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Post by Tornack Telion on Jun 30, 2011 8:09:45 GMT -8
So, I just read the first three books of the Inheritance Series (not a triliogy like it was supposed to be) by Christopher Paolini. I reread Eragon and Eldest for the fourth time each and finally read Brisingr for the first time since getting it the day it came out. To be honest, although I find the split stories in the second and third books to be necessary to completelt tell the story, I thought they were extremely annoying. But other than that, I absolutely love this series and I'm psyched for the fourth and final book (annoyingly enough titled "Inheritance") is coming out in early November of this year!! Yay! Anyone wanna guess who the new rider is?
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Post by Kriven on Oct 13, 2011 21:49:54 GMT -8
The first chapter of Brisingr shut me down to anything else Paolini might have to add to the series, unfortunately :\
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Post by Arynielle on Mar 19, 2012 12:53:48 GMT -8
I love this series. <3
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Post by Kriven on Mar 19, 2012 16:29:08 GMT -8
And here I thought you were a lit. snob xD
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Post by Arynielle on Mar 19, 2012 18:02:54 GMT -8
Not entirely. >.>;
What bothers me is when people claim that non-literature is literature. I have no problem with people liking mindless reading. In fact, I enjoy mindless reading myself.
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Post by Kriven on Mar 19, 2012 19:22:23 GMT -8
Literature literally means "written work."
The value of a work doesn't really change what it is as a noun. Nor do I believe any work is truly "mindless" reading. You can find meaning and depth anywhere you want to.
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Post by Arynielle on Mar 19, 2012 19:38:45 GMT -8
Fair enough, although I think literature takes on a new definition when you present the term to an educational institution. But don't take "mindless reading" at face value. I mean mindless reading as the novels that you read for fun, purely for entertainment value. Books that were written with an alternate purpose in mind, for a greater worth that what they actually are -- that's not mindless reading in my opinion. Writing that makes me think is not mindless reading. For example, I don't do any extra thinking when I read Inheritance. I just read it. Things happen. I digest what I read. Same with Harry Potter, same with Julie of the Wolves, same with a hoard of other such books. I just read. However, if I'm reading 1984, The Lord of the Rings, The Great Gatsby or Brave New World, there are other intentions in those sorts of novels, and I have to scan between the lines to pick them out. I can't just read. I have to think, analyze, reread and then draw parallels. That's not to say that "mindless reading" can't have meaning or that you don't think at all. Some of my favorites are mindless reading books. They just don't give me that heightened sense of mental accomplishment after I'm done.  |
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Post by Kriven on Mar 19, 2012 19:44:39 GMT -8
I think that has more to do with the way the individual reader is processing the information, and less to do with the merit of the books themselves.
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Post by Arynielle on Mar 19, 2012 22:36:34 GMT -8
If you say so, Brazen Balls. In that case, it must have something to do with maturity (or lack thereof) and intelligence. I'm pretty convinced that merit has something to do with it. For example, I will never believe that Twilight is a book worth processing. |
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Post by Kriven on Mar 20, 2012 0:12:39 GMT -8
Twilight actually taught me a lot about the psychology behind people who remain in toxic or abusive relationships.
I can now use that knowledge with dealing with distraught friends seeking my counsel.
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Post by Arynielle on Mar 20, 2012 7:05:27 GMT -8
lol, I think Meyers unintentionally did that. :PPP
Even so, she was wrong. Her writing has no base, no researched psychological grounds at all.
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Post by Kriven on Mar 20, 2012 18:51:30 GMT -8
It doesn't matter what the author did or intended.
It matters what the audience can get out of it.
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Post by Arynielle on Mar 20, 2012 19:09:05 GMT -8
I'm not disagreeing with that. Different people have all sorts of different emotions, ideas, reactions and interpretations from reading various things. You can read what you want and think what you want, but so can I. I think you're assuming that I'm trying to impress my values onto other people and their reading habits, which is not the case at all; I respect all grounded and intelligent opinions. I was simply stating my thoughts and reading preferences, and I loooooooove Inheritance.
I do, however, feel that crediting Meyers for psychology lessons is a bit... unsettling.
It could just be me.
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Post by Kriven on Mar 20, 2012 20:01:50 GMT -8
It's not just you But I had to counteract you! |
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Post by Arynielle on Mar 20, 2012 20:28:44 GMT -8
You... you... fiend! BRAZEN BALLS.
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