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Post by Vincent Dolan on Jul 13, 2011 18:09:46 GMT
You've got a very twisted world perspective, then. The Inheritance Cycle is intended for young adults and Paolini started writing in middle school, same as I did, so of course it's going to be geared more towards a middle school mind set. Sure, the first book may sound like Lord of the Rings and Star Wars had an LSD fueled love child at Woodstock, but if you can accept that, it's still an enjoyable debut novel, 'debut' being the keyword here.
Meyer, on the other hand, is a hack who ruined an entire genre forever. She did to vampires what the Nazis did to the swastika. She did it shamelessly, knowingly, and didn't give a damn. She also became a best seller solely by catering to vapid high school girls who think that love is having an abusive boyfriend who's attractive and having the personality of a doormat. In fact, her novel was rejected something like 8 times before one publisher took pity on her.
You cannot compare the two.
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Post by HouShe on Jul 14, 2011 4:15:14 GMT
Also, Paolini has improved his writing, each book is subsequently better than the first.
Meyer's writing, if anything, has gotten worse.
As for Debut novels, even Elantris, by Brandon Sanderson is nowhere near as good as his latest The Way of Kings. Although, that said, Elantris was good enough for RJ to select him to finish WoT. (Best decision RJ ever made)
Of course, no modern writer compares to Sanderson's work ethic. 2-3 Books published per year, no drop in quality and he's an absolute machine. Each new series has incredibly sophisticated magic systems. Some interlinked, others stand-alone, but regardless, it's absolutely amazing.
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Post by Vincent Dolan on Jul 14, 2011 4:25:39 GMT
Actually, Way of Kings was written mostly before Elantris was even conceptualized, though I agree. Not only are his magic systems sophisticated, they're all unique. Sure, that of Elantris, what with drawing a formula, has been done before, but not in that manner. I'd never even considered something like Biochroma before Warbreaker and that's saying nothing of Allomancy, Feruchemy, and Hemalurgy; I think those last three are his shining achievements in his magic systems, since he made three completely distinct systems while using the exact same basis.
Also, it looks as though there's going to be two new trilogies in the Mistborn universe; Alloy of Law is a stand alone short novel not to be included in those. I'm also curious since he mentioned he'd optioned the rights for a Mistborn movie.
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Post by HouShe on Jul 14, 2011 4:37:11 GMT
TWoK was plotted for many many years. It was actually written recently. It's a subtle difference, he held off actually writing it until he felt that he was capable of it.
And I am a big fan of his hardline rules with magic. Keep in mind however that all the TWoK, Mistborn, Elantris and Warbreaker worlds are part of Adolisium (sp?) and their magic systems are inter-related. Being Shard based magics.
It will be interesting to see more depth in the magic systems in tWoK, since, while we know of a few, he's said that there's quite a few that haven't been shown yet. And the ones we have seen haven't been shown with the in depth Mastery that Vin and Kelsier had.
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Post by johnapsega on Jul 14, 2011 4:40:59 GMT
Speaking of Paolini does anyone know when the next book will be coming out?
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Post by Vincent Dolan on Jul 14, 2011 4:54:14 GMT
Ah, good point. That's true. I've been trying to come up with some hardline rules for my own systems in two of the books I'm planning, but having little luck. Granted, the second system was made up somewhat on the fly to replace something that I just couldn't work with; plus, the book is a mishmash of three other failed products. I suppose it'd be more appropriate to say it's just something I tinker with when I'm having no luck working on my other projects or having writer's block on my main work; which is happening increasingly, I hate to say. Indeed. I can't wait to see more of Surgebinding in use. john: Inheritance, i.e., Book 4, is set to come out November 8, 2011; coincidentally, Mistborn: Alloy of Law comes out the same day. |
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Post by johnapsega on Jul 14, 2011 7:06:48 GMT
Finally I have been waiting so long for that book lol and that is going to be a full week because Skyrim and the full version of minecraft come out three days after that lol.
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Post by Vincent Dolan on Jul 14, 2011 7:39:30 GMT
Haha. I know the feeling. The last one was published in '08. Mind, Eldest was published 3 years after Eragon and Brisingr 3 years after Eldest, but considering Inheritance and Brisingr were originally the same book, you'd think it would've taken less time. Ah, well, it'll be out soon enough.
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Post by johnapsega on Jul 14, 2011 8:08:52 GMT
Is that what it is officially going to be called I had not heard anything about a definite title.
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Post by Vincent Dolan on Jul 14, 2011 9:23:08 GMT
Yes. The official title is Inheritance and features a green dragon on the front. Hell, you can pre-order it on Amazon here. |
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Post by johnapsega on Jul 14, 2011 19:52:07 GMT
Wow lol I have been way out of the loop for to long then lol thanks Vincent.
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Post by Vincent Dolan on Jul 14, 2011 22:04:04 GMT
Not a problem. I don't watch TV or visit bookstores that often, so my only way of finding new books is by browsing Amazon.
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