Why hasn't this guy finished the series yet?

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Anonymous Fri Dec 31 23:33:42 2010 No.1410585 [Reply] [Original]

Why hasn't this guy finished the series yet?

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 31 23:47:42 2010 No.1410603 it takes time to write meaningful and thought-provoking literature.

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 31 23:51:42 2010 No.1410611 >it takes time to re-watch Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings and then add dragons to it. Fixed that for you.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 00:10:42 2011 No.1410649 Who is this motherfucker?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 00:13:42 2011 No.1410656 File: 245 KB, 391x340, chris.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1410649 >>1410649

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 00:15:42 2011 No.1410660 File: 39 KB, 230x301, Christopher_Paolini.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] The photos of this stupid fucker are always hilarious.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 00:20:42 2011 No.1410670 File: 36 KB, 400x336, PAOLINI.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1410660 couldn't have said it better myself look at him what the fuck is he doing

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 00:21:42 2011 No.1410671 File: 41 KB, 1032x738, ddsnails02.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Perhaps he was accepted into college and is now too busy to write the crap. Lets hope he either finds a new profession, or gets better at writing

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 00:23:42 2011 No.1410674 DRAGGGGGGGGGOOOOOOOOONZ

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 00:23:42 2011 No.1410675 File: 108 KB, 599x460, Graham.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1410670 He -He's writin' wi -with a PEN!

Anonymous Sat Jan 1 00:24:42 2011 No.1410676

words he stole from Tolkien

*Arya - Arwen, Arda
*Ardwen - Arwen
*Isenstar - Isengard
*Mithrim - Mithrim or mithril
*Eragon - Aragorn
*Angrenost - Angrenost, the Sindarin name for Isengard
*Morgothal - Morgoth
*Elessari - Elessar
*Furnost - Fornost
*Hadarac Desert - Harad Desert
*Melian - Melian
*Vanilor - Valinor
*Eridor - Eriador
*Imiladris - Imladris
*Undin - Fundin/Udun
*Gil'ead - Gil'Galad
*Hrothgar - Hrothgar
*Ceranthor - Caranthir
*Isidar - Isiludir

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 00:30:42 2011 No.1410682 >>1410671 I think he graduated with his BA already. I don't know, I couldn't find anything about his education on his wiki page.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 00:32:42 2011 No.1410684 His favorite authors are: 1. Phillip Pullman 2. Jane Yolen 3. Garth Nix How the fuck come he lacks their penchant for originality?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 00:32:42 2011 No.1410685 File: 22 KB, 275x367, ChristopherPaolini_f1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Oh, this has to be one of my favourites. He looks like Al Franken's kid on his Bar Mitzvah.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 00:33:42 2011 No.1410686 >>1410676 I forget the name of the witch but she was told to keep an eye on someone and she replied "two eyes, as often as I can spare them" FUUUUUU Anyone else read that and immediately recognize it from gandolf in FOTR?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 00:35:42 2011 No.1410687 File: 51 KB, 300x399, ChristopherPaolini.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] "No, I am not a vegetarian, although I lean in that direction" - Christopher Paolini

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 00:35:42 2011 No.1410689 File: 23 KB, 350x240, PA.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1410686 Eldest:"And I'll keep two eyes on her, if I can spare them." Fellowship:"Two eyes â€” as often as I can spare them." GODDAMNIT PAOLINI

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 00:36:42 2011 No.1410690 >>1410686 everything from his books is immediatly recognizable from Tolkien/Star Wars/Dune/Earthsea/Dragonriders of Pern also, the barkeep in eragon's town is named after someone from star treck

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 00:37:42 2011 No.1410693 File: 45 KB, 500x300, Christopher_Paolini_eragon20081027134032.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Unbelievable. It's like the same cross-eyed retard takes every one of the photos of him.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 00:37:42 2011 No.1410692 >>1410690 Sloan is named after the Section 31 agent who tries to recruit O'Brien and Bashir in Deep Space Nine. Morn is named after the tall silent alien always seen drinking at Quark's bar.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 00:38:42 2011 No.1410694 >>1410693 I think it's his mom taking those photos.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 00:38:42 2011 No.1410695 ITT: Everyone so mad

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 00:39:42 2011 No.1410696 >>1410692 Nerd alert. Does that shit work on an anonymous lit forum on-line?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 00:39:42 2011 No.1410698 >>1410690 You forgot The Gunslinger (there's a town called Gilead) and Mega Bloks Dragons (the Dragon Gem cores)

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 00:40:42 2011 No.1410700 >>1410696 NOPE. (I used to be really into that shit when I was, like, eight. I think most people here were.)

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 00:40:42 2011 No.1410701 >>1410695 we can't help it look at his smirk face

Anonymous Sat Jan 1 00:41:42 2011 No.1410704

>>1410682
Neither could his professors. Okay lets hope he has just forgotten he wrote anything
>>1410684
It was a dodge. His real favourites are obviously Anne McCaffrey and Tolkien
>>1410687
I bet he leans towards bi too. The fuck...? (And this coming from a guy who eats less meat than most)

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 00:42:42 2011 No.1410706 >>1410690 is anything missing from this list I've heard there are other series that he's used to lump the eragon world together but I can't recall them

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 00:43:42 2011 No.1410707 >>1410694 He's got money. Why can't he hire a photographer that doesn't take photos on par with the senior section of the year book for George Washington Carver High?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 00:44:42 2011 No.1410710 Know how you can tell if someone is autistic? They think Eragon is a good book.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 00:45:42 2011 No.1410712 >>1410706 MEGA BLOKS DRAGONS.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 00:45:42 2011 No.1410714 >>1410695 Damn staright I'm mad! I could write better stuff than that! Also mad at his agent and publicist for somehow finding the deadheads to buy this plagiarized shit

Anonymous Sat Jan 1 00:46:42 2011 No.1410715
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>>1410698
heh right, the mega blocks dragons

the gem cores was the closest I could come to one instance of Paolini showing some originality

I've been trying to come up with another one but I'm stumped

I used to think that the werecats were slightly original but turns out those were an important part of some popular fantasy series just like everything else

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 00:46:42 2011 No.1410716 >>1410714 Then do it

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 00:47:42 2011 No.1410718 >>1410706 Riftwar, Memory Sorrow and Thorn, Song of Ice and Fire, Dark Tower, Wheel of Time, Assassin's Apprentice, am I missing anything?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 00:47:42 2011 No.1410717 >>1410710 Every definition I ever heard of autism fit every kid I ever knew. Like bi-polarism, there are many definitions and they apply to, like, 98% of the world.

Anonymous Sat Jan 1 00:49:42 2011 No.1410719

>>1410695
yes I am

for years I had to put up with my siblings going on about he was the best writer ever

thankfully now that they're older they recognize how shitty and derivitive his writing is

also: I notice there is always at least one person who is always very vocal about defending paolini in every paolini thread. what's up with that?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 00:50:42 2011 No.1410721 File: 9 KB, 259x194, images.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1410715 The gem cores were like the crystals they use to power up their fighter robots in some shitty mech anime Or like the airship crystals from Final Fantasy 4

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 00:51:42 2011 No.1410723 >>1410719 Paolini frequents /lit/, don't you know. That's why he takes so long between books.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 00:51:42 2011 No.1410724 >>1410719 He or his mom patrols the board, waiting for his name (and photos) to appear.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 00:52:42 2011 No.1410727 >>1410714 They bought it because Carl Hiaasen's stepson liked it. Derp.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 00:53:42 2011 No.1410731 >>1410724 >implying someone from a Montana white trash family like Paolini's would use /lit/

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 00:54:42 2011 No.1410732 >why hasn't this guy finished the series yet? >mfw this is asked in a thread that isn't about George R.R. Martin = :3

Anonymous Sat Jan 1 00:54:42 2011 No.1410735

>>1410718
interesting

what did he "borrow" from those books "in tribute"?

let's make a list shall we!

Tolkien - the races and the names of everything

Star Wars - the plot

Earthsea - The magic system

Dune - Alia (being the exact same as the child Eragon accidently curses)

Dragonriders of Pern - the dragons, the dragon riders, their powers

now someone fill in the rest

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 00:56:42 2011 No.1410741 im always pissed when this faggot is held up as some genius because he was published at 20ish. fuck you. rimbaud had a whole career of high art before 20.

Anonymous Sat Jan 1 00:57:42 2011 No.1410742
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>>1410724
I heard his dad was pretty harsh on bashing people who criticized Paolini on the official forums or something actually

like, really harsh

his parents are evil you know. they published their sons daydreams and flat out lied to everyone about how old he was when he wrote it, so they could cash in on the hype

Anonymous Sat Jan 1 00:58:42 2011 No.1410747
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I remember reading Eragon back when I was really into the Exile games so I imagined every single character in the book as looking like one of the NPC or Player character avatars from the Exile series.
Pic related: Paolini will never be so epic.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 00:58:42 2011 No.1410749 >this thread So much jelly.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 00:59:42 2011 No.1410752 >>1410735 Like, the way he visualizes the concept of the elves and dwarves and where they live and stuff, it's exactly like the first book of Riftwar. There's even a character in Murtagh that's exactly like one of the characters from Riftwar saga

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 01:00:42 2011 No.1410755 >>1410742 To be fair he started writing it when he was fifteen. His parents published it when it was eighteen, and it didn't get picked up by a mainstream publisher until he was about 21 or so.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 01:01:42 2011 No.1410758 File: 46 KB, 604x454, 1281663405795.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1410749 "you're just jealous" is the absolute weakest argument one can use again criticism grow up, dumbshit

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 01:01:42 2011 No.1410759 >>1410758 dat sum Wooster?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 01:02:42 2011 No.1410760 >>1410758 >jelly as fuck

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 01:02:42 2011 No.1410761 >some faggot >rimbaud

Anonymous Sat Jan 1 01:03:13 2011 No.1410765 [DELETED]

>>1410755
he didn't actually write the damn book until he was 18

he said himself it took him a year to write

subtract a year from the date it was first published = he was at absolute youngest 17

he was 15 when he "imagined" the whole thing

also, the only reason a main stream publisher ever picked it up is because his parents took him on a cross country promotion tour, and people everywhere where far too eager to label a young writer as a prodigy

Anonymous Sat Jan 1 01:05:42 2011 No.1410770

>>1410755
he did not really write it when he was 15

he said himself it took him a year to write

subtract a year from the date it was first published = he was at absolute youngest 17

he was 15 when he "imagined" the whole thing

also, the only reason a main stream publisher ever picked it up is because his parents took him on a cross country promotion tour, and people everywhere were far too eager to label a young writer as a prodigy

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 01:22:42 2011 No.1410804 OP here, wasn't expecting this. Also everyone who raged is a faggot who is jelly that Paolini is so successful.

Anonymous Sat Jan 1 01:24:42 2011 No.1410813

I for one enjoy these books BECAUSE they're a mash-up of great fantasy works.

I'm wondering though, what inspired him to write a sort of zen training style when that elf with the golden dragon was training Eragon? I liked those parts, but it's most likely based off something...

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 01:26:42 2011 No.1410818 >>1410813 It's based off Luke's training in Star Wars, and the old Kung Fu series that inspired Star Wars

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 01:27:42 2011 No.1410822 >>1410804 Except the people who don't want--what, literary success? Those can't be jelly, right?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 01:30:42 2011 No.1410832 >>1410818 Oh, kung fu? I thought they were based from samurai?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 01:31:42 2011 No.1410837 >>1410832 who cares

Anonymous Sat Jan 1 01:33:42 2011 No.1410840

>>1410813
he claims to be original though

and did you really like that part?

you weren't even weirded out by the whole "hairless elf groin" thing?

I mean, eragon and that elf bathing together was homoerotic enough without Paolini giving descriptions of their genitials, fuck's sake

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 01:33:42 2011 No.1410841 Really, this guy got a ton of money off his mashups. We should laugh at his success and laud him. You know, like Andy Warhol making a mockery of the art world and being so accepted within it. It's funny. Laugh.

Anonymous Sat Jan 1 01:33:42 2011 No.1410842
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>>1410684
maybe Paolini is like /lit/ and he wears his favorite authors on his sleeve to show what an intelligent individual he is, but he actually doesn't understand their work

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 01:35:42 2011 No.1410846 >>1410840 I.... I'm sort of... a fangirl of those things anyway. But, I mean it was just a nice, peaceful thing to read about in between the action.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 01:52:42 2011 No.1410871 >>1410840 The idea of men bathing together was common in ancient Greece and is still current practice in Japan. No reason elves shouldn't have similar practices. However the descriptions of elf groin were indeed unnecessary.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 1 02:01:42 2011 No.1410891 >>1410871 So do elves have meaty cocks or what?

>>	Stagolee !0Pey/QLK3E Sat Jan 1 02:07:42 2011 No.1410904 >>1410842 >intelligent >reads and writes fantasy hahahaha

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