Christopher Paolini Talks Eragon, To Sleep In A Sea Of Stars, & Fantasy!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ก.ค. 2020
- I had the pleasure of sitting down with the author Christopher Paolini. We talked about his upcoming book To Sleep in a Sea of Stars, The Inheritance Cycle, and the fantasy genre as a whole.
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Part two: th-cam.com/video/eDTJwi42ZjE/w-d-xo.html
Be sure to check out Chris's channel and give To Sleep In A Sea Of Stars a look :)
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!
Christopher is one of the best people I know. He’s been answering my letters with all of my Eragon questions since I was 13. First time I wrote to him, I wrote a whole letter in Portuguese which he translated and wrote me back. When I lost my Eragon books in a flood, he sent me a copy of Inheritance. Then after 10 years we finally got the chance to meet last year and it was one of the most special moments of my life. It makes me so happy that you interviewed him because he deserves all the recognition and the love, besides him being immensely talented, he’s also an amazing guy. And you too Daniel! Your content is getting better each video! Fly high!
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
Christopher is the reason I read fantasy.
Nine year old me: "That movie looks cool, I want to see that!"
Mom: "You have to read the book first"
Me: "Bet."
--reads the book and becomes obsessed with fantasy.
--watches movie and learns what pain feels like.
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.
Listen Daniel it's all well and good getting conversations with the likes of Brandon Sanderson, Joe Abercrombie, Brent Weeks, Evan Winters, Jim Butcher and now Christopher Paolini but until you get one with the necromanced spirit of J.R.R. Tolkien I don't think it can truly be said you've made it as a TH-camr. Just being honest.
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.
Saphira is, without a shadow of a doubt, the best depiction of an intelligent dragon I've ever run across. There's no doubt she's intelligent beyond words, hopelessly human in emotional response but so very, very not human.
It's like reading a crocodile's thoughts.
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.
Paolini: I saw that you have a video titled why I didn’t finish the Inheritance Cycle
Me: Oh no, Daniel’s screwed!
Paolini: I haven’t watched it.
Me: Thank God!
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.
science is just us trying to speed run nature
-Christopher Paolini
The Inheritance Cycle were the books that got me into fantasy and epic fantasy as a kid. I'm so excited for this new book!
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.
@@Dino23968 now thats a fuckin speal
@@tedwhite9176 Um, I don’t get it.
🗡 IS THAT FREAKING ZAR'ROC HANGING OFF HIS WALL??? 😵
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,,😍😍😍😍
Eragon may be derivative but honestly I didn't know that as a kid. I tried reading Lord of the Rings when i was in high school and I couldn't. I didn't see star wars until after I read Eragon. And even if it is as someone else said it's well made. It's like his own fan fiction thing. He read and watched the big stuff and said I want to make my own story like that. Which I think is perfectly fine honestly, god knows I had the same idea when i was little. But he did a good job and then put his own spin on it. So yeah Eragon is great. It also got me into reading and fantasy/young adult as a whole so it holds a special place for me.
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?
You know an author is cool when they have their own sword ;)
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.
Zar'roc casually hanging at the back. I wonder if he's also got Brisinger.
Also congratulations Paolini for his engagement, also for the new book release 😍
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
"Science is just a way to speedrun nature."
I am so using that and incorporating it to my magic systems
Same
My favorite thing was whipping out Eragon in middle school lunch and feeling like the smartest person around for having this massive book lol. Those books really got me into reading, so thanks Christopher Paolini! Super excited to read TSiaSoS, and planning an Eragon re read soon!
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!
I did not expect daniel to get beard growing advice but i am pleasantly surprised 😂
I bought Eragon (self published) from Chris when he was dressed as a squire sitting behind a table at Hastings in Bozeman MT. I enjoy fantasy books and thought what the heck I'll support a local kid hustlin tryin to make a buck. Would have never guessed he would turn out to be who he is today :)
What a great story to be able to tell!
I fully expected Christopher Paolini to still be a child because time is confusing
i love how he dislikes the eragon movie as well
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.
IM SO EXCITED FOR THIS. HE WAS MY ENTIRE CHILDHOOD
Same, I still need to read to sleep in a sea of stars
Hoe long before Daniel gets to interview the ghost of JRR Tolkien? At this rate, it wouldn’t surprise me if next week George RR Martin shows up.
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
as someone who didnt enjoy the start, i can confirm that the ending of inheritance cycle is MILES deeper than the first one in every single way
Spoilers for Inheritance:
I think the ending of Galbatorix was one of the most unique things I've seen in all of fiction. Simply forcing a genocidal sociopath to feel empathy for everyone he'd hurt was enough to annihilate his mind. It was such an interesting solution when pure force could never have overcome this villain.
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.
To be honest, I've seen more of Christopher in these last two months than in the past ten years, and I love him! He seems so genuine for someone who hit fame so young. I remember everyone reading Eragon in middle school and knowing that Christopher was basically just a kid like me who wrote something like that really inspired me more than knowing about some great author who wrote a masterpiece when they were already adults. I'm going to buy everything I can for this book, and I can't wait for Jennifer Hales audiobook!
"I had a blast writing it."
Christopher Paolini ghostwriter for Kings of the Wyld confirmed?!
that was my thought lmao
I think the most impressive about the Inheritance Cycle was, was how young Christopher was when he started it, and how successful the series was.
This series was so important to so many kids, in paving the way to the fantasy world. My son began it when he was young and then he moved on to WoT.
I read the first 3 books and I didn't finish it, mostly for the same reasons that Daniel didn't finish. Yet, I give Christopher tons of credit for what he accomplished at his age and what he gave to so many kids.
My son and I went to a book signing and we got to meet him. My son drew a really awesome dragon for him and Christopher turned every head in the room when he exclaimed "This is badass!". He said he's keep it forever and he signed my son's book and took a couple pictures with him. I always wonder if he still has it.
Man Eragon was my childhood. It may be generic, but it’s well made, especially considering how young he was.
Btw please watch Vinland Saga if you ever have time! I think you’d love it a lot.
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 ^_^
Lokir: Why are they stopping?
Ralof of Riverwood: Why do you think? End of the line.
Guess they have railroads in elderscrolls. It's officially canon, you heard it here.
I started reading this and went
Huh, where is he going with this?
And I was not disappointed
Someone who actually reads fantasy books interviewing a fantasy writer? Damn, this is some rare high quality content. Thanks!
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!
Is it just me or nowdays it seems like every author has a dope beard
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*
Inheritance was what got me into reading and writing fantasy. It might be derivative in many ways, but still, it's a lot of fun.
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
I've never been interested in his books, but Paolini is curiously my favourite interview thus far, really like his way of speaking and his thoughts on SFF, his inner fantasy nerd comes through a lot more than with other authors.
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
This was amazing! Thanks so much for getting this together!!! First, my mother read the Hobbit to me. Then Harry Potter. Then the Lord of the Rings. Then, in middle school I finally started my first major fantasy series by myself and that was Inheritance. Christopher Paolini will forever be an important figure in my life and it was truly wonderful to get to see an intelligent discussion with him. Rock on. :)
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 😁✨
Finishing To Sleep in a Sea of Stars certainly left me with a yearning for traveling amongst the stars and a future with humans as an interplanetary species. I'm certainly looking up at the stars a lot more now.
Christopher Paolini is the most personable author to me personally. Good man.
Just hear the part where you guys mused at the similarities between film scores. Im a college student going to school for film scoring. According to my classes, one of the reasons why music can sound very similar is because of something known as a “temp track”. Basically, because film composers are usually hired to create music during post production rather than earlier, the film editors will put in place-marker music in order to show rough footage of the movie to potential investors and to get a better idea of how a scene will play out. In many cases, the director or other staff on the team, will develop “temp love” and will expect any music you compose to actually be like what they put in themselves; they may even request it to be as close as possible without getting a lawsuit. So whenever you see those clips on TH-cam that compare movie music it actually could be the case that the song actually used to be the music in the film during production before a composer was asked to make music with the directors preconcepted bias influencing the end result.
😳 Holy Shit! ...I've never been so jealous of an interview in my life. This is amazing 😍
17:33- his face when saying he has tentacles in his story lol
I love the title of this book and how he just says "To Sleep" all the time. "When writing to sleep", "If you like to sleep"
Agreed. The last inheritance book was great. I will always love that series. Sure it's tropey, but I was a kid when I read it just like he was a kid when he wrote it. It is literally the book series that got me into fantasy. I loved Eragon before Harry Potter.
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
This guy's so likeable makes total sense that I loved his characters.
Eragon was the first fantasy series I read after Deltora Quest, dooming me to a fate of forever adoring the genre. Thanks Christopher!
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.
I was a fan of Eragon books when I was young and somehow I still am 😊
Mr. Paolini, I just want to let you know that you are one of the most influential people in my world. It was you who got me into fantasy, GoT who gave me an idea of what I like, and my mother who pushed and believed in me! Hopefully, the first book of my Kingdom of Earth series will be done soon and I'd have completed my goal: to write a full book
Really interesting, definitely going to check out his new book when it‘ll release.
I felt so much love and warmth listening to this interview. I am extremely biased towards Christopher Paolini though, and always will be. I always like reading as a child, but I didn't really start being a reader (as in, constantly reading, making it my hobby) until I picked up Eragon at a local shop that isn't even a bookstore when I was 10. I loved it so much, I read it four times back to back alongside the second book and my mom even had to have a "talk" with me about how other books existed as well. I honestly think I wouldn't be exaggerating if I said I have read this book over 10 times and it's been 3-4 years since my last reread so a new one is overdue. So thank you Christopher for making me a reader
I was cleaning while listening to this and then I heard "I really enjoyed a Natural History of Dragons" and kind of squeaked. I love LOVE that book. And it definitely should be read by more people.
I could hear him talking all day!! He has such a bright point of view on everything he said. Also man I REALLY a new Eragorn sequel. Please. 🥺
I agree with paolini, the ending of the inheritance cycle is probably the best part.
I litteraly had a dream where Daniel reviews Chronicles Of Amber.
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
Homeschoolers, unite!!! This was a great interview. I’ve gained a new appreciation for Christopher after this.
What's good homie. I just bought Eye of the World and I'll be getting into it after I'm done with Percy Jackson and A song of Ice and Fire.
You really make it difficult not to try and skip the series. Fantasy in South Africa is a different vibe. So thanks for shoving the Wheel of Time down our throats, hope I enjoy it as much as you do.
I still believe you need to start reading, Ranger's Apprentice by John Flanagan... The Ruins of Gorlan is book 1.
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
I was an adult when I read Christopher's Inheritance Series and I couldn't put it down! So well written, I thoroughly enjoyed it and recommended it to many friends. We were just speaking of him a few weeks ago and I found this interview. How wonderful he has continued with his writings! Am going to preorder his newest book and can hardly wait! Thanks for the heads up! Great interview.
I'm a slow reader and so his books have been with me throughout my 4 years of high school. It is through them that I discovered how epic fantasy can actually be, how fun reading about fantastic worlds can be. They hold a very special place in my heart. Thank you for this interview!
Omg my inner child is excited, eragon was my second or first fantasy book! 😍
Same.
A lot of my friends in high school hated the ending on Inheritance, but it worked for me personally, and he freaking wrote Eragon when he was 15! Of course there's going to be flaws in that novel. 😂
22:48 But all that description is legitimately one of the things I love about the Inheritance books. It may not have been strictly necessary, but it immersed me in the world in a way no other book series I've read before or since has managed. Admittedly, I now think a part of that is related to a condition I recently discovered having called aphantasia, the lack of a mind's eye. I genuinely can't visualize things, but the details in those books were enough to work around that problem in a way that... Actually, there is one example of a book that managed to bypass the issue too, but I think that was part of the goal for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. I'll admit, reading all that detail out loud is... Cumbersome, but it was (in hindsight) a big part of what kept me coming back to those books whenever a new one came out. I haven't reread them as much as I'd like to have, but they are unironically my favorite fantasy novels.
Christopher gives some REALLY useful advice for writers in this interview, holy crap. I've been waiting to hear authors give practical advice like this in interviews more often.
Eragon, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Big Nate, and Captain Underpants: the definitive series for boys back in elementary school.
Facts
You forgot Harry Potter
Series of unfortunate events or were those not as popular?
@@DanielGreeneReviews i never read that series, i just saw those movies that were made back then
@@DanielGreeneReviews omg yes those were my childhood
"Focus on things that are more important to you than your fear." One of the greatest quotes, period.
He’s right that if an author doesn’t do enough research it can take you out of the zone.
I really like Dresden Files, complete blast to read but as an martial artist I cannot stand when he mentioned that Aikido black belt
Not gonna lie, I wasn't very interested in this book at all until we started talking about how much science is in it.
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.
I’ve have been waiting for this book ever since he announced he started writing it. This interview gives me so much hope and excitement! He is one of my Favorite authors and I can not wait for this BOOK!! I have purposefully not read any of the chapters that have been released because I plan on diving into the whole book on release date so that I can get fully immersed and fall in love with this story. Chris is like the older brother I always wanted
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
This interview satisfied a 15 year itch. Loved the inheritance cycle. Loved this discussion. Cannot wait for the book!
Paolini is a really smart and nice person.
I've never heard anybody outside the military use "embrace the suck" . I had to check what video I was watching lmao
I haven't read Eragon and wasn't interested in reading his new book but this is interview changed my mind
Inheritance Cycle was definitely the books that really got me into Fantasy must have read them like 7 times as a kid never thought I would read them again but this brought back so much nostalgia I think I might to read them one last time
I love Christopher Paolini. He is an unbelievable dude, charismatic, and so passionate about his work. The Inheritance Cycle is one of my favorite book series ever. I love seeing him get this recognition, thank you Daniel!!
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
As for adaptations, I would love to see Eragon and the Inheritance Trilogy as an animated series, that closely follows the book. I’ve always dreamed about drawing an Eragon manga but I’d never be able to cover the whole thing.
After hearing Paolini say that the book is written to make you feel good, I will now definitely buy and read it!
I really enjoyed The Inheritance Cycle. This interview made my my day! I can’t wait for his new book!
Thanks for the good content Daniel!! Made my day
This is such a great interview and I have a whole new respect for Christopher Paolini. I really enjoyed Eragon when I was a teen and made it all the way through Brisingr. I never finished the series and I caved into all the negative viewpoints on the internet and never revisited him or the series. I now want to do so because your way of interviewing allows the author to fully explain and explore their mindsets and processes to writing. I truly admire that. Thank you this was great to watch!
I looove hard magic systems. and as someone who loves researching GR and quantum mechanics. I am so stoked that Chris took the time and effort to talk to scientist and rocket scientist!! that is an amazing move! 100 will buy his book now.
Daniel. Love these. You're the man!
Yeah, Inheritance started off as very derivative, but as the series progressed it really gained its own voice.
It totally shouldn't be in YA, however I'm glad it was as it let me trick my folks into letting me read another level of fantasy!
Will definitely buy his new book.
I have so much respect for Christopher. I've seen a couple interviews/panels now and he's always so down to Earth and makes them seem more like conversations than actual interviews. He's engaged with the interviewer themselves as much as any of the questions, the "all electricity is from steam" tangent is a good example and I loved it XD
I can't wait for TSIASOS, hoping that buying an ebook copy will still get a ticket to the virtual tour. And I'll be the 52,345th person to recommend finishing Inheritance Cycle. I think you can clearly see him maturing as an author throughout the series, probably doesn't hurt that they came out as I went from 5th-12th grade and matured alongside it lol
Also the speedrun line and the stumbling towards progress lines were both really good
Love the author interviews! So cool!
This is just so inspirational. I love you both
Fantastic interview! I enjoyed this so much, beginning to end, and I'm more inspired than ever :) Thank you both for sharing such a fascinating and charming convo
That is the most amazing analogy of first, second and third person thank you so much Christopher Poalini!
What an awesome interview! Super cool. Great Qs and As. He’s one of my favorite authors.
I have literally never been more hyped for a video
I met Chistopher when I was a teenager and he was so nice :)) he answered my fanmail and I was so thrilled! A really good guy.
Great job with this! Paolini influenced me to start writing when I was a teenager
It’s so cool how you’re able to bag these author interviews and actually ask good questions. I hope you do write something one day because you’ve done such a great job putting yourself out there so far
Daniel, you misspelled 'Convo' in the thumbnail. Also, I've been WAITING for this interview. Thanks!
Best morning surprise, to see a new interview with Paolini here! Eragon and Eldest especially hold a special place for me, 2003-06 was a special time as a little kid, and I'm looking forward to the new science fiction novel too. Great job Daniel!
That was a great chat! It was just a little part of the conversation, but I think Mr. Paolini's explaination about the difference between third person and third person limited was the most helpful and nonconfusing explaination I've heard yet. I'm really glad to see him branch out into Sci-Fi and also continuing writing within Alagaesia as well. Thank-you for another fantastic author chat Daniel, these are so good!
Hayley ^_^
I loved that series when I was in school. It really pulled me in to fantasy as a genre. Great YA fantasy intro books.
This was one of the best interviews I’ve ever seen. The questions and answers were awesome and Chris has always been my hero so this was awesome
This interview was so nice to see. Now I want to read the Inheritance Cycle and his new book as well
I was so worried about this interview, but i can see it went very well. good job Daniel. Also, Paolini seems to be a very resolved and focused man
I was already keeping an eye out for his new book but this video convinced me: I just pre-ordered the ebook! Can't wait to read it :)
Eragon is one of the first major book series I read when I was getting into books. It wasn’t the series that sparked my love, but it will always hold a special place in my heart, and it may take credit for getting me into high fantasy - I read it and Lord of the Rings the same year.
So proud of you, Daniel! I really love how all the hard word and constant content is starting to pay off. Big name authors like Brandon Sanderson and Christopher Paolini are starting to recognize that this channel is the real deal! Can’t wait to see how you continue to progress.
Wow, this is amazing
Two best people ever
I loved the inheritance cycle as a kid! I think it was my first foray into a more mature fantasy setting beyond the Harry Potter or Percy Jackson books. While I was reading Way of Kings I felt like I was reading an advanced version of Eragon. While I guess some people disliked the ending of the series, I actually liked it quite a bit. It made more sense to me than if he ended it all with a bow.
I remember an interview from years ago, I think about the time he started working on his sci-fi book and in the video he recommended some fantasy reads but also the Mabinogion. I loved reading it, glad I listened to hat rec.
The Eragon Series has been my go to book for YEARS. I’ve used them for ALL of my book essays every single year xD. I’m so happy for this and to know that is not finished.