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12-24-2003, 04:07 AM
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[img]http://www.snitchseeker.com/images/news/blotts_80.jpg' align='middle'> The 20-year-old who's hotter than 'Potter' - Summary:
Christopher Paolini's debut fantasy novel Eragon is now outselling Harry Potter at stores. This time last year, however, the author was still sitting around his parents' farmhouse along Montana's Yellowstone river, where he grew up, never went to school and never held a job. Article:
Christopher Paolini's debut fantasy novel Eragon is now outselling Harry Potter at stores. This time last year, however, the author was still sitting around his parents' farmhouse along Montana's Yellowstone river, where he grew up, never went to school and never held a job.
From The Telegraph:
But now, thanks to Eragon, his 500-page rousing adventure story set in his imaginary world, young Christopher is suddenly rich.
The British edition appears early next month, but already it is a huge bestseller in America, where it has surged past the Harry Potter books. Almost half a million copies were sold in only two months, a screenplay is in the works and at least a dozen foreign-language editions are on the way.
Giggling like a little boy, Christopher says: "Dragons make perfect friends. They can eat anyone you don't like."
"I was only 15 when I started Eragon. I didn't know how to write. I just told everything in one gigantic burst, then spent another year revising it. My parents read it and thought it was great. But I didn't really trust their opinion. After all, they're my parents. I wasn't surprised they liked it."
His mother points to the faded sofa in the living room. "He wrote the book sitting right there," she notes, with a grin of satisfaction.
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12-24-2003, 04:29 AM
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i read about him in the newspaper.
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12-24-2003, 04:32 AM
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samething.i read a bout on the newspaper to .the book look good.i think i'm going to read it.i hope it good like hp series.
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12-24-2003, 04:42 AM
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Wow I didn't hear about this til now, I will have to check it out
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12-24-2003, 04:45 AM
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I read this book in September.
My mum got it for me its realllllyyyyyyy good.
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12-24-2003, 04:54 AM
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I'm going to try it!
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12-24-2003, 04:57 AM
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sounds interesting, like all4oliverwood i haven't heard of it and i'll have to check it out
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12-24-2003, 05:07 AM
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yea i already read it, it was really really really good, i strongly recommend you all read it. if u like HP then u will like Eragon. READ IT!
yo all4oliverwood, i love ur avatar.
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12-24-2003, 05:21 AM
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seems very interesting, i'm going to get the book
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12-24-2003, 05:26 AM
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Wonder if its any good?
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12-24-2003, 05:27 AM
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what is it about?
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12-24-2003, 05:30 AM
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Has anyone HERE read the books yet?  If so...how was it?
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12-24-2003, 05:32 AM
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Hmmm....interesting....I'm gonna check it out. If it's outselling Harry Potter, then it's got to be good.
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12-24-2003, 05:40 AM
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Couldent have said it better myself! :sorcerer:
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12-24-2003, 06:10 AM
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OH! Eragon is such a wonderful book! I'm currently reading it(I've had to put it off for a while seeing that I have to read a whole other book by the end of winter break and then write an essay on it... >  ) But it's so amazing so far! U all should read it! I really don't know how this kid could write so well...It's pretty neat. Right there with Harry POtter and LotR... :sorcerer:
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12-24-2003, 06:17 AM
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I think i should go and buy one for myself...
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12-24-2003, 08:20 AM
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its abt a dragon, rite? kewl..........
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12-24-2003, 09:53 AM
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Quote: Originally posted by born2mugglz@Dec 24 2003, 06:50 AM OH! Eragon is such a wonderful book! I'm currently reading it(I've had to put it off for a while seeing that I have to read a whole other book by the end of winter break and then write an essay on it... > ) But it's so amazing so far! U all should read it! I really don't know how this kid could write so well...It's pretty neat. Right there with Harry POtter and LotR... :sorcerer: Thanks for the input I will have to check it out, its amazing how a young boy could write a book like that and so well by the sounds of things, I wish him the best of luck, but then again, sounds like he don't need it.
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12-24-2003, 09:57 AM
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Hm it sounds intersting I think I will check it out!
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12-24-2003, 01:12 PM
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thats cool ill check it out this is my first time hearing about this!!!!!
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12-24-2003, 02:03 PM
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This is the first I've heard of it, as well. Like everyone else, I'll have to check it out.
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12-24-2003, 03:00 PM
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Wow! i"m gonna have to read it! Sounds good!
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12-24-2003, 03:36 PM
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maybe I'll try it.
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12-24-2003, 04:09 PM
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wow.... i'd love to read that book sounds interesting
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12-24-2003, 04:45 PM
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Ill have to read it but i doubt it will be better than hp
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