Home-schooled by his parents, Christopher Paolini was 15 years old when he began writing ERAGON, a project he began to entertain himself and which eventually become his first published novel. Inspired by such diverse works as "Beowulf" and Bruce Coville's fantasy story JEREMY THATCHER, DRAGON HATCHER, Paolini's novel tells of a poor peasant boy named Eragon who discovers he is a descendent of the Riders, a band of dragon-riding warriors. Many of the characters in ERAGON speak in languages create more...
Home-schooled by his parents, Christopher Paolini was 15 years old when he began writing ERAGON, a project he began to entertain himself and which eventually become his first published novel. Inspired by such diverse works as "Beowulf" and Bruce Coville's fantasy story JEREMY THATCHER, DRAGON HATCHER, Paolini's novel tells of a poor peasant boy named Eragon who discovers he is a descendent of the Riders, a band of dragon-riding warriors. Many of the characters in ERAGON speak in languages created by Paolini (with the help of his younger sister, Angela) and which were inspired by Old Norse languages. Originally self-published, ERAGON was brought to the attention of publishing company Alfred A. Knopf by author Carl Hiaasen, who was impressed with his stepson's enthusiastic reading of the book. The book was made into a film in 2006.less...
not really a series unless he's changed it again. it's just 4 books instead of 3. I wouldn't call that a "series." More like a Quadrilogy or something. :-)
OMG!!! I can't believe Christopher Paolini is changing the trilogy into a SERIES!! That changes everything! And I can't figure out if it's a good change or a bad one! For one, we'll have to wait even LONGER to read the last book, but for another, we get a WHOLE OTHER BOOK to read!! :)) Yay! (HeeHee):))
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Great teen level book. Fun read for adults too if you like this genre.