# SEE "Eragon"? Hell, no!  But how about READING it?

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**Created:** [December 28, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-eragon-hell-no-but-how-about-reading-it/385893 "2006-12-28T19:34:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-eragon-hell-no-but-how-about-reading-it/385893/41 "2006-12-31T09:32:01Z")

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[QUOTE=Mtgman]  
Unfortunately the parts which were good were not original, and the parts which were original were not good.  
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Particularly pertinent for Eragon, considering what an intellectual property lawyer’s wet dream it is from the vast amount of plagiarism present.

[QUOTE=Mtgman]  
Enjoy  
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Any suggetsions how? I’m wondering if burning it would make me feel better about the time out of my life it has wasted…

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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-eragon-hell-no-but-how-about-reading-it/385893/42 "2006-12-31T17:19:41Z")

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[QUOTE=Mtgman]  
Whenever I read a book like Eragon, and I have read it, I am reminded of the wise words of a literature professor upon grading a particular student’s paper. “The paper was both good and original. Unfortunately the parts which were good were not original, and the parts which were original were not good.”  
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I thought this was by Samuel Johnson, but apparently [it is apocryphal](http://www.samueljohnson.com/goodorig.html).

In the case of _Eragon_, were there _any_ parts that were original?

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**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-eragon-hell-no-but-how-about-reading-it/385893/43 "2006-12-31T17:32:09Z")

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I read it recently and I’m pretty certain nothing was. There are whole websites set up to tearing that book to shreds so if you wanted you could probably get a full breakdown of just how plagiarising Eragon is.

Check [this site](http://www.anti-shurtugal.com/plagiarism.htm) for a good place to start.

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