Anchor ads are not supported on this page.

4S Ranch Allied Gardens Alpine Baja Balboa Park Bankers Hill Barrio Logan Bay Ho Bay Park Black Mountain Ranch Blossom Valley Bonita Bonsall Borrego Springs Boulevard Campo Cardiff-by-the-Sea Carlsbad Carmel Mountain Carmel Valley Chollas View Chula Vista City College City Heights Clairemont College Area Coronado CSU San Marcos Cuyamaca College Del Cerro Del Mar Descanso Downtown San Diego Eastlake East Village El Cajon Emerald Hills Encanto Encinitas Escondido Fallbrook Fletcher Hills Golden Hill Grant Hill Grantville Grossmont College Guatay Harbor Island Hillcrest Imperial Beach Imperial Valley Jacumba Jamacha-Lomita Jamul Julian Kearny Mesa Kensington La Jolla Lakeside La Mesa Lemon Grove Leucadia Liberty Station Lincoln Acres Lincoln Park Linda Vista Little Italy Logan Heights Mesa College Midway District MiraCosta College Miramar Miramar College Mira Mesa Mission Beach Mission Hills Mission Valley Mountain View Mount Hope Mount Laguna National City Nestor Normal Heights North Park Oak Park Ocean Beach Oceanside Old Town Otay Mesa Pacific Beach Pala Palomar College Palomar Mountain Paradise Hills Pauma Valley Pine Valley Point Loma Point Loma Nazarene Potrero Poway Rainbow Ramona Rancho Bernardo Rancho Penasquitos Rancho San Diego Rancho Santa Fe Rolando San Carlos San Marcos San Onofre Santa Ysabel Santee San Ysidro Scripps Ranch SDSU Serra Mesa Shelltown Shelter Island Sherman Heights Skyline Solana Beach Sorrento Valley Southcrest South Park Southwestern College Spring Valley Stockton Talmadge Temecula Tierrasanta Tijuana UCSD University City University Heights USD Valencia Park Valley Center Vista Warner Springs

Inheritance, by Christopher Paolini

What are you reading?

Inheritance, by Christopher Paolini. This is the last book in his Eragon series, and it just came out today. I started reading the series because my brother read the first one, Eragon, and told me about it.”

Tell me about it.

“It’s a fantasy series about a 15-year-old boy who starts out as a farmer in a small village. One day, this blue stone appears in front of him while he’s hunting, and he takes it home. A couple of weeks later, it hatches into a dragon, and he becomes a dragon rider. There used to be an entire force of them; they were peacekeepers. But one of them, Galbatorix, went bad. His dragon was killed, and he stole another dragon and recruited some others, and they destroyed the riders. Then he took over and made himself king. Eragon sets out on a journey to learn to fight and use magic so that he can join the resistance and defeat the king. Part of the mystery of the book is that, even by this point in the series — I’m on page 123 — you’ve never seen Galbatorix or his dragon. You’ve only heard about them.”

Sponsored
Sponsored

What do you like about it?

“I like his details — he describes scenes very well. And I like the way the author switches between the different characters — he doesn’t tell the story from just one point of view.”

Who is your favorite character?

“Eragon’s cousin; he’s called Roran Stronghammer. He’s one of the few characters in the book who’s a great warrior but is completely normal. He’s very intelligent and strong, but he doesn’t use magic or ride a dragon. He just fights with what he has. There was a scene in the last book, Brisingr, where Roran is a soldier and his commanding officer orders the soldiers into battle. But the order would have led to all the soldiers being killed. Roran, knowing that he would be punished for insubordination, went against his commanding officer’s orders and told the men to do something else. They ended up winning and also saved all the soldiers’ lives. I liked that he did, even though he knew he would be punished.”

What book was most life-changing for you or opened your eyes in some way?

“Maybe Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card. Most of the characters in it are really young kids, between the ages of 5 and 12. All of them have super-genius levels of intelligence. As a result, they have power that normal kids don’t have. Two of them are always going on the internet, visiting political websites, gaining influence. One of them, by the time he’s 15, he’s almost become the leader of the world.”

Do you see that as a metaphor about young people, how they have power inside them that hasn’t been unlocked?

“Yeah.”

Who is your favorite author?

“James Patterson. Some authors take too long to get into a scene. They draw them out, and you start to get bored. I don’t even finish books by certain authors. But Patterson gets into the scene while still giving you detail. He’s not rushing through it. He did the Maximum Ride series, which is sort of adventure with a little sci-fi.”

Do you read any magazines or newspapers?

“No.”

Do you talk to anyone about what you’re reading?

“Yes, my brother. We read a lot of the same books. We’ll talk about characters and events in the books, speculate on what we think is going to happen.”

Name: KEVIN REEVES | Age: 20 | Occupation: INDEPENDENT SCHOLAR

Neighborhood: GROSSMONT | WHERE INTERVIEWED: BARNES & NOBLE, GROSSMONT CENTER

Here's something you might be interested in.
Submit a free classified
or view all
Previous article

India Hawthorne is common in coastal gardens, Citrus trees are in full bloom

The vernal equinox is on March 19
Next Article

Pet pig perches in pocket

Escondido doula gets a taste of celebrity

What are you reading?

Inheritance, by Christopher Paolini. This is the last book in his Eragon series, and it just came out today. I started reading the series because my brother read the first one, Eragon, and told me about it.”

Tell me about it.

“It’s a fantasy series about a 15-year-old boy who starts out as a farmer in a small village. One day, this blue stone appears in front of him while he’s hunting, and he takes it home. A couple of weeks later, it hatches into a dragon, and he becomes a dragon rider. There used to be an entire force of them; they were peacekeepers. But one of them, Galbatorix, went bad. His dragon was killed, and he stole another dragon and recruited some others, and they destroyed the riders. Then he took over and made himself king. Eragon sets out on a journey to learn to fight and use magic so that he can join the resistance and defeat the king. Part of the mystery of the book is that, even by this point in the series — I’m on page 123 — you’ve never seen Galbatorix or his dragon. You’ve only heard about them.”

Sponsored
Sponsored

What do you like about it?

“I like his details — he describes scenes very well. And I like the way the author switches between the different characters — he doesn’t tell the story from just one point of view.”

Who is your favorite character?

“Eragon’s cousin; he’s called Roran Stronghammer. He’s one of the few characters in the book who’s a great warrior but is completely normal. He’s very intelligent and strong, but he doesn’t use magic or ride a dragon. He just fights with what he has. There was a scene in the last book, Brisingr, where Roran is a soldier and his commanding officer orders the soldiers into battle. But the order would have led to all the soldiers being killed. Roran, knowing that he would be punished for insubordination, went against his commanding officer’s orders and told the men to do something else. They ended up winning and also saved all the soldiers’ lives. I liked that he did, even though he knew he would be punished.”

What book was most life-changing for you or opened your eyes in some way?

“Maybe Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card. Most of the characters in it are really young kids, between the ages of 5 and 12. All of them have super-genius levels of intelligence. As a result, they have power that normal kids don’t have. Two of them are always going on the internet, visiting political websites, gaining influence. One of them, by the time he’s 15, he’s almost become the leader of the world.”

Do you see that as a metaphor about young people, how they have power inside them that hasn’t been unlocked?

“Yeah.”

Who is your favorite author?

“James Patterson. Some authors take too long to get into a scene. They draw them out, and you start to get bored. I don’t even finish books by certain authors. But Patterson gets into the scene while still giving you detail. He’s not rushing through it. He did the Maximum Ride series, which is sort of adventure with a little sci-fi.”

Do you read any magazines or newspapers?

“No.”

Do you talk to anyone about what you’re reading?

“Yes, my brother. We read a lot of the same books. We’ll talk about characters and events in the books, speculate on what we think is going to happen.”

Name: KEVIN REEVES | Age: 20 | Occupation: INDEPENDENT SCHOLAR

Neighborhood: GROSSMONT | WHERE INTERVIEWED: BARNES & NOBLE, GROSSMONT CENTER

Comments
Sponsored
Here's something you might be interested in.
Submit a free classified
or view all
Previous article

The Digital Currency Wave Hits the Shores of San Diego

Next Article

Pet pig perches in pocket

Escondido doula gets a taste of celebrity
Comments
Ask a Hipster — Advice you didn't know you needed Big Screen — Movie commentary Blurt — Music's inside track Booze News — San Diego spirits Classical Music — Immortal beauty Classifieds — Free and easy Cover Stories — Front-page features Drinks All Around — Bartenders' drink recipes Excerpts — Literary and spiritual excerpts Feast! — Food & drink reviews Feature Stories — Local news & stories Fishing Report — What’s getting hooked from ship and shore From the Archives — Spotlight on the past Golden Dreams — Talk of the town The Gonzo Report — Making the musical scene, or at least reporting from it Letters — Our inbox Movies@Home — Local movie buffs share favorites Movie Reviews — Our critics' picks and pans Musician Interviews — Up close with local artists Neighborhood News from Stringers — Hyperlocal news News Ticker — News & politics Obermeyer — San Diego politics illustrated Outdoors — Weekly changes in flora and fauna Overheard in San Diego — Eavesdropping illustrated Poetry — The old and the new Reader Travel — Travel section built by travelers Reading — The hunt for intellectuals Roam-O-Rama — SoCal's best hiking/biking trails San Diego Beer — Inside San Diego suds SD on the QT — Almost factual news Sheep and Goats — Places of worship Special Issues — The best of Street Style — San Diego streets have style Surf Diego — Real stories from those braving the waves Theater — On stage in San Diego this week Tin Fork — Silver spoon alternative Under the Radar — Matt Potter's undercover work Unforgettable — Long-ago San Diego Unreal Estate — San Diego's priciest pads Your Week — Daily event picks
4S Ranch Allied Gardens Alpine Baja Balboa Park Bankers Hill Barrio Logan Bay Ho Bay Park Black Mountain Ranch Blossom Valley Bonita Bonsall Borrego Springs Boulevard Campo Cardiff-by-the-Sea Carlsbad Carmel Mountain Carmel Valley Chollas View Chula Vista City College City Heights Clairemont College Area Coronado CSU San Marcos Cuyamaca College Del Cerro Del Mar Descanso Downtown San Diego Eastlake East Village El Cajon Emerald Hills Encanto Encinitas Escondido Fallbrook Fletcher Hills Golden Hill Grant Hill Grantville Grossmont College Guatay Harbor Island Hillcrest Imperial Beach Imperial Valley Jacumba Jamacha-Lomita Jamul Julian Kearny Mesa Kensington La Jolla Lakeside La Mesa Lemon Grove Leucadia Liberty Station Lincoln Acres Lincoln Park Linda Vista Little Italy Logan Heights Mesa College Midway District MiraCosta College Miramar Miramar College Mira Mesa Mission Beach Mission Hills Mission Valley Mountain View Mount Hope Mount Laguna National City Nestor Normal Heights North Park Oak Park Ocean Beach Oceanside Old Town Otay Mesa Pacific Beach Pala Palomar College Palomar Mountain Paradise Hills Pauma Valley Pine Valley Point Loma Point Loma Nazarene Potrero Poway Rainbow Ramona Rancho Bernardo Rancho Penasquitos Rancho San Diego Rancho Santa Fe Rolando San Carlos San Marcos San Onofre Santa Ysabel Santee San Ysidro Scripps Ranch SDSU Serra Mesa Shelltown Shelter Island Sherman Heights Skyline Solana Beach Sorrento Valley Southcrest South Park Southwestern College Spring Valley Stockton Talmadge Temecula Tierrasanta Tijuana UCSD University City University Heights USD Valencia Park Valley Center Vista Warner Springs
Close

Anchor ads are not supported on this page.