I am a big fan of Christopher Paolini's work. Eragon, Eldest, and the new added novel Brisingr are really good books to read for those who adore The Lord of the Rings series. As good as they are, how long will they last? If Christopher keeps on writing, surely, as seen with the Harry Potter series, they might not end as well as everyone will hope. Also, will there be an Eldest Movie? In my opinion, the movie based on Eragon was a mess and a disaster for Christphper Paolini. Will Eragon defeat Galbatorix? Will Arya accept Eragon's love or will Eragon find someone else? I'm still wondering if Eragon's mother is truly dead and who will be the next Dragon Rider(to the captured egg in posesion of Galbatorix).

I am also a fan of the Inheritance cycle. As far as i know, Paolini is writing this last book for the series. I also heard that he plans to write background stories. But i dont know much about them. As for an Eldest movie, its not likely.

If someone decides to make Eldest into a movie, they had better REMAKE Eragon, because Eragon (the movie) sucked so badly I didn't read the books.

Now, however, I am a huge fan of CP's books. I went to the midnight release of Brisingr and stayed up for 18 hours straight to finish it. I am obsessive. I don't think the Inheritance Cycle will be a never ending story like Harry Potter (seriously, when is that going to stop?), but I do think CP should do some back ground stuff... kind of like what Tolkien did with the Silmarillion and stuff.

I also heard that Book 4 won't come out for another 3 years... just a rumor... but that's what I heard... anyone have any REAL info on the subject?

If you've read the Potter Books you know it will come to a close after #7,(which due to it's length is being split into 2 films). Sorry I can't contribute more to this thread. I think Paolini is a good writer, but the Eragon series doesn't quite do it for me yet. No offense, but I am waiting for him to really do something original, which I am sure he will. After all Terry Brooks started out with a very well written Tolkien ripoff which eventually evolved into a wholly unique series.

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I think it's funny that the Inheritance Cycle is one of the most popular fantasy series out there. Christopher Paolini hit the ground at the exact right time and skyrocketed. Even a completely demoralizing movie couldn't dampen its rampant blaze, and the Brisingr release was one of the most anticipated book releases of all time. I can't wait to see what happens when Book Four comes out- it will be a world event. I just hope the brilliant, epic build-up doesn't flop like Harry Potter 7.
By the way, anyone who wants to discuss the Inheritance Cycle, [url]brisingr.info[/url] is a great site, in which we get a perfect balance between serious discussions and crazy lunatic rantings. Look for user recent studies, formerly darth glaedr.

I read Eragon, but nothing after. That and it has been a while since I did read it. I remember enjoying it, but not being overly impressed. He was very good, but not great. I enjoyed the story but just didn't have the same desire to keep going as I did when I finished Return of the King.

While I haven't read the other books I hope it doesn't become Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan. I'm currently at book 8 of the proposed 12 (Author died and 12 is still to come). Frankly, the story is great but it is starting to feel like he was trying too hard to make it longer and longer. It's still good, don't get me wrong, but enough already. He takes an entire book to kill one Forsaken, and half of them get resurected!

You want an excellent and short book that will make you wish he wrote a sequel. Check out Michael Stackpole's Talion: Revenant. I read and loved it. But that was it. He has written alot of other stuff, most notably alot of Star Wars X-Wing books. But this one was a unique fantasy adventure story. There are hints to a large history of the world but I don't think Stackpole ever really went back and fleshed it out.

I imagine that for some writers the hard part is knowing when to stop. And while Barrel may feel that Harry Potter 7 flopped at the end, I liked it. And what's more is she ended the story. Period. The end, you can all go home now. 7 years in Hogwarts, 7 books, The big bad evil wizard finally overcome once and for all. The only work she really has left now is to avoid the calls from fans asking for Harry Potter: The college years. Because if they convinced her to do that, I would read them, and cry myself softly to sleep for doing so.

Ugh.. eragon... memories. I read this in fourth grade and fell in love with it. Since then Ive read it about 8 times. My love has lessened as I got older, and kindad flopped after I read lotr. Honestly, after reading Brisngr, i cant defend Paolini anymore. He is a pretty poor writer from a literary perspective.. and I think he takes way to long for what he puts out.

But I admit I stil read Brisngr the day it came out, and probably will read book 4. http://www.shurtugal.com/ is a GREAT site for Eragon fans. peace~

I have read Eragon and Eldest, and I do think his books becomes worse and worse. Im not saying he is bad, he is just not that good. I only read a few sentences in Brisingr before i understood this wasnt a very good book. But after all, he was only fifteen when he wrote Eragon, and for his age, its impressing that he got a movie. I really doubt that Eldest will be a movie, cause the Eragon movie was a flop.

Well, I read the books, and so did my whole family, and we loved them. I have to admit that they did drag as the books went on, and the start of Brisingr was just gross and disturbing. I think Paolini's a pretty good author, but there IS sucha thing as being TOO descriptive. I've actually thought about the fourth book a lot, and I can't come to a conclusion. Obviously, somehow, they will defeat Galbatorix and get the third dragon egg and Eragon will solve his girl problems by either finally wooing Arya or finding another soul mate. But I'm not sure how he'll accomplish all that. Just like in Harry Potter seven, I can't find a good outcome, but I'm sure the author will have a plan.

TOO discriptive can be a very real problem. Just look at Tolkien who spends 5 pages to describe a tree. I think that's was made a number of people I've known stop reading. It's all a balancing act.