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Originally posted by DragonBlazeI'm not a big reader at all, so when I heard about the book, I never bothered reading it. I thought it would be some crappy book with some lame steriotypic dragon rider. I forgot who, but someone on charas was making an eragon fan game, after reading about that, I got interested in the book. It just so happened that my girfriend had eragon, and let me borrow it. I kept it for 4 months I think... Anyway, the book starts out with the hero's home being burned down and Eragon (some farmboy who becomes the main character), goes after the people who did it. So that was a big cliche, and since I really hate cliches, it kind of turned me off. I kept reading because I really loved the characters, I thought Brom was the bomb, and I really like the actor who plays him, so I'm happy about that.But yeah, after I got halfway through the book, I couldn't really stop reading it. A few weeks ago, I finally bought the sequal (Eldest). I was hesitant to buy it because it only came in hard cover, and cost around $25, which is WAY too much for me to pay for a book. I found it at Wal-Mart for $15, so I picked it up, and I'm about half way through that. Then recently, I bought Eragon, so I have that book as well now.I'll have to check out Dune sometime, but considering the amount of reading I do, it'll probably be a while.Yeah, a lot of things are messed up in the movie. The Urgals for example are just people... I think at first they were just going to make Eragon as a budget movie, but later realized it had potential and started working harder on it (which is why the trailer has been delayed so much.) The differances I've seen thus far don't really bother me too much though.I really like how Saphira (the dragon) looks. It seems like they put a lot of work into her, and she just looks awesome now.