Christopher Paolini Talks Eragon, To Sleep In A Sea Of Stars, & Fantasy! 

Hi Daniel, are all pre orders of the books signed? Because I'm thinking of starting my book collection and a signed copy sounds like a great way to start!

THERE ARE TWO PARTS nice

Part 2!!! Wow

When is the book dropping

Turtle Anton September 15!

That’s an awesome story!

That's so wholesome, I love it. He really seems like a great guy in this interview as well. And I'm happy for you that you got the chance to meet him. It's always great to hear stories where meeting your heroes turns out just as awesome as you hoped it would be.

I sent him a Letter in german when I was around 11 asking whether he could write a dictionary in the ancient Language :D I and a few friends had memorized all the words from the glossaries at the end of each book as a sort of secret language, but we wanted to know more. I never got an answer, but I suppose that could be due to me not adressing/stamping the letter correctly. I didn't ask my parents for help, and I can't imagine that I knew how to mail across countries at 11. Nice to know that he cares about his fans like that - his books hold a very special place in my heart and inspired me to write short stories at the time. And for all their objective flaws I see now that I am older, I still get them out every once in a while for a reread.

KraftBrotHD I’m sure he would have answered you if he got the letter! International mail can be difficult at times. Try again!!!!! I’m sure he’ll be happy to know!

Chuckyscookie Thats how I got my Brisingr tattoo with his handwriting! Hahaha

same, he's one of the best ways to get into fantasy-yes, it''s very derivative, but that's good, because it helps you see a lot of things that happens in the genre

that's what happened to me after seeing a few scenes from the beginning of Fellowship on vacation in Turkey. I asked my mom to let me see it, she said I was too young and besides, I should read the Hobbit and LotR first, so I took her by her word and read the books and loved them. I was still too young to watch the movies though ^^

Me: reads Earagon Me: watches movie Also me: the fuck is this shit

Me and my siblings were obsessed with inheritance cycle .and are obsession asked Google if there was a Eragon movie.and we watched it .and we all got so mad at the terrible movie.so my advice is to read the books and only the books

Maybe the most I have been looking forward to a movie ever. And the most disappointed I have ever been by a movie. Until third hobbit. Great now I'm angry again.

I AM TRYING!

@@DanielGreeneReviews How embarassing. That my friend is why you fail. Remember the words of arguably the greatest wizard after Tolkien's own Gandalf. Do or do not, there is no try. Much to learn you still have. *grins in Yoda* ;P

Oh no. Tolkien's speech was hard enough to comprehend when he was alive, imagine how garbled he'd be as a spirit! Besides, he was a pretty devote Catholic, I doubt he'd appreciate or cooperate with getting "Necromanced" - I mean there's a reason his penultimate evil had the pseudonym "Necromancer", and the only good wizards were (essentially) Angels.

Lol i can see Daniel with huge shovel looking for tolkien's grave...

Daniel just needs the greater key of solomon.

Read Realm of the Elderlings.

@@fatimawyne5418 she would eat u

Read Naomi Novik's Temeraire for intelligent dragons

What Paolini gets so right about Saphira is capturing her youth, her vanity, and the way her human-ish emotions express in such a non-human manner. And the few dragon POV chapters are just fascinating to read, in that they really feel like the thought patterns of an intelligent, non-human animal. Super cool.

Read Dragonrides of Pern by Anne McCaffrey,. He borrowed a great deal about the dragons from her series. Intelligence, bonding, death when the rider dies, and she added telepathy, teleportation, and telekinesis.

Sarah Lentz I lived off of inheritance

@@sweetclouds12 lad when I was younger I blitzed the new book I got In one day

Unpopular opinion:I think one of the reasons why The Inheritance Cycle has had such a huge following is because this was clearly the right fantasy series to come out at the right time. This series was sort of a backlash/rebellion against the YA(young adult) fantasy fiction overhype which was started by the success of Harry Potter that started in the late 90s and sort of continued years later. It was the point in which so many publishing labels/house wanted to do their own Harry Potter(In other words, a bunch of rip-offs of that series), but so many readers were so sick and tired of the repeated YA clichés that they just simply wanted to expand their horizons and explore more to the fantasy literary genre. The Inheritance Cycle was a series trying to make fantasy epic and genuine again, like a throwback to what J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis were each doing in their time, which is making a wholesome epic mythology with every little tiny detail of that fantasy world to explore, as well as a balance between spiritual and psychological themes within the story and characters.

@@ANT96-x8d now thats a fuckin speal

@@tedwhite9176 Um, I don’t get it.

He’s very open to criticism and I respect that so much ✊

I used to think that he wouldn't do an interview with Paolini due to his history with Inheritance Cycle I was surprised to say the least when I got the notification.

Kriplani Ankit waiting for his interview with Terry Goodkind now

@@ramonarobot Terry Goodkind does not write fantasy, and doesn't like to be affiliated with such a meaningless genre 😂

@@DanielGreeneReviews Please interview Patrick Rothfuss next.

There’s a couple small plot devices that could be called derivative, but largely the stories that people say it ‘takes’ from are simply drawing on the same ideas that are basically as old as stories themselves

@@luketufts6827 I mean, the structure of the in-world events was a pretty big ripoff. The Great Wizards kept peace and order for a thousand generations until one of their own number was corrupted and brought them down, then executed all the others and ruled with an iron fist using his powers that nobody else could now match, until the son of his right hand man comes along and brings him down to restore peace and freedom to the Galaxy... er, to the Kingdom? I give this series some pretty wide leeway because you're right about elements of the Hero's Journey and storytelling devices that are impossible to get away from, and the fact that they are often used doesn't detriment a story at all. I enjoyed parts of the Inheritance series, but the world-building just seemed so lazy to me. Paolini isn't a bad writer or storyteller but the world that his characters inhabited felt fake and copied.

same here! I didn't know some hated it when I first read it, and so I liked it, and I can still see the merit in it and what he accomplished at such a young age! Still a good story in my eyes!

Yeah same, but tbh I can't even remember the ending of inheritance lol. Loved the first 2 books but then I guess I just started not taking anything in when I read the rest RIP. Though It was almost 10 years ago when I read them and they were my second medieval fantasy series that I ever read (my first was Deltora quest and I had also been reading Percy Jackson and Harry Potter) as I was pretty damn young so it will always hold a special place in my heart. However every fantasy work I've read since I'd personally say is better and would rank above the inheritance cyle and the others I mentioned (though I do only read the series that are widely popular and praised in the fantasy community) so I don't think it's bad at all and Paloni certainly is among good company

I know it might be very similar to star wars, but honesty I don't care. Because why whould I?

How do yall rmbr anyth from those books they were so long ago 😭

@@areeshafatima8453 I was obsessed with his books as a kid 😅 I used to try mimic his style by re-reading the books

Zar’roc I believe. The Ra’zac are the weird exoskeleton bird people of evil.

@@laurelkeeper thanks, i just noticed that lol

Zarroc,,😍😍😍😍

Ik, according to Brandon Sanderson, Robert Jordan had a few thousand swords casually. Imagine that

I am sure Andrzej Sapkowski has two swords. One for gamers and one for Elric fans

Jordan, Sir Pratchett and Paolini and Sapkowski are awesome for having swords lol.

He also has an impressive knife collection

It's not his sword, it's Zar, Roc. The sword of who I won't tell incase it spoils it for anyone.

I don't care if how many times Brisingr catches fire, Zar'roc would always be more badass

@@bakthihapuarachchi3447 right on

What Christopher is engaged??

@@kriplaniankit774 Married even!

He’s got the brisingr made by man at arms. It’s pretty badass

Same

What a great story to be able to tell!

I too got into reading bc of eragon, I went back maybe 8 months ago & reread the inheritance series. You can definitely see his writing improve through out the books. Definitely worth it to reread

HAHA that's great! XD When I was eleven, I tried reading War and Peace. I got around 12 pages in lol! But it felt super great to try and do that at such an age!

An interview I would really like to see is with Steven Erikson. Guy seems like he'd be really interesting to talk to. Tad Williams is another author I hope he acquires an interview with at some stage.

If anything, I want Preston jacobs to interview him (maybe on his podcast with redteamreviwe) since he is so incredibly knowledgeable on not only ASOIAF but also the other stuff gorge R R martin wrote

I think JRRT is likelier than GRRM lol.

Duurt nog even haha

He can ask him about elden ring and what's happening with that

Same, I still need to read to sleep in a sea of stars

everyone hates the movie, we just don't acknowledge that it exists

@@buffooninator2000 lmao so true I absolutely HATE the movie, it ruined everything and took years to forget.

Exactly, I treat it like an unrelated film until the Angela scene... sorry my favorite character out of all books. I just love a bit of banter and a bitchy cat .

Lunabelle i couldn't even make it to the angela scene 😔

Eragon would work better as a series than a movie, considering how much there is in the book.

I agree. I did read the books, and I did like them. I absolutely love Brandon Sanderson, but he seems so awkward on camera. Chris seems down to earth and real, and as you said well spoken.

no wonder.. tell me some fantasy book writer that wrote whole books at his teens

that was my thought lmao

Aki You must be a new viewer. Daniel has interviewed many other fantasy writers.

Watch his other ones Daniel is a very good interviewer as he seems to understand that in these we are here to listen to the author and he lets them talk!

It was definitely a surprise bc otherwise I was always thinking there is no way they could defeat this guy he had like 100 years of training. I'm glad it wasn't a cliche ending where the good guys just somehow win due to the plot

I was disappointed initially but that was because I was dumb and actually wanted the generic dramatic Eragon chopping his head off or some shit. In hindsight it was really good stuff and a great way to break the trope

I loved how he defeated Galbatorix, however I hated how he solved the power issue. Eragon and Saphira discovering there true name as quick as they did annoyed me. I know they were busy in the previous books, but if they had sat and at least thought about it before that I could have excepted their discovery more. It was a very deus ex machina solution. I enjoyed the Fork, the Witch and the Worm. I will give his sci-fi book a chance

@@dorkwithstyle73 Yeah I feel it would have been more plausible for someone to delve inside their minds and almost rip the true names out of them the way Galbatorix seemed to do to Murtagh and Thorn. Not pleasant, but effective. Given that Glaedr was present, it would have been possible.

@@wafflingmean4477 Im not sure Glaedr alone could have done so. I think a dragon could tell another dragon its true name, but it would have taken an elf or Galbatorix to tell Eragon his. My assumption is based on the fact that Elves are at least humanoid, and close enough genetically to have children with a human. There are aspects of dragons that no human could ever truly understand and the reverse is true for dragons, even bonded ones. Galbatorix would have the aid of the elunedari (sp) to help with Thorns name.

Facts!

Inheritance was made with sincerity, whereas The Sword of Truth was not.

Lord Gamer and Paolini doesn’t claim to have ascended above the entire genre 😂 I actually read like 8 books into that series when I was like 13... I’ll never get those hours back

She read them to you? How cool! 🌞

@@oopsgirl44 Yes! I was very lucky, she did voices and everything. Probably why I love audiobooks so much, haha.

@@Sam-cv6un haha I'm sure 😁✨

I started reading this and went Huh, where is he going with this? And I was not disappointed

I've given up in the first few minutes on Vinland when I saw 1 man destroy a few ships of enemies and jumped around like he had superpowers..

Blue Eyed yeah I actually did that too the first time I tried it. That whole intro scene is the one complaint I have with the series because it so badly misrepresents what type of story you’re about to get into. It genuinely makes me mad, because I thi k it will cause people liek you to miss out on a really touching story and some really outstanding characters. There is very moderate action in the rest of the story, most of the time is spent with character studies and exploring philosophical ideas with some fights inbetween. Just beware getting i to it that the action is ezaggeratef, to make characters seem less like ordinary humans and more like legends of myth

Lmao pardon my typos

@@johanflock_art Yeah, I understand what you mean. It just sux that I (and many people) can't get over the action to get to the story and the philosophical things, because it's just way too unrealistic.... I mean way too OP.

Blue Eyed i feel ya. I also really disliked the action a lot, but for me this was still one of the best animes I’ve seen despite that so with that daid I think the story is worth your time. However I respect if you don’t feel like picking it back up ^_^

Except Daniel, Daniel has a mean, mean Daniel

All except BrandoSando. That guy looks 13 and 30 at the same time. I don't mean that as an Insult, I love the guy, but he really could use some facial hair :D

It's clearly not just you as Chris says as much in his interview. Also, there's no beard on Rowling, or Jemison, or Kuang... ; {P>

Every dope author has a beard*

Agreed and tropes are tropes for a reason. Every great story has tropes in. There is nothing entirely new because humanity is still humanity. What can be original is authorial style!

The inheritance cycle is that series you read and don’t care about the tropes and cliches, you just enjoy the fun of it

I almost never see anyone else who’s read Deltora! Both of these series bring so much nostalgia.

My son started the fantasy genre with Eragon and Deltora Quest as well. I bought him the whole Deltora Quest series. He still has it.

Oh man, another Deltora reader. That series brings back so many memories. Just for nostalgia sake I had to order the series online when I saw the comment.

Dude is awesome. His 2 favorite universe's are Star Wara and Middle-Earth. Which is why he pays homage to it in Alagaesia. It's not plagiarism bc he makes his own story with its tropes. Is it the best fantasy, no. But it's a lot of fun

Det låter intressant. Vad heter boken?

@@dragoned7685 Vinterkrig. :)

@@marcusappelberg369 Okej. Jag ska se om den finns på ett bibliotek

Same.

Hello can I ask you something? English is not my first lenguage and I cant under stand all the interview, so I dont know if there will be a new book about eragon or he is going to publish another saga, it would be so great if is another eragon book

@@jast9357 He has hinted about a New Book in the Eragon world not necessarily about Eragon the character himself

That wasn't a dream that really happened 😳 he just had to delete the video because it was too controversial

I would like to watch that video. It's a great series

You are in for a great ride with Percy Jackson and ASOIAF.

@@bakthihapuarachchi3447 Percy Jackson is good, I'm halfway through it and I like it but because it's a Children's book I can't stand the lack of prose. A song of Ice and Fire, though... I am a fan. George Martin is one my favorite writers. And of course... Tyrion. 😉💯

I enjoyed the Ranger’s Apprentice series a lot, very fun middle grade fantasy

@@luketufts6827 Indeed and even though it doesn't have a lot of magic in it or too many fantastical elements, I think it's a ton better than Percy Jackson.

@Culture Studios Everyone will probably favor whichever one they read first 🤪 Ranger’s Apprentice is a much more traditional fantasy

AAAAAANNNNNNDDDDDD now we are talking about limited 3rd person and I'm a HUGE story nerd, and LOVE limited 3rd person. I guess I'm gonna have to buy this book now.