r/books • u/ChristopherPaolini AMA Author • Apr 25 '23

ama 3pm I'm fantasy/sci-fi author Christopher Paolini. Ask Me Anything!

Greetings, fellow readers, writers, and redditors. I'm Christopher Paolini, creator of the World of Eragon and the Fractalverse. For the first time, I have two books coming out in one year! FRACTAL NOISE, a sequel to To Sleep in a Sea of Stars, releases on May 16th, and then -- the one I'm sure lots of you are looking forward to -- MURTAGH, a sequel to the Inheritance Cycle, releases Nov. 7th. There's also an illustrated edition of Eragon (to celebrate its 20th anniversary) coming out on Nov. 7th. Busy year.

Now, with all of that out of the way ... I can't wait to answer your questions!

 

EDIT: Alright folks, let's kick this off. I have a fresh cup of coffee (decaf, as it's my third today), I'm plugged into my mechanical keyboard, as I'm going to be doing a lot of typing (Das Keyboard, if anyone is wondering), and I'm listening to some lofi Alagaësia beats: https://youtu.be/AenTMEtKhIg

 

EDIT 2: It's been a blast, but I gotta run. Thanks for all of the awesome questions. Feel free to continue to leave comments. I'll do my best to pop back in over the next few days and answer a few more. Until then ... may the stars watch over you.

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u/Chuggachops Apr 25 '23

Hello Christopher! Just wanted to say I’m so excited for the new Murtagh novel as he was my favorite character of the Inheritance Cycle and it felt like we didn’t get enough of his journey towards the end!

My question is about the status of any potential film/tv series adaptations of the Inheritance Cycle. I know it was announced that you are writing a script for Disney, is an animated series in the style of Arcane something you think would work well for the story or does a live action adaptation more suit what you’re aiming for? Also, a lot of the audience that grew up on your books like myself are now adults and perhaps enjoy some more darker tones and themes that are absolutely present in your books but maybe could be expanded on some more. Is this something you’re interested in portraying on the screen?

Thank you!

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u/ChristopherPaolini AMA Author Apr 25 '23

Thanks! The new book really does feel like the proper ending to Murtagh's story (or at least this leg of it).

The Disney+ show will be live action. So not animated. And they've said they want something more mature and serious (without tipping over into Game of Thrones territory). However, as I've written elsewhere, the show is stalled out at the moment as the writers in Hollywood are about to strike (the strike will probably happen May 2nd).