By: Anson

Anson — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 03:31:30 +0000

I discovered the Eragon and Eldest stieros as audio books. I saw the books in bookstores and my local Wal-Mart when they were first released. The cover artwork caught my eye but merchandised; as a child’s book, was a turnoff.Because I spend a lot of time driving each day I found audio books a good way to pass the long hours on the road. I started with books on tape, them moved up to books on CD. Now I’ve joined a audio book club and are downloading the books to my mp3 player. I now carry thirty unabridged novels with me at all times. I’m into sci-fi in a big way. Dune, Star Wars and Star Trek being my main multiple listens. In January of this year I went on line looking for something new when Eragon caught my eye again. The web site offered a sample, which turned to be most of the prolog to the book. Right then and there I downloaded the first book. Eldest was downloaded the same day I finished Eragon. So far I’ve listened to the books six times. With each listen I discover new treasures within the story I didn’t pick up on before. Now with the impending release of Brisingr I have started my seventh journey into the Eragon’s world.Now for the movie Eragon; or should I say the total slaughter of one of the best stieros around. It was evident the writers never read the book. They must have only looked at a summary of the story prepared by a fifth grader. The casting director should loose his/her job for the mess they did. Eragon and Brom were good choices but the rest. . . . Angela, was the worst casting of them all.I would like to see the Sci-Fi Channel take on the story of Eragon. Tell the story in the miniseries, format. There is so much humor in the story that was never even hinted at in the movie. And how about the middle half of the story that was tossed into the trash? The Elves and Dwarves were the backbone of the story and their stieros were cut.If the big wigs that produced the Eragon Movie, were to take on Eldest, they would botch that story beyond recognition as they did with Eragon.Our only hope is that the Sci-Fi Channel would take on the project. Until they do we still have the story in the purest form ; the written words of Christopher Paolini.I’m now counting the days to the release of Brisingr.

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