Eragon

[Noble Elf Lord]

Did you know that the name Hrothgar has been taken from the Anglo-saxon saga "Beowulf"? In that story, Hrothgar is a (human) king, whose house of feasts is plagued by the monster Grendel. A young warrior Beowulf promises to kill Grendel, and soon does so. But that is no good, for Grendel´s mother avenges for its son, killing the king´s best friend. Again, Beo says he´ll slay the beast. He goes to the beast´s lake, but his sword is no use against the scales of the Monster. In the bottom he sees a sword of sufficient might, and so the Monster is dead. Sometime afterwards Beo becomes a king somewhere else.

I´d like to hear variations about this story, should anyone know them. Thanks.

[Earniel]

I thought Beowulf is a very well known saga. But I'm unfamiliar with existing different versions. If I'm not mistaken, the poem of Beowulf was 'discovered' from an ancient text, not from passed down, oral, traditional tales, which are far more likely to have deviating versions.

The Poem goes on after the slaying of Grendel and his mother, to Beowulf becoming King and eventually fighting single-handedly against a dragon. An interesting tidbit, if I recall correctly: the dragon supposedly woke up and went on rampage after someone stole into its lair when it slept and removed an expensive goblet. Does that ring a bell? *coughthehobbitcough*

Anyway, Beowulf is definitely worth a read, if you haven't so far. It's absolutely a great poem.

[Noble Elf Lord]

Thanks, Eärniel. But right now I´m doing a big job on reading:trying to earn a high school diploma on books. 18 books to read, though I have read two of them before. The diploma is also meant to expand one´s variation of genres they´re reading. Kafka, Finnish Päätalo, and even Tolkien´s The Hobbit, just to mention very few.

[Earniel]

Heheh, no pressure. Beowulf has been around for a few centuries, it won't hurt to wait a while before you can get at it.

[Acalewia]

Here's a press release from Random House about Inheritance

[ayra]

Originally Posted by Acalewia

Here's a press release from Random House about Inheritance

Now we have to wait for two more books instead of one. Oh well, I guess we can handle it, right?

[Earniel]

Four books instead of three? Oooh, the cheeky devil. But I can say one thing, if he's going the way of Jordan's Wheel of Time, I'm definitely not going to bother to buy it.

[ayra]

Originally Posted by Eärniel

Four books instead of three? Oooh, the cheeky devil. But I can say one thing, if he's going the way of Jordan's Wheel of Time, I'm definitely not going to bother to buy it.

Wheel of Time? What is that about?

[Earniel]

That's a fantasy series that kept expanding over the years. And each time you'd think the author was writing the last book, you'd find he kept on going and going, sometimes filling whole books with what's essentually a sideplot. So people who picked up that series found they still had to read another and another and then yet another book if they ever wanted to know how the thing ends. The series currently spans 11 volumes I think (we're talking volumes here, each book is as thick as the one-book LoTR edition), the end of the series will no doubt be published posthumously as Robert Jordan died earlier this year before.

[ayra]

Then I probaly would not like to mess with it...

[Acalewia]

I gave it up around book 9.

I hope CP doesn't do that. I would really hate him to burn himself out with his world.

[me9996]

I hope he sticks to a trilogy in four parts... Hmm... Where have I heard that before?
HITCHHIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY!!!
At least this will give him a chance to use the primary colors of both ink and light.

But then, if there is something good to be said about Eragon, it is that Eragon always leaves you wanting more


P.S.
The primary colors are different for ink and light.
Ink= Blue, Red, Yellow. Light= Blue, Red, Green.

[Acalewia]

IT'S GOT A TITLE!!!

Book Three will be called Brisingr and Glaedr will be on the cover

[The last sane person]

Whose Glaedr again? I can't be arsed to look it up.

[Acalewia]

The gold dragon from Eldest

[me9996]

Ah, so the book cover will be yellow...

Here's hoping the fourth'll be green!

[ayra]

It is good, but not good enough for me to buy.... I just borrow from friends or sit in the mall at Barns and Nobles and read it. Don't have enough money.

[me9996]

I read the third book (a took a realy long time to get around to posting this!)

I thought the name was kinda' weird, and even with what it turned out to be it is still a little weird!

Allthough, after reading the third book (the name of which I cannot spell) I retract my claim of building a world on par with Pauloni (SP?) in an hour... Maybe a week to let ideas ferment but not an hour...

Oh, and I thought Pauloni (SP?) is getting better at this book writing stuff!
Compared to the other books the third one is great!

Edit: Oops one more thing, but this is spoilers

I thought it was funny that even though what's his face wasn't Eragon's father that his real father was a dragonrider anyway! So his half-brother is a dragonrider, his father is a dragonrider, his half-brothers father was a dragonrider, and he is a dragonrider. It's still funny!!! Ooh, maybe his mother was a former dragonrider?

[Nurvingiel]

I don't understand the appeal of these books at all. I don't even know why this derivative, badly written mess was even published in the first place, for any other reason than the publisher smelled money in that pile of crap.

I've read the first one. I am baffled as to its popularity. It offers absolutely nothing original, the characters are unlikeable, and the plot doesn't even make sense (total lack of logic, physics, and basic human motivations). I just don't get it folks.