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Christopher Paolini, Author of the Inheritance Trilogy Series of Books69

Christopher Paolini, Author of Inheritance Trilogy Books

Christopher Paolini was born November 17, 1983 in California. He was raised in Montana and still lives there. Paolini has one sibling, Angela. He was homeschooled for his entire academic career. Christopher...

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Eldest - 2nd Book in Inheritance Trilogy by Christopher Paolini

Eldest is the second book written by Christopher Paolini. He wrote the first book, Eragon, when he was a home-schooled teenager. Both books made the New York Times best-seller list. Eragon has been made into a...

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Sword and Sorcery Books

 I have always enjoyed reading books which create a complete world of their own. Titles which evoke images in the mind and sucessfully promote a "suspension of disbelief" in the mind of the reader....

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Bacon Finnegan and the Relics of Merlin

The fantasy genre is rapidly growing as seen with the giant success of authors like Eoin Colfer, Suzanne Collins, Jenny Nimmo, Christopher Paolini, J. K. Rowling, and Jonathan Stroud. Young adults all over...

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Move Over Eragon

In Eragon, the legend of the Dragon Riders runs deep. The tale of their magical swords and the connection between mind and dragon spread mysticism and fear alike. Eragon is one such rider whose strength and...

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Does how you live affect how you write?

On another blog I mentioned that I thought Christopher Paolini's Eargon was childish in comparison to Stephen R. Donaldson's The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, The Unbeliever. Part of this feeling arises from...

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Why "Best Of" Lists Don't Work

Today's posting is a continuation of yesterday's rant on this top 100 fantasy book list I found. I realised that there are a few more things I wanted to say.First off, the idea of any kind of "best of" list...

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