What’s this? Two blog posts in two days? I must be sick, or at least procrastinating like crazy. But whichever the case should turn out to be (I’m rooting for both), I just wanted to drop by to share with you my results on this nifty test I took. It tells you which fantasy author you’re most like (or at least how you compare to the content of the fantasy author’s work), and I ended up being the recently deceased David Eddings, which I guess is like being a more pulpy version of JRR Tolkien.
I’m okay with that though, ’cause I remember liking Eddings’ work when I was a youngster, and even though I’ve since noticed how it’s… you know, not all that great, really, I should also try to remember that it was aimed at a certain demographic, and was quite successful at doing what it did.
If you do take the test, please drop your results in the comment section. I would dearly like to make fun of you if you turned out to be something like Terry Goodkind or Robert Stanek 
David Eddings (b. 1931)
-1 High-Brow, 11 Violent, -1 Experimental and 17 Cynical!
Congratulations! You are Low-Brow, Violent, Traditional and Cynical! These concepts are defined below.
David Eddings is the best-selling author of several series of fantasy novels, the most famous being The Belgariad (1982-84) and The Malloreon (1988-92). These books have become almost epitomic of the kind of fantasy that is fast-paced, full of humorous dialogue and written to entertain. And entertain they do. Few other writers have Eddings’ ability to create characters that not only makes the reader feel as if he or she knows them, but are also very likeable. Perhaps this is due to Eddings unusual path to writing fantasy: He had tried writing in other genres with moderate success when he discovered that fantasy, a genre he had hitherto not been interested in, sometimes sells very well, and therefore started turning an old sketch of a map into a series of books. Without an interest in experimenting with form or pushing the boundaries of the genre, Eddings created the penultimate light entertainment instead, trusting his readers to keep reading because of charming characters and exotic, though not particularly original, environments.
After the success of The Belgariad and The Malloreon, Eddings turned to writing fantasy which was, supposedly, aimed at a more adult audience. The tendency towards violence as entertainment that had been present through-out his early works grew more prominent in the series of The Elenium (1989-91)and The Tamuli (1992-94). It was also around this time that David Eddings wife, Leigh Eddings, was credited as the co-author of his books, though they admitted that she had been contributing from the very beginning.
Though Eddings isn’t the most high cultured of fantasy writers, few would dispute that when it comes to charm, he has no rivals.
You are also a lot like J R R Tolkien.
If you want something more gentle, try Robert Jordan.
If you’d like a challenge, try your exact opposite, Tove Jansson.
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