The CAA Book Club: Eragon

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Postby Lehn » Thu Dec 30, 2004 7:20 am

Alright. Stop. The kid wrote this when he was just 15?!?!?!?! Hot dog. Better get cracking all you wanna-be writers out there.

Hair pulling about that aside; what did you all think of this Star Wars-meets-LotR story? I liked it; it was a good twist on some old ideas from the fantasy genre (c'mon, you've gotta give him props on that, in the fantasy genre about every thing has been done before be someone, orignals are really hard to find...)

The next book in the series comes out in August 2005 ;) Can't wait.

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Postby Locke » Thu Dec 30, 2004 4:28 pm

i thought it was an old book so i looked up Eldest in the library. >_<

but blimy to my suprise he's 15.

[spoiler="about Brom and Eragon"] didnt the Herb lady ( with the cat)
say that Eragon's Mother had a trajic life? kinda goes withs Brom's aswell. Anyone think they might of been married and that was his dad he buried in the mountain?[/spoiler]

would be cool though, but the effect on Eragon would be pretty harsh...


in all, very good read!
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Postby sunet » Thu Dec 30, 2004 4:36 pm

Yeah, I know. 15? Wow...

But yeah. I really liked it. I only finished it today. ^^;;

Edit: Yeah, Ginny, that's an interesting theory. ^^ I never thought 'bout that...

Edit again: o.o;;; Sorry. i meant Locke, not Ginny. o.o;;
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Postby bigsleepj » Thu Dec 30, 2004 10:12 pm

Eragon is a good book - maybe too much of a Tolkien rip off, but it still has pounds more imagination than most books. I'm not sorry I read it - in fact I'd like to read it again because I liked it so much. :)
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Postby Jman » Fri Dec 31, 2004 8:28 am

I started reading that book along time ago but could never get through it...I'll have to try again sometime!

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Postby Locke » Fri Dec 31, 2004 11:38 am

O_O Ginny.... sounds like the Dwarf from LOTR.

Well with over 40 characters and citys with confusing names i see your problem Jman ><
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Postby soul alive » Fri Dec 31, 2004 11:49 am

i tried reading it a year or two before and couldn't get through the first two chapters. when i tried it again, and forced myself through those first few chapters, it really took off, and i enjoyed it quite a bit. i was also impressed with the artwork in the front of the book, that the author did himself. i found the book also somewhat similar to Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern books. all in all, i enjoyed the book quite a bit, and am looking forward to the next two books in the trilogy.
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Postby Jman » Fri Dec 31, 2004 12:35 pm

Locke wrote:O_O Ginny.... sounds like the Dwarf from LOTR.

Well with over 40 characters and citys with confusing names i see your problem Jman ><


Don't get me wrong though it is a very good book and I would recomend it!
I am going to force myself to read it over the summer when I have more time!

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Postby Godly Paladin » Mon Jan 03, 2005 2:37 pm

I like to write, and I'm homeschooled, and I'm young, so I read Eragon to "size up the competition", so to speak. ^_^ I have to say I was impressed. The accusations of "it's a Star Wars clone" are problematic, but Star Wars has a plotline that uses very common elements, so many works are 'clones' of it in a way. I'll read the next book when it comes out, of course.

Was anyone offended by the prolific magic content? I wasn't, but I was wondering if this was a problem for others.
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Postby Felix » Mon Jan 03, 2005 3:24 pm

Yes, I found that I highly enjoyed this book. I'm a bit of a writer myself so this book inspired me.
To your question, Pally, It never bothered me. I thought that it was really cool how it takes energy to use the magic.
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Postby Godly Paladin » Mon Jan 03, 2005 3:57 pm

I thought it was humorous how the magic system of Eragon seems to be inspired by RPGs and the like. I almost expected them to start talking about Spell Points.

Uh oh. Someone called me 'Pally' again. I feel a nickname coming on... :lol:
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Postby Lehn » Thu Jan 06, 2005 9:07 am

Pally wrote:I thought it was humorous how the magic system of Eragon seems to be inspired by RPGs and the like. I almost expected them to start talking about Spell Points.


I know, wasn't that awesome? I did the exact same thing.

January’s book of the month is going to be The Outsiders by SE Hilton. It’s pretty gritty and retro, but it is really good. And it is waaaaaaaay shorter then Eragon at about 150 pages.


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Postby Godly Paladin » Thu Jan 06, 2005 9:12 am

Hmmm.... Themes everywhere. Books written by young people, and young people calling me Pally. :hits_self
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Postby Warrior 4 Jesus » Wed Jan 12, 2005 5:53 pm

Eragon was interesting for the most part, but ridiculously generic in fantasy terms. Its amazing that he somehow wrote it in such a way that it was enjoyable, if not original. Huge homages to Lord of the Rings and Anne McAffrey's stuff, but for a 17 year old to get his book published, its pretty good.
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Postby Godly Paladin » Thu Jan 13, 2005 8:10 am

And to get a deal for two other books as well...

I wonder if he is getting much money off of this whole thing? "Filthy rich", possibly? :lol:
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Postby Warrior 4 Jesus » Thu Jan 13, 2005 4:19 pm

Yes, very rich. Eragon wasn't really a very interesting character, but I thought Brom was and Saphira was alright.
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Postby Godly Paladin » Thu Jan 13, 2005 5:36 pm

Ironic how the main character is the most boring, eh? I agree with you...

Brom *was* like an Obi Wan Kenobi/Gandalf hybrid...but he was still one of the better members of the cast.
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Postby Jasdero » Thu Jan 13, 2005 6:42 pm

: o Oh hey.. I just bought this book for my brother... *o*/ I shall read it, as well!
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Postby SnowLeopard » Wed Jan 26, 2005 2:56 pm

I was intreagued by this book because almost nothing is new, and yet he gives everything a fresh twist which makes it very enjoyable to read.

I was a little disturbed by the magic in it, and also that in the beginning of the book Brom steals somebodys money and justifies it.
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Postby Locke » Wed Jan 26, 2005 4:25 pm

The next meetign should be in a week or so...

too bad i didnt read it >.<
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Postby Kanerou » Fri Nov 04, 2005 1:36 pm

I'll go ahead and post to this. I think it's OK, despite the time lapse....

It's hard to rate Eragon. In some ways, it was SO generic, and I found that one chick's fortune-telling to be such an obvious give-away to later events. And about Eragon's parentage:

[spoiler] Selena, his mother, is married to the king's right-hand man. Gimme a break name-wise; I read it a couple years ago. [/spoiler]

But on the other hand, it was an awesome book, and I can't wait to read Eldest.
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Postby Rjdreamer » Fri Nov 04, 2005 6:19 pm

I have read both Eragon and Eldest and me and my best friend have many theories that were proven and many more theories in the making. We are crossing our finger that the next Dragon rider will be Roran. Funny thing, I liked Roran from day one. Eragon isn't 'boring' persay, more like he is a normal guy personality wise. We all can identify with him in some way. My favorite character, besides Roran, is Angela. I love the fact that she was trying to prove a Toad is a Frog so witches couldn't use them. The fortune telling creeped me out a bit, but no more than the elves beliefs (shown in Eldest) annoyed me.


*slight spoiler*



They are pretty much the equivilant of atheists.



*end slight spoiler*


Also, does anyone like Arya(sp?)? I think she is to perfect. :P

What color Dragon do you think will be on the next cover? So far we have a blue and red one. I think the next one will either be green, or the evil black dragon of Galbatorax(sp?)
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Postby Reba » Sat Nov 05, 2005 8:20 am

ummm Eragon is that poplar? my brother loves the book he has everyone out right now.. wow
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Postby FarmGirl » Sat Nov 05, 2005 5:46 pm

Yeah. Apparently, it's the "it" book right now. I found out it was popular when I found the 39 person long waiting list for "Eldest".
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Postby SnowLeopard » Thu Mar 09, 2006 8:12 pm

[spoiler="eragon"] I think arya will be the next dragon rider because her "magic color " is green, and the author has pretty much confirmed that there will be a green dragon on the cover of the third book[/spoiler]

Although I also have been rooting for Roran.
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