[Belgariad] >The first series is excellent and I always recommend it. The second series >just made me give up. besides the repeating plot, how is it that rulers of >nations can just give everything up to go on a continent spanning quest? > >I did try others of his books but like you said: same plot, different >world. I hate posting me-toos, but, me too! I think that the Mallorean was one of the biggest disappointments in my reading history, particularly since the Belgariad was *so* very good. Worse, I felt like an utter idiot for going out and buying all five books of the Mallorean... I just kept thinking, "It's got to start diverging at SOME point!" So... this suggests a new topic. What books/series have you been especially disappointed by and why? Aside from the Mallorean, I Herbert's latter Dune books. Different people put different books on the "Last Good Dune Book" list but, for me, the last one was actually God Emperor which, I felt, dealt with some really cool ideas and have a very alien "hero". Heretics was merely incomprehensible and Chapterhouse was purely psychotropic in its incomprehensibility. _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963