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Christopher Paolini is the author of The Inheritance Cycle, a series of Doorstopper novels. He finished writing the first book, Eragon, at the age of nineteen. It was published by his parents before Knopf, a publishing company, picked it up. To many people's surprise, it took off.

A homeschooled Montana native, he's become quite the controversial figure. He has many fans, as well as many detractors, mostly due to having used many familiar ideas, plot points, and tropes; Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings, and Dragonriders of Pern are obvious influences.

Christopher Paolini provides examples of the following tropes:

Author Appeal: The elves, particularly Arya (whose beauty is oft-mentioned in the narration, and leaves Eragon in awe). However, Paolini says his favourite race is the dwarves; he often speaks a bit in Dwarvish when he goes to Real Life events.
Author Avatar: Paolini himself admits that Angela is based on his sister, and that Eragon "started out" as an autobiographical character but eventually developed into his own character.
Big Sister Worship: Enough to name and base a pretty powerful and memorable secondary character after her.
Fandom / Fan Dumb: He has a sizable one.
Hatedom / Hate Dumb: He has quite a bit of this as well.
Proud to Be a Geek
Serious Business: The Internet Backdraft regarding him can get this way.
Trilogy Creep: What was once a "Trilogy" is now a "Cycle."
Word of God: Christopher Paolini answers a lot of questions about the Cycle, mostly in interviews.

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-Christopher Paolini is the author of ''[[The Inheritance Cycle]]'', a series of [[Doorstopper]] novels. He finished writing the first book, ''Eragon'', at the age of nineteen. It was published [[Ultimate Job Security|by his parents]] before Knopf, a publishing company, picked it up. To many people's surprise, it took off.
+'''Christopher Paolini''' is the author of ''[[The Inheritance Cycle]]'', a series of [[Doorstopper]] novels. He finished writing the first book, ''Eragon'', at the age of nineteen. It was published [[Ultimate Job Security|by his parents]] before Knopf, a publishing company, picked it up. To many people's surprise, it took off.
-A homeschooled Montana native, he's become quite the controversial figure. He has many fans, as well as many detractors, mostly due to having used many familiar ideas, plot points, and tropes; ''[[Star Wars]]'', ''[[The Lord of the Rings (Literature)|The Lord of the Rings]]'', and ''[[Dragonriders of Pern]]'' are obvious influences.
+A homeschooled Montana native, he's become quite the controversial figure. He has many fans, as well as many detractors, mostly due to having used many familiar ideas, plot points, and tropes; ''[[Star Wars]]'', ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', and ''[[Dragonriders of Pern]]'' are obvious influences.
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 * [[Author Appeal]]: The elves, particularly Arya (whose beauty is oft-mentioned in the narration, and leaves Eragon in awe). However, Paolini says his favourite race is the dwarves; he often speaks a bit in Dwarvish when he goes to [[Real Life]] events.
 * [[Author Avatar]]: Paolini himself admits that Angela is based on his sister, and that Eragon "started out" as an autobiographical character but eventually developed into his own character.
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 * [[Fandom]] / [[Fan Dumb]]: He has a sizable one.
 * [[Hatedom]] / [[Hate Dumb]]: He has quite a bit of this as well.
-* [[Proud to Be A Geek]]
+* [[Proud to Be a Geek]]
 * [[Serious Business]]: The [[Internet Backdraft]] regarding him can get this way.
 * [[Trilogy Creep]]: What was once a "Trilogy" is now a "Cycle."