Chris Davies said;

On Wed, 16 Oct 1996, ramon salvania wrote:

	Trying to be as cold as possible Nodoka says, "I heard what you
and Happosai talked about.  I guess you can start picking your new WIFE."

	Is this supposed to be Middle Earth or whatever Eddings calls the
world the Belgariad is set on ... the opening is pretty obviously a steal
from the similar situation in "Guardians of the West" ...

While this idea is similar to what happens in "GofW," it has nothing
what-so-ever to do with Middle Earth.  Middle Earth was Tolkeins baby, 
not Eddings.  

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