For our second round of scenery-chewing thesaurusy fun, we move on to the Red Brick. The raw number of bookisms is actually fairly similar to the Blue Brick, but there is a noticeable change in the quality of the bookisms that may not show up in this list. Christopher Paolini was, at ths point, very aware that he had an audience, and his response ( Read more... )

Hello. I know this is probably beating a dead horse, but I just finished Eldest last night and have to rant about it somewhere.
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Battle walkthrough

This battle occurs at the end of the second book and pits the Varden with their Surdan allies, a tribe of Urgals, and the dwarves against the empire's bloated army. Now before I begin the battle itself, I must go to where they find out about the coming army. Apparently Orrin's men misplaced the Empire's army. They thought it was ( Read more... )

Welcome to the second analysis of the battles in the Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini, alleged child prodigy but terrible tactician. This one is about the battle of Carvahall, when the Empire soldiers come to the village in search for Roran and, after some unfortunate incidents, the people find themselves compelled to fight for their lives ( Read more... )

This has been haunting me ever since I was reminded of it recently. It just bugs me that much! I need to spork/vent over it and get it out of my head. >.<
. . . and don't worry. I'm complaining about the execution of the scene.

( How Arya the Diplomat Debates About Religion )

I suppose it's finally time for me to stop lurking and say hi. If only I knew what to say . . .

My name is mage_apprentice but only because apprentice by itself was already taken (boo). I decided to join this community when I decided that I didn't want to simply lurk anymore and wanted to share some experiences and articles with the community I've ( Read more... )

if you could, how would you rewrite the inheritance series to not suck so much? Feel free to bash on the series as much as you want.

This article is quite old, but it's still enjoyable in a bitter, stealth-parody sort of way

http://www.rickross.com/reference/cut/cut33.html

Enjoy the read.

( LJC )

First thoughts? This is shit, complete and utter shit.

Alright, I've only read the blue book in the four part trilogy, so this is my attempt to catch up with you guys. I enjoyed Eragon when I first read it, but I've been struggling for months to read Eldest. Last night I got to "The Secret Lives of Ants", and I cringed at every word. Much like the ( Read more... )