Science Fiction and Fantasy make for some of the greatest books ever written or read. The line divider from good book to great novel is the amount of an author's fired up imagination allowed to light great sparks in a reader's mind. Montana teenybopper Chistopher Paolini unleashed the gift with a teenage boy and his blue iridescent dragon, Saphira with the plague of King Galbatorix and his evil minions in Eragon. Saphira is a law unto herself and quite the conversationalist telepathically.Formerly, Paolinis' books were to be three in the Inheritance Trilogy, which magically morphed into the Inheritance Cycle. Hormones, sacrfice and sibling rivalry marked Eldest as Eragon becomes elven in his pursuit of justice among friends and foes. Good stuff. Potter people say their stuff is better. Paolini fans think great first start in a kid who invented a whole world complete with maps, a la Tolkien.
Whatever happens, I shall wait interminably until enough people hit my tip jar to get my own copy of Brisingr. The name will make no sense whatsoever to the Inheritance virgins. Its elven, meaning fire - which is blue when it come s from Eragon, not Saphira, who is perfectly capable on her own of blowing smoke rings.
Unfortunately, the movie divebombed - though I liked it well enough.
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