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News Bits from Alagaesia!
Topic Started: Sep 2 2006, 02:39 PM (668 Views)
Lady Phoenix
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This topic has been opened more to post whatever up-date we receive on the Inheritance Trilogy than anything else; however sometimes months can go by with no new updates. So maybe we can keep this topic and add some comments of interest.



Eldest Nominated for 2006 Quill Book Award

Eldest has been nominated for a 2006 Quill Book Award in the Young Adult Literature category. The Quills Book Awards are the only book awards chosen by readers. To vote for Eldest, click here. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13737557/ Online voting continues through September 30, 2006.

The Quills is the first awards program to honor excellence in publishing and include consumers in the voting process. Readers can cast their ballots for their favorites among the nominees for each category, and choose from the finalists in all genres for the “Book of the Year.”


For more information and news about Eragon and Eldest, visit http://www.alagaesia.com/
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i voted


We now know what Saphira looks like! YAY! go to http://www.shurtugal.com/ to check out all of the pics!
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PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO CAST YOUR VOTE!! SHOW WE ARE TRUE FANS!!! :D :D :D

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13737557/
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The Eragon trailer came out for all who dont know! cheak it out on Shurtagal
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I just saw ans I'll save judgement until I see all the movie. So far the trailer doesn't seem to be that bad!
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Eldest wins a 2006 Quill Book Award!

Eldest wins the 2006 Quill Book Award in the Young Adult Literature category. The Quills Book Awards are the only book awards chosen by consumers.
Thank you to everyone who voted!

As advised by www.alagaesia.com, another triumph is scored for Christopher Paolini. This only affirms there are more of us who love the book than those who do not!

Congratulations to Christopher Paolini from your fans from BooksNmore!
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Everyone Enter to Win a Trip to the Eragon Movie Primere! You can win 4 tickets! http://www.alagaesia.com/

man ive got problems with links
I fixed it
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wrong link lol. try here instead
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Thanks Firetongue!!

A PIECE OF NEWS FOR ALL OF US ERAGON CRAE FANS!!!!!!!

Christopher Paolini at the 2006 Quill Book Awards
Courtesy PatrickMcMullan.com

Kvetha Fricaya! Greetings Friends!

A lot has happened since my last newsletter!

Random House sent me quite a number of foreign editions of Eragon and Eldest, including an Icelandic Eragon and an Italian hardcover Eldest that is just a bit larger than a mass-market paperback and is covered in shiny pink foil. It's quite striking. The first line of Eldest in Italian is: Il canto dei morti è il pianto dei vivi.

I learned that a spoof of Eragon—written by Joey Luke Bandini—is being published in Italy. The title is Aerosol, Il Fratello Furbo Di Eragon, which, according to the translation Google gave me, means something along the lines of Aerosol, the Clever Brother of Eragon. Assuming my Italian to English dictionary is accurate, the book follows the adventures of Aerosol as he becomes linked with a beautiful blue Musk Turkey and becomes one of the mythological Poultry Riders. Just for the record, I had no part in the creation of this book. Still, it seems amusing.

The link, if you’re interested is: http://info.randomhouse.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y...uLMd0B5X0rq60Em

On September 27, Random House released the Limited Edition (LE) of Eldest. I'm very proud of this book, as I put a great deal of work into it and because the wonderful folks at Knopf and Random House did an extraordinary job with its design and production. The front cover and spine are decorated with large swaths of gold foil that make the book really stand out on the shelf. It contains a foldout poster of John Jude Palencar's painting of the dragon Glaedr; two of my drawings: one of Brom's ring, one of Thorn's eye; a complete list of people, places, and things; a concise history of Alagaësia; and an excerpt from Book Three. In my opinion, the LE is the version of Eldest, and I’m delighted to have such a handsome frame for my story.

Another piece of big news is that Fox unveiled several trailers for the Eragon movie. You can find the US trailer at: http://info.randomhouse.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y...uLMd0B5X0rq70En

And the international trailer at:
http://www.shurtugal.com/content/mandm/media/ 2006/october/1/eragon_intl_trailer_hi.php

And here's a high-quality trailer for the Xbox 360 Eragon video game:
http://info.randomhouse.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y...uLMd0B5X0rrA0Ey

And I've been hearing about all sorts of interesting Eragon items, including swords from the movie, clothing branded with the logo, a snowboarding competition, an Eragon computer mouse, board games, trinkets, and much more.

Last month, I flew out to New York City for an interview and photo shoot with Ed Speleers, the actor who plays the character of Eragon in the movie. We had spoken over the phone once before and had missed each other by a day at ComicCon, so that was the first time we met in person. It was hardly a casual encounter, what with agents, publicists, journalists, photographers, makeup artists, wardrobe designers, and movie executives milling around, but we had a nice chat all the same. He was genuine in his desire to portray Eragon to the best of his abilities. During our discussion, he made a comment about Saphira that was so close to my own concept of her, I felt as if he had put his finger on the essence of her character. To paraphrase, he said that when he was acting across from the neon orange tennis ball that represented Saphira on the set, he imagined her being a combination of his mother and his best friend. What a perfect way to describe her!

No doubt about it, meeting the person who is portraying a character I have spent the better part of a decade thinking about is an odd and exciting experience. I'm glad I had the opportunity to visit with Ed, and I wish him the best, both personally and professionally. From my own adventures, I know how it can be when life kicks you into the spotlight.

A few days ago, I flew out to New York City to attend the second annual Quill awards, as I was one of the nominees. Readers from across the country voted for their favorite book in each category. http://info.randomhouse.com/cgi-bin21/DM/y...uLMd0B5X0rrB0Ez

The ceremony was a high-profile occasion attended by numerous celebrities, and which NBC filmed and will broadcast on Oct. 28th. This year the Quills were held in the Natural History Museum in New York City, an awe-inspiring location.

It was the first black-tie event I’ve ever attended, and the first time I’ve had to stuff myself into a tuxedo. I never realized getting dressed could take so long! My suspenders did their best to strangle me, and as for my cufflinks, we are no long on speaking terms.

To my surprise, when the presenters for the young adult award announced the winner, I heard them say my name. My heart was pounding so hard as I walked up to the stage, I thought that I might keel over in front of six hundred people. I said then, and I say now, that I am incredibly grateful and honored to know that you, my readers, voted for me. Having started in this profession by hand-selling books to people who, in many cases, didn’t give a hoot for some kid wearing a medieval costume in a store, it means a great deal to me that people have enjoyed my books enough to show their support.

Now I dive back into Book Three.

May the stars watch over you,

Christopher Paolini




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ELDEST LIMITED EDITION IS OUT! Yeah I know we already know that.
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LOL!! Hadarac, to be honest I like my Newsletter more, and Are you advertising?????

Anyway, this came to my e-mail lastWed, 11/23/06 and I am doing a copy and paste for whoever wisheds to enjoy it!



November 17, 2006

Kvetha Fricäya. Greetings Friends.
Today is my birthday. Thank you to all who sent me their well-wishes.

And today is also the first day the various Eragon video games are available in stores. Vivendi sent me copies of them a few days ago, and I've been having fun playing the Xbox 360 version.

I have to admit, having an Eragon game is pretty cool. Over the past day-and-a-half, I ran straight through the game with one of my friends, playing in co-op mode. We beat every level and found all the hidden dragon eggs, which unlock extra content. One of the things that impressed me is just how much work the folks at Vivendi and Stormfront studios put into the games from the orchestra they hired to record the music to the in-depth interviews they included. I usually played as Eragon, but I also spent time as Brom and Murtagh, both of whom have their own unique strengths in battle.


The Xbox 360 game has two extra levels. One is set in the ruins of the dwarf city Orthíad, and it contains a version of the star rose sapphire, Isidar Mithrim, and the central chamber of Tronjheim. This is one of the gamemaker's tributes to the book, and it gave me chills when I saw it. The chamber isn't a mile high, but it's pretty tall nevertheless. Who knows, perhaps the dwarves constructed a practice version of Tronjheim in Orthíad, their old capital, before moving to Farthen Dûr. . . .

I checked The Fortunes of Captain Blood, by Rafael Sabatini, out of the library yesterday. Sabatini also wrote Scaramouche, which was turned into two different movies of the same name. The first was silent. The second, with sound and color, contains one of the greatest swordfights in film history. It's right up there with the duel from The Princess Bride.

Here's the opening line from Scaramouche: He was born with the gift of laughter, and a sense that the world was mad.

Wind howled through the night, . . .
The high winds that our area is famous for have come back full force. We have had gusts of sixty-eight miles per hour, and the steady freight train of wind has blown for the past two weeks. Trees, signs, and tractor-trailers blown over, power lines down. Snow blankets the mountains. Winter has arrived.

All the best. And may your swords stay sharp!

Christopher Paolini




SO THERE IT IS ENJOY!

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No! Im not advertsing! The Newsletter IS better, I know that, i dont even know why I posted that, lol Coudl you delete it for me Annie?
If your interested Theres a 3p interview about Pullman, Paolini, and Pierce , might be excting
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Hadarac, I was pulling your leg!!!!!!! ;) Yes, I read the interview, since I love Tamora Pierce's books. Pullman... nah I just could not get into his books.
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my computer kept crashing when i ws trying to read it. I havent read any of Tamora Pierces or Pullamns books.

The winners of The Eragon Movie Premire were announced
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I received this on 12/23 and I've been so darn busy I had not been able to post it. Hadarac, here's to you! :D


By the time you read this, the Eragon movie will have been out for almost a week, and many of you, I assume, will have already seen it. I myself have watched it three times within the past fortnight, and I could easily be convinced to watch it again, for whatever the movie’s virtues as an independent work of art, I find it fascinating how the filmmakers chose to interpret my novel. I have spent nearly every day of the past eight years thinking about this story, and to see a version, any version, of my world and characters on the silver screen, is both strange and exciting. I hardly know what to think of it. The attendant publicity has been just as overwhelming. To chance upon a television preview for a movie adaptation of a book I wrote, or to stand before a giant billboard advertising the same in Times Square, or to hear Craig Ferguson on The Late Late Show joking about the movie (and yours truly, if the truth be told) . . . these are surreal events. When I sold the film rights to Fox, I knew that if a movie were made, it would receive a vast amount of attention compared to the book—if merely because studios can afford to spend far more on advertising than publishers—but to witness that process firsthand is an amazing experience.

My sister Angela and I left home on Dec. 6th. Our destination: the Odeon theater in London, where Eragon premiered on the 11th. Along the way, we stopped in New York City to visit the wonderful folks at Random House. There, I recorded commentary for the Borders website, as well as some other bits and pieces. While I was busy yammering into a camera, Angela went on a massive search for something to wear to the premiere. It’s not every day that you have to parade in front of a ravening horde of photographers, after all. Fortunately, she succeeded in finding a beautiful red dress and the required accessories. The ensemble looked stunning on her.

After a day and a half in New York, it was off to London for us. There, we met up with Alex, who runs the Spanish Eragon fansite, eragons.com, which also happens to be the largest fansite outside of the United States. Thanks for everything, Alex! Accompanying him was another Spanish fan, Nuria, who gave me a lovely metal bookmark and a copy of the fifth Gon graphic novel, which I enjoyed reading on the flight home. Thanks, Nuria!

The premiere itself was everything I expected it to be: big, loud, and lots of fun. There were countless blue Christmas lights strung up around the location, several gigantic video screens playing looped footage of Saphira flying and breathing fire, loudspeakers blaring the movie music, thousands of screaming fans, hundreds of journalists, and several dozen publicists running from place to place. The most impressive thing, however, was the line of fireballs that exploded from the top of the marquee every thirty seconds or so. They were so big, I could feel the heat a good twenty feet away. As soon as I got out of the car, I began signing pictures, posters, and other miscellaneous pieces of paper. That continued for about half-an-hour, and then I moved on to the journalists and one-by-one, worked my way through them. One of the Fox publicists later told me that I did fifty-one interviews in a row that night.

I had been introduced to several of the actors at a cocktail party before the actual event—all of whom were very gracious and polite—but it was here, on the red carpet, that I finally got to shake hands with Jeremy Irons. What an extraordinary way to meet the man who played Brom!

When everyone finally managed to get inside the theater, and after yet another round of photos and interviews, Stefen Fangmeier (the director), the actors, and I trooped onto the theater stage, where Stefen introduced the film to the audience. It was a large audience, too. The Odeon seats almost two thousand people. Then the lights dimmed, the curtains rose, the Twentieth Century Fox fanfare rang out, and we settled down to watch the movie.

The after-party was held at the Halls of Justice—or Old Bailey, as it’s known—which doubles as the main hall in Hogwarts in the Harry Potter films. It’s an impressive location, to say the least.

After all that hullabaloo, it was a relief to head home two days later. We stopped back in New York for another screening of the movie with many of the people from Random House, Writers House, and Listening Library who have helped make the Inheritance trilogy so successful (and for several more interviews, of course) and then we finally returned to Montana on the 16th.

Long as this newsletter may seem, I’ve barely even begun to describe everything that’s happened in the past two weeks. I’ve been on some busy trips before, but for sheer variety, nothing I’ve done before even comes close. Crammed in among all these other activities was a visit to Random House UK (where I saw mockups of new editions of Eragon and Eldest with covers unlike any other version in the world), an epic walk in the dark and the rain from our hotel to Big Ben, an encounter with Penn of Penn and Teller, and a surprise book signing in NY City.

Now, I want nothing more than to stay home, resume work on Book Three, and enjoy a quiet holiday with my family. This past year has been a wild and exhilarating ride for the four of us, and we need some time to recover. I wouldn’t change a second of it, though. And I want to thank all of you for making this incredible journey possible. I hope this missive finds you and yours well, and that you will prosper in the coming year.

Here’s to 2006, and to a bright 2007!

Sé onr sverdar sitja hvass!

Christopher Paolini
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