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fansandtheic · 7 months
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Daniel's Story
Eragon was the first book I was gifted from my grandmother when I was like 8 or 9. I would visit her every summer and we made sure that we read the newest release before I visited so we could talk about it. Fast forward to me now at 25, relistening and smiling thinking of those memories. Beyond this, Eragon's journey of self discovery and hardship truly resonates with me even more to this day, as I had to embark on a journey of my own after leaving an abusive relationship. I relate to his feelings of being a fish out of water but then slowly but surely finding his place in the world, though not the one he ever expected. In the end it almost feels like my grandma gifted me more than just a book, she gifted me a friend.
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gothomestead · 5 years
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Seven Years.
Seven. Long. Years.
Seven. LOOOOOOONNNGGGG. YEARS!
But.
It’s.
Here.
Now. 
I’m holding it.
Let the binge-read commence!
@fansandtheic
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paoliniofficial · 8 years
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AydaN’s Story
”When I was in a rocky part of a toxic relationship, I turned to your series and in it I found the courage to take matters into my own hands and leave the relationship. I know it doesn't sound like much, but to me, Eragon and Saphira showed me a way out in their courage and selflessness. So thank you, it changed my life.”
~ AydaN
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fansandtheic · 7 months
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Jessica's Story
I originally read Eragon and Eldest in 2005/6, at that time in my life it didn't have an enormous affect on me, I was only 15, they are 2 of 4 books I've read from start to finish. I'm not a reader. In 2023 I got them all as audio books, it was until I started Brisingr I realized I hadn't let a late family member go, after 11 years was still so sad, angry and depressed. I was able to let her go, thank you Christopher I don't know if I would have realized without your books
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fansandtheic · 1 month
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Lexie's Story
"Eragon truly takes me back to a different time period, through the books but also in my life. 
I started the Inheritance series when I was in elementary school and immediately fell in love with the characters. I re-read Eragon more times than I care to admit. Reading was my escape from a harsh reality that I called home. My school library finally got a copy of Eldest, and I devoured it just as quickly and with as much interest. My school library did not carry the final two books and I made several attempts to find them. When I finally read Brisingr I was aching to find the final book but was unsuccessful many times! For years I thought the author passed away before being able to finish an incredible series. During this period of time the internet wasn’t in our pockets how it is today. I wasn't able to use the computer at home, and during my last year of elementary school through the end of eighth grade, I lived in group homes and other alternative living situations. So you can probably imagine that using a computer or having internet access wasn't easy. For a long while I gave up on the idea of finding out what happened to Eragon, Saphira, and the world of Alagaësia.
I would imagine I was beautiful and full of grace like Arya, fantasizing that one day there would be movies made of the series and I would be casted as her. Although I didn't know the ending, I was (and still am) a bookworm at heart, and my love for the world and the characters made me a forever fan of the Inheritance Cycle.
As I reached adulthood, I met someone who was also a fan of the series. She informed me there was in fact a final book! I received a copy that same year for my birthday… and put off reading it. Even though I finally had the opportunity to finish the series and was eager to do so for nearly 10 years, it suddenly felt very bittersweet. After another handful of years, I finally brought myself to read Inheritance. I took the better part of a year reading it, savoring the words so as not to finish it too quickly. I knew finishing it would mean there was no more to the series, just my thoughts about everything that happened in the pages of those four familiar books. It was bittersweet, bringing the series to an end, like a chapter of my childhood had been closed that I wasn't quite ready to let go of. And then something amazing happened. 
A few months after finishing the series, I was in a Barnes and Noble, looking for fresh reads. And that’s when i came across Murtagh. I could hardly believe my eyes. I have yet to read it, but this time i feel more prepared; it doesn’t feel so much like an ending. The Inheritance Cycle will always hold a very special place in my heart and I thank Christopher Paolini from the bottom of my heart for sharing such a heartfelt and incredible world with us. I so look forward to Disney making a tv series from the books, and hope it is all I’ve ever dreamed of. Of course, I won’t be playing as Arya, but I will always love and be inspired by her. Thank you Mr. Paolini for making my childhood so much better through an escape to a world filled with magic, dragons, elves, and dwarves. 
Atra esterní ono thelduin. Mor'ranr lifa unin hjarta onr. Un atra du evarínya ono varda."
~ Lexie
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fansandtheic · 10 months
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Sandi's Story
When my husband and I married in 2006, we found we had two copies of the book Eragon, as we each loved it. When we were expecting our first child in 2008, we knew the perfect middle name to give her: Saphira. We knew Annalee Saphira Rowe would be beautiful and strong.
She was. She was also incredibly stubborn, even from a young age. But I guess that tracks with dragon Saphira!
She loved to read, especially fantasy. Her father and I loved sharing our favorite books with her, including the Inheritance Cycle, which was now complete. When she was 11, she was diagnosed with leukemia. She battled it for the next 2.5 years, during the pandemic. She spent months in hospitals, lost her hair, endured chemo and a bone marrow transplant. But in the end, we knelt by her side and wept at our inability to save her, just like Eragon weeping over Brom.
Annalee was so very brave. On the day she learned she was terminal, she went online to find matching friendship bracelets to give to her three younger siblings so they'd have something to remember her by. When her pain was finally too much for her to fight anymore, I sobbed, but she didn't. She calmly told me, "We knew it would happen sometime. It's happening now."
ANNALEE SAPHIRA ROWE, 14, PASSED AWAY MAY 9, 2022. She was the bravest, funniest, strongest person I have ever known. She was my eldest daughter, my best friend, the partner of my heart.
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fansandtheic · 4 months
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May the Chaotic Singer's Story
I know the likelihood of you actu Please bear with me, my skill lies in singing and artwork (drawing/painting) I'm a dreadful writer.
I wanted to thank you and explain just how big this book may be to other abused souls out there. This book hit me as hard as reading Eldest since my riding accident in 2009.
Your most recent book, Murtagh, hit home big time. Your portrayal of Murtagh and Thorn's struggle with PTSD and prior abuses really reached my heart and soul. How it took Murtagh starting to die for Thorn to push past his fear reminded me how my sister saved me then how I was ready to run with her to ensure she never got physically harmed. I thought I was about to die one day at the hands of egg-donor. My put her own well-being at risk and it snapped me out of my fear. I started planning on how to run away with my sis next time we were up there.... It's like an hour drive from where we lived with Dad and we didn't know the way well but I didn't care. The physical and other worse abuse I could handle for myself but not my younger sister. (I was 14 she was turning 12 that fall). We never went back because Dad found out and of course protected us. He's an amazing Dad, just abusers are very good at hiding what they do.
I was only able to break 14 years of utter fear of that monster for someone I loved and would give my life for. That whole part where Thorn breaks that barrier in his mind I cried, a lot. I wish this book had been out when I was still in HS (graduated in 07) because maybe it would have kick started my healing earlier... But even now at 34 this book will help my journey to continue healing. 
I'm still the black sheep, the most disliked in my family. I feel I'll never be truly loved by anyone by my Dad, my sister and her kids. I'll always be the outcast, especially thanks to being forced to do bad things due to pure terror of what IT would do to me. I still deal with people IT fooled into thinking she was some amazing person and mother.... I try to set the record straight but with people are so blinded.
Since I mentioned Eldest... That book didn't start hitting me as hard until after I developed Atypical Trigeminal Neuralgia on both sides after being thrown from my scared mare. - totally my fault for taking a skittish Arabian mare out on a windy day without locking the dogs up. The part where Eragon explains what it is like to fear moving wrong as the pain can trigger at anytime and for seemingly no reason.... I lived that every day since Oct of 09 to my 2 surgeries in 2021... And from July 2023 to current. The pain being called The Obliterator.... I shared a couple quotes with other TN sufferers and they had to know what author had such insight to chronic pain. A few said they'd be checking the books due to the insight that book showed. 
Thank you, this was absolutely the book I needed to read right now. Your writing again gave me inspiration again to draw, and that's been somewhat rare in years to feel inspired.
You are helping people with your books. I can't wait to see what else this series brings, what your amazing mind and writing brings.
Thank you
~ May the chaotic singer
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fansandtheic · 5 months
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Aruna's Story
"Between the ages of 11 and 13, I read the Inheritance Cycle 26 times. I was going through a really rough patch in my life. A lot of things had changed, one of my friends comitted suicide, and home life was rough. But then I picked these books off of my dad's bookshelves. I read them over and over and over and just fell in love with everything about them. In my love for Eragon, I decided to write. I'd always loved stories, and writing, and art, but I'd given up somewhere along the way while dealing with my mental health. I've been writing daily for a year now, and I have Christopher (can I call him that? Idk what to say) and his books to thank for that. I've improved, and reading unlocked a lot for me. I feel so much better when I read those books, and I still laugh along with the characters every single chapter. I was reading a chapter of Brisingr to my sisters this morning (about in the middle of the book, where the ladies of Carvahall are kneading the bread with Eragon) and the women made a dirty joke. We found the whole scene so funny we made a comic strip advertising how embarrassed Eragon was because, to us, it was just the funniest scene! Thank you to Mr. Poalini (or Christopher. Whatever you prefer to be called ^^) because not only did your books save my life more than once, they changed it for the better. Thank you so much. <3"
~ Aruna
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fansandtheic · 3 months
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Paul's Story
Dear Christopher Paolini,
All four of our children grew up enjoying your work in the Inheritance Cycle and couldn't wait for the next book to be released. Now our children are grown and we have 5 grandchildren from 3 months old to 4 years old with another one on the way! My daughter Emily and I went to Sioux Falls, South Dakota for your book signing event. I wanted you to personalize one of your books to my grandson - who's name is Roran! You took a photo of the name in your book and posted it on your page thanks to Sioux Falls!! My son Jacob named him Roran after reading your books and would love to hear your story on the character in the Inheritance Cycle. Needless to say if my grandson grows to reflect the character in your series I would be delighted! Roran has begun on that path - he is a robust 2 year old with little fear and a strong will. We have spent many conversations discussing the plots, characters, and land of your books and now are reminded of them even more as we address and love our grandson Roran!! WE (MY FAMILY) THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND PASSION FOR WRITING!
Best regards, Paul
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fansandtheic · 3 months
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Madi S's Story
From the young age of 3rd or 4th grade, I was obsessed with fantasy. It was amazing to be transported to new worlds and areas that no one had ever seen before. One day, I saw a big blue book with a dragon it. I can’t explain it, but it was so tempting.
I couldn’t put it down. I read Eragon about three times that year, and it may be considered my favorite book. Just today I uncovered some old art I made back in middle school, of the dragons and Eragon. I can never explain the joy this series brought me and the obsession with dragons that ensued. Thank you Mr. Paolini for enduring with this project at such a young age. I aspire!
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fansandtheic · 5 months
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Ariana Eichert's Story
"Eragon changed my life so much. My life has been hard, Like most, but reading... I escape. I live in alagaesia as much as I do my own world. When jeod said "books are my friends, my companions. they make me laugh, cry, and find meaning in life", that meant everything to me. I understood that in such a deep way. Now all the time i kind of wish i had a dragon of my own. I would likely name him or her after a game of thrones character, but i'm not sure. I love the lessons rhuenon taught eragon, about how the journey to your destination matters more than just getting there. this, above all else, is the biggest lesson I was taught through the inheritence cycle. Ive been in the hospital for a time now for depression, but reading eragon.. it helps. it really does. thank you to christopher paolini for writing my favorite book series, by far."
~ Ariana Eichert
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fansandtheic · 3 months
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J's Story
"I grew up reading a lot of fiction. I digested most of my middle school library and probably a third of my highschool library. I was reading 1-2 books per day for years. I've come across many great and sometimes underappreciated stories. Green angel, Xanth, The keys to the kingdom, the sword of truth, Ishmael, I could name dozens. However, no story stuck with me so much as the inheritance series. The color, detail, subjects, personality.. it completely blows the dragon riders of pern out the window. I'm writing this now because I saw murtagh today in the store and I cannot express how pleased I am to find that such a gem of a writer is continuing to work today. I hope Christopher continues to publish books. He can do so knowing I will read each and every one."
~ J
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fansandtheic · 4 months
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Olivia D.'s Story
I cant begin to describe how much this story has impacted my life. I met the characters shortly after eldest was published. My friends were moving out of the country and couldnt bring most of their belongings, and when we were helping them pack i was given his copies of eragon and eldest to keep safe. I read them and reread them, and i was almost glad they decided not to move back to the US so i didnt have to give “my” copies back. 
Being a military brat can be very lonely. You have to remake friends every few years, and being homeschooled meant that the opportunities to make friends were few and far between. Because of how you wrote i felt like i knew the characters. I could sympathize with them; i felt like i grew up with them. Reading has always been an escape and comfort for me, and alagaësia was a place so detailed i could slip right into the story. 
I was in middle school when i started reading about the Adventures of eragon. I was in Highschool when my father passed away, and all of a sudden the story became even more personal. I could relate to eragoN’s grief and anger. I recieved Inheritance as Christmas eve gift the year it came out, and by the end of christmas day i had finished it. I hated thinking that the story was over; my friends were gone. I didn’t reread again, and when i heard about the short stories i didnt read them because i didnt want to mourn my friends again. 
Now its been over a decade since the inheritance cycle “ended”, and i am a mom now. I enjoy listening to audiobooks with my toddlers in the car, and when thinking through the books i loved i realized i was ready to go back to alagaësia. I had finished eldest when i heard via tik tok that we were getting murtagh. I was so excited. I ordered the audiobook and rhe physical copy the day it was released and ive been listening to it in bits and pieces to make it last.
I just finished it and i am so happy that murtagh and thorn are getting their closure and making their experiences known. I love seeing the parallels between the brothers and how their stories pan out. I hope they get the closure they need. 
I want my children growing up with the idea that you can overcome bad decisions. That bad people can look good, and good people sometimes do bad things. I want then to know that you can be forgiven, and real friends will call you on your decisions while still loving you. The lessons ive internalized while reading will stick with me forever, and i hope that Alagaësia will be just as special to them as it is to me. 
Thank you, Olivia D
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fansandtheic · 1 year
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Sam P.'s Story
"When i was younger, i absolutely loved these books and loved to read. I then went down a very dark path in my later teens and turned to drugs and alcohol, instead of books to fill my time. When i made the conscious decision in 2015 to go to rehab, the INHERITANCE books were the only activity i brought with me at the time. I spent most my time reading in there and this series was the thing that was able to spark that interest again and helped keep me sober for a few years. Life hasn’t been perfect since then but Now after 60 days sober again this year, i just finished rereading the series and once again its sparked me to continue picking up new books. Being able to coherently read the books at night has helped me so much in helping to keep me on this track. Thank you for making these books as they truly have gotten me some through extremely rough times in my life."
~ Sam P.
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fansandtheic · 4 months
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Sierra Morgan's Story
It all started in 2005, just before the release of eldest. I was not much of a reader, but when PERUSING the library, i came across a book with a blue dragon. Having no experience with fantasy prior to 6th grade, i did not have expectations other than thinking dragons were cool and i loved the color Blue. Little did i know that eragon and saphira would forever change me as a person and shape my future. I spent years obsessing over any and all inheritance cycle releases. I became that kid who got in trouble for reading in every class (though it did make trigonometry more bearable). i scrounged every online forum that existed between 2005 and 2011 looking for discussion posts and theories. Eragon was the first book i ever owned, and even when i was facing down extreme hardships and being emancipated at 17, it was one of the few belongings i took with me. Because of eragon, i became an avid reader and an aspiring writer—i even graduated college with a minor in creative writing. My best friend and i still talk about how we met. We played on the same softball team, and i saw her reading eldest and turned into the biggest fan girl. Almost 20 years later, we’re planning a reading vacation to sit in silence in a cabin somewhere and enjoy murtagh. When my husband first introduced himself to me (via an online dating app where i wrote about eragon in my bio), one of the first messages he sent me was, “i love eragon too!” Thank you for literally making me the fantasy and book lover, and writer, that i am today. To say that you are one of my favorite authors is an understatement, and i cannot even begin to express or find the right words to tell you how grateful i am for you and the INHERITANCE cycle. Thank you, a million times. Thank you.  (P.S. eragon deserves an hbo series.)
~ Sierra Morgan
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fansandtheic · 5 months
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Dee's Story
I just received my signed copy of Murtagh and I just want to let you know how important your books were in my childhood. I started reading Eragon when I was 9 and all my teachers said it was too advanced for me. I understood everything and it was my first introduction into high fantasy. I cherished your books so much and now as an adult I was so thrilled to see you were continuing the Eragon universe with Murtagh (my favorite character). I can’t explain how awesome it was to relive my childhood reading your new book. I felt like a child again reading this new addition. Your work has touched me and I hope you continue this universe so I can share with my own children.
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