Comments on: Does Eragon plagerize LOTR? http://evilbot.com/ripoff/does-eragon-plagerize-lotr/ listing bots and other evils Tue, 29 May 2012 22:07:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: swbarnes2 http://evilbot.com/ripoff/does-eragon-plagerize-lotr/comment-page-1/#comment-5538 swbarnes2 Fri, 28 May 2010 05:41:05 +0000 http://evilbot.com/ripoff/does-eragon-plagerize-lotr/#comment-5538 It's not true plagarism, but yes, the technical elements of his books are just lifted from better authors before he was born...Anne McCaffery's telepathic dragons, Tokien's elves and dwarfs and long trops through pseudo-medieval landscapes, LeGuin's wizarding language. And the plot twists: lowly orphan boy discoveres his parents were really superpowerful, and that now he is heir to a fantastic power that ordinary people just aren't good enough for, another character turns out to have an evil parent...all cliches that might be more interesting in the hands of skilled writers, but they are just dumb and predictable in Eragon. I counted two unexpected, kind of novel things in the second book: the girl whom Eragon blesses/curses, and the queen's idea to use magic to make lace to raise money. Two books, those were the only interesting, novel things in all those hundreds of pages. http://www.summit.org/resource/essay/show_essay.php?essay_id=29 Franz Cumont, The Mysteries of Mithra (Chicago: Open Court, 1903), 87ff. It’s not true plagarism, but yes, the technical elements of his books are just lifted from better authors before he was born…Anne McCaffery’s telepathic dragons, Tokien’s elves and dwarfs and long trops through pseudo-medieval landscapes, LeGuin’s wizarding language.

And the plot twists: lowly orphan boy discoveres his parents were really superpowerful, and that now he is heir to a fantastic power that ordinary people just aren’t good enough for, another character turns out to have an evil parent…all cliches that might be more interesting in the hands of skilled writers, but they are just dumb and predictable in Eragon.

I counted two unexpected, kind of novel things in the second book: the girl whom Eragon blesses/curses, and the queen’s idea to use magic to make lace to raise money.

Two books, those were the only interesting, novel things in all those hundreds of pages.

http://www.summit.org/resource/essay/show_essay.php?essay_id=29
Franz Cumont, The Mysteries of Mithra (Chicago: Open Court, 1903), 87ff.

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]]> By: tom5551 http://evilbot.com/ripoff/does-eragon-plagerize-lotr/comment-page-1/#comment-5526 tom5551 Fri, 28 May 2010 00:45:53 +0000 http://evilbot.com/ripoff/does-eragon-plagerize-lotr/#comment-5526 The Sword of Shannara bu Terry Brooks is far more similar to the Lord of The Rings, The basic plot is nearly identical. Eragon has little in common with the Lord of The Rings. On the surface it has more in common with Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern but not real close there either. http://www.summit.org/resource/essay/show_essay.php?essay_id=29 Franz Cumont, The Mysteries of Mithra (Chicago: Open Court, 1903), 87ff. The Sword of Shannara bu Terry Brooks is far more similar to the Lord of The Rings, The basic plot is nearly identical. Eragon has little in common with the Lord of The Rings. On the surface it has more in common with Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern but not real close there either.

http://www.summit.org/resource/essay/show_essay.php?essay_id=29
Franz Cumont, The Mysteries of Mithra (Chicago: Open Court, 1903), 87ff.

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]]> By: Darius http://evilbot.com/ripoff/does-eragon-plagerize-lotr/comment-page-1/#comment-5515 Darius Thu, 27 May 2010 20:39:34 +0000 http://evilbot.com/ripoff/does-eragon-plagerize-lotr/#comment-5515 Um... last time I looked there were only a few dragons in the entire Tolkien series.. and only one even becomes a true character, Smaug. So, how can you plagerize a story about destroying a ring to kill the evil wizard/king, by writing a story about a boy who finds a dragon egg... I'm lost? http://www.summit.org/resource/essay/show_essay.php?essay_id=29 Franz Cumont, The Mysteries of Mithra (Chicago: Open Court, 1903), 87ff. Um… last time I looked there were only a few dragons in the entire Tolkien series.. and only one even becomes a true character, Smaug. So, how can you plagerize a story about destroying a ring to kill the evil wizard/king, by writing a story about a boy who finds a dragon egg… I’m lost?

http://www.summit.org/resource/essay/show_essay.php?essay_id=29
Franz Cumont, The Mysteries of Mithra (Chicago: Open Court, 1903), 87ff.

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]]> By: ace taste http://evilbot.com/ripoff/does-eragon-plagerize-lotr/comment-page-1/#comment-5502 ace taste Thu, 27 May 2010 16:36:15 +0000 http://evilbot.com/ripoff/does-eragon-plagerize-lotr/#comment-5502 all fantasy novels are a ripoff of the bible. http://www.summit.org/resource/essay/show_essay.php?essay_id=29 Franz Cumont, The Mysteries of Mithra (Chicago: Open Court, 1903), 87ff. all fantasy novels are a ripoff of the bible.

http://www.summit.org/resource/essay/show_essay.php?essay_id=29
Franz Cumont, The Mysteries of Mithra (Chicago: Open Court, 1903), 87ff.

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]]> By: Kate C http://evilbot.com/ripoff/does-eragon-plagerize-lotr/comment-page-1/#comment-5484 Kate C Thu, 27 May 2010 11:36:43 +0000 http://evilbot.com/ripoff/does-eragon-plagerize-lotr/#comment-5484 LOTR was revolutionary. Many, many fantasy novels and movies contain aspects of these groundbreaking stories. I think if you start pointing fingers at one fantasy for plagiarizing, you have to blame them all, including Harry Potter, etc. And if you go that far, you might as well blame JRR Tolkien for ripping off ancient worlds' mythology. http://www.summit.org/resource/essay/show_essay.php?essay_id=29 Franz Cumont, The Mysteries of Mithra (Chicago: Open Court, 1903), 87ff. LOTR was revolutionary. Many, many fantasy novels and movies contain aspects of these groundbreaking stories. I think if you start pointing fingers at one fantasy for plagiarizing, you have to blame them all, including Harry Potter, etc. And if you go that far, you might as well blame JRR Tolkien for ripping off ancient worlds’ mythology.

http://www.summit.org/resource/essay/show_essay.php?essay_id=29
Franz Cumont, The Mysteries of Mithra (Chicago: Open Court, 1903), 87ff.

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]]> By: shelbimostheduck http://evilbot.com/ripoff/does-eragon-plagerize-lotr/comment-page-1/#comment-5471 shelbimostheduck Thu, 27 May 2010 06:46:12 +0000 http://evilbot.com/ripoff/does-eragon-plagerize-lotr/#comment-5471 yeah by the end of the book i was pretty disgusted... I haven't seen the movie yet, though. I kinda want to see it just because, but i'm wary. I'll never finish the trilogy. I might barf. http://www.summit.org/resource/essay/show_essay.php?essay_id=29 Franz Cumont, The Mysteries of Mithra (Chicago: Open Court, 1903), 87ff. yeah by the end of the book i was pretty disgusted… I haven’t seen the movie yet, though. I kinda want to see it just because, but i’m wary. I’ll never finish the trilogy. I might barf.

http://www.summit.org/resource/essay/show_essay.php?essay_id=29
Franz Cumont, The Mysteries of Mithra (Chicago: Open Court, 1903), 87ff.

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]]> By: silly goose http://evilbot.com/ripoff/does-eragon-plagerize-lotr/comment-page-1/#comment-5459 silly goose Thu, 27 May 2010 02:37:37 +0000 http://evilbot.com/ripoff/does-eragon-plagerize-lotr/#comment-5459 yes i do!!! im a die hard fan of lotr and i was sick of this movie almost before it was half over cuz it was like watching star wars and lotr again just under diff names those movies are in a class of there own they cant just make it seem like eragon is the same! http://www.summit.org/resource/essay/show_essay.php?essay_id=29 Franz Cumont, The Mysteries of Mithra (Chicago: Open Court, 1903), 87ff. yes i do!!! im a die hard fan of lotr and i was sick of this movie almost before it was half over cuz it was like watching star wars and lotr again just under diff names those movies are in a class of there own they cant just make it seem like eragon is the same!

http://www.summit.org/resource/essay/show_essay.php?essay_id=29
Franz Cumont, The Mysteries of Mithra (Chicago: Open Court, 1903), 87ff.

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]]> By: thesacriliciouspirate http://evilbot.com/ripoff/does-eragon-plagerize-lotr/comment-page-1/#comment-5446 thesacriliciouspirate Wed, 26 May 2010 22:45:32 +0000 http://evilbot.com/ripoff/does-eragon-plagerize-lotr/#comment-5446 No, I don't think it's plagerism, but it is alarmingly akin to LOTR. However, I don't think anyone will sue him. http://www.summit.org/resource/essay/show_essay.php?essay_id=29 Franz Cumont, The Mysteries of Mithra (Chicago: Open Court, 1903), 87ff. No, I don’t think it’s plagerism, but it is alarmingly akin to LOTR. However, I don’t think anyone will sue him.

http://www.summit.org/resource/essay/show_essay.php?essay_id=29
Franz Cumont, The Mysteries of Mithra (Chicago: Open Court, 1903), 87ff.

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]]> By: emucompboy http://evilbot.com/ripoff/does-eragon-plagerize-lotr/comment-page-1/#comment-5437 emucompboy Wed, 26 May 2010 19:39:09 +0000 http://evilbot.com/ripoff/does-eragon-plagerize-lotr/#comment-5437 Is it also a rip-off of The White Dragon, by Ann McCaffrey? http://www.summit.org/resource/essay/show_essay.php?essay_id=29 Franz Cumont, The Mysteries of Mithra (Chicago: Open Court, 1903), 87ff. Is it also a rip-off of The White Dragon, by Ann McCaffrey?

http://www.summit.org/resource/essay/show_essay.php?essay_id=29
Franz Cumont, The Mysteries of Mithra (Chicago: Open Court, 1903), 87ff.

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