Posts Tagged ‘elves’
The Hobbit – Reviewing Classics
George Allen & Unwin, 1937
Fantasy
ISBN: 0618968636
320 pages
Synopsis
Bilbo Baggins, the hobbit, is a peaceful sort of cozy hole in the Shire, a place where adventures are uncommon and rather unwanted. So when the wizard Gandalf whisks him away on a treasure hunting expedition with a troop of rowdy dwarves, he’s not entirely thrilled. Encountering ruthless trolls, beastly orcs, gigantic spiders, and hungry wolves, Bilbo discovers within himself astonishing strength and courage. And at the ultimate confrontation with the fearsome dragon Smaug, the hobbit will brave the dangers of dark and dragon fire alone and unaided. …
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House of Many Ways
HarperCollins, 2008
Fantasy
ISBN: 0061477958
416 pages
Synopsis
It’s been almost twenty years, but Jones is finally back into the wonderful fantasy world of Howl—Howl’s Moving Castle (1986), Castle In The Air (1991)—and although Howl, Sophie and Calcifer play important roles in this book, the spotlight is on a young girl named Charmain. Grown up privileged with an overprotective mother, Charmain loves nothing but books. …
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Brisingr
Alfred A. Knopf, 2008
Fantasy Fiction
ISBN:0375826726
668 pages
Synopsis
Eragon and Roran slay the Ra’zac, rescuing Roran’s betrothed in the process. Afterward they split up and Eragon heads to the kingdom of the dwarves in order to assist in securing a new king that favors the Varden and will help in the war against the Empire. …
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Eragon – Film
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, 2006
Fantasy
ASIN: B000NA28I4
Synopsis
The tales of the Dragon Riders is a story of myth long gone now that the Riders have been decimated for nearly a century, and Galbatorix has been ruling the Empire and oppressing the people. However, the most unexpected turn takes place when a mysterious glowing rock is discovered by Eragon, a fifteen-year-old teen who lives on a poor farm in the north of the Empire. Soon, the rock hatches into a dragon making him a Rider, and Eragon finds himself in a world of magic and evil, the only free Rider alive and the new hope for the oppressed peoples of the Empire. …
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Eldest
Alfred A. Knopf, 2005
Fantasy Fiction
ISBN: 037582670X
668 pages
Synopsis
Eragon has defeated the Shade, and is now termed Shadeslayer, but he is still young and requires training. Journeying to the elven forest city of Ellesmera, he must be trained in body and mind as well as magic. …
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Eragon
Alfred A. Knopf, 2003
Fantasy Fiction
ISBN: 0440240735
497 pages
Synopsis
The tales of the Dragon Riders is a story of myth long gone now that the Riders have been decimated for nearly a century, and Galbatorix has been ruling the Empire and oppressing the people. However, the most unexpected turn takes place when a mysterious glowing rock is discovered by Eragon, a fifteen-year-old teen who lives on a poor farm in the north of the Empire. Soon, the rock hatches into a dragon making him a Rider, and Eragon finds himself in a world of magic and evil, the only free Rider alive and the new hope for the oppressed peoples of the Empire. …
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