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Eragon is a third-person video game released for PlayStation 2, Xbox, Xbox 360, and Microsoft Windows, developed by Stormfront Studios and published by Vivendi Games.Also released are unique versions of Eragon for the Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable, and mobile phone handheld gaming systems, primarily developed by Amaze Entertainment.
Eragon received generally mixed reviews and was criticized for its derivative nature. Liz Rosenberg of The New York Times Book Review criticized Eragon for having "clichéd descriptions", "B-movie dialogue", "awkward and gangly prose". However, she concluded the review by noting that "for all its flaws, it is an authentic work of great talent."
Like Eragon, Eldest became a New York Times bestseller. [3] A deluxe edition of Eldest was released on September 26, 2006, including new information and art by both the illustrator and the author. [4] Other editions of Eldest are translated into different languages. [5] [6] Eldest begins following several important events in Eragon.
[11] Eragon was the first character developed by Paolini, and the author's outline of how the character would develop drove the novels' storyline. [4] The name "Eragon" is an aptronym based on the word "dragon", and a play on the phrase "an era gone". [12] [3] [4] Eragon was portrayed by Edward Speleers in the film adaptation of Eragon. [13] [14]
Eragon is a novel written by Christopher Paolini. Eragon may also refer to several things related to the book: Eragon (character), the protagonist; Eragon, a 2006 film adaptation; Eragon; Eragon I, the first dragon rider
Christopher James Paolini [1] (born November 17, 1983) [2] is an American author. He is best known for The Inheritance Cycle, which consists of the books Eragon (2002), Eldest (2005), Brisingr (2008), Inheritance (2011), the follow-up short story collection The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm (2018), and Murtagh (2023), the first in a follow-up duology.
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The first full-length spinoff, Murtagh, was published by Penguin Randomhouse on November 7, 2023. [6] The series has sold 33.5 million copies worldwide. In 2006, a feature film was released based on the first book in the cycle, Eragon, starring Ed Speleers, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich and Djimon Hounsou. The film received generally negative ...