author . His wife Leigh Eddings (1937–2007) has worked on many of his books, but is only mentioned as a co-author in the later works.

Life

Eddings grew up on Puget Sound in Washington state . From 1954 to 1956 he served in the US Army . He earned 1,954 at Reed College the academic degree of Bachelor of Arts and in 1961 at the University of Washington to the Master of Arts . On October 27, 1962, he married his wife Judith Leigh Schall. Before becoming a writer, he worked for the US armed forces and aircraft manufacturer Boeing . He lived in Carson City , Nevada until his death .

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Eddings' first books were novels with general subjects like Die Zeit der Jäger ( Bastei Lübbe Verlag ) and sold only moderately. He only made his breakthrough after he switched to the genre of adventure or fantasy (also: epic fantasy ).

His main work is the Belgariad saga , which is followed by the Malloreon saga . The Belgariad saga was published a few years earlier by Knaur Verlag as Das Auge Aldur and has been re-published by Lübbe Verlag after the success of the Malloreon saga .

In addition, the two books Belgarath the Sorcerer ( Belgarath the Sorcerer ) and Polgara the Sorceress ( Polgara the Sorceress ) appeared, which describe the life of Belgarath and his daughter Polgara from the beginning to the time of the beginning of the Belgariad saga . They are in the form of autobiographies of the two, written after the events of the Mallorean saga . The book The Riva Codex was published as the conclusion of the Belgariad and Malloreon sagas . which contains the origins of the sagas, comments by the author on the two sagas and additional literature such as the book of Alorn .

In addition, David Eddings has also published the works of the Elenium trilogy and the subsequent Tamuli trilogy . These two legends encompass the story of "Ritter Sperber" and his companions. Similar to the Belgariad and Malloreon sagas , this is also epic fantasy, but with large borrowings from medieval knight stories, such as the Arthurian saga . Eddings also wrote the novel Althalus. which is also set in a fantasy world and is strongly based on the Elenium saga , but is an independent book.

His last tetralogy Götterkinder ( The Dreamers ), written together with his wife Leigh, is now completely available in German.

Publications

The Belgariad saga (at Droemer Knaur )

• The Peasant's Prophecy. 1984, ISBN 3-426-05785-9 , Pawn of Prophecy. 1982.
• The magical power of the lady. 1985, ISBN 3-426-05792-1 , Queen of Sorcery. 1982.
• Gambit the magician. 1985, ISBN 3-426-05817-0 , Magician's Gambit. 1983.
• Tower of Witchcraft. 1985, ISBN 3-426-05818-9 , Castle of Wizardry. 1984.
• Enchanted endgame. 1986, ISBN 3-426-05819-7 , Enchanters End Game. 1984.

The Belgariad Saga (near Bastei Lübbe )

• Child of prophecy. 1992, ISBN 3-404-20189-2 , Pawn of Prophecy. 1982.
• Spell of the snake. 1992, ISBN 3-404-20196-5 , Queen of Sorcery. 1982.
• Game of magicians. 1993, ISBN 3-404-20203-1 , Magician's Gambit. 1983.
• Tower of the Witcher. 1993, ISBN 3-404-20209-0 , Castle of Wizardry. 1984.
• Duel of the magicians. 1993, ISBN 3-404-20215-5 , Enchanters End Game. 1984.

The Belgariad saga (revised new edition by Blanvalet )

• Belgariad - The Companions. 2018, ISBN 978-3-7341-6166-7 , Pawn of Prophecy 1982.
• Belgariad - The shooter. 2018, ISBN 978-3-7341-6167-4 , Queen of Sorcer. 1982.
• Belgariad - The blind man. 2019, ISBN 978-3-7341-6172-8 , Magician's Gambit 1983.
• Belgariad - The Queen. 2019, ISBN 978-3-7341-6191-9 , Castle of Wizardry. 1984.
• Belgariad - The Eternal. 2020, ISBN 978-3-7341-6211-4 , Enchanters End Game. 1984.

The Malloreon saga

• Lords of the West. 1989, ISBN 3-404-20125-6 , Guardians of the West. 1987.
• King of the Murgos. 1989, ISBN 3-404-20129-9 , King of the Murgos. 1988.
• Demon from Karanda. 1990, ISBN 3-404-20134-5 , Demon Lord of Karanda. 1988.
• Sorceress of Darshiva. 1990, ISBN 3-404-20143-4 , Sorceress of Darshiva. 1989.
• Seeress from Kell. 1991, ISBN 3-404-20170-1 , The Seeress of Kell. 1990.

The Eye of Aldur (with Leigh Eddings)

• Belgarath the Wizard. 1997, ISBN 3-404-28301-5 , Belgarath the Sorcerer. 1996.
• Polgara the sorceress. 1998, ISBN 3-404-28312-0 , Polgara the Sorceress. 1996.
• Riva Code. 2000, ISBN 3-404-20438-7 , The Rivian Codex. 1998.

Elenium trilogy

• The throne in the diamond. 1991, ISBN 3-404-20268-6 , The Diamond Throne. 1989.
• The Knight of the Ruby. 1992, ISBN 3-404-20240-6 , The Ruby Knight. 1990.
• The sapphire rose. 1991, ISBN 3-404-20250-3 , The Saphire Rose. 1991.

As an anthology:

• Elenium (anthology). 1994, ISBN 3-7857-0733-9 , Elenium (omnibus). 1993.

Tamuli trilogy

• The shimmering city. 1995, ISBN 3-404-20331-3 , Domes of Fire. 1992.
• The shining people. 1996, ISBN 3-7857-0834-3 , The Shining Ones. 1993.
• The hidden land. 1996, ISBN 3-404-20339-9 , The Hidden City. 1994.

Children of the Gods (together with Leigh Eddings)

• The wild land. 2003, ISBN 3-442-26775-7 , The Elder Gods. 2003.
• Demon spawn. 2005, ISBN 3-442-24280-0 , The Treasured One. 2004.
• In the sea of ​​flames. 2006, ISBN 3-442-24281-9 , Crystal Gorge. 2005.
• The betrayal. 2007, ISBN 978-3-442-24282-5 , The Younger Gods. 2006.

Single novels

• The Losers. 1992.
• Althalus. 2001, ISBN 3-7857-2038-6 , The Redemption of Althalus. 2000, (with Leigh Eddings).
• Regina's song. 2002, (with Leigh Eddings).
• High hunt. 2014.

Web links

Wikiquote: David Eddings  - Quotes

• Literature by and about David Eddings in the catalog of the German National Library
• David Eddings in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• David Eddings in the Science Fiction Awards + Database (English)
• Works by and about David Eddings at Open Library
• Homepage about David and Leigh Eddings