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Eragon - Don't worry, I mean the books!
Dimmukane:
My little brother wrote a 15-page fantasy novel (super-condensed, and he was only 14) that I liked more than Eragon. But on with fantasy discussion.
I feel that the vast majority of fantasy novels all recycle cliches, not just ones by young writers. The last decent fantasy novel I read (that was new, mind you, I've been reading Robert E. Howard recently), I can't even remember the name of because it was a year ago.
Surgoshan:
I'm rereading Gaiman's Anansi Boys. Neil Gaiman's made of win.
Lines:
I think the books are okay for easy, quick reads for fun, but other than that, they aren't great examples of fantasy. There are a lot of books I can think of that are better, but will I read the third book when it comes out? Yes, because I hate leaving off in the middle of a story unless the book is so bad it's painful to read. I definitely think these books are meant for a younger audience and unlike Harry Potter, they don't really break out of the intended age level very well.
And I just bought Anansi Boys and will read it when I have time. ^_^ Neil Gaiman is awesome.
Dissy:
I remember watching the movie with one of my buddies.
He turned to me, I turned to him and had the following discussion.
Him: "I'm watching Star Wars"
Me: "Set in Middle Earth."
Him: "With John Malkovich as the Emperor."
Me: "And Simon Gruber* as Obi Wan."
My sister was totally pissed cause the movie "only took the basic plot, and screwed it all up." So, afterwards, I read the book, and thought the same thing as my friend and I thought in the movie.
Anyways, my favourite fantasy novel (or is it pulp fiction) is this one: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rgs/pmars-table.html
GenericName:
Guys we've been through enough centuries of literature that everything is recycled from somewhere. Just most novelists do it by accident.
That said, I got my first and only completely-recycled-plot novel out of the way at like eight. I remember it was a complete ripoff of Lord Of The Rings, and I remember nothing else.
In addition, a couple of my friends and I went through Eldest and sticky-noted all the retarded things that were written/said. We than ran out of sticky notes.
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