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Eragon (Inheritance, Book 1) by: Christopher Paolini List Price: $39.95 Childrens Bookshop Price: $26.55 You Save: $13.40 (34%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio Cassette EAN: 9780807219621 Format: Audiobook, Unabridged ISBN: 0807219622 Label: Listening Library (Audio) Manufacturer: Listening Library (Audio) Number Of Items: 10 Publication Date: August 26, 2003 Publisher: Listening Library (Audio) Reading Level: Young Adult Release Date: August 26, 2003 Studio: Listening Library (Audio) Sales Rank: 280185 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Product 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 A New York Times Bestseller A USA Today Bestseller A Book Sense Bestseller 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 Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Well written fantasyPaolini has a fabulous story in the Inheritance series, and Eragon is largely devoted to setting up questions that are to follow the reader through the later books. While Eragon does drag in a few places, I liked it well enough to read the later books, and this is an excellent series. If you enjoy fantasy like Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, or Harry Potter, these books will be right up your alley. Rating:  - A wonderful book to hearI enjoyed listening to this book as I worked. The writing is descriptive and allows you to lose yourself in the story. After watching the movie, I recommend listening to these unabridged cds. The reader has a wonderful, clear voice that gives life to all the books characters. Rating: - entertainingIt is a good book to sit down and read as a family. My 6 year old boy got a little bored if we read it for longer than 15 min. But my 8 year old girl didn't want me to stop. Rating: - One of the Best Reads Since DraculaI was recommended this book by a friend who had read it. I saw the movie first (I don't recommend that one) and wanted to know what the story was really like. I bought this one and consumed it in five days. My imagination was going wild as I read this, fueled by Paolini's vivid descriptions. About a year ago, I read Dracula, and since then I haven't read a book that had me as gripped as this one did. I definitely recommend this one to all. Rating:  - Wordy, Poorly Written and Mired in ClichesEragon's story is basically a Star Wars narrative set in a Tolkien fantasy world, while ripping off other fantasy elements from other works (and I'm only a very casual fantasy reader). Indeed, Eragon is so lacking in originality that it is remarkably predictable; I ended up predicting almost all the plot twists, including the end of book two - before I even finished book one (just add the Star Wars like narrative with Eragon's accurate, not-ambiguous-enough Prophecy scene and you can ... Read More: |
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