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Wow fellas, take a look at what I got at the B’n’N today!

The EXCLUSIVE COLLECTOR’S EDITION of Eragon, first book in the Inheritance Cycle!

It has deleted scenes not in the original print!!! I can’t wait to crack this bad boy open again!

>> No.12476795

Is that a sticker on a dust jacket?

>> No.12476814

that's cool, op. hope you enjoy it.
people here will shit on you, but don't let them get you down.

>> No.12476826

>>12476795
Would you rather the put the sticker on an inside page?

>> No.12476863
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still mad pic related didnt happen

>> No.12476874

>>12476863

...What is pic-related?

>> No.12476877

>>12476826
Yes

>> No.12476882

>>12476863
Saphira is a girl, isn't she?

>> No.12476889
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>>12476874
love knows no bounds.jpg

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>>12476882
yes she is a female dragon
these edits are funny tho

>> No.12476908

>Can't think of these books without thinking of that Rolling Stones article where the author interviewed Christopher Paolini and basically implied that the dude fucks his sister

>> No.12476931
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>>12476789
How much? Is it available on Amazon? I unironically want to buy it. Ive read all the books in spanish many years ago, now I want to buy them in english and reread them a third time. My wife read them in japanese two years ago.

>> No.12476933
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>>12476908
why would he imply that?
did he see something suspicious while he was staying?
was it merely for clickbait points?
Im confused

>> No.12476950

>>12476931
oh god I fucking hated this back in the day
>height difference
>the last one didnt have the white detail
>doesnt even line up properly

>> No.12476957

>>12476933
Every part of the article that wasn't the Q&A, the author kept throwing in "His sister Angela was all over Chris, hanging on him like a little sister would if they were much younger" and shit like that. I think he even used the words "her eyes swooned for her brother" when Chris talked about how successful his books were

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>>12476908
>>12476933
It's rather suspicious to show up to a premier with your sister instead of a date...unless...your sister IS...oh no

>> No.12476960

>>12476950
Yes, I also got triggered.

>> No.12476965

>>12476931
>Barnes and Noble Exclusive

The sticker is right there

>> No.12476974

>>12476789
>deleted scene
Jesus christ

>> No.12476989

Why does a book need "deleted scenes"?

>> No.12476991

>>12476958
All that money and he couldn't even find pants that fit properly

>> No.12476994

>>12476789
What kind of deleted scenes?

>> No.12477003
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>>12476989
>>12476994

>> No.12477015

>>12476957
>>12476958
the absolute mad lad
dont tell /a/

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>>12477003
>Notes from the author about names and languages

"Eragon is dragon spelled with an E instead of a D."

This man is a published shitposter

>> No.12477327

I think Eragon and Inheritance wouldn't have been so bad if he actually started with Galbatorix descending into more and more madness after losing his dragon that was a much more interesting story than what Eragon was doing in his current timeline.

>> No.12477333

>>12477298

NO, YOU DON'T GET IT

His name isn't UR-agon, his name is AIR-a-gone

>> No.12477338

>>12477327
>Implying that isn't the prequel series his isn't working on right now and these collector editions are just a PR attempt to drum up new interest in the series before they announce this new series

>> No.12477343

>>12477333
I can't tell if this is shitposting or something he actually said while fucking his sister

>> No.12477354

>>12477327
Eragon found an egg and it turned out to be a dragon.

Better story than Jekyll and Hyde

>> No.12477362

>>12477354
He found a stone that happened to be an egg

>> No.12477363

>>12476958
His sister is a cutie, good for them.

>> No.12477376

>>12476989
They're not usually referred to as deleted scenes but chapters/sections that were later omitted are quite common to include in an appendix or something

>> No.12477382

>>12477362
I read it when I was in year 5. I can't remember the brilliant intricacies of Paolini's story telling

>> No.12477399

>>12477327
I'm pretty sure he will milk the books and start releasing prequels in a few years.

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>>12477363

>> No.12477492

>>12476863
Probably in the deleted scenes desu

>> No.12477610

>>12477363
>make millions
>wincest
Tortellini is living the life

>> No.12477634

>>12477298
>>Notes from the author about names and languages
>The title of the book is literally Aragorn
bravo

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>>12476894

>> No.12477769

>>12477678
SCALED

>> No.12478100

>>12476908
>>12476957
>>12476958
I've always thought these books were steaming piles of shit but this just gave me 100 times more respect for this guy.

>> No.12478641

>>12476789
You know, I'd almost consider reading it for nostalgia if I didn't have a bookcase full of better books I need to get through. I liked the book back in the day

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>>12476931
GIB JAPANESE WIFE

>> No.12478744

I thought the magic system in eragon was pretty cool

>> No.12479243

>>12478744
You mean the grammar system

>> No.12479253

>>12478744
I only really remember that if you weren't part elf, you weren't worth shit.

>> No.12479354

>>12479253
the main bad guy was 100% human, but it was never elaborated on how he managed to genocide all nonhumans

>> No.12479391

>>12479354
didn he use the dragon soul stone thingies to charge himself up like some sort of battery?

the magic system was ripped wholesale from earthsea, but it did have neat ideas, like how a fireball could waste all your life force so instead you just give your enemies an aneurysm by fucking with their blood vessels

>> No.12479457

>>12479391
Yeah I think IIRC there was some sort of stone every dragon had that contained his magic power and you could collect them to be really strong.

>> No.12479459

>>12479391
>it did have neat ideas
>give your enemies an aneurysm

I hate that, as it is just stylistically inconsistent with a fantastical setting. Myth and science operate on completely different levels, to try to introduce modern concepts into magic is stupid, and done by people who have no clue that mythical stories actually have meaning beyond the literal legend and obvious moralization. As a result you get pages and pages wasted on autistic explanations on quantifying magic, when it adds completely nothing and means nothing.

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>>12477678

>> No.12479791

>>12478712
Give me a hardcover edition of every book written by Dougal Dixon and she's all yours.

>> No.12480654

>>12479459
Naw, you can go fuck yourself.

The idea that if you put enough magic into a dragon it explodes with nuclear force (complete with radiation that lingers after the explosion) is cool as fuck

>> No.12481892

>>12477298
You have to be a shitposter to get published. You think boring rule-followers get published?

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>>12479791
This is a surprisingly patrician answer, anon

>> No.12481919

>>12476789
I don’t think I’ve heard the words “deleted scenes” to describe edited content in a book.

Like, that is just so disgusting, how do people read this fuck?

>> No.12482401

>>12479791
The books that good or is the hole that bad?

>> No.12482687

>>12477298
>This man is a published shitposter
You know, I can't even hate that greasy siscon furfag autist. It reminds me of that journalist who spitefully published totally made up bullshit, iirc it was "chocolate is actually good for you and helps you lose weight," and everyone fell for it, it went completely viral, and he came out later saying he made the whole thing up to show that readers of clickbait are braindead morons who will believe anything.
Maybe panini will come out soon and say, "I sold you retarded fuckers a hackjob starwars-LotR rehash and you ate my feces from my palm and earned me millions of dollars and a movie deal."

>> No.12482703

>>12482687
>furfag

Oh, this is new, did he buy a fursuit or something?

>> No.12483065

>>12476908
you mean this ?https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/the-prince-of-dragons-christopher-paolini-and-the-rise-of-inheritance-238067/

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>>12483065
>“Please remove your shoes,” says Paolini’s 26-year-old sister, Angela, with dramatic singsong inflection, as she meets me in a foyer that doubles as a home gym. Paolini’s mother, Talita, a birdlike woman with a girlish voice and a sweet manner, makes a fluttery motion with her hand to indicate, “Oh, forget it, she can leave them on.” But Angela, who is tough and no-nonsense, and acts as her brother’s protector, insists: “We don’t wear them in the house.”

"Brother's Protector", huh....

>> No.12484078

>>12482401
>the hole
go outside man, christ

>> No.12484989

>>12476950
That’s what happens when you have a book-by-book contract. It’s obvious the publishing company was prepared for him to fail before he ended the series, so they only signed him for a single book each time, even though he planned a series from the start.

>> No.12486359

>>12482703
In one of the middle books there was what I think was an elf who turned himself into a furry and excreted pheromones that made all the women around him horny. Probably tried and almost succeded at fucking Lukes girl. Or the elf queen, I cant remember.

>> No.12486481

I want to rag on Paolini but the truth is I'm just really fucking bitter that everything I've had published has sold like under 500 copies. Sure I get invited to do speaking stuff quite a bit (the vast majority of which I dont even get fucking paid for) but it still hurts. I know I shouldn't be in it for the money but it's still really painful to know that something like Eragon is netting someone millions while I eat tinned beans because I'm in it "for the art"

>> No.12486700

>>12486481
how did you get published? or are you sel-published?