I’ve had a fifth book planned for a long time," Paolini tells EW.
“Those stories are separate from the story I told in theInheritance Cycle.
I kept daydreaming like, what are the characters up to?
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What are they doing?
Wouldn’t it be cool if X, Y, or Z?
All sorts of other story ideas popped up as a result.
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This book was particularly inspired by a Twitter interaction Paolini had with a fan in early 2017.
But what’s he up to these days?
c’mon!!!!”
@Calcifer_D tweeted at Paolini in January 2017.
He called it Mr. Stabby.
Thorn was not amused."
“The idea stuck in my head, and because of that tweet I ended up writing that story.
That’s kind of the whole reason this book ended up happening.”
The second story in the collection is not written by Paolini himself, but rather his sister Angela.
“It was a lot of fun collaborating with my sister,” Paolini says.
“What readers may not realize is that Angela and I have collaborated for a long time.
We’ve often worked together, but not in open collaboration like this.
It was a lot of fun.
She did it really well.
That’s a lot of fun.
In doing so, the story gives a different perspective on both Urgals and dragons.
“We get to hear them talk, we see them being allies or friendly.
I really wanted to!”
Of course, we always see ourselves differently from other people see us.
Do they have the capacity to change?”
Most readers will probably notice that theTales from Alagaesiacollection has a subtitle: “Volume 1:Eragon.”
That means there are more such short story collections on the way, as well a fifth full novel.
On top of that, Paolini has also been working on a “massive sci-fi novel.”
The Fork, the Witch, and the Wormis available now.
