Thats a lot of fun. I think the big stories do need that kind of trickster figure, whether its Tom Bombadil, or Loki, or Deadpool, or the trickster Coyote.With 2011s Inheritance, author Christopher Paolini closed the book on his four-volume Inheritance Cycle that had begun with the smash hit Eragon (written when he was just 16).But now 2019 has gotten off to an interesting start for fans of Paolinis work, thanks to the publication of The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm: Tales from Alagasia.
As implied by the title, one of these focuses on a tavern brawl involving a magical fork, one tells the history of the witch Angela, and the other focuses on a great dragon, known to the Urgals it terrorized as the Worm of Kulkaras. Ive had a fifth book planned for a long time, Paolini tells EW. Those stories are separate from the story I told in the Inheritance Cycle. That is a self-contained epic that reached its proper conclusion, but that doesnt mean that the world itself doesnt continue to grow and change. I spent so long working on the Inheritance Cycle, from 1998-2011, and it was such a fundamental part of my life, that Ive never been able to not think about it ever since. I kept daydreaming like, what are the characters up to What are they doing Wouldnt it be cool if X, Y, or Z All sorts of other story ideas popped up as a result. Eragon 2 2019 Update On MurtaghTwitter user CalciferD tweeted at the author asking for an update on Murtagh, the deuteragonist of the Inheritance Cycle who was originally Eragons friend before being enslaved by the evil emperor Galbatorix. Rather than suffer the sacrificial fate of someone like Darth Vader, Murtagh managed to survive his masters defeat. The author soon replied, At one point (after Inheritance ), Murtagh enchanted a fork to be as deadly as any sword. This idea stuck in Paolinis head, and the path to The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm began. The idea stuck in my head, and because of that tweet I ended up writing that story. Thats kind of the whole reason this book ended up happening. Eragon 2 2019 Series Ever SinceIt focuses on the backstory of the traveling herbalist Angela, who first appeared in Eragon alongside her werecat companion Solembum and has been a consistent (if eclectic) presence in the series ever since. She was, in fact, based on Angela Paolini, and now the real Angela and the fictional Angela have come together on the page. What readers may not realize is that Angela and I have collaborated for a long time. Ive used her as a sounding board; shes one of my first readers and often provides editing for my books. Weve often worked together, but not in open collaboration like this. I think the biggest challenge for her (and wouldve been a challenge for me) was coming into someone elses world. Her writing style is quite different from my own, but she did a good job of matching it to the world while retaining her unique flavor. Fortunately for me, shes always taken it with good humor and the character has become one of the more interesting ones in the series. One of the reasons is because that character is very aware of her own situation, shes basically meta-aware and know shes in a story, and knows what kind of story shes in. Thats a lot of fun. I think the big stories do need that kind of trickster figure, whether its Tom Bombadil, or Loki, or Deadpool, or the trickster Coyote.
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