Eragon's Guide to Alagaësia
Tein tästä oman keskustelunsa, koska en halunnut tunkea tätä johonkin muuhun aiheeseen. Eli me tiedetään jo, että tällanen kirja on tulossa Amerikkaan loppuvuodesta ja sain siitä Alagaësia.comilta kirjeen sähköpostiini:
Kvetha Fricäya! Greetings, Friends!
By now you may have heard the exciting news.
Over the past few months, in addition to writing Book Four, I’ve been helping Random House and Templar Publishing produce a companion book to the Inheritance cycle. It’s called Eragon’s Guide to Alagaësia and is an illustrated tour of the most interesting peoples, places, and things of Eragon’s world. Eragon narrates the book himself, and if you pay close attention to what he says, you might catch a few hints about where the series is headed.
The art is by Fred Gambino, Larry McDougal, Ian Millar, and David Wyatt. (I also contributed a few sketches myself.) Each artist brought something different to the book—their styles vary widely—which means that you will get to see four distinct visions of Alagaësia. After working on the Inheritance cycle for over ten years, I’m delighted to finally be able to share with you images of some of the things I’ve imagined for so long: the Beor Mountains, Tronjheim in Farthen Dûr, the elves’ buildings in Ellesméra, the Urgals, the dwarves, and much more.
The book is also filled with fold-out pamphlets, maps, diagrams, letters, and other intriguing odds and ends, such as a patch of simulated dragon skin.
I hope you will have as much fun reading Eragon’s Guide to Alagaësia as I did writing it. (Just wait until you see the werecat!) Like every other book I’ve worked on, it was insanely complicated and faced some incredibly tight deadlines, but it was one of the most rewarding projects I’ve been involved in. I really enjoyed having the chance to write a book as if I were Eragon; to draw glyphs from the elves’ writing system, the Liduen Kvaedhí (including the glyph for Brisingr!); to do a pen-and-ink portrait of Galbatorix; and, above all else, to see the artists bring the world of Alagaësia to life.
I should mention that everyone involved in Eragon’s Guide to Alagaësia was amazing, from my editor Michelle to the wonderful folks at Templar. Thank you all!
On a more personal note, I’ve been having a blast with Book Four. Not too long ago, I finished a large and important chunk of the story, which made me feel all warm and fuzzy, and now things are hopping with Eragon & Co. I don’t want to spoil the story for you, but here’s a little teaser: The chapter I just completed is titled Brains! And no, there aren’t any zombies in the book, unfortunately.
Mmm, brains . . .
May your swords stay sharp!
Christopher Paolini
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Kirje on enkuks, enkä aio suomentaa sitä kokonaan : ) luotan teidän enkun kielen taitoon. Mutta tässä tärkeimmät suomeksi, jotka osuivat minun silmääni:
Kirja on Eragonin näkökulmasta ja hänen "kertomansa", ja CP sanoi, että tarkka lukija voi löytää kirjasta jotain vihjeitä, mihin suuntaan tarina on menossa (jos käsitin oikein).
Kirjassa nähdään millaiseksi CP on kuvitellut esim. Beorvuoret, Tronjheimin, Ellesméran, urgalit ja kääpiöt.
Kirja sisältää karttoja, diagrammeja, kirjeitä ja mm. jäljiteltyä lohikäärmeen nahkaa. Mukana on myös kuva Galbatorixista, joten saamme tietää millaiseksi kirjailija on kunkun kuvitellut.
CP kertoo, että kirjoitti vähän aikaa sitten loppuun ison ja tärkeän palan tarinaa. Hän ei halua spoilata tarinaa, mutta sanoo, että luku jonka hän juuri kirjoitti oli nimeltään Aivot.
Tästä jatketaan : D
Kvetha Fricäya! Greetings, Friends!
By now you may have heard the exciting news.
Over the past few months, in addition to writing Book Four, I’ve been helping Random House and Templar Publishing produce a companion book to the Inheritance cycle. It’s called Eragon’s Guide to Alagaësia and is an illustrated tour of the most interesting peoples, places, and things of Eragon’s world. Eragon narrates the book himself, and if you pay close attention to what he says, you might catch a few hints about where the series is headed.
The art is by Fred Gambino, Larry McDougal, Ian Millar, and David Wyatt. (I also contributed a few sketches myself.) Each artist brought something different to the book—their styles vary widely—which means that you will get to see four distinct visions of Alagaësia. After working on the Inheritance cycle for over ten years, I’m delighted to finally be able to share with you images of some of the things I’ve imagined for so long: the Beor Mountains, Tronjheim in Farthen Dûr, the elves’ buildings in Ellesméra, the Urgals, the dwarves, and much more.
The book is also filled with fold-out pamphlets, maps, diagrams, letters, and other intriguing odds and ends, such as a patch of simulated dragon skin.
I hope you will have as much fun reading Eragon’s Guide to Alagaësia as I did writing it. (Just wait until you see the werecat!) Like every other book I’ve worked on, it was insanely complicated and faced some incredibly tight deadlines, but it was one of the most rewarding projects I’ve been involved in. I really enjoyed having the chance to write a book as if I were Eragon; to draw glyphs from the elves’ writing system, the Liduen Kvaedhí (including the glyph for Brisingr!); to do a pen-and-ink portrait of Galbatorix; and, above all else, to see the artists bring the world of Alagaësia to life.
I should mention that everyone involved in Eragon’s Guide to Alagaësia was amazing, from my editor Michelle to the wonderful folks at Templar. Thank you all!
On a more personal note, I’ve been having a blast with Book Four. Not too long ago, I finished a large and important chunk of the story, which made me feel all warm and fuzzy, and now things are hopping with Eragon & Co. I don’t want to spoil the story for you, but here’s a little teaser: The chapter I just completed is titled Brains! And no, there aren’t any zombies in the book, unfortunately.
Mmm, brains . . .
May your swords stay sharp!
Christopher Paolini
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Kirje on enkuks, enkä aio suomentaa sitä kokonaan : ) luotan teidän enkun kielen taitoon. Mutta tässä tärkeimmät suomeksi, jotka osuivat minun silmääni:
Kirja on Eragonin näkökulmasta ja hänen "kertomansa", ja CP sanoi, että tarkka lukija voi löytää kirjasta jotain vihjeitä, mihin suuntaan tarina on menossa (jos käsitin oikein).
Kirjassa nähdään millaiseksi CP on kuvitellut esim. Beorvuoret, Tronjheimin, Ellesméran, urgalit ja kääpiöt.
Kirja sisältää karttoja, diagrammeja, kirjeitä ja mm. jäljiteltyä lohikäärmeen nahkaa. Mukana on myös kuva Galbatorixista, joten saamme tietää millaiseksi kirjailija on kunkun kuvitellut.
CP kertoo, että kirjoitti vähän aikaa sitten loppuun ison ja tärkeän palan tarinaa. Hän ei halua spoilata tarinaa, mutta sanoo, että luku jonka hän juuri kirjoitti oli nimeltään Aivot.
Tästä jatketaan : D
