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Eragon

By: Christopher Paolini
Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
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Publisher's summary

Winner, Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award, 2005

Winner, Colorado Children's Book Award, 2005

Winner, Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award, 2006

Winner, Kentucky Bluegrass Award, 2005

New York Times Bestseller, 2004

Nominated, Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award, 2004

Winner, Tennessee Volunteer State Award, 2005

Winner, Texas Lone Star Reading List, 2004

Winner, Texas TAYSHAS High School Reading List, 2004

Winner, Wyoming Soaring Eagle Book Award, 2004

Don’t miss the eagerly anticipated epic new fantasy from Christopher Paolini—Murtagh, coming 11.7.23!

A new adventure hatches in Book One of the Inheritance Cycle, perfect for fans of Lord of the Rings! This New York Times bestselling series has sold over 40 million copies and is an international fantasy sensation.

"Christopher Paolini is a true rarity."—The Washington Post

When fifteen-year-old Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy. But when the stone brings a dragon hatchling, Eragon soon realizes he has stumbled upon a legacy nearly as old as the Empire itself.

Overnight his simple life is shattered, and, gifted with only an ancient sword, a loyal dragon, and sage advice from an old storyteller, Eragon is soon swept into a dangerous tapestry of magic, glory, and power. Now his choices could save—or destroy—the Empire.

©2003 Christopher Paolini (P)2002 Random House, Inc., Random House Audio, a division of Random House, Inc.

Critic reviews

"It's an impressive start to a writing career that's sure to flourish." (Booklist)

"Doyle's range of accents is perfect for the multiple characters of this epic....On paper Eragon is a sprawling fantasy, filled with obvious nods to Tolkien and too many convenient plot devices. But on audio, it fills the ears with vivid characters, witty dialogue, and nail-biting battle scenes set in a magical world where a beautiful blue dragon and her rider are at the noble center of it all." (AudioFile)

"An impressive epic fantasy." (Publishers Weekly)

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I love this book

This is a fine book, masterfully written, masterfully read. Performed wonderfully, much better than the movie. The intricate details of the storyline are wonderful.

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Great story, narrator could be better

The story was wonderful, and I enjoyed the narration except for one really annoying choice by the narrator: Saphira’s voice is terribly irritating and grating to listen to. It’s too bad he choice this voice for a main character we have to listen to throughout the book/series.

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....is it a dragon or a grumpy old man?

It is an incredible series that is impressive for a 15 year old to have written. Yes, there are aspects of LoTR and Star Wars woven in... don't put it down just because Christopher used some common themes of High Fantasy stories (elves from another world, dwarves, Wicked wizards, an old wizened mentor who is cryptic about his and your true origins, etc). The writing is impressive, the story captivating, and the plot twists are surprising. You have to keep in mind that the first book is coming from the mind of a 15 year old kid from the generation that grew up with LoTR and Star Wars just as the kids of today are growing up with Marvel and DC movies. The series only gets better.

I would definitely say you should check the book out from the library instead of listening to this narrator, though. He makes the drastic mistake of turning a female dragon into a grumbling old man. It is abrasive, rude, and all together off-putting, to say the least. As some others have said, the voice of the dragon is telepathic. It should be the smoothest and most elegant female voice that a male narrator can create, but He decided that a female dragon should naturally sound like a cranky, ornery, old man. As someone who has read all of the books and knows the story extremely well. The dragon WILL NOT come across properly with the current abhorrent narration decision that was, for some reason, allowed to survive until publishing. This book deserves more respect than it is being given.

The audiobook is offensively unpleasant to listen to, and the movie that was created was a massive flop because the director had no clue what the story was and made so many mistakes that it was impossible to rectify.

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great story. not great narrator.

Fantastic story I enjoyed a great deal when I was younger, and holds up nicely a decade later, especially given the age of the author at the time.

perhaps it is my own bias or headcanon then, but I found the orator to be...

hard to listen to. quite bad at conveying the sound and spirit of the characters as I remembered them. the 'dragon voice' was especially bizarre and difficult to listen to, and clashed harshly with the gentle tones of mental conversations I used in my own imagination.

not a deal breaker, but it came close.

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reader

books great reader is great except for the dragon sounding like a grammatically correct yoda

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don't like the reader that much

that's it, book is awesome from start to finish, it's a rip off of star wars and Eye of the world by Robert Jordan but he changes it up enough for it to be new, exciting, and amazing for both young and old readers

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Great Book

Read them when they came decided to listen this time. Highly recommend for fantasy enjoyers.

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Fantastic!

One of my favorite books! I love the world Paolini created and the characters that live in it. Paolini does a great job of making you feel like you are in the story yourself.

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Saphira’s voice acting….

Look I love the books I love most of the voice acting but the voice for Saphira hurts my soul and feels wrong and really makes this hard to listen too. Good but hard to get through

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Wonderful book and narration!

Fun and fast-paced once the humble beginnings were established. A Starwars tale meets Middle Earth. Very excited for the rest of the series!

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