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Eldest Upsets Harry Potter
Christopher Paolini's Eldest, the second volume in the Inheritance trilogy of fantasy books, has displaced J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince from the top slot on Amazon.com for the first time since the sixth Potter book debuted, the Reuters news service reported. Eldest, the tale of magically gifted farm boy, Eragon, and his dragon, Saphira, and their fight against an evil empire, went on sale Aug. 23 and promptly bumped Half-Blood Prince to second place.
Paolini, a home-schooled country boy who daydreamed of sword-fights, spells and rescuing beautiful elves, wrote down his fantasies at the age of 15 and sold 2.5 million copies of his first book, Eragon, Reuters reported.
"At least I'm young enough to get through the trilogy before I die," Paolini, now 21, told Reuters. He still lives with his parents in Montana, where he writes seven days a week.
Paolini's parents self-published Eragon and took him on a tour of schools, where he dressed up in medieval costume to promote the book. Eragon caught the eye of publishing giant Random House, and filming has just started in Hungary on a movie of the book, with a cast that includes Jeremy Irons and John Malkovich.
Christopher Paolini's Eldest, the second volume in the Inheritance trilogy of fantasy books, has displaced J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince from the top slot on Amazon.com for the first time since the sixth Potter book debuted, the Reuters news service reported. Eldest, the tale of magically gifted farm boy, Eragon, and his dragon, Saphira, and their fight against an evil empire, went on sale Aug. 23 and promptly bumped Half-Blood Prince to second place.
Paolini, a home-schooled country boy who daydreamed of sword-fights, spells and rescuing beautiful elves, wrote down his fantasies at the age of 15 and sold 2.5 million copies of his first book, Eragon, Reuters reported.
"At least I'm young enough to get through the trilogy before I die," Paolini, now 21, told Reuters. He still lives with his parents in Montana, where he writes seven days a week.
Paolini's parents self-published Eragon and took him on a tour of schools, where he dressed up in medieval costume to promote the book. Eragon caught the eye of publishing giant Random House, and filming has just started in Hungary on a movie of the book, with a cast that includes Jeremy Irons and John Malkovich.
