The title doesn't really say it all since I can't figure out what you all are talking about.

A synopsis in the title would really help people who are interested...

A book about magic, dragons, elves, dwarves, and magical dragon elves.

I'll be buying the final book next month - I never actually read Brisingr, but I own it, so I'll power through the two of them when I get the fourth book.

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Some manner of Octopus.

A book about magic, dragons, elves, dwarves, and magical dragon elves.

I'll be buying the final book next month - I never actually read Brisingr, but I own it, so I'll power through the two of them when I get the fourth book.

That is just vague enough to be LotR.

A book about magic, dragons, elves, dwarves, and magical dragon elves.

I'll be buying the final book next month - I never actually read Brisingr, but I own it, so I'll power through the two of them when I get the fourth book.

That is just vague enough to be LotR.

Boy finds dragon egg. Egg bonds with boy. Boy rides dragon to fight evil dragons. Boy learns magic. Boy turns into an elf.

Or, if you're really interested, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Inheritance_Cycle this was not hard to find.

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Some manner of Octopus.

You know me and my suck reading skills so wiki does not work well for me. I just wanted to know what to buy first when I get a kindle.

But thank you for giving me a Dei-friendly abridged version.

Paolini's writing is borderline amateur in the first book, but by the second it shapes up considerably. From what I recall, anyway. The books also tend to switch perspectives a lot, which bothered me at first, but I eventually got used to it.

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Some manner of Octopus.

Oh, this is part of Eragon, isn't it?

Oh, this is part of Eragon, isn't it?

Eragon is the first book in the seiries.

I should be getting the fourth book soon, 'hope it's good. :D

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May I just point out that Australia had more tournaments than any other country?

Because I just did.

Suckit, rest of the world.

Australia is a fraud.

I have very good visual memory, I still remember Valentin's father's credit card number.

Man Chaos Blader, you really suck.

Just finished the series. ;_; I feel very very sad. The ending was amazing, and most of the theories were correct, but it's really over. It was an amazing series, truly.

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"In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little, yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgment. We thrive on negative criticism, which is fun to write and to read. But the bitter truth we critics must face, is that in the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is probably more meaningful than our criticism designating it so. But there are times when a critic truly risks something, and that is in the discovery and defense of the new. The world is often unkind to new talent, new creations. The new needs friends. Last night, I experienced something new: an extraordinary meal from a singularly unexpected source. To say that both the meal and its maker have challenged my preconceptions about fine cooking is a gross understatement. They have rocked me to my core. In the past, I have made no secret of my disdain for Chef Gusteau's famous motto, "Anyone can cook." But I realize, only now do I truly understand what he meant. Not everyone can become a great artist; but a great artist can come from anywhere."

-Anton Ego/Peter O'Toole (1932-2013)

Yes, I am glad there is a thread for this! I am screaming at mah school librarian to get Inheritance! I want the Brisngr sword because it has epics.

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Alright, so I was at my school (I didn't exist in this part), and Ryuga shows up. Gingka undigs 7 rubber bouncy balls and says he stole them from Ryuga when he was a kid, which does not make any sense as they just met, and then Kenta pulls out some thermometer and tilts it to the side, asking Madoka if she can do that. Then, Madoka starts randomly conducting an invisible orchestra. Now I am in my living room, on the old furniture no longer there, and my little sister is up watching some show for two-year-olds, then they ing a song and tilt their upper bodies to the left. My mom is doing an Internet, and stops and says that they always tilt because it represents healing (I was like ???). Then it ended.

^Dat wuz a dream^

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hey ill give u an earth wheel for a ripcord

I wish Bey Brad could still eat people's families.

Now, I wonder where Daegor42 ran off to.....

I'm in Narnia. The internet connection here sucks.

Kids are so bad with. . . kids. . . toys.

i know epic underground cage matches like in the Hasbro commercial

what's anubis
is it the teddy bear with a scar on it's face?

thats what....she said?

I just told you your entire solution. I promote tournaments like crazy, I've gotten elementary school kids to do their homework twice as fast with Beyblading as a reward, and I can sell light bulb sockets to the Amish.

What more do you want?

You play Beyblade ... with ... anyone else who plays Beyblade.

It amazes me how many people are confused by this.

I believe this combo's success is based on the recoil of the opposing wheel. It uses it to force it out.

So it's a combo that only works against bad combos? Great.

Welcome to the WBO!
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yeah, to survive the ''Administrators/Moderators'' dunt dun duuuu (horror sound effect)....

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It's a plastic model. You really don't want me to answer that question. rofl

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IMA KIK EVRYONEZ BUT!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOP!!!!!!!!!!!!! TWO MAN ARMY AGAINST ALL ME AND SHAREEF CUZIN AND CUZIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE WIL;L PWN!!!!!!!!!!!!

just a note to everyone reading this: this is real. [b]there is a real person who thinks like this.

There are very ignorant people here, though. I tried to help some kid here with combos because his combo was pretty bad. Then he just started going mad and he called me a 'Bossy Watermelon' or something like that.

*Crosses fingers for Damian to win*

You could fuse them together and Ginga would still win.

Step One: LED Sight
Step Two: Shine into other players eyes
Step Three: Victory

Someone ban this please.

Might as well ban the sun from tournaments while we're at it then.

no, because last time i checked, i can't move the sun INTO YOUR EYES

how do you battle

My MS that I bought tomorrow spin over 3 minutes if I don't hit it with other bey.

That doesn't make any sense.

I woke my son up the other day with a Basalt Horogium Vs Earth Eagle Bey Battle on his stomach! LOL

I am unable to post any results as the stadium woke up and ruined the battle.

I am sure this goes against all safe beyblading rules

On a ragged slide in the playground at school. This was a long time ago in elementary school (I think i was in 1st or 2nd grade?) in the good old days when plastic beys were found in local stores. All the 5th graders would be like "driger! tiger claw!" And then i would say "you know that doesn't work--" "YES IT DOES"

oh, silly upperclassmen.

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CLICK HERE, STORY WRITERS. IF YOUR STORIES ARE SIMILAR TO THIS, CHANGE THEM, OR STOP WRITING.

"Inheritance" is such a fitting name for a series that only got published and recognized due to the author's parents having deep pockets.

I wish my parents were rich so I could have my borderline copy paste Star Wars knockoffs published.

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Project Rising Beetle→
I Miss Bionix→

It also helps that they owned a publishing company too.

EDIT: But it's still a good series though, he was fortunate to have the necessary circumstances to be able to publish his series.

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"In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little, yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgment. We thrive on negative criticism, which is fun to write and to read. But the bitter truth we critics must face, is that in the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is probably more meaningful than our criticism designating it so. But there are times when a critic truly risks something, and that is in the discovery and defense of the new. The world is often unkind to new talent, new creations. The new needs friends. Last night, I experienced something new: an extraordinary meal from a singularly unexpected source. To say that both the meal and its maker have challenged my preconceptions about fine cooking is a gross understatement. They have rocked me to my core. In the past, I have made no secret of my disdain for Chef Gusteau's famous motto, "Anyone can cook." But I realize, only now do I truly understand what he meant. Not everyone can become a great artist; but a great artist can come from anywhere."

-Anton Ego/Peter O'Toole (1932-2013)

Just finished the final book and I loved it. My only complaint is that it seemed a bit rushed in some parts but otherwise a brilliant book and a brilliant series.


Also To is so jelly

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Finished the last book and my comment is......What the HELL was that! I actually think the books got worse as time went on....but the last book was just awful....just pure carp awful....*throws inheritance into trash can*

The ending was sad and depressing, despite

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Galbatorix being killed, that is. Though I didn't expect him to commit magical suicide via giant atomic bomb-esque explosion.

However, I still think it was an amazing book, so IDK what you're talking about.

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"In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little, yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgment. We thrive on negative criticism, which is fun to write and to read. But the bitter truth we critics must face, is that in the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is probably more meaningful than our criticism designating it so. But there are times when a critic truly risks something, and that is in the discovery and defense of the new. The world is often unkind to new talent, new creations. The new needs friends. Last night, I experienced something new: an extraordinary meal from a singularly unexpected source. To say that both the meal and its maker have challenged my preconceptions about fine cooking is a gross understatement. They have rocked me to my core. In the past, I have made no secret of my disdain for Chef Gusteau's famous motto, "Anyone can cook." But I realize, only now do I truly understand what he meant. Not everyone can become a great artist; but a great artist can come from anywhere."

-Anton Ego/Peter O'Toole (1932-2013)

I don't think I've ever been satisfied with a book's ending. Writers get too attached to a story and become borderline illiterate by the time they reach the conclusion of their story.

However, as for actual literary quality, Paolini's first book was by far his most amateur work, bordering on looking like a fanfiction.net entry. The writing quality got better in Eldest - I have not yet read Brisingr or whatever the fourth one is called, though.

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Some manner of Octopus.

The fourth one is simply called 'Inheritance'. The ending wasn't bad in quality, it was just really sad and depressing. I was between going 'what is this I don't even (in the good sense)' and ';_;' after finishing Inheritance.

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"In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little, yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgment. We thrive on negative criticism, which is fun to write and to read. But the bitter truth we critics must face, is that in the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is probably more meaningful than our criticism designating it so. But there are times when a critic truly risks something, and that is in the discovery and defense of the new. The world is often unkind to new talent, new creations. The new needs friends. Last night, I experienced something new: an extraordinary meal from a singularly unexpected source. To say that both the meal and its maker have challenged my preconceptions about fine cooking is a gross understatement. They have rocked me to my core. In the past, I have made no secret of my disdain for Chef Gusteau's famous motto, "Anyone can cook." But I realize, only now do I truly understand what he meant. Not everyone can become a great artist; but a great artist can come from anywhere."

-Anton Ego/Peter O'Toole (1932-2013)

Having started reading them again and finishing the first book tonight, as I moved on to the second, I remembered the one thing I hated most about it -

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the perspective switching to Roran so much. It's so painfully boring it rivals segments of Tolkien's work. Not to mention Roran being a rather... dull, or at least unlikable on the surface and empty in the center, character for the majority of the second book.

Very aggravating.

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Some manner of Octopus.

While it's true that Roran's parts tend to be rather dull, especially when the major cliffhangers in Du Weldenvarden occur for Eragon's parts, it does get much better, especially during the 3rd book.

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"In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little, yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgment. We thrive on negative criticism, which is fun to write and to read. But the bitter truth we critics must face, is that in the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is probably more meaningful than our criticism designating it so. But there are times when a critic truly risks something, and that is in the discovery and defense of the new. The world is often unkind to new talent, new creations. The new needs friends. Last night, I experienced something new: an extraordinary meal from a singularly unexpected source. To say that both the meal and its maker have challenged my preconceptions about fine cooking is a gross understatement. They have rocked me to my core. In the past, I have made no secret of my disdain for Chef Gusteau's famous motto, "Anyone can cook." But I realize, only now do I truly understand what he meant. Not everyone can become a great artist; but a great artist can come from anywhere."

-Anton Ego/Peter O'Toole (1932-2013)

I tend not to be fond of perspective switching at all, to be entirely honest. Muddles things when done wrong, and I've never seen it done well enough to avoid that issue.

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Some manner of Octopus.

I just hate myself more for abandoning WBO for a few months because of this thread.

I've always been a huge IC fan, and I've loved the series from the start; it's really good, though I agree it does have some parallels to LoTR and Star Wars, but then again it might be a genre thing.

Eragon WAS borderline amateur, but by Brisingr he sounded as mature as a 20+-year-old can be. I have to say the ending of 'Inheritance' was terrible...maybe not really, but it left me gasping for more and THEN remembering it's all over. It's depressing. I am delighted most of the theories were correct (*ehem*...Rock of Kuthian..) but I really thought Arya would come with Eragon. Still star-crossed lovers, are they?

Pretty much every Dragon Riding Hero book goes exactly the same way in general progression, and this one was really not different in many meaningful ways.

I personally don't find it that much of a bad thing, though, and the specifics of this series are enjoyable enough that any negatives can be overlooked. I'd just like to discuss a few things about split perspectives with Paolini, because, should he ever write another book, I would hate to see this silliness in another one unless he learns how to make it anything but boring.

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Some manner of Octopus.

Fortunately, in my enjoyment of the book, I had successfully forgotten the spoiler that the ending was disappointing. That also means that I have not viewed the spoilers in this topic until now, since I have not actually finished the final book yet, but here are some comments :

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Islanzadi performs an epic, barely described sword fight, shouts : "And thus I [...]", and then she disappears ? Can something seem even more pointless and anti-climatic ?

A similar event happens to Galbatorix : apparently the torture of Eragon's mind is painful, but then Eragon creates a simple but super efficient spell out of nowhere, it works, and Galbatorix just explodes.

I would have really appreciated if the author would have made the book slightly bigger just to elaborate on those points instead of leaving them so ridiculously sudden ...

Well, technically

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Eragon was beating the living carp out of Galbatorix now that he knew the name of the ancient language, so Galbatorix completely obliterated himself (aka magical suicide) using a spell with the power of a nuclear bomb.

However, I do have to agree that

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the way Islanzadi was, to best put it, 'removed', was rather pathetic.

Paolini did acknowledge that he left many things unanswered.

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Most notably, Angela and backstory
What Menoa tree took from Eragon
What Brom whispered to Eragon for use in times of great need as Brom died.
etc.

Also, the way that Paolini fulfilled the last prophecy was extremely depressing.

Overall, a good book though. However, like you stated, it has so much more potential.

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"In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little, yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgment. We thrive on negative criticism, which is fun to write and to read. But the bitter truth we critics must face, is that in the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is probably more meaningful than our criticism designating it so. But there are times when a critic truly risks something, and that is in the discovery and defense of the new. The world is often unkind to new talent, new creations. The new needs friends. Last night, I experienced something new: an extraordinary meal from a singularly unexpected source. To say that both the meal and its maker have challenged my preconceptions about fine cooking is a gross understatement. They have rocked me to my core. In the past, I have made no secret of my disdain for Chef Gusteau's famous motto, "Anyone can cook." But I realize, only now do I truly understand what he meant. Not everyone can become a great artist; but a great artist can come from anywhere."

-Anton Ego/Peter O'Toole (1932-2013)

Hm, as far as I know,

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Eragon did not learn the true name of the ancient language until later when Murtagh told him.