Having just finished reading Eragon, I will now complete The Fantasy Novelist's Exam for the Eragon. This test really amused me because lately I have been annoyed at how similar many of the fantasy books I've been reading are. Ever since J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis created the worlds of Middle Earth and Narnia, it seems like every windbag off the street thinks he can write great, original fantasy, too. The problem is that most of this "great, original fantasy" is actually poor, derivative fantasy. Frankly, we're sick of it, so we've compiled a list of rip-off tip-offs in the form of an ...