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Creative Arts and Media => Creative Writing => Books and Comics => Topic started by: Daemon on March 28, 2011, 09:00:33 PM
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I started reading the series barely a week after the first came out.
Any fans? :D
If so, what are your favorite parts in the series? Your least favorite?
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Read all of em, and I just love em, their my favourite book series I have read so far, can't wait for the fourth book! :3
Might re-read them while waiting for it actually... I also love the fact that Christopher was only 15 years old when the first book, Eragon, was published.
Favorite part is hard to say.. but I do love the way he defeats Durza in the first book.. as well as the elf-transformation in the 3rd...
Some Roran-parts are among my favorites as well, but the Nasuada parts are kidna meh imo. Something else I like is the way I picture Brisingr, the sword.. Gotta love the fact how it sets itself on fire when Eragon says it's name!
About the movie based on Eragon, they missed out on so many details as well as pretty much re-wrote alot from the book to make it shorter which, in my opinion, made it very bad compared to the book! But that belongs in another topic I believe...
EDIT: Inheritance (the fourth book) has now been announced the other day, release date is set to November 8 :3
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I love this series. I really don't think I could name my favorite part of the series. My least favorite part had to have been the first book. The similarities to Star Wars were too thick for me to completely ignore. But I love how much the series has come into its own, particularly in the third book. Ask me what my favorite part is once I read Inheritance, the fourth and final book.
I think my favorite thing about the series is the magic system. I love the way it works and how versatile it is.
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I have to hold up my paw, I am an avid fan of paolini's works. I think my favourite parts of the books are the parts with Roran. I think he's amazing <3 Though I just love everything about it, the only irk I have is at the end of the third book. With the random shade that died in like two minutes. I am looking forward to how the rock of Kuthian comes into play, I think it's going to be on the isle of Vroengard. and it'll work once he discovers his true name and speaks it, as he has the namesake of the first rider and now he is the last free rider.
Yeah, you just got to love the magic, and I think galbatorix is almost findingi the true name of magic itself or something like that, from what Razak said. I love his writing style too so descriptive and detailed, he knows what he's writing about and it shows.
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Yeah, he needs to hurry up with the final book NAO >:{[ it upsets me that he has not released it after 3 years.
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Yeah, he needs to hurry up with the final book NAO >:{[ it upsets me that he has not released it after 3 years.
Title and release date was announced just the other day actually!
Title will be 'Inheritance' and release date is November 8! :3
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definatly a fan, and i agree with riku about roran, in the last book most of his scenes seemed to have more action than most of eragon's. and i think the movie's directors sould have read the second book before butchering the first, cos they prity much made it so they can't make a second instalment without re-writing the second book. i know it's not in the right place but i just wanted to know if i'm the only one who noticed this. but back on topic i can't wait till the last book comes out so i can finish the series, and like timmy said i'll probibly end up going over the first three books again before reading the fourth.
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Yep, the movie was an utter disappointment, and I am so glad they are not making another one, or I hope they aren't.
But yeah Roran is awesome especially when he goes on those skirmishes in the villages, they were awesome :P
I also wanna ask, who is everyone's favourite character?
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I also wanna ask, who is everyone's favourite character?
Well, I'm usually the type that alwyas love the main characthers because of just being main characthers XD
But if I were to choose someone else than Eragon and Saphira, I'd say Roran is among my favorites :P
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While I naturally identify the most with Eragon, I think my favorite character outside of him would have to be Angela. She's such an oddball and mystery. And you know, I think I'd have to put Murtagh on that list as well. I'm very, very interested to see what ultimately becomes of him. I don't think he'll stay a villain forever.
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I love all the series and I love some of the fanfiction too.
I rather like Eragon becuase he just sounds so pretty and handsome and well...powerful.
My favorite part is where he forges Brisinger, his rider sword at the elven country with the girl elf using his body becuase she swore never again to make another sword that could cause such destruction,
I'm so happy that the new book will be here soon!
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Yeah, he needs to hurry up with the final book NAO >:{[ it upsets me that he has not released it after 3 years.
Title and release date was announced just the other day actually!
Title will be 'Inheritance' and release date is November 8! :3
REALLY!!!! YES!!!! *cheers* SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! ^_^
Yep, the movie was an utter disappointment, and I am so glad they are not making another one, or I hope they aren't.
But yeah Roran is awesome especially when he goes on those skirmishes in the villages, they were awesome :P
I also wanna ask, who is everyone's favourite character?
I like Gladyr. He is awesome. I dont think I spelled his name right, though.
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Title and release date was announced just the other day actually!
Title will be 'Inheritance' and release date is November 8! :3
REALLY!!!! YES!!!! *cheers* SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! ^_^
YEAH!
I also wanna ask, who is everyone's favourite character?
I like Gladyr. He is awesome. I dont think I spelled his name right, though.
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You mean Glaedr the dragon? :P
Yeah, he's awesome too :3
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You mean Glaedr the dragon? :P
that is EXACTLY who I mean
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HE WAS AWSOME DUDE! ad PRetty too!
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Pretty gold scales.... but Saphira es WAAAAAYYY bettah. :3
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Why? Shes just blue!
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blue iz better than gold XP
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i'm angry at christopher paolini. he takes forever to come out with his books, while they are impressive, he hardly had to do any work to get them published because his dad funded it all. I'm also a talented writer and I'm sure I won't be able to get a single publishing company to take my work and Paolini is on easy street...and he doesn't even seem committed...
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i'm angry at christopher paolini. he takes forever to come out with his books, while they are impressive, he hardly had to do any work to get them published because his dad funded it all. I'm also a talented writer and I'm sure I won't be able to get a single publishing company to take my work and Paolini is on easy street...and he doesn't even seem committed...
That's not entirely fair. Given the amount of history in his world, all the different character stories he has to wrap up with this last book, and all the questions he has to answer, he has a [removed] ton of work to do. To say that he's not committed to this series after the numerous years he's spent on it is, frankly, insulting. I've spent six years on my own book series, with only one self published novel to show for it, and that's because the story is that involved. There is so much going on in my series that the reader will never see, but I still have to work out because it directly affects what the reader does see. I imagine Christopher Paolini has a similar task on his plate.
And how much work does it really take to get published? It's not a lot of physical work, apart from mailing the book to agents for consideration. I know when I shopped my book to agents, I was pretty much universally greeted with "We like/love your material, but we have no idea how we'd sell it to a publisher". Paolini has been very fortunate in his journey, with his whole family supporting his efforts before he got his book deal. But to say that he was/is on easy street? Entirely unfair. If writing was an easy career to pursue, everyone would be doing it. Even though publishing contracts do come with big numbers occasionally, they also come with deadlines, and those are never easy to work under when your story is as complex as The Inheritance Cycle.
"he hardly had to do any work to get them published because his dad funded it all": So writing a 500 page novel, then revising it three to five times, is "hardly any work"?
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I am an author too, but not likely anyone outside of my group of friends know that. I probably won't get anything published.
You both have valid points, KangaDrake and White Tiger. However. Kanga has a point in that it is generally hard to get a book published. So Christopher Paolini had it easy right there. But it's alos not easy for him to write an almost 9000 page book, edit it to make it fit easier, ship it to publishers for checking. Get it back...etc. You get the point, right? In fact, he is making kinda good time. He suffers ffrom writers block, and is influenced by thye change of ones mind at last moment. For such an expansive and well written world of Alagaesia, he is making pretty good time. Just me as an avid reader is not happy unless I'm complaining about someting.
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all problems i know all to well. i completely agree with you and don't worry, your not the only one here that'll more than likely never get published....then again i've got to get past the writers block and finish something first.
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I am an author too, but not likely anyone outside of my group of friends know that. I probably won't get anything published.
You both have valid points, KangaDrake and White Tiger. However. Kanga has a point in that it is generally hard to get a book published...
Well, that depends on how you define publishing. If you mean getting picked up by a traditional publisher like Random House or Knopf (Paolini's publisher), then I agree, it's dishearteningly hard. But if you mean getting your book out in print, that's actually remarkably easy. And it gets easier all the time. There are a number of self publishing companies that authors can use to get their books in print, and with each passing day, it becomes a more and more viable publishing option. Now actually getting noticed and successful this way, that is the hard part. And that's actually how Christopher Paolini got Eragon started. His family owned a publishing company, yes, but he still had to do all the legwork of marketing the book. Which encompassed a total of 130 book signings/readings all across the US. Not an easy thing to organize and execute. Did he have it easier than most? Undoubtedly. But that doesn't make it truly "easy" by default.
And now that I've got myself started, I might be making another thread somewhere... :P
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Did he have it easier than most? Undoubtedly. But that doesn't make it truly "easy" by default.
technically, he did have it easier. but just by a little. that was all I was saying.
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oy, didn't mean to provoke emotions here D:
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oy, didn't mean to provoke emotions here D:
I know. I've just had to deal with a lot of people that assume being an author is an easy job. I remember getting into it with one family member and explaining fairly aggressively what exactly I have to do to make my stories work, and then pointed out that to make a career out of being an author, I would have to repeat the process upward of a dozen times. Needless to say, they don't give me a hard time about my job anymore. ;)
And in that respect, I do envy Christopher a little bit. Being a part of a family that not only supports his dream, but understands the creative and publishing processes, is something that I would've loved.
Oh Inheritance, why must you be so far away... :'(
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oy, didn't mean to provoke emotions here D:
It's all good. Gave me someting to do.
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HEADS UP.
4th and final book comes out this november!
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HEADS UP.
4th and final book comes out this november!
November 8 to be correct <3
Can't wait!
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Wait...I coulda sworn I saw the new book on the shelf at the bookstore...I must be seeing stuff D:
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Lol, give it about two weeks. You'll be seeing it on shelves soon enough. :)
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big fan!!!(my fursona is 1/2 shrrg)
favorite part- when eragon kills the second shade (with arya's help)
favorite character-angela
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still, the similarities to Star Wars are kind of irking me but I still adore Eragon XD
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Yeah, i noticed them too, but they are quite subtle. As subtle as telepathy can be, though. Still, favorite character is STILL Glaydr, even though he's kinda... you know... in his "Heart of Hearts". Wonder what the new book will have in store! :3
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They are my absolute favorite book series along with the Temeraire series. I already preordered Inheritance and am gladly awaiting the day I may receive it. I have been with the series since 2006, when I really became the kind of reader I am today. Christopher Paolini is one of the four writers who inspired me to become one back in seventh grade, and after reading and rereading his series, I have further deepened my literary prowess. And even more so, it further deepened my love for the Dragon.
My favorite part of the series has to be where Eragon manages to defeat the Ra'zac in Helgrind. It alludes to so much and is full of suspenseful combat.
But my least favorite part was some of the mid-book traveling with Eragon and Brom. But sticking through it was beyond worth it.
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They are my absolute favorite book series along with the Temeraire series.
Only read the first 2 books of that, but it's quite nice indeed :D
Also, I got my copy of Inheritance in my lap now! <3
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I have mine as well. Sad thing, Barnes and Noble cancelled my reserve without telling me or something like that; because they never called to say "the books have just come in." So I went to Fred Meyer and got it for half the B&N price. Ha! Now to read. >:3
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man i gotta grab that D:
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I had to skip through lots of this to avoid any spoilers, but what I read of the series I enjoyed very much. I'd have to say my favorite part was when Saphira got drunk :P That was pretty amusing. And the descriptions of the Ra'zac seemed cool too. And commenting on another user's feelings about the movie, I felt the same. It's like they took half the beginning of the movie, threw in some fillers, and then final (less than epic) battle.
As for my least favorite parts, I got about halfway through Eldest and stopped because Rohan's early love story bored me to the point of putting the book down and never picking it up again.
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Read all four books, and the inheritance series is definitely the best series I've ever read!!! Love it!!!
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I read Eragon and Eldest in norwegian when I was 8 years old, then I had to wait for quite some time for Brisingr that I got imported and read it in english cause it was not transalated yet. I was about 10 then, I read the last one as soon as it came out, but I dont remember the name :(
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Eragon is one of the only books I've ever really read, that and the halo books (not including school books)
It was ok, I didn't find it all so amazing though
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love this series have all of them on my shelf been a while since I read them might have to again
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I have to hold up my paw, I am an avid fan of paolini's works. I think my favourite parts of the books are the parts with Roran. I think he's amazing <3 Though I just love everything about it, the only irk I have is at the end of the third book. With the random shade that died in like two minutes. I am looking forward to how the rock of Kuthian comes into play, I think it's going to be on the isle of Vroengard. and it'll work once he discovers his true name and speaks it, as he has the namesake of the first rider and now he is the last free rider.
Yeah, you just got to love the magic, and I think galbatorix is almost findingi the true name of magic itself or something like that, from what Razak said. I love his writing style too so descriptive and detailed, he knows what he's writing about and it shows.
wow. I had pretty good predictions I would guess. I'm proud of myself