Brisingr (Eragon 3) Spoiler

I can just see him getting into a really bad situation with that king-with-the-bad-name and then he sees a light and a magic god comes down, kills Galba-(my conciense won't let me continue) then he says 'don't worry, all will be OK-doki' and then the world goes back in time and nothing ever happened.#

*sigh*

Where is Tolkien when you need him?

-Mark

Seriously though, I do want to read it when it comes out.


It's like when the newspaper boards say "it's" instead of "its" and you know it >.< I'm awful.

[Gah, not me, sorry]

Isn't he also goin to write a Book 4 because he thinks book 3 would be too long otherwise??

Sohini wrote:Isn't he also goin to write a Book 4 because he thinks book 3 would be too long otherwise??

Yeah 4 books total, and will drag on for a while. It will drag long enough to make you bored until at the end when Paolini finally decides "Hey, let's kill off Eragon, and save Murtagh!!!!!"


Just my opinion.

Paolini is one of those writers you just want to grab my the neck, strangle and scream at, while burning his manuscipts and books, throwing Lord of the Rings at him and punching in the stomache.

What really ticks me off is that he went around saying 'I am better than Tolkien at his best'. No! He is no wher near as good! A completely different league altogether. I honestly cannot see why his books are so popular, any ideas?

-Mark

ps: I just had to get that off my chest!

Aedomir wrote:Paolini is one of those writers you just want to grab my the neck, strangle and scream at, while burning his manuscipts and books, throwing Lord of the Rings at him and punching in the stomache.

Really, such violence. Tsk, tsk.

Though I must say, a few slaps in that smug face might do him some good.

I'm interested to know how this is going to work - since (I've heard) he's made it perfectly clear in Eldest that there are no gods, and atheism is The Way To Go - I mean, if the elves say it, then it must be true. Contradicting himself slightly, methinks.

I love how when somebody even just mentions Eragon/Paolini we all just jump at it =D It's so amazing.

As for the series, I never made it past the first 70 pages of the first book before getting bored out of my bloody mind and hurling it back at the library.

JCobsesed wrote:I love how when somebody even just mentions Eragon/Paolini we all just jump at it =D It's so amazing.

Following what she said, I'm sure there are other authors who are as bad (or even worse) than Paolini. Yet, such a big deal is made about him.

We already know the obvious, why keep repeating it over and over again?

Fayth- it's because there are so many people who love him so much, for reasons I don't quite understand.

People like Paolini because he functions at their mental level (i.e., zero). His books have the appearance of a deep plot to the casual observer, but really just combines every fantasy/fiction cliche into one barrel of monkeys.

Well said Kang!

He thinks he is so good. It is a combination of LotR, Star Wars and the Dragon Rider chronicles.

Oh, and rubbish.

-Mark

People like Paolini because he functions at their mental level (i.e., zero)

That actually made me laugh in a public library. Now people are looking at me all funny

Rubric wrote:In my heart of hearts I nurse a faint hope...

That Eragon is purposefully an arrogant, foolish protagonist

That Murtagh is *meant* to be so much cooler than Eragon

That there's a reason that the elves are both powerful, and yet inept at philosophy (an atheist vegan does not a wise one make)

That no good reason other than the Ra'zac is provided for the Varden being less evil than Galbatorix.

Now follow me on this one.
Gods exist
Therefore elves are wrong
Therefore Riders may have been less awesome in the past (as they were mainly elvish)
therefore Galbatorix might have been right to overthrow them
therefore Eragon is evil, or at least misguided. but at least on the wrong side

this means that you have a good overall plot hidden behind two books of farce and a few hundred pages of purple prose.

Hoping,
Rubric

Please avoid profanity in critiques. - Nate

ROTFLOL!!

The term Wunderkind (from German: "miracle child" or "wonder child") is sometimes used as a synonym for prodigy, particularly in media accounts, although this term is discouraged in scientific literature. Wunderkind also is used to recognize those who achieve success and acclaim early in their adult careers, such as Steven Spielberg, Steve Jobs, Alex Wright,Gary Colman,Connie Talbot, Chad Crutchfield, Cameron Smith, Jesus Lomeli, Michael Jackson, and Christopher Paolini.

Look at the last name in that article. Yes, he had success, but in keeping with the first sentence, that name should be stricken from the article.

Full article here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_prodigy

What? Someone mentioned Paolini and Spielberg in the same sentence? Joking aside, I'm seriously shocked.