Sunday, 20 November 2011

'Inheritance' by Christopher Paolini

I wondered who the next Rider is, and these are them:
            Angela (my favourite character. I would love for her to be the Rider. Also, it is possible that she is the 'love from noble birth' she herself foretold: I am 99% certain that it is Arya, but one can hope!)
             Arya 
             Nasuada 
             A dwarf or a werecat 
             One of the two elven children. 
   I'm still undecided whether to wait for Christmas or buy it... if the wait gets too drastic I might have to get it!

I bought it.

It did really well to conclude the fantasy cycle. However, there are a few things that I would have done to it:
   One: It would have been nice to have an epilogue, seeing as the cycle started with a prologue
   Two: 'A Fitting Epitah' onwards would have made an excellent novella. 'Heir to the Empire' would have made the perfect epilogue
   Three: The novella could have come out around Christmas time and have Firnen on the front, whilst Inheritance could have had Shruikan. It would've been nice to see the poor dragon coat a book sleeve.

Wednesday, 2 November 2011

Halloween

My little brother loves Halloween, which is the Pagan Samhain, both a harvest festival and the time of year when the barrier between our world and the spirit world.
   Then came Christianity.
   Halloween is more correctly 'Hallowe'en' which is short for 'Hallow's Evening', a Hallow being a Saint. To show that Christianity had officially eradicated the polytheist Paganism, their saints were shown to protect the people from the 'spirits'.
   Thus Samhain was Christianised.