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I was sitting on a bench, next to a turd.

Pure gold, this trilogy; awe-inspiring. A monolith of originality and style in the fantasy genre.

Wimpy choices: Life raft, water, grain, signal flares, one-way radio. Boring. Better choices: Life raft, parachute, rope, knife, signal flares. Attach the parachute to the raft using the rope and ...

"If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how ...

Maybe you should read the other Eragon thread. I think it's five pages of bashing posts, it should give you some things to think about.

I thought all of them were great, very original. They could teach up-and-coming fantasy writers how to stand out from the crowd.

People don't like Artemis Fowl, Lord of the Flies and Animal Farm??????????????????????????? Wow. I agree with Jasmine Hart, if I don't like it to start with I tend to ignore ...

I really liked the fact that Artemis is initially so despicable, it's completely original.

Hello people in this, y'know, place thingy. I was just walking by over... erm... there? Yes. there, 'n I saw this and thought what a great idea because it's not ...

I really need to read that book. Ironic, isn't it?

Great series; cracked the code on the second book easily enough, but couldn't do the first as easily so I didn't bother. The last book was great, I didn't think ...

I have, and I agree about the films, but surely no-one would make any judgements without reading both? Surely?

They're great, but one eye is bigger than the other on the angry one.

"are people looking for reasons to hate the guy?" - they're not looking for reasons to hate him because they already do (at least, that's what I've picked up from ...

"Cos it really isn't a common Fantasy convention at all" - it isn't in my experience, maybe I need to read more books. "why is everyone looking for reasons to ...