NitzanLeo Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 Who knew?I looked in the search engine, and saw that this subject wasn't brought up, so I decided to start this thread.Whoever read the Inheritence Cycle, or as most people know it, the Eragon series, probably noticed the various ripoffs of the series. Now, what does this has to do with ASOIAF? Well, I'm glad you asked, schizophrenic other side of me! Because it's one of those various works Mr. Christopher Paulini, in my opinion, completely ripped off, along with LOTR.Please. Arya? An evil, mad, long-fingernailed king who's overthrown in the wake of civil war? DRAGONS? I mean, it practically has a Nazgul-Fell Beasts monster-things in the form of the Ra'zac and the Lethrblaka. Plus, Eragon, Aragorn. Conicidence, yeah.Did anyone else find this horribly annoying? I might be just ranting but I wanted to put this up for discussion. Not to be a hater, though, I actually liked most parts of the series, and even though many of the smaller plot-lines weren't completely finished, the main storyline was quite satisfactory in my opinion. What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponys123 Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 http://eragon-sporkings.wikispaces.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theda Baratheon Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 Eragon is hilarious. I never finished the series. I read the first two and couldn't really be bothered. Mind you, I really enjoyed the first one, so two years ago I re-read it and wow; I ruined a tiny bit of my child hood there. :lol:A lot of authors are inspired by a lot of authors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NitzanLeo Posted February 9, 2013 Author Share Posted February 9, 2013 Wow. This guy/gal really hates the books. xDEragon is hilarious. I never finished the series. I read the first two and couldn't really be bothered. Mind you, I really enjoyed the first one, so two years ago I re-read it and wow; I ruined a tiny bit of my child hood there. :lol:A lot of authors are inspired by a lot of authors.Inspired, yes, but I'd hope for inspiration to come off as a little more subtle. There's a very fine line, IMHO, between ripping someone off and being inspired by him. Names, for instance, are a bit on the rip-off side of things, I think. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Walrus Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 i now feel terrible for reading the entire series...Yeah, i don't know what i was thinking... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theda Baratheon Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 Wow. This guy/gal really hates the books. xDInspired, yes, but I'd hope for inspiration to come off as a little more subtle. There's a very fine line, IMHO, between ripping someone off and being inspired by him. Names, for instance, are a bit on the rip-off side of things, I think. :PIMO it's more of a total LOTR rip off. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Full-Faced Braavosi Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 Everyone knows he ripped it from Theogony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claire of House Thorpe Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 i now feel terrible for reading the entire series...Yeah, i don't know what i was thinking...Same here. The movie was better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire Eater Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 It ripped off Star Wars too, with dragonriders being a kind of Jedi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theda Baratheon Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 Same here. The movie was better.NO! Good god, the movie was hilariously bad :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Grimes Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 It ripped off Star Wars too, with dragonriders being a kind of Jedi.For non-Star Wars nerds:Dragon Riders = JediBrom = Obi WanEragon = LukePrincess Arya = Princess LeiaVarden = RebelsThats just off the cuff... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accio Direwolf Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 Same here. The movie was better.Nonononononono.The movie was terrible.I read those books a couple years ago and liked them. In my defense, I was 13 and hadn't read either ASOIAF or LOTR (Actually I still have yet to read LOTR), so at that point they seemed super cool to me. DRAGONS! ELVES! DWARVES! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marquis de Leech Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 I'm actually not sure if Paolini has ever read ASOIAF. Eragon is Star Wars' plot shoehorned into a faux Middle-earth, except that the protagonist is also a sociopath, and the villain is never seen doing anything villainous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myshkin Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 I've never read the books, and don't plan to, but:DRAGONS?Did GRRM invent dragons? Come on now, stick to the stuff he really ripped off. Saying Paolini ripped dragons off from GRRM is like saying Alastair Reynolds ripped spaceships off from Peter F. Hamilton, or that Sylvia Plath ripped crazy people off from Ken Kesey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagilki Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 Wait.Eregon isn't 100% original? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 What. The. Fuck. Is. This. Thread.IQ...dropping...dropping.......gone!DYUh STAR WARS IS A STAR TREK RIP OFF BECAOOS THEY ARE BOOTH IN SPAACEWHEN DOOS THE NEEXT SWORD OF TROOTH NMOVEL COME OUT OMGMAARK LAWERNECE BOOKS ARE ALL ABOUT RAPE Y HE HAIT THE FEAMLZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argonath Diver Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Wasn't he like 15 when he wrote the first one or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Ahem. Blacked out there for a minute.Yeah, I don't know the exact history, because let's be honest, I don't give a shit, but I believe it was published because his parents were pushy jerks who insisted their sons book was a brilliant work of art, or some bull. I'm sure there's a wiki for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isis Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 I don't think that many of us frequent users of the Lit forum here bothered to read Eragon, hence there was never all that much discussion of it here when the books came out. The ripoff was so blatant there wasn't anything to argue over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEvilKing Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 DRAGONS?Is this just an elaborate joke? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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