Also it's a fairly intense story, and I felt that To Sleep in a Sea of Stars would be a better introduction to the Fractalverse. I wrote the first draft of Fractal Noise back in 2013, and I wasn't particularly happy with it. That new project was To Sleep in a Sea of Stars. Why did you choose to rewrite Fractal Noise instead of moving on to a new project? I did move on to a new project. So you know, I've never written a book based off a dream before, I may never ever do it again, but in this case it happened So I wrote the image down and I kept thinking about it and before long I had sort of a framework for why those people were there what they were trying to accomplish and how it was all going to end. So when I woke up I thought "that's interesting, there's something there". It was a really vivid image and as with so many dreams there was a strong emotional component to it. And then I also dreamed of this planet out in space with a giant hole on the surface of the planet and the small group of people who are on an expedition to go investigate it. Some of those things would be the Shadow Birds the Burrow Grubs a couple other things. I don't know it was just I had a night of weird dreams and a number of the things that I dreamed of ended up in the Inheritance Cycle. Inheritance, the last book of the Inheritance Cycle. What inspired Fractal Noise? It was actually a dream I had a dream when I was part way through writing Fractal Noise is, perhaps, the most personal story I've written, and I'm excited to finally share it with you. Of course, that's not what it's actually about, but you'll have to read it to find out more. A stark, wind-whipped excursion into a hostile land where minds and bodies fail, and each person must decide whether they have the strength to keep moving forward in the face of overwhelming adversity. Now, a small team must land and journey on foot across the surface to learn who built the hole and why.īut they all carry the burdens of lives carved out on disparate colonies in the cruel cold of space.įor some the mission is the dream of the lifetime, for others a risk not worth taking, and for one it is a desperate attempt to find meaning in an uncaring universe.Įach step they take toward the mysterious abyss is more punishing than the last. On the seemingly uninhabited planet Talos VII:a circular pit, 50 kilometers wide. July 25th, 2234: The crew of the Adamura discovers the Anomaly. Some long text blocks about Fractal Noise now follow, scroll down below them for info about other Fractalverse projects. Other smaller excerpts (but all from within this part) have also been published online.Ĭhristopher will be going on a US-only tour for this book when it releases in May. The first 20% of the book, comprising of the entirety of the book's first part, can be read for free here as a downloadable ebook.This book was originally written back in 2013 as a long novella (prior to the writing of To Sleep), and it was then rewritten and expanded in 2020-21.If you've preordered, you can upload proof here to get swag. The audiobook will be narrated by Jennifer Hale (same narrator as To Sleep).This is set twenty-three years prior to the events of To Sleep in a Sea of Stars, but while the events of this book are referenced in To Sleep, it is otherwise more of a stand-alone book than a direct prequel.There are six black and white illustrations and maps from Christopher inside the book.Paperback edition will be at least a year later and will have different cover art.Simultaneous hardcover, ebook, and audiobook editions.Cover Art (earlier cover concept art can be found by following clues on the secret seven page of ).Spoilers in comments should use spoiler markdown >!spoiler goes here!No spoilers in posts titles, even if flagged as spoiler.All users are expected to be respectful to one another.All posts should be related to Christopher Paolini's Fractalverse series in some form.Unity (Print Edition) (potentially cancelled).Fractal Noise (May 16 2023, prequel novel). Unity (2021 interactive digital novella, published for free online).Allies (2020, short story, published in The Official Ferrari Magazine, Issue 49 - 2020 Yearbook).To Sleep in a Sea of Stars (2020, long novel).We're also on discord! With channels for both Eragon and the Fractalverse.Īlso check out Christopher's official website,, for more info and concept art. This is a subreddit for discussion of the Fractalverse, the interconnected scifi universe written by Christopher Paolini ( /u/ChristopherPaolini).ĭiscussion of Eragon and Christopher's other Alagaësia books can be done on /r/Eragon.
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