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Like Kwea, I also loved them when I was younger. I think I would like to re-read them myself and maybe share them with my daughter.
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He is one of my favorite authors. I am currently in the middle of Polgara - one of my most favorites.
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They're the iconic example of what I call "empty calorie fantasy".
That said, they're also a fun read. Unlike, say, Eragon which similarly invoked all the by-the-numbers tropes but is painfully dull.
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Well, towards the end they were, but really...they introduced a fairly decent magic system, and the first series was fairly novel when it was first released. A lot of series after that copied them, so they became almost an in-joke of sorts, but the first series was pretty decent.
I loved the Elanium though. Sparhawk was awesome!
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