#Paolini

[tromboneralert]

Me pulling out all the evidence that Jörmundur is the traitor

[ihearttseliot]

One of the issues that I had with the Inheritance Cycle (and it's something that strikes a cord every. Time. I read it) is that Paolini can be pretty vague. I completely understand that he's giving the reader the benefit to be able to work things out themselves (and let's be honest, nothing is more frustrating as a reader than to be treated like a dunce), but when I say vague, I mean story lines.

For example, Angela. All we know is that she's mysterious. Sure great, that's the whole point of getting away with not fleshing out her character.

But you're telling me you can't reveal something that could ALSO add to the storyline?

Maybe it's because I personally am just so invested in the series, that I feel like Paolini could write a thousand books set in Alagaësia, and I wouldn't mind reading every single one. I would have loved to read more about Ajihad. The werecats. Jörmundur. How The Twins became where and who they are...

I guess this is why fanfic exists.

[cass-ass]

"To know that you were with one who cared for you, and who understood every fiber of your being, and who would not abandon you in even the most desperate of circumstances, that was the most precious relationship a person could have."

-Brisingr by Christopher Paolini

[allymack145]

man I was hoping with the announcement of Murtagh and the 20th anniversary of Eragon, there'd be new content

where did all the Inheritance fans go 🥲🥲

[fashionbooksmilano]

Specchi Ustori

Demetrio Paparoni, Michelangelo Castello

Tema Celeste Edizioni, Zangara Stampa, Siracusa 1989, 136 pagine, 28x33cm,

euro 35,00

email if you want to buy booksinprogressmilano@yahoo.it

Catalogo della mostra a cura di Demetrio Paparoni e Michelangelo Castello al Museo Regionale di Palazzo Bellomo a Siracusa con Robert Barry, Domenico Bianchi, Mel Bockner, Peter Halley, Per Kirkeby, Jiri Kolar, Jannis Kounellis, Jonathan Lasker, Sol LeWitt, Mimmo Paladino, A.R. Penck, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Remo Salvadori, Keith Sonnier, Gary Stephan, Emilio Vedova, Lawrence Weiner, Bill Woofrow.

Primarily a catalog of paintings, this book does include poetry. Many of the works are untitled. Artists and authors whose works are included herein include: Robert Barry, Domenico Bianchi, Mel Bockner, Peter Halley, Per Kirkeby, Jiri Kolar, Jannis Kounellis, Jonathan Lasker, Sol Lewitt, Mimmo Paladino, Giulio Paolini, A. R. Penck, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Ezra Pound, Remo Salvadori, Keith Sonnier, Gary Stephan, Emilio Vedova, Lawrence Weiner and Bill Woodrow.

17/03/24

[beanbowlbaggins]

I think the ship mind Gregorovich is the most interesting character.

"This is your ship mind speaking. Please make sssure all your belongings are sssafely stored in the overhead compartmentsss. Lash yourself to the massst, me hearties: decoupling commencing, RCS thrusting. We're off to parts unknown to tweak the nose of fate."

~

"I was in fractures before. I am in fractures now. But the pieces still form the same broken picture."

[jessebyron]

Thoughts on Murtagh by Christopher Paolini

Thoughts on Murtagh by Christopher Paolini

First read of the year! I will mostly keep this spoiler free, but do read on with caution if you are wanting to approach this story tabula rasa.

As you read my criticisms below please keep this in your mind: I never once put the book down for very long. I came in to this story already deeply invested in the characters, and I enjoyed seeing them again after all of these years. I had to force myself to wait until the new year rang in so I could have it as my first read of 2024.

Honestly, I never thought I'd visit Alagaësia again. With Inheritance wrapping up Eragon's main story back in 2011, I had more or less left the land and its peoples behind. Even after finding out about The Fork, The Witch, and The Worm (a few years after the fact), I just never quite got around to it. I had loved the series growing up. Without Eragon casually sitting on an endcap in the Covington, Louisiana Walmart, there is no telling how much longer it would have taken me to enjoy reading. Without JJP's gorgeous portrait of Sapphira, I don't know if I would have fallen in love with stories and imaginative worlds in quite the same way. Looking back on my life, a life that has almost exclusively revolved around stories and the various arts to make them, my mom agreeing to buy the book during our grocery trip (with the promise that I would read my AR book for school first) was one of the most critical moments in my life, echoing 20~ years into the future.

All of that to say, I approached this book with a little bit of history and baggage. In the summer of 2016, in a group job interview at Books-a-Million in Mobile, Alabama my pleasant memories were a little spoiled by the assistant manager pointing out the deep similarities in characters and story beats between The Inheritance Cycle and Star Wars. This feeling was then sharpened some with mixed (but ultimately favorable reaction to Paolini's foray in sci-fi, To Sleep in a Sea of Stars (2020, Tor/Macmillan Publishers).

I didn't know how I wanted to jump back in this world. Did I want to go back to the beginning? Maybe just gloss over a few key chapters or perhaps just revisiting Brisingr and Inheritance as a refresher? Following the advice of several Redditors (I know, I know, but what's a guy to do?) I decided to read the short story collection first. It reacquainted me with both the world and Paolini's writing style. A literary aperitif, if you will, as opposed to trying to digest the first four books again which would have worn me out, and, I think, ruined the experience of Murtagh for me.

Because: it wasn't all that great. It was good, make no mistake, but held up to the shining splendor of second grade nostalgia (something I could not avoid no matter how hard I tried), there were a few lackluster facets. It wasn't at all terrible, or bad in any way, but parts felt a little like an unpolished gem. Repetitive and long. I don't mind slow burns or even slower variations of a single theme, but this book could have been shorter by a few thousand words. The "will we or won't we stay" debate and the succeeding chapters of our heroes' torture and brain washing went on for quite a few hours of reading. And none of it could be skimmed through because there were occasional details of import to the plot or emotional arc. It's probably the more egregious violation of "show, don't tell" that Paolini has committed so far (at least in my distanced memory).

An that's part of the tragedy of returning to a favorite childhood world. In Murtagh, we have this great set up to explore a tale of personal trauma and the butterfly effects of the first four books' main character. We get to walk in the shoes (fly in the claws? wings?) of someone who had the worst ending. Hated or misunderstood or both by virtually everyone in the Empire and its enemies, Murtagh's poverty is a chance to see the original story in an outsider-looking-in context. We get see the shadows cast by the light of a heroic victor, the dark places under rocks and fallen logs that are uncomfortable to look at, while slowly building into what will be a fantasy tale with an eldritch horror bent. The climax of the tale gives us a beautiful inversion of the hero's tale with an almost literal descent into hell. It's enough fun that the reader can ignore the the derivative strain that runs through much of Paolini's work.

But. We are not quite pricked as sharply as we could be. What could be the full effect of the story is just out of reach beyond a glass wall of just a few too many descriptions and details.

As I said at the start, I still had a lot of fun. I wasn't looking for a life changing literary experience and was able to enjoy it as such. Will happily be buying the sequels other one off tales whenever they come out.

[the-ethereal-god]

I just picked characters that we get to know in the first book because I think the biggest part of us got a favorite character on that book.

[whisperinglines]

Ti ho mai detto quanto sono contento che non siamo nemici? disse Eragon. No, ma è molto carino da parte tua.

- C. Paolini, Brisingr

[lily-s-world]

With all due respect, I don't think you can call yourself a real artist if you don't have respect for other's people art.

Writers are artists, just like the people that design their book covers. If they don't respect them enough to say something about a new business that is stealing their art, then what kind of person are they??

It will be as if their novels are being used for new novels or movie scripts, without giving them the proper credit.

To reiterate: Christopher Paolini, author of Eragon and other such books, blocked me on Twitter for calling him out about his AI-generated cover.

Tor has admitted he approved this cover and they have been consulting him every step of the way. He is complicit.

It’s honestly so fucking frustrating that this is going to go forward. That the cover to Fractal Noise is gonna be published with AI art that has ripped off other artists. And neither the author nor the publisher give one flying fuck about it.

I don’t think a lot of people really understand what this means. Book cover art is already nearly universally shitty. You go look at fantasy art covers, and they’re all photomanipulations, generally a single girl on the cover doing magic or looking into the distance. There’s no variety. But at least people get paid for them.

With AI art, artists don’t get paid. You know who does? The people who made the dataset. The people who sold the “cover.” Even though it took less than 20 minutes to make.

If this isn’t infuriating you, I don’t know what the hell else to say. Machine learning is coming for everyone’s jobs, and corporate wallets don’t care if it’s safe or not. Certain areas are already experimenting with AI Amazon deliveries, and it’s been hinted that long-haul trucking is next.

This is unacceptable. PLEASE. I’m not going to guilt you into sharing this, but it is CRITICAL that we take a stand now and STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING. If you follow me, I am asking you as a friend to share this, and to find it in your heart to put pressure on people who publish AI art without paying artists.

Tor could change the cover. They’re not, because they’re using Fractal Noise as a test run to see if they can get away with it. Don’t let them. I don’t care how much you like Paolini’s work (although I think Eragon was a boring slog, so I had no qualms about calling him out), you HAVE to do your best to make this stop.

[a2zsportsnews]

Paolini Defeats Rybakina On Debut A The WTA Finals

Paolini defeats Rybakina 7-6, 6-4 on debut in Riyadh at the WTA Finals The beginning of the end commenced in Riyadh, Saudia Arabia as the world’s elite eight gathered for the season-ending championships. Ten months ago, Elena Rybakina was firing on all cylinders, winning in Brisbane (d. Sabalenka) and Abu Dhabi (d. Kasatkina) and at the WTA 1000 in Dubai, lost via walkover to eventual champion,…

[primepaginequotidiani]

PRIMA PAGINA Tirreno di Oggi domenica, 18 agosto 2024

[ihearttseliot]

There are times where I have to remember that Eragon, as much as he has progressed throughout the books, is still a TEENAGER. Manhood meant differently in those days, but it's the equivalent of going from 17 to 18 today, and OF COURSE he's gonna have those moments where his maturity is limited.

The mood swings, the obsession with Arya (even though she has been *extremely* and unnecessarily polite to his nonstop harrassment), the sometimes childish tantrums can be almost (key word: ALMOST) forgiven only because he continues to grow within the confines of his mental maturity.

[s-memorando]

Parigi 2024: nono giorno

Scoppiettante per molti versi la giornata di ieri a Parigi, soddisfazioni e delusioni si sono alternate, ma io voglio essere positiva e quindi guardo alle cose belle che sono successe.La coppia Sara Errani e Jasmine Paolini ha vinto l’oro nel tennis, dimostrando che anche a 37 anni – le primavere di Sara – si può essere competitive se si raggiunge l’affiatamento con la compagna di doppio. Jasmine…

[starfoxfanatic]

Pic of Samui from Naruto and Trianna from Eragon which I paid FKim to draw https://twitter.com/FKim90/status/1747754061711986763/photo/1

[biksarddedrak]

#last maddentide I threw up my heart#but the very next day#some traitor took it away#(I know maddentide isn't christmas)#(let me be unfunny okay)

The TAGS. LOOK AT THEM!!!

dragons in inheritance cycle: we have a secret heart of hearts… its the manifestation of our soul…. the essence of our being….. and we have to hack it up like a hairball when we give it to someone