Meeting Christopher Paolini at Armageddon
After weeks of waiting it’s finally here, Christchurch’s very own Armageddon. To be honest the event has been a bit boring ever since the earthquake but I still went just for Christopher Paolini. :) (How could I not being the geeky fan I am?)
Got to the event very early in the morning and finished all my browsing early on. I saw heaps of Eleventh Doctor cosplays and DW merchandises on sale. But I resisted all temptations knowing I can get them cheaper elsewhere (and the fact that I needed to save money).
The first panel was with Callum Blue where one fan was brave enough to ask him his thoughts on fanfics. The conversations were rather interesting. He even offered to sell Tom Welling’s number. Oh and one fan (a male) asked him if he was single and he replied he is and suggested the cute girls in the audience should hit him up sometime. What a nice guy for one he believes is evil and much prefers portraying the bad guys.
Christopher’s flight was running late so his panel started a bit later than scheduled. Fans were however not deterred as we waited patiently in our seats for him. The turn out was pretty huge and everyone cheered when he finally showed. :3
The guy showed so much confidence in public speaking that I was surprised. Straight away he launched into the story of his childhood and how he came to writing Eragon. A very interesting story if anyone was lucky enough to hear it, and rather inspiring.
We were also lucky enough to have CP read us extracts from each of the books in the Inheritance Cycle. (I’ll post up a video of it later. XD) Oh and mind you CP’s a huge Doctor Who fan too. Nice to know he is just as geeky as the rest of us, even though you could tell from his looks. :P He had said that in the Inheritance Cycle he slipped in many references of the sci-fi genre, including DW! (Now I have to go back through the books and see if I can spot them lol.)
He then begin taking on fan’s questions and one of the most important bits were spoilers for his upcoming books!
He has stated his next series is sci-fi and will have lots of spaceships and lasers. 8D Rather like Star Wars and Star Trek don’t you think? Not that I mind.
Also he promised a fifth book in the Inheritance series, saying that he has outlined the book already and it only needs to be written. Two spoilers for the book are:
1. The title is in the fourth book.
2. More of Angela’s story will be revealed. (Hooray! I cheered very loudly when I heard this bit because I’ve always been very interested in Angela’s character and wished CP had developed her more.)
CP also mentioned a possible sixth book for the series but of course we’ll need to see the fifth one first! XD
After the panel all the fans rushed to line up to have our books signed. The line seemed like forever but we finally got there. My friend and I were so excited. We initially wanted a photo with him but it didn’t seem like the time was appropriate. But on our second round through the area I spotted the line was rather short so I pulled my friend back into the line just so we could get photos with him. Have to say I was rather pleased with the decision and CP was more than willing to take a photo with us.
All in all, I am one happy book worm for the day. :3
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