Books that are similar to Belgariad

[evil_genius666]

Well I noticed that when I read Eragon by Christoper Paolini there are alot of similarities in the story.

1. The twins (Beltira and Belkira). In Eragon theres a twin too. They even have the same mind as Belkira and Beltira.
2. The silver mark on the right hand of Garion (In Eragon...Eragon has a mark on the right hand too the same as Garion)
3. The sword. In Belgariad we have the sword of Iron-grip. While in Eragon theres the killer sword...and would u belive theres a blue orb on the pommel of the sword too (See Eragon the movie)
4. The sotryteller that became a very important person. In Belgariad we have Belgarath as a storyteller then turned out to be Belgarath the Sorcerrer. In Eragon we have Brom as a storyteller then turned out to be a former dragon rider.
5. And would you believe theres another similarity? Garion is called the Godslayer and Eragon is called the Shadeslayer.
6. Garion was a farmboy when it all started. In Eragon..Eragon was a farmboy too.

Correct me if Im wrong but theres alot of similarities "it makes my teeth itchy".

[Talysia]

I haven't read Eragon, but from what you describe it does sound very similar.

[The Ace]

You have to remember that Eddings seemed to take every fantasy cliché going and meld them into a story. For some reason it worked, and in my opinion, worked very well.

If you spend any time with fantasy, looking for similarities like this will drive you 'round the twist. Just enjoy reading.

[evil_genius666]

Yea but it seems like Christoper Paolini just copied Eragon from Belgariad..since Eragon was just published recently.

[The Ace]

Well, it may be, but Paolini was at an age where the vast majority wouldn't have read something like the Belgariad. I think it's more 'Lowest common denominator,' than deliberate copying. It would be irritating, though. I got the first 2 'Eragon,' books for Christmas but haven't got around to reading them yet.

[evil_genius666]

Well I've seen the new copy of Belgariad and there was a message from Christoper Paolini...obviously he read Belgariad..he even said that its he's favourite books.

[Overread]

They are not too bad Ace - well the first is not - they do have a problem with language flow - a thesorus I think was used a bit. But on the whole they are readable and certainly more enjoyable than that film that was made!

[evil_genius666]

Yea the film was totally crap. It was total Cliche.

[Overread]

hmm - evil - just a pointer, but could you darken your posting colour - only on the normal chrons settings the light blue is a little tricky to read

and there was one good thing in the film -- the dragon, both voice and CGI work well in that respect (I also think the evil mage was well chosen and his mak=up was good)

[evil_genius666]

It was a mage actually...it was a shade..

Ok I'll darken my font

If u watch the deleted scenes u'll find that theres twins in the film too...how remarkable.

Does this make u happy?

[Overread]

They cut so much that in the end it was not Eragon at all
and yes much easier to read now

[evil_genius666]

It was fun to read but in the end it was a bit boring when u see the similarities with Belgariad.

The movie was absolutely crap. It was what I expected. I like the voice of Saphira though and the Shade. The Shade is the only character who succeded.

Im absolutely disappointed when they didnt include the dwarves and the elves. Which played major part in the books.

[Overread]

Well (and we have diverged so far from the belgariad )
I thought that they got some good senior actors into the film - Brom (?) we well cast - but they messed it up with poor younger actors. And in the end it was a quick film production for the christmas slot which had no potter or lord of the rings film in it. Thus bits were cut - and recreating the volcano - well that would have required nearly all CGI to accomplish - and could have been done, but it would have taken them too long.
However, they know that they failed, because after the cheap ending there is no sound of another film - and they would be hardpressed to make one since they changed so much

[evil_genius666]

Yea the youger actors made the film worst. Brom was ok but his character is just like Belgariad.

Its like Christoper Paolini rewrote Belgariad with some twists and turns.

[ghost8772]

There are a number of posts under various authors about the similarities of Eragon and them. Star Wars, and Pern are also tagged. though one point of the Dragons having the magic and the humans having it loaned to them. kinda like the magic setup from Eddings' Belgariad and Elenium worlds