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** ''Eragon's Guide to Alagaësia'' (2009)



** ''Eragon's Guide to Alagaësia'' (2009)
** The ''Tales from Alagaësia'' short story collection.
*** ''Volume 1: Eragon - The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm'' (2018)

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** ''Eragon's Guide to Alagaësia'' (2009)
** The
''Tales from Alagaësia'' short story collection.
*** ''Volume
Alagaësia Volume 1: Eragon - The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm'' (2018)


* {{Fandom}}: He has a sizable one.
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* SeriousBusiness: The backlash regarding him can get this way.


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!!Works by Paolini:
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* ''Literature/InheritanceCycle'':
** ''Literature/{{Eragon}}'' (2003)
** ''Eldest'' (2005)
** ''Brisingr'' (2008)
** ''Inheritance'' (2011)
** ''Eragon's Guide to Alagaësia'' (2009)
** The ''Tales from Alagaësia'' short story collection.
*** ''Volume 1: Eragon - The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm'' (2018)
** ''Murtagh'' (2023)
* ''Fractalverse'':
** ''Literature/ToSleepInASeaOfStars'' (2020)
** ''Fractal Noise'' (TBR 2023)
[[/index]]
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!!Tropes that apply to Mr. Paolini (or at least appear to):in Paolini's fiction:


He has also written a science fiction novel, ''Literature/ToSleepInASeaOfStars'', his first non-''Inheritance Cycle'' novel. A sequel, ''Fractal Noise'', is slated for publication on May 16, 2023 as part of the ''[[TheVerse Fractalverse]]''.

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He has also written a science fiction novel, ''Literature/ToSleepInASeaOfStars'', his first non-''Inheritance Cycle'' novel. A sequel, A prequel, ''Fractal Noise'', is slated for publication on May 16, 2023 as part of the ''[[TheVerse Fractalverse]]''.


He has also written a science fiction novel, ''Literature/ToSleepInASeaOfStars'', his first non-''Inheritance Cycle'' novel.

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He has also written a science fiction novel, ''Literature/ToSleepInASeaOfStars'', his first non-''Inheritance Cycle'' novel. A sequel, ''Fractal Noise'', is slated for publication on May 16, 2023 as part of the ''[[TheVerse Fractalverse]]''.


* [[{{BigBrotherWorship}} Big Sister Worship]]: Enough to name and base a pretty powerful and memorable secondary character after her.

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* [[{{BigBrotherWorship}} Big Sister Worship]]: BigSisterWorship: Enough to name and base a pretty powerful and memorable secondary character after her.


* BadassBeard: While working on ''Literature/ToSleepInASeaOfStars'', he packed on an ''extremely'' hefty "book beard" that he plans to shave once he finishes the manuscript. He didn't.


* CreatorsOddball: Most of his works are part of the ''Inheritance Cycle'', a young adult HighFantasy series. Then there's ''To Sleep in a Sea of Stars'', an adult-oriented science fiction novel.

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* CreatorsOddball: Most of his works are part of the ''Inheritance Cycle'', a young adult HighFantasy series. Then there's ''To Sleep in a Sea of Stars'', an adult-oriented hardcore science fiction novel.



* ShownTheirWork: In regards to forging swords, especially.

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* ShownTheirWork: In regards to forging swords, especially. A big reason ''To Sleep...'' took nine years to finish is that he wanted to make sure everything he wrote was based upon real math and science.


* BadassBeard: While working on his new sci-fi project, he's packed on an ''extremely'' hefty "book beard" that he plans to shave once he finishes the manuscript.

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* BadassBeard: While working on his new sci-fi project, he's ''Literature/ToSleepInASeaOfStars'', he packed on an ''extremely'' hefty "book beard" that he plans to shave once he finishes the manuscript.manuscript. He didn't.


* {{Fandom}}: He has a sizable one.
* ProudToBeAGeek

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* CreatorsOddball: Most of his works are part of the ''Inheritance Cycle'', a young adult HighFantasy series. Then there's ''To Sleep in a Sea of Stars'', an adult-oriented science fiction novel.
* {{Doorstopper}}: He tends to write rather long books; his debut novel alone has over 500 pages (the exact number varies depending on the edition). ''Brisingr'' was originally a hefty ''1500'' pages long before he realized it was too long and split it into two books(and they're both still over 800 pages long, ''each''). ''The Fork, the Witch and the Worm'', a collection of ''Inheritance Cycle'' short stories, is an outlier at just 288 pages.
* {{Fandom}}: He has a sizable one.
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->''"I love telling stories and I love writing so the fact that I can do it professionally is something that I've always been very grateful for."''

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He has also written a science fiction novel, ''Literature/ToSleepInASeaOfStars'', his first non-''Inheritance Cycle'' novel.


* SeriousBusiness: The InternetBackdraft regarding him can get this way.

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* SeriousBusiness: The InternetBackdraft backlash regarding him can get this way.


Christopher Paolini (b. 1983) is the author of the ''Literature/InheritanceCycle'', a series of HighFantasy DoorStopper novels. He finished writing the first book, ''Eragon'', at the age of nineteen, though it was heavily marketed as a book written by someone who "graduated high school at fifteen". It was published [[UltimateJobSecurity by his parents]] before Knopf, a publishing company, picked it up (his parents started an independent publishing company to produce the book; it is an UrbanLegend that they already owned one – a company the author describes as [[http://fantasy-faction.com/2012/christopher-paolini-interview "my parents, my sister and myself, sitting around our kitchen table"]]). To many people's surprise, it took off, mostly because of being found by a Knopf publishing editor in a book store who's child liked it, though fantastic marketing on behalf of Paolini and his family, such as months of visiting schools across the United States to promote the book (which he did in "period" garb, played its part.

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Christopher Paolini (b. 1983) is the author of the ''Literature/InheritanceCycle'', a series of HighFantasy DoorStopper novels. He finished writing the first book, ''Eragon'', at the age of nineteen, though it was heavily marketed as a book written by someone who "graduated high school at fifteen". It was published [[UltimateJobSecurity by his parents]] before Knopf, a publishing company, picked it up (his parents started an independent publishing company to produce the book; it is an UrbanLegend that they already owned one – a company the author describes as [[http://fantasy-faction.com/2012/christopher-paolini-interview "my parents, my sister and myself, sitting around our kitchen table"]]). To many people's surprise, it took off, mostly because of being found by a Creator/CarlHiaasen recommending it to Alfred A. Knopf publishing editor in a book store who's child liked it, after his stepson enjoyed the book, though fantastic marketing on behalf of Paolini and his family, such as months of visiting schools across the United States to promote the book (which he did in "period" garb, garb), played its part.

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