What makes the Empire so horrible? Why are the Varden fighting the Empire in the first place? Why do they hate Galbatorix and want to overthrow him?

From a meta standpoint, I know the answer is, "Because Paolini copied Star Wars, and much as I hate to criticize Star Wars, it didn't do such a good job with this, either, aside from the whole blowing ( Read more... )

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And you're a complete wuss if you can't live through being whipped sixty odd times by a cat 'o nine tails, followed by a friendly rendez-vous with a hot poker.

( Ahoy! Possible Inheritance Spoilers ahead. )

A couple of weeks ago I mentioned His Majesty's Dragon, Book 1 of the Temeraire series, by Naomi Novik. I bought it a day later, and I finished it over a week ago. After a brief email discussion with quenbolyn concerning the similarities and differences between HMD and Eragon, I sat down to write an entry about it. After all, the two books ( Read more... )