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The rivan codex : ancient texts of the Belgariad and the Malloreon

An account of the creative process which went into the writing of the Belgariad and Malloreon fantasy world series. The authors discuss the technique of writing fantasy and list the medieval epics which they used as models.

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  • "An account of the creative process which went into the writing of the Belgariad and Malloreon fantasy world series. The authors discuss the technique of writing fantasy and list the medieval epics which they used as models."
  • "An account of the creative process which went into the writing of the Belgariad and Malloreon fantasy world series. The authors discuss the technique of writing fantasy and list the medieval epics which they used as models."@en
  • "Before David Eddings started to write his first fantasy series, the BELGARIAD, in the late 1970s, he spent a year working on the design and mythology of the fantasy world in which it is set. The Rivan Codex comprises the immensely readable background material to Eddings' best-loved series, repeated information a lot of it, but it's the books that repeat the information, and these seminal documents have about them an air of original inspiration, world-building in action. The rest of it is background which is taken for granted but not spelled out. History, geography, myths and folktales, peoples, gods, customs, social organization, political hierarchy, laws, dress, modes of address, produce, culture, flora, fauna, all presented with so light a touch one can only yearn for Eddings to be taken up by academics so that his style might catch on in the real world. The 12-book long series grew out of these delightful preliminary sketches like a river growing from a spring of striking..."
  • "It's a companion to the 12-book fantasy series comprised of the The Belgariad, The Malloreon, Belgarath the Sorcerer and Polgara the Sourceress. In David Edding's words, The Rivan Codex "may give the student of our genre some insights into the creative process--something of the order of 'connect wire A to wire B'. This is a collection of the groudwork the authors laid for the Belgariad and Malloreon series."@en
  • "The authors take readers on a behind-the-scenes tour of their Belgariad and Malloreon saga and its companion stories, presenting the extensive background materials compiled in preparation for the epic adventure."@en

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  • "Fantastic fiction"
  • "American fiction"
  • "Americké romány"
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Fantasy fiction"
  • "Fantasy"

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  • "Le Codex de Riva"
  • "Le codex de Riva"
  • "The rivan codex : ancient texts of the Belgariad and the Malloreon"@en
  • "Rivan aikakirjat : Belgarionin ja Mallorean tarujen vanhat käsikirjoitukset"@fi
  • "Il codice Rivano"
  • "The Rivan Codex : Ancient texts of The Belgariad and The Malloreon"
  • "The Rivan codex"@en
  • "The rivan codex"@en
  • "The rivan codex"
  • "Il codice rivano"@it
  • "Le Codex de Riva : études préliminaires de la Belgariade et de la Mallorée"
  • "The Rivan codex : [ancient texts of the Belgariad and the Malloreon]"@en
  • "Rivanský kodex"
  • "Le codex de Riva : études préliminaires de la Belgariade et de la Mallorée"
  • "The Rivan codex : ancient texts of the Belgariad and The Malloreon"
  • "De wereld van Riva"
  • "Rivan codex : ancient texts of the Belgariad and Malloreon"
  • "The Rivan codex : ancient texts of The Belgariad and The Malloreon"
  • "The Rivan Codex"
  • "The Rivan Codex"@en
  • "The Rivan Codex : ancient texts of the Belgariad and the Malloreon"
  • "The Rivan codex ancient texts of the Belgariad and the Malloreon"
  • "The Rivan codex : ancient texts of the Belgariad and the Malloreon"
  • "The Rivan codex : ancient texts of the Belgariad and the Malloreon"@en
  • "The Rivan codex : ancient texts of The Belgariad and the Malloreon"

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