Title Page -- Introduction -- Ten Things About Christopher Paolini -- Ten Reasons Why People Hate Christopher Paolini -- Riding the Dragon - The Child as Author -- Eragon and Its Critics -- Reviewers' Criticisms -- Are Children Subalterns? -- The Good Reviews -- Children and Taste -- Eragon and Me -- Learning from Eragon as a Child Author -- Roran: The Reluctant Hero -- The Magic of Anthropomorphic Animals - In the Inheritance Cycle and Beyond -- Originality -- Entertainment -- Learning -- Continuity -- My Dragon, Myself -- Eldest ≠ Wisest -- Q: How Does a Fifteen-Year-Old Do This? - A: The Same Way a Fifty-Year-Old Does. -- The Modern-Day Perceval -- Ignorance, Innocence, and Purity of Heart -- Family Issues -- The Hero Within -- It's in His Character -- The Thing About Elves Is ... -- How the Inheritance Cycle Differs From Fantasy Epics of the Past -- Copyright Page.