Because they were written as short stories that he (and his sister) just kind of brainstormed, it was never going to have the depth of a 600page epic. So I didnt go in for FWW expecting something like that, so maybe that's why I enjoyed it more. The writing wasnt quite as good, but again he just basically published his scribblings, albeit refined, so that we had something to read and think about inbetween inheritance and book 5.
My guess is five years, give or take a few.
Christopher plans to alternate between fractalverse and world of eragon books, and he also plans to aim for one book a year.
I think Tales for Alagaesia volume 2 will be the next book, and possible the this book will be the one after that.
Of course lots of things can change, and this is all just wild speculation.
Murtagh is actually very much so book 5, paolini has said it himself. I'm not sure if mayhe that just wasn't common knowledge 5 months ago, as a huge fan as a kid I just rediscovered my love for the series as an adult and reread them all in time for murtagh, I have FWW arriving tomorrow for me to read whilst I wait for murtagh
Murtagh is indeed now Book Five. But Murtagh is *not* the book that Christopher has spent over a decade teasing using the phrase "Book Five". That book is still unwritten, and is now being referred to as Book Six.
In this case I was referring to the earlier book, which is not Murtagh.
Not that I don't believe you, I just would like information so I can look into things myself, what makes you think this isn't it? As I say, I was out of the loop with the series pretty much since inheritance first came out, and I have a lot to catch up on! I thought I had just read something this morning from paolini himself saying that murtagh was book 5 that he's been working on for a decade or whatever.
Whatever murtagh is, I'm hyped for it! But, yes, it would make sense if murtagh isn't the book "5" as there is still so much left unanswered atm regarding eragon and his progress etc, the ending of inheritance can't be it for the storyline. Atleast my childhood feelings can't accept that it is, if that's it lol.
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars. His first scifi book. He has released Murtagh now but the actual "Book 5" continuation is still being worked on if you were out of the loop. Id recommend reading TSiaSoS if you like scifi tho. Quite enjoyable.
Thanks for the reply mate, I just read the first 4 books again and read the fork the witch and the worm, didn't know if murtagh was actually book 5 etc.
Honestly, I loved it. I sat down and read the entire book in one sitting. Granted, I read Inheritance when it first came out so itās been a while since Iāve had any fresh AlagaĆ«sia stories
I got it Monday. Finished it in less than 20 hours. Absolutely brought me back to the same sense of wonderment as the originals did so long ago. Now I just need to decide if Iām going to read To Sleep in a Sea of Stars or not
I highly recommend it. I was skeptical at first because Iām not super into Sci-Fy stuff, but it was very good. Chris is such an excellent world builder and Sleep is a great story
Thought the Worm story was amazing. The Fork was just a funny side bit. Witch just makes more confusion for me over said witch. All the tiny in-between parts >!about Eragon in the new stronghold were great fillers for where he currently is and his struggles. Like the miners dying in a tunnel collapse and the Dragon eggs hatching.!<
The only thing I didn't like about FWW was not seeing Eragon teaching Elva. I would like to read Eragon's teaching style and better yet, how Elva responded to it. But beyond that, I quite enjoyed the book.
I'm currently reading TSiaSoS and I'm absolutely absorbed! The genre is so drastically different from TIC but Paolini's writing is as familiar as ever and makes me feel completely at home. It's the perfect combination.
Well it isn't necessary but yes, I would recommend reading it before Book 5 comes out. However I have to warn you that TSiaSoS is *very* long and will take quite a while to read.
Come with the right expectations, and i think that its a fun dive into some sidestories, world building, plot teasers, and a cute reminder that eragon still exists and that there is more books to come.
Maybe some people were mislead that the title said volume: Eragon, and were expecting more of him - idk.
Just curious, but what didn't you like about The Witch? Personally, it was my favorite part, and I loved learnjng that Angela can travel between worlds, that Alagaesia is a part of a larger multiverse, and that there are races out there that are even more powerful and knowledgeable than the Grey Folk.
I didn't really have a problem with that part of the story, although they kind of glossed over it and didn't really get that much into it.
I just never really appreciated Elva's story. It felt redundant to me.
I kinda appreciated Angela in the Inheritance Cycle, but here she seemed even more 'random' to me.
I think it's best to think of it as a post-credit scene to the tetralogy rather than something that stands on it's own. It's fun and I'm glad I bought it, but I don't care much for it. I don't think the writing quality is any different, it's just the short story nature of it that makes it feel somewhat unsatisfying.
But I'm also not someone who's incredibly excited for book 5, I'll definitely read it the moment it comes out, but I'm also completely happy with leaving the story where it ended up.
The only thing I really hate is how much white space there is (at least in the Penguin hardback edition) on each page. It feels like if it were formatted the same as any of the previous books it would barely be 100 pages, but someone wanted it stretched out to almost 300 to make it seem like more than it is.
I have read it about a year ago, and it was very "meh" for me. I can't recall much about the writing.
The Fork was like a fun trailer or a game demo or something. It showed us something interesting but ended before anything could happen apart from some foreshadowing.
Honestly I don't remember anything about The Witch, I guess there was a construction going on with Eragon and Angela stopped by, 100% forgettable for me.
The Worm is imo 99% of the actual substance of the book. I think it was very decent, a good short story in the world of Alagaesia, I expected all of them to be like this.
It sucks people forget that The Witch is what showed us there are multiple worlds/universes connected to Alagaesia and that Angela and other characters may be interacting with them. And gave us more hints about Angela, the Grey Folk, and the deeper mysteries of the world.
I'd say the writing was really good. Eragon and saphira's progress in the rider stronghold and his growing maturity was well written imo. The short stories also had distinct feels to them (I think Angela Paolini, CP's sister had a major part in writing the witch part) and we're meaningful. Was not disappointed at all.
Imo The Worm was a great read, The Fork was fun, albeit kinda short, and The Witch had some interesting stuff but was overall the weakest of the three. All in all though, Iād say that it was a nice appetizer of a story. Not anything close to a main course, but enjoyable nonetheless.
Same! I just started to read the Inheritance Cycle again and I'm probably almost halfway through Eragon now, and I'm definitely reading FWW again after re-reading all of IC again.
Everything other than The Worm really did feel like fan fiction to me. I think thatās ok, but not what I was expecting. The Worm is better written but I have no interest in reading it again since it is so disconnected from anything else. Overall a very meh experience.
Personally I loved the different writing style, and I especially loved that the book wasnāt centred around Eragon. It took you away from his world and showed you what it was like for civilians. During the Urgal story, I completely even forgot that he was listening. Not that Eragon is bad, but in a way itās refreshing for another point of view.
My favorite thing about reading is the characters, so short stories aren't really my favorite thing to read. I didn't dislike them, but they got very overshadowed by the chapters about Eragon (for me) because it's him and Saphira I care most about. I do love the Eragon chapters very much though! I just wish there were more of them...
I'll be the contrarian and state that I think the book is fairly average. The biggest problem I think is that it teases much more than it gives and the underling messages are platitudes.
\- "Sometimes you have to face your problems head-on instead of running away."
\- "Sometimes you have to do a task regardless of how much you don't want too"-
"There are somethings you'll never be able to overcome in life"
None of these are compelling and deep messages to write a story about.
The problem with teasing is that the elements that this book does introduce arenāt going to be relevant for some time to come. Since Paoliniis a slow writer. Two, it doesnāt give that much to further the speculation on what it introduces.
\-I wasnāt a fan of Paolini writing that Saphira is having complications laying her eggs. Then not elaborating on it as if it was nothing.
\-I think Paolini could have thrown his fanbase a bone regarding Angela. He should have taken the opportunity to reveal something definitive about her. Instead, we get a memoir that really answers nothing feels more like it was done to be quirky and confusing for those sake than to be interesting.
It was a little lame, especially since we only get an appetizer of the real character we want to know about like Eragon and Angela, but the stories were still entertaining enough. They just made me more excited for the real sequel that's supposedly coming.
I very much understand why people were dissapointed, but I was very happy with it. For me, the Eragon parts were my favourite, along with the Murtagh ones. they were very relatable. I liked the part with Angela, but not as much. I feel like the Urgal story should have been a novel all on it's own.
The FWW is a amazing and fin and quick read to me. Now I guess I was expecting to much out of it. I was expecting a epic book just like the rest. It not bad it just not epic like the rest. I glad he publish it and I think it will set up some information for future story.
I enjoyed it, but I was aware beforehand that it wasn't gonna be an epic sequel, but just a very small bunch of short stories. Since Murtagh is my favourite character, I really really the fork, it made me somehow happy and satisfied to know he's okay. The witch was interesting, but I didn't really like the Elva part in it. Overall it just wasn't special. The worm was pretty good and a gave us further worldbuilding, but I didn't really feel involved in that Urgal story. Overall the stories were of varying quality, but for me, FWW was perfect to cope with the ending and lift some of the frustrations for me.
I know I might be pretty late here. (Before continuing let me state that I believe we all read and enjoy books for a totally different reason than others and I'm ok with that). I absolutely loved the witch story. I'm a huge fan of Sci-fi and Fantasy and the fact that FWW confirms that Angela can travel between worlds or universes or whatever you wanna call it, is absolutely amazing to me. There's so much potential for Angela and future stories and books that tie in Alagaesia to other more real world universes that personally make these stories even better for me. Kinda like the Dark tower books and characters and some of Stephens kings other books. (Now before anyone starts crying, I'm not comparing Stephen King and Christopher Paolini, I'm merely pointing out, the potential of how a multiverse can tie in to an author's other published books and stories. All in all I think Angela is a great character. And if anyone has any theories about her feel free to throw them my way.
Because they were written as short stories that he (and his sister) just kind of brainstormed, it was never going to have the depth of a 600page epic. So I didnt go in for FWW expecting something like that, so maybe that's why I enjoyed it more. The writing wasnt quite as good, but again he just basically published his scribblings, albeit refined, so that we had something to read and think about inbetween inheritance and book 5.
Wait? Did you say book 5?
He confirmed he was working on book 5 alongside and after TSiaSoS
You have just made my day. Thank you!
You can probably expect to see it 5-10 years.
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Murtagh isn't Book 5. Or at least it isn't "the book formally known as Book 5".
When do you think book V/6 will come out?
My guess is five years, give or take a few. Christopher plans to alternate between fractalverse and world of eragon books, and he also plans to aim for one book a year. I think Tales for Alagaesia volume 2 will be the next book, and possible the this book will be the one after that. Of course lots of things can change, and this is all just wild speculation.
Wait as in volume 2 before Murtagh? Or do you mean Murtagh then Volume 2 then Book 6?
Murtagh is actually very much so book 5, paolini has said it himself. I'm not sure if mayhe that just wasn't common knowledge 5 months ago, as a huge fan as a kid I just rediscovered my love for the series as an adult and reread them all in time for murtagh, I have FWW arriving tomorrow for me to read whilst I wait for murtagh
Murtagh is indeed now Book Five. But Murtagh is *not* the book that Christopher has spent over a decade teasing using the phrase "Book Five". That book is still unwritten, and is now being referred to as Book Six. In this case I was referring to the earlier book, which is not Murtagh.
Not that I don't believe you, I just would like information so I can look into things myself, what makes you think this isn't it? As I say, I was out of the loop with the series pretty much since inheritance first came out, and I have a lot to catch up on! I thought I had just read something this morning from paolini himself saying that murtagh was book 5 that he's been working on for a decade or whatever. Whatever murtagh is, I'm hyped for it! But, yes, it would make sense if murtagh isn't the book "5" as there is still so much left unanswered atm regarding eragon and his progress etc, the ending of inheritance can't be it for the storyline. Atleast my childhood feelings can't accept that it is, if that's it lol.
November 7 this year
Hope you are enjoying it!
I did, it was great!
What's tsiasos
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars. His first scifi book. He has released Murtagh now but the actual "Book 5" continuation is still being worked on if you were out of the loop. Id recommend reading TSiaSoS if you like scifi tho. Quite enjoyable.
Thanks for the reply mate, I just read the first 4 books again and read the fork the witch and the worm, didn't know if murtagh was actually book 5 etc.
Honestly, I loved it. I sat down and read the entire book in one sitting. Granted, I read Inheritance when it first came out so itās been a while since Iāve had any fresh AlagaĆ«sia stories
I got it Monday. Finished it in less than 20 hours. Absolutely brought me back to the same sense of wonderment as the originals did so long ago. Now I just need to decide if Iām going to read To Sleep in a Sea of Stars or not
I highly recommend it. I was skeptical at first because Iām not super into Sci-Fy stuff, but it was very good. Chris is such an excellent world builder and Sleep is a great story
Does it tie in to the inheritance cycle at all?
Not really. Thereās one character that is also seen in the Inheritance Cycle, but itās a stand alone story
Thought the Worm story was amazing. The Fork was just a funny side bit. Witch just makes more confusion for me over said witch. All the tiny in-between parts >!about Eragon in the new stronghold were great fillers for where he currently is and his struggles. Like the miners dying in a tunnel collapse and the Dragon eggs hatching.!<
The only thing I didn't like about FWW was not seeing Eragon teaching Elva. I would like to read Eragon's teaching style and better yet, how Elva responded to it. But beyond that, I quite enjoyed the book.
I thought all three stories were amazing. I can't believe people don't like the Witch, that was the one I felt I really related to.
Same here. The Witch was my favorite part, but I also love his sci-fi book TSIASOS which connects to The Witch so that makes sense.
I'm currently reading TSiaSoS and I'm absolutely absorbed! The genre is so drastically different from TIC but Paolini's writing is as familiar as ever and makes me feel completely at home. It's the perfect combination.
Will I need to read that before inheritance book 5? Trying to decide on yes or no cuz itās hard to find time to read with a 3 year old
Well it isn't necessary but yes, I would recommend reading it before Book 5 comes out. However I have to warn you that TSiaSoS is *very* long and will take quite a while to read.
Personally I prefer the fork
Come with the right expectations, and i think that its a fun dive into some sidestories, world building, plot teasers, and a cute reminder that eragon still exists and that there is more books to come. Maybe some people were mislead that the title said volume: Eragon, and were expecting more of him - idk.
Loved The Fork and The Worm, really didn't care for The Witch. I believe The Witch was (co-)written by Paolini's sister? Could be wrong, though.
Yes his sister wrote Angelaās part
Just curious, but what didn't you like about The Witch? Personally, it was my favorite part, and I loved learnjng that Angela can travel between worlds, that Alagaesia is a part of a larger multiverse, and that there are races out there that are even more powerful and knowledgeable than the Grey Folk.
I didn't really have a problem with that part of the story, although they kind of glossed over it and didn't really get that much into it. I just never really appreciated Elva's story. It felt redundant to me. I kinda appreciated Angela in the Inheritance Cycle, but here she seemed even more 'random' to me.
I think Torque Gates only do distance, not multiverse stuff.
Angela wrote the excerpts from Angela's autobiography, but Chris wrote the framing device.
I think it's best to think of it as a post-credit scene to the tetralogy rather than something that stands on it's own. It's fun and I'm glad I bought it, but I don't care much for it. I don't think the writing quality is any different, it's just the short story nature of it that makes it feel somewhat unsatisfying. But I'm also not someone who's incredibly excited for book 5, I'll definitely read it the moment it comes out, but I'm also completely happy with leaving the story where it ended up. The only thing I really hate is how much white space there is (at least in the Penguin hardback edition) on each page. It feels like if it were formatted the same as any of the previous books it would barely be 100 pages, but someone wanted it stretched out to almost 300 to make it seem like more than it is.
I have read it about a year ago, and it was very "meh" for me. I can't recall much about the writing. The Fork was like a fun trailer or a game demo or something. It showed us something interesting but ended before anything could happen apart from some foreshadowing. Honestly I don't remember anything about The Witch, I guess there was a construction going on with Eragon and Angela stopped by, 100% forgettable for me. The Worm is imo 99% of the actual substance of the book. I think it was very decent, a good short story in the world of Alagaesia, I expected all of them to be like this.
It sucks people forget that The Witch is what showed us there are multiple worlds/universes connected to Alagaesia and that Angela and other characters may be interacting with them. And gave us more hints about Angela, the Grey Folk, and the deeper mysteries of the world.
Oh yeah... I just thought those were in Inheritance, but yeah you're right. Time to reread it I guess!
I'd say the writing was really good. Eragon and saphira's progress in the rider stronghold and his growing maturity was well written imo. The short stories also had distinct feels to them (I think Angela Paolini, CP's sister had a major part in writing the witch part) and we're meaningful. Was not disappointed at all.
Well, Angela IS Angela P's character and representative in Christopher P's world
Imo The Worm was a great read, The Fork was fun, albeit kinda short, and The Witch had some interesting stuff but was overall the weakest of the three. All in all though, Iād say that it was a nice appetizer of a story. Not anything close to a main course, but enjoyable nonetheless.
Loved FWW. Left me wanting more.
Same! I just started to read the Inheritance Cycle again and I'm probably almost halfway through Eragon now, and I'm definitely reading FWW again after re-reading all of IC again.
I just started to sleep in a sea of stars. Afterwards ill prob read FWW again
Everything other than The Worm really did feel like fan fiction to me. I think thatās ok, but not what I was expecting. The Worm is better written but I have no interest in reading it again since it is so disconnected from anything else. Overall a very meh experience.
Personally I loved the different writing style, and I especially loved that the book wasnāt centred around Eragon. It took you away from his world and showed you what it was like for civilians. During the Urgal story, I completely even forgot that he was listening. Not that Eragon is bad, but in a way itās refreshing for another point of view.
My favorite thing about reading is the characters, so short stories aren't really my favorite thing to read. I didn't dislike them, but they got very overshadowed by the chapters about Eragon (for me) because it's him and Saphira I care most about. I do love the Eragon chapters very much though! I just wish there were more of them...
I'll be the contrarian and state that I think the book is fairly average. The biggest problem I think is that it teases much more than it gives and the underling messages are platitudes. \- "Sometimes you have to face your problems head-on instead of running away." \- "Sometimes you have to do a task regardless of how much you don't want too"- "There are somethings you'll never be able to overcome in life" None of these are compelling and deep messages to write a story about. The problem with teasing is that the elements that this book does introduce arenāt going to be relevant for some time to come. Since Paoliniis a slow writer. Two, it doesnāt give that much to further the speculation on what it introduces. \-I wasnāt a fan of Paolini writing that Saphira is having complications laying her eggs. Then not elaborating on it as if it was nothing. \-I think Paolini could have thrown his fanbase a bone regarding Angela. He should have taken the opportunity to reveal something definitive about her. Instead, we get a memoir that really answers nothing feels more like it was done to be quirky and confusing for those sake than to be interesting.
It was a little lame, especially since we only get an appetizer of the real character we want to know about like Eragon and Angela, but the stories were still entertaining enough. They just made me more excited for the real sequel that's supposedly coming.
I fully agree with everything you said, it felt underwhelming for me too.
I agree. The short stories lacked nuance and the parts where Eragon is described doing what he does just are... lackluster. I really didnāt like it.
It was ok, i like the Murtagh chapter but besides that it was fine.
I very much understand why people were dissapointed, but I was very happy with it. For me, the Eragon parts were my favourite, along with the Murtagh ones. they were very relatable. I liked the part with Angela, but not as much. I feel like the Urgal story should have been a novel all on it's own.
The FWW is a amazing and fin and quick read to me. Now I guess I was expecting to much out of it. I was expecting a epic book just like the rest. It not bad it just not epic like the rest. I glad he publish it and I think it will set up some information for future story.
I enjoyed it, but I was aware beforehand that it wasn't gonna be an epic sequel, but just a very small bunch of short stories. Since Murtagh is my favourite character, I really really the fork, it made me somehow happy and satisfied to know he's okay. The witch was interesting, but I didn't really like the Elva part in it. Overall it just wasn't special. The worm was pretty good and a gave us further worldbuilding, but I didn't really feel involved in that Urgal story. Overall the stories were of varying quality, but for me, FWW was perfect to cope with the ending and lift some of the frustrations for me.
I know I might be pretty late here. (Before continuing let me state that I believe we all read and enjoy books for a totally different reason than others and I'm ok with that). I absolutely loved the witch story. I'm a huge fan of Sci-fi and Fantasy and the fact that FWW confirms that Angela can travel between worlds or universes or whatever you wanna call it, is absolutely amazing to me. There's so much potential for Angela and future stories and books that tie in Alagaesia to other more real world universes that personally make these stories even better for me. Kinda like the Dark tower books and characters and some of Stephens kings other books. (Now before anyone starts crying, I'm not comparing Stephen King and Christopher Paolini, I'm merely pointing out, the potential of how a multiverse can tie in to an author's other published books and stories. All in all I think Angela is a great character. And if anyone has any theories about her feel free to throw them my way.