Eragon

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Name:	Eragon
Abbreviation(s):
Creator:	Christopher Paolini
Date(s):	2002 - book released December 15, 2006 - film released
Medium:	books, movie
Country of Origin:	USA
External Links:	IMDB
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Eragon is the first book of the Inheritance Cycle series by Christopher Paolini. It follows Eragon, a farm boy who finds a mysterious stone in the mountains. He attempts to sell it, but fails, and later discovers that the stone was actually an egg when a dragon hatches from it. The boy and dragon, whom he names Saphira, bond, and Eragon becomes a Dragon Rider.

Eragon was originally self-published by the Paolini family in 2002. It was later re-released by Alfred A. Knopf in 2003. The book became a New York Times bestseller. The other books in the Inheritance Cycle are Eldest, Brisingr, and Inheritance.

One Boy... One Dragon... A World of Adventure.

Fandom

The Inheritance Cycle fandom is mostly based around the books, and many book fans have a low opinion of the movie adaptation.

Fanworks

Zines

• The Inherizine

Archives and Communities

• The Inheritance Cycle - Christopher Paolini works on Archive of Our Own
• Inheritance Cycle works on FanFiction.Net
• Eragon (2006) works on Archive of Our Own
• Eragon works on FanFiction.Net
• Shurtugal.com

Resources

• Eragon at Wikipedia
• Eragon (film) at Wikipedia
• Inheriwiki at Wikia