Talk:Christopher Paolini

message: The initial paragraph says that he lives in Livingston which is then followed by the Biography paragraph that states his hometown is Paradise Valley. Can someone who has verifiable source correct this inconsistency? 144.15.115.165 20:48, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks like vandalism to me. Paolini's biography as linked in the references has no references to Livingston. I'll remove it. UnaLaguna 06:19, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Paradise Valley or Livingston??? 

message: Yep, it means many of these discussions on the books and Paolini shouldn't be here. I'm getting fed up with it, and it's making the talk page needlessly long. From now on, I'll delete anything unrelated to the article which people write on this page ("when is book 3 coming out?" "paolini sucks im right your wrong" "eragon is awesome shut up" and so on). You have been warned. UnaLaguna 05:58, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notice the template I added at the top? 

message: Just a note to let those interested in editing that I've archived the older threads (accessible via our shiny new archive box at the top of the page).  It seems they're still prone to attracting discussion which isn't aimed at building the article.  --Mark H Wilkinson (t, c) 19:55, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Archive 

message: Insert non-formatted text hereSince when did Paolini say he was influenced by George Lucus, just because the plot to inheritance is criticised to being similar to Star Wars does not mean he was influenced by it, it sounds like putting a direct critic in there. Try and make sure that this is true.
at Shurtugal.com's Chistopher Paolini Q&A's page: http://www.shurtugal.com/?id=series/christopher/qanda
He said the main inspiration of eragon was from Bruce Colville's Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher.
and mentioned that in many other interviews too.
Paolini enjoyed Tolkien's world of hobbits, elves, and dwarves, and the epic quest of the ring. Like Tolkien, I also drew inspiration from Nordic, Old English, and Icelandic sagas.
Paolini also grew up reading Anne McCaffrey, for his inspiration for Eragon and Saphira.
a few things are right in this. 10:18AM 21/1/2008 UTC —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lebe.alan (talk • contribs) 
: I've expanded the influences section using three sources. Gimmetrow 00:18, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Paoloni's influence 

message: There is either a misconception or a misquote in the present article. In it there is a reference to Paolini's elves being vegans, and this is not correct. The elves are vegatarians, and pretty much avoid animal products, however that is not entirely the case. In Eldest, Eragon is served eggs, and Arya wears leather. Also her mother, the Queen, wears feathers. Vegans do not use any food, clothing, or utilies based on animals whatsoever. I think it is more correct to say that Paolini's elves are athiests and vegetarians, not athiests and vegans. I would appreciate it if this problem were rectified. Thank you. 69.238.198.100 (talk) 17:58, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vegetarianism or Veganism 

message: In the 'Biography' section, it says that Paolini was home schooled for the duration of his education, but then it says he graduated from high school. I'm not American, so I don't know whether you have to graduate from high school or whatever, but I was thinking "How can he graduate from high school if he didn't go and instead, was home schooled?". Could someone please help me out? Adstr123 (talk) 11:47, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Confusing Education 

message: While slightly more suited to an Eragon page, since references to influences from other works is mentioned here, I feel I should bring up Nuada Airgeadlámh (son of Euchtach, son of Eadarlámh, son of Orda, son of Allaoi, son of Tat, son of Tabharn, etc). This was a Celtic/Irish hero who had a hand made of silver. His name is not pronounced like "Argetlam" but someone without knowledge of Irish pronunciation oddities (it's "ar-ig-id-lawvv", the i moves to after the r for some reason) would miss this. Of course, he might be using an older Norse/Gaul language as a source. 83.70.170.48 (talk) 15:17, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Language of power 

message: In a YouTube interview (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-8sJxPqC4g) Paolini mentions that he is going to write some Sci-Fi. Is this noteable enough to include in the article, or should Wikipedia wait for an official (textual) announcement?
21:22, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Future Plans 

message: Was he born in LA or in Montana? In the bio section, it says he was "born and raised" in Montana, in the top section LA is mentioned as place of birth. Who knows fgor sure?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chl69 (talk • contribs) 12:25, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Birthplace 

message: The "Awards" section states that "Paolini’s books have won numerous awards, including topping the charts of the New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestsellers lists". Topping a bestseller list isn't an award. If you're on the New York Times bestseller list, it means you've sold a lot of books. It has no bearing on whether or not your book is any good, of if anyone likes it, or if anyone has chosen to honor it. It's the same with the following statement: "The Guinness World Records recognized Christopher Paolini as the “youngest author of a bestselling book series” on January 5, 2011". Again, this is just an acknowledgement of the fact that Paolini's books have sold well. It's not an award. The Pulitzer Prize, the Booker Prize, the Nobel Prize, these are awards. There are no actual awards in the "Awards" section. I propose we change the section title to something like "Units sold" unless someone can justify "Awards". Tigercompanion25 (talk) 04:12, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: As no one objected, I made the relevant edits, but if someone objects they are welcome to revert the edits and we can discuss it here on the talk page. Tigercompanion25 (talk) 04:34, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  None of the content in the "Awards" section describes actual awards. 

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message: I'm unfamiliar with how the rules work, does someone know if I can cite this semi-professional interview with Christopher Paolini? I transcribed the relevant excerpt (1:34 - 2:08) for clarity:
Furthermore, there is a Goodreads comment where he talks about his paternal grandfather being "born and raised in Rome and south of Bologna". So maybe we could add something about this to the "Early life" section?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 185.65.134.235 (talk) 16:28, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Italian descent and dual U.S.-Italian citizenship