Paolini, are you in it for the money or for the story?
By Schnitelli
@Schnitelli (95)
United States
July 30, 2008 9:12am CST
Hey all! Firstly, this is my first discussion, so I'm very very sorry if it's wrong, or doesn't follow protocol, or something else I'm not realizing.
So Christopher Paolini's (author of Eragon and Eldest) third book Brisinger should be released September 20, 2008 now, according to the official posting. I wish it was sooner, heh... Anyways, the point of this actually concerns the fact that it's now a cycle, rather than a trilogy. I don't know, but this kind of wreaks of a desire to earn more money, not a wish to "Be able to fit more in" as he words it. But I don't know if I'm just overly cynical or if others share this view. So I'd appreciate to hear the opinions of some other people here, because I'd like to think the best about him just because he's awesome (:D), but him just saying "Oh wait I want to have another book slapped on the end here my bad" last minute seems kind of shady.. Opinions?
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Oh and by the way for anyone who hasn't given Eragon a chance, please don't say it's because you saw that wretched movie:D that movie completely misrepresented all of Paolini's works and turned it into a little kid movie that looks like a rip off of Lord of the RIngs...
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@mcat19 (1357)
• United States
30 Jul 08
I'm delighted he is writing more in this series. I'm in the middle of reading the first one, Eragon, and and thoroughly absorbed. Let him earn however much money he can. He is a real talent. I wish my book, Cat-House Sonnets, 100 poems celebrating cats, took off so well. But back to the point, I don't think he's a money grubber at all. He is raking it in now. Why shouldn't he write more with his talent?
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@Schnitelli (95)
• United States
30 Jul 08
Firstly, thanks for answering!!! Beyond that, my real concern about the money thing is that if he is simply doing this for profit then I can see his quality of writing degrading over the last books, which would be awful since I completely agree with you: he's extremely talented and his writing voice is amazing. History has shown, however, that when authors or directors stop thinking about their original intentions (aka: telling a good story) whenever they realize they could just pump out more nonsense and slap their name on it to rake in the cash... So I'd be perfectly okay with this if only I knew he actually has enough ideas to span two more books!
