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Which book was better?
  First - Eragon
  Second - Eldest
  I haven't finished reading both yet....
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Rudhe

PostPosted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 1:46 am


Dear fellow Eragon fan (or antifan),

I'll come back and write this indroduction post later...however until then this is basically for you people to post what you liked or didn't like in either of the books, Eragon or Eldest.

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On second thought, I really don't have much time to rewrite. I procrastinate alot sweatdrop and I'm too lazy to think up of a proper introduction (not to mention I don't have the books on hand). There is a question at the bottom of this page, go answer it please.

Yours sincerely,
Rudhheniel
PostPosted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 9:58 am


Sure they have great story lines, but lets face it they were poorly written. He kept switching writings styles every other paragraph, and I found his sentence structures odd. It really pained me to read the books, the only thing that kept me reading them was the story line. (even though they are just a mixure of other books and movies put together.) In any case I think it will make a fantastic movie if done right. Maybe Christopher Paolini should take up screen writing, I think he would do much better at that.

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Rudhe

PostPosted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 7:11 am


Yeah apparentlyt the author was a 17 year old guy ...is that right? The second book was pretty good....at least that means he's improving right? I mean its good that the books are getter better instead of worse...unlike some of the other series I've read. (*cough cough* Harry Potter *Cough*). Anyway its not neccessiraly a bad thing that he uses a combination of different ideas, those people who read other books may find it interesting to find parallels, and those that don't will look at it and think the ideas are fascinating...after all creativity is knowing how to hide your sources....
PostPosted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 7:51 am


I suppose he is getting better, but one thing he has got to change is that he is to predictable. I pretty much figured out the whole story, and events in the first couple of chapters.

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LordHanky

PostPosted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 10:26 pm


moghedien_42
I suppose he is getting better, but one thing he has got to change is that he is to predictable. I pretty much figured out the whole story, and events in the first couple of chapters.



So you are saying that you knew that Brom was going to be killed
and that he would rescue Arya, then take her to the Varden?
And later kill the Shade he met when rescuing Arya, and in the next book
go to Èllesmera to be trained by the elves and get his apperance changed
During the Ägaetih Blödhrën?
And that Murtagh and the Twins would suddenly appear during the big war?
PostPosted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 3:32 am


Absolutely!.....jks....I really liked the second book reallly its so much better than the first one....

Rudhe


who killed asmodean

PostPosted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:38 am


yes actually, it was really easy to figure out if you pay attention!
PostPosted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:09 pm


First one more so than the second, because I love the second!

Rudhe


XXAPOPHISXX

PostPosted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 9:05 pm


The first book i didnt like the beginning becaues it was boring. It took me 3 months just to read the first 4 chapters because i kept on getting bored with it but once he started traveling with Brom I finished the book in 1 month after that because i couldnt get enough. The second one was..not as good as it could have been but still fun reading.


Alright this isnt the best place i guess to be doing this but since were talking about predictability

for the 3rd book i predict this

Eragon will get his own sword and it will be blue (thats super obvious)

Eragon will kill Murtagh and Thorn. Also Saphira might die. He will go the stone and he will bring back the 2 or 3, maybe even Brom, back to life.

The Varden will take over the government

Eragon falls in love with...the leader of the Varden (i forget her name)

Saphira and Thorn will repopulate the dragon species

Roran will marry Katrina

And what I hope to happen

Saphira transfers books after hte third book into the final book of Harry Potter and Harry Potter will kill Voldemort and then they will be super happy and then all of the sudden Saphira will swoop down and eat Harry's head.


What I think would be funny:

Katrina is the third dragon rider.

We figure out that Orik is a hermophiliodite (did i spell that right?)
PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 1:57 am


What about Arya and the elves? You killed them !!!!!! What bout the other dragon and master?

Rudhe


XXAPOPHISXX

PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 7:01 am


Well not much has to be said for them. Arya is mainly a main support character. She isnt going too far. I cant predict much about hte draogn rider and the dragon. I am guessing though that it will hatch for the Empire but at this point Saphira will be so old taht the third dragon will not be much of a problem and they might die. Maybe.
PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 10:26 am


Well both really, because you cant truly understand the second book if you never read, or never really cared for the first one. Yes more action in the second and intresting stuff (except the mushy mushyt stuff is worse) but the first one is really in depth about everything.

Lunar Guardian Angel


Rudhe

PostPosted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 7:00 am


*sighs* I really have to read the first one again sometime....its been such a long time since I've read it.
PostPosted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 2:27 am


What do you think about the portrayal of elves in Eragon?


Originally when you were very young and naive, I'm sure most people would think of elves as those cute little people who help santa. Growing up from that you would then either think of the grubby house or garden elves that exist in Harry Potter, or of course the fair elegant race from Lord of the Rings. Naturally elves are considered magical creatures, however in Eragon the author really seemed to emphasised this and not only did the elves have superior senses and abilities, but they had a range of magical powers as well.

Rudhe


who killed asmodean

PostPosted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 3:33 pm


Well in eragon they are really a more elegant version of ogier. (A race from the wheel of time) and they sit in trees. I don't know, I was really disapointed with how they turned out. sad (Of course I was really disapointed about how the whole book turned out.)
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