David Eddings

I'm currently reading "The Belgariad" series and plan to continue on to "The Malloreon" once I'm done the first.

He's one of the more talented fantasy authors I've had the pleasure of discovering, though I have a small inquiry to make of all of you:

Do you have any recommendations to make on other authors/series based on my enjoyment of the above-mentioned series? Also, what's your opinion on David Eddings's works in general?

OP here. I'm on the last volume of The Belgariad (Enchanters' End Game) right now. Reading through this series has been more of a marathon than anything else; I blame Eddings' sluggish story development of a generally dull plot. My only hope, other than not falling asleep again while pursuing this series to the end, is that The Malloreon will prove to be a better read. Based on the responses in this thread so far, that doesn't seem to be likely though.