Auther : Christopher Paolini
Publisher : Alfred A. Knopf
ISBN : 0375826688
ISBN13 : 9780375826689
Pages : 544
List Price : $18.95 $9.99
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Book Description
Fifteen-year-old Eragon believes that he is merely a poor farm boy—until his destiny as a Dragon Rider is revealed. Gifted with only an ancient sword, a loyal dragon, and sage advice from an old storyteller, Eragon is soon swept into a dangerous tapestry of magic, glory, and power. Now his choices could save—or destroy—the Empire.
“An authentic work of great talent.”—The New York Times Book Review
“Christopher Paolini make[s] literary magic with his precocious debut.”—People
“Unusual, powerful, fresh, and fluid.”—Booklist, Starred
“An auspicious beginning to both career and series.”—Publishers Weekly
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Amazon.com Review
Here's a great big fantasy that you can pull over your head like a comfy old sweater and disappear into for a whole weekend. Christopher Paolini began Eragon when he was just 15, and the book shows the influence of Tolkien, of course, but also Terry Brooks, Anne McCaffrey, and perhaps even Wagner in its traditional quest structure and the generally agreed-upon nature of dwarves, elves, dragons, and heroic warfare with magic swords.
Eragon, a young farm boy, finds a marvelous blue stone in a mystical mountain place. Before he can trade it for food to get his family through the hard winter, it hatches a beautiful sapphire-blue dragon, a race thought to be extinct. Eragon bonds with the dragon, and when his family is killed by the marauding Ra'zac, he discovers that he is the last of the Dragon Riders, fated to play a decisive part in the coming war between the human but hidden Varden, dwarves, elves, the diabolical Shades and their neanderthal Urgalls, all pitted against and allied with each other and the evil King Galbatorix. Eragon and his dragon Saphira set out to find their role, growing in magic power and understanding of the complex political situation as they endure perilous travels and sudden battles, dire wounds, capture and escape.
In spite of the engrossing action, this is not a book for the casual fantasy reader. There are 65 names of people, horses, and dragons to be remembered and lots of pseudo-Celtic places, magic words, and phrases in the Ancient Language as well as the speech of the dwarfs and the Urgalls. But the maps and glossaries help, and by the end, readers will be utterly dedicated and eager for the next book, Eldest. (Ages 10 to 14) --Patty Campbell
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Eragon (Inheritance, Book 1) Reviews
| 1,756 of 2,254 people found the following review helpful:  impressive for a 17-yr-old, clearly written by a 17-yr-old, By This review is from: Eragon (Inheritance, Book 1) (Hardcover) What you almost always hear first about this book is "wow, it was written by a 17-yr-old". And the author is fully deserving of the respect and admiration he gets--it is indeed an impressive book for a 17-year-old to have written. What he probably should not have gotten was a publishing contract, since while it is impressive for a 17-yr-old, it is less than impressive for a published work of fiction. If an adult had written and published this, I would have been disgusted (as I was with the Sword of Shannara) with the clear calculation that had gone into the work: "ok, I'll take a lot of Tolkien, a lot of McCaffery, a good amount of Leguin, some Dragonlance, some Star Wars, etc. It will be a can't miss book." Since it's the product not of an adult but of a teenager, it comes across much more positively--as a work of fiction by someone who has read lots and absorbed lots of fantasy and simply didn't have the experience (or the good editor) to take out all of his favorite... Read more 46 of 56 people found the following review helpful:  I'm Sorry, But It's Awful, This review is from: Eragon (Inheritance, Book 1) (Hardcover) Okay, I know a lot of people have said what I'm saying here, but I feel so strongly about this book that I can't help but say it again. This is one of the absolute worst books I've ever read. I have two basic reasons for this: the writing and the story. These two factors make or break every work of fiction, and Paolini has seriously failed at both of them. First of all, the writing. When you read a good story, you don't even notice you're reading anything. You don't register the writing. You just experience the story. In contrast, reading Paolini's writing is the figurative equivalent of trudging through a waist-high swamp. He throws adverbs everywhere, until I want to take a bottle of white-out and cover them up. I mean, does he think we can't get what's going on without an adverb after every single verb? Come on. Then there are his "intelligent writer" big words. Using big words doesn't make you smart. It only makes you look silly... Read more 28 of 33 people found the following review helpful:  Good, but nothing new, A Kid's Review This review is from: Eragon (Inheritance, Book 1) (Hardcover) I'm currently twelve years old, and after three years of hearing all the hype surrounding Eragon and its successor (Eldest), I decided to give it a try and see if it really lived up to all the praise. I was very disappointed. Summary: I'm sure that you've already read this in all the other reviews so I'm just going to outline the most basic and important things. Our main character here is a fifteen year old poor farm boy called Eragon, who one day just happens to find a dragon egg. From this egg hatches our other main character, Saphira the dragon. With the help of a few allies, Eragon and Saphira basically travel through the Empire where this story takes place in search of truth and vengeance for what happens to Eragons uncle. The Bad: The main problem that I have with Eragon is that it's missing one of the essential ingredients that truly make a good book. Hm, let's see, now what's that word I'm looking for,ah................. Oh yeah! It's... Read more |
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