Updates and Changes

Well it seems like I jumped the gun on quite a few things in my last post. It turns out the book wasn't quite as ready to be released as I thought, and its only just this week showed up on the shelves of book stores in Canada. I don't know about the States, but I can only assume that if its made it out on to the book shelves here it will be available to readers in the US as well. For those of you in the overseas market I can't be sure when and if it will be on your shelves, but I do know that you can order it through Amazon sites the world over. Now is probably a good time for Europeans to buy it as well as the American dollar is really in the toilet so you shouldn't have to pay too much for it.

The other date that I had wrong was the date of the book signing - that should have been November 14th 2009 at the Indigo Books in Kingston Ontario, 259 Princess Street, from 2:00 pm until 4:00 pm for those keeping track of this sort of thing. They now have forty copies of the book in stock so unless we get a huge run on it prior to the signing or during that should be plenty for everyone. If by some miracle we sell out, I'll figure out a way of having rain checks for those who are there on the day but don't get a signed copy. Maybe have you leave your name and address and then when your copies come in I'll have Indigo set them aside for me to sign for you.

Anyway that's it, and now that you have a chance to get your hands on the book let me hear what you have to say about my predictions. I see that two people have already taken part in the poll were running as to who will become the third dragon rider - anybody else going to take a guess?

See you later

Publication Date

It's finally official, What Will Happen In Eragon IV? will be available October 1st across North America. At least Amazon.com is now listing that as its availability date and the information I received from Publishers Group Canada - which earlier this week told me that the book was being shipped out to book stores even as we spoke - is sufficient evidence to suggest that October 1st is the date the book will be officially available, with perhaps some stores even having it sooner.

If you live in Kingston Ontario, you can come down to Indigo books downtown on Saturday October 14th and either bring your copy of the book with you to be singed, or pick up a copy of the book and have it signed by yours truly! Yes that's right an official book signing - wah hoo - look for more details in forthcoming posts and local Kingston media outlets. If enough people show up, we may even attempt to turn this into a discussion about the predictions in the book - of course as long as people promise to keep it civil - the last thing we want is the police to be called in to quell a riot because Christopher Paolini fans have run amuck at a local book store.

Its Arrived!

Its Arrived - well at least on its way! I heard from the Canadian distributor of What Will Happen In Eragon IV? yesterday and she tells me the books are now in their warehouses and are shipping out to Canadian stores now. You should be able to find it on your local store's shelves as of sometime next week.

If for some reason they aren't carrying it you can tell them to order a copy from Publisher's Group Canada - they're who are distributing it in Canada. In the US the Publisher Group West are handling the distribution so if you're local store doesn't seem to have a copy tell them to get on the horn and order a couple of dozen.

So, remember, once you've read be sure to come back here and let me know what you think, and just how far off base I may or may not be with my predictions.

Possible Publication Dates

Well I've updated the poll for those who are interested in making their own predictions on who the final egg will hatch for... I've only listed the three most obvious answers and unfortunately the poll program doesn't allow for write-ins so if you have someone else in mind for the third egg you'll just have to leave a comment.

Now as far as I can tell What Will Happen In Eragon IV? should be published in the first week of October - pretty much a month to the day after its original publication date. Now I've noticed that books usually seem to hit shelves either on Tuesdays or Thursdays for some reason so you can probably start looking for it in the US as early as Tuesday September 29th, but I suspect it won't be on the shelves until the following week - October 6th. As for Canada I'd say the earliest would be Thursday October 8th with Tuesday the 13th being the most likely.

It's ironic isn't it that one of the things I try to predict in the book is the publication date for Christopher's book, and here I am doing the very same thing for my own. Very strange don't you think? Funny old thing life isn't it? Anyway that means we're looking at the earliest a week - seven days - until the book is on shelves somewhere and three weeks - twenty-one days - at the latest.

In the mean time please feel free to leave your comments and predictions about what you think will happen in the series if you want. Just remember that you have to be able to give some pretty good reasons for your opinion and no slanging somebody else's opinion without backing it up with a good argument - "You're off your nut"- while fun to say and sometimes a valid editorial comment does not constitute a good argument under these circumstances.

Publication Delayed

Well I'm sorry to say that the publication date of What Will Happen In Eragon IV? has been pushed back by about a month. I heard from the publicist at Ulysses Press on the day after it was supposed to be on the shelves in the US that it won't be leaving the printers until September 8th and it will be another month before it hits the shelves. Of course you can still pre-order it through the usual channels, but it now looks like you won't be able to get your hands on it until the first week of October.

I guess you could call this Literary Interuptus.

Today's The Day!

In theory today's the day that you in the United States should be able to start buying What Will Happen In Eragon lV? Since I haven't heard otherwise from my publisher I guess everything is a go and you can head on over to Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, or any other on line book seller and start buying your copy now.

The sooner you buy a copy and read it the sooner you can start participating at this site and making your own predictions and commenting on mine.

Have Fun

Welcome to What Will Happen In Eragon lV?

At the beginning of this year, 2009, I was approached by Ulysses Press and offered the opportunity to write a book predicting what would happen in the fourth book of Christopher Paolini's Inheritance cycle. If you've come to this site you should already know that Paolini started writing the series when he was fifteen years old and to date has published three books in the series, Eragon, Eldest, and Brisingr. You'll also know that he had initially forecast that the series would only be three books in length, but got half way through Brisingr only to discover there was no way in heck he was going to be able to accomplish what he wanted without writing a fourth book.

Needless to say the third book ended with a lot of questions still to be answered - including what the title of the final book would be, how it would all be resolved, who would live and who would die, who would the third dragon egg hatch for, who would Eragon find true love with, and a host of other hotly discussed issues. What Will Happen In Eragon lV? is my attempt to answer those questions and others. Each area has been given its own chapter in the book - so if there's a question that interests you more than others - like who the third egg in Galbatorix's stash will hatch for - you can turn to that chapter and see what I've predicted.

In most cases I've tried to examine the most likely options as to what will happen and offered my opinion as to which I think is the most likely. Let's say you're interested in finding out who I think the last egg will hatch for and you turn to that chapter. The chapter starts with some background information on the topic, then I get into talking about each of the likely candidates and discuss the reasons why they might become the next dragon rider and why they might not. At the end of the chapter I'll sum up the information and give you my conclusion. The same pattern follows for pretty much each of the chapters, although some will take a slightly different format because of their subject matter.

Now, the real reason for this blog is to allow everybody out there who reads my book the chance to comment on my choices (Before you comment make sure to read the comment policy - remember this is an all ages site and I'm not going to allow any personal attacks directed against anyone or any foul language whatsoever.) What I'd really like to hear is what you think will happen and why. Remember not what you want to happen, but what you think will happen and then give some good solid reasons for your answer.

What Will Happen In Eragon lV? is being released on September 1st in the US, September 9th in Canada and the rest of world. So let me hear what you think - and try to convince me I'm wrong. You can buy What Will Happen In Eragon lV? at Amazon.com, other on line stores, and of course your local book store. If it's not the shelves be a pest and make them order a copy.