I'm delighted that His Dark Materials is being done on the radio. I've always loved radio drama – it can move from the epic to the intimate in a moment. The sweep of the whole thing seems to have been very well maintained; and the cast is great, especially the two leads, Lulu and Daniel. The makers have used all the resources of my favourite medium to create a vivid and atmospheric production

Simply gripping story-telling

Powerful, passionate, mordantly funny and, at one point, unbearably sad

An astonishing novel...I marvelled at the ferociousness of the humour, and the willingness to go into dark places

Great yarn written in fairly simple text

Will take you on a fantastic journey... wonderful, funny and gripping.

Excruciatingly funny, ferociously intelligent.

It never ceases to amaze me the amount of... stuff one can find in a Terry Pratchett book

Amazing Maurice has one of the most satisfying and effective endings in the series!

Humour, humour and more humour, an utterly unpredictable plot, interesting rats - err, characters - and a profound denoument, this is Discworld at its best.

Paolini's dragon epic shows he's a breath of hot air.

Mentions promotional event at the Cheltenham Festival

Article about the success of the book which is number 1 in the US charts

Short review

Included in Cheltenham Festival round-up of the first week: "author of the much-loved fantasy adventure Eragon

Eragon dabbles in magic - as does the author, as this book is wonderful...a real page-turner, the best adventure tale you'll ever read.

Interview with Christopher Paolini

Sophisticated...a plot following Eragon's cousin is compelling.

Paolini writes beautifully of another world full of magic. This second of a trilogy is a must for fantasy fans.

With Eldest [Paolini's] writing is far more assured...there's no denying Paolini knows how to tell a story.

If you want a book filled to the brim with adventures, magic, fighting and a fiendishly twisty story, pick Eragon and Eldest and I guarantee it will be hard to resist the lure of these titles.

Puts its teenage author firmly on the best-seller lists.

The scenes and characters were described so well I could create a picture in my head of everything - reader review (aged 12).

A most stunning piece of literature.

Fluent and action-filled.

Paolini has matured as a writer, but lost none of the imagination that makes this series such compulsive reading.

Better than the Harry Potter books... I can't wait for the next one.

Older neophytes of the genre will devour this with relish

An impressive achivement by such a young writer.

I strongly recommend this book to anyone, young or old, who appreciates loyalty, love, friendship and bravery. Uncommonly brilliant.

This is a fantastic book