Talk:The Inheritance Cycle

message: There is something wrong with the timing in this section.  If he graduated at 15 and wrote the novel over the next year he would be 16. If he 'fleshed out the characters' for the next year he would be 17 - if the novel was then published by his parents when he was 19 - what happened to the two years inbetween 17 and 19? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.69.137.8 (talk) 13:41, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Writing and Publication History 

message: There is several incidents of vandalism evident in this article, particularly in the first two sections (notably dates and references to Middle-Earth).67.188.86.109 05:42, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Cheers for the heads-up - I believe I've reverted all vandalism. Una LagunaTalk 07:05, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandalism 

message: I think there should be more info on the third book if anyone has any that they might know of they should post it promptly  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.116.38.170 (talk) 22:53, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  info on third book 

message: if you know when the 3rd book will be published you should put it up all i know is that it will supposedly be green with a dragon and rider and some people think it's title will be Empire in correspondence with the other books because they both start with an[E] and have seven letters 
but most of all i want to know the publish date
Anonymus reader that really likes the series Age 14  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.116.38.170 (talk) 22:58, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  When the third book is going to be published 

message: What exactly is the purpose of this article? It seems merely to restate the information already available in the articles of the two published books (and multiple other IT articles) with no original or unique purpose of its own. If that is the purpose then the article is redundant and should be deleted. If it has a differrent purpose, then whatever the purpose is needs to be made clear and the article needs to be written to meet that purpose.
:You're right that it doesn't really add any new information to the encyclopedia, but the main use is as an overview of the entire set of books, the universe, characters and other adaptations. This is not rare: there are similar articles for Artemis Fowl, Harry Potter, and loads of video game series (I know video games are a different form of media, but I'm only using them as examples as VG articles are the ones I deal with the most). The only difference here is that, to be honest, this article isn't particularly good. Una LagunaTalk 10:26, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Purpose of article? 

message: The map of Alagaesia that's included in the book looks strikingly similar to that of Robert Jordan's wheel of time. Coincidence, plagiarism, or did he draw upon it for ideas? I don't think this merits going into the article, but hey, who knows?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.119.45.21 (talk) 17:03, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: If you can find one or more reliable sources which put forward this idea, then we can probably put it in somewhere. Una LagunaTalk 17:07, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Another similarity from both series is the fact that there's Ajah in Wheel of Time, and a character named Ajihad in Eragon.  Brom, and Throm 'nuff said.  I haven't got to the book yet, but I heard that Perrin and Roran's situations (Roran in "Eldest", Perrin in "The Shadow's Rising" were quite similar. Plus, I've heard somewhere that WOT's beginning intro paragraph with the fade (fade and shade too)  and the shade are quite similar (I haven't read Eragon in awhile, so I can't say for sure, I'd link, but I can't find the exact place to link too).  I vote at least mention Wheel of Time in the critisism section.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.197.232.235 (talk) 23:40, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well maybe he read those books before and the ideas came to him. I wouldnt say its plagiarism but you know the idea could've came to his mind from the other books.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Halo123spartan (talk • contribs) 02:33, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Map Similarity to Wheel of Time? 

message: Should spoiler tags be added over the characters section, or the synopsis sections?  They seem spoiler enough to me, after all, it is revealed that Morzan is Eragon's and Murtagh's father.  Talk about spoilers, that's two in a row, and a important one.
:Well, wouldn't you expect spoilers for a story in an article about that particular story? See WP:SPOILER. Una LagunaTalk 08:34, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: But we just found that out... -Panther (talk) 18:00, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spoiler Tags? 

message: Why and when did Paolini change his trilogy into a cycle of four books?
Shoudn´t that be mentioned?
He said it was the Inheritance Cycle on October 30th and he said he added a fourth because he had so much he wanted Eragon and Saphira to do that he couldn't fit it in one book. User:broncofreak12321  —Preceding comment was added at 02:07, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trilogy 

message: I've never heard their names before and yet they're on the list of characters. There are no articles on them and I don't think they were ever mentioned in the book. Are they like characters that paolini has released but not put in a book yet?
If anyone knows, please respond.
:They are not in the article as far as I see.  Probably just some vandalism that was removed shortly after it was posted.  Spinach Dip 05:20, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who's Meltrancha and Zestra 

message: I have read a lot of scifi and also noticed how much these books pull from so many others. But I was surprised to see no mention of how much was drawn from The Wheel of Time. I mean, the first few chapters are so similar I did a double take. Could this be added? I'm alone in this? I'm new to this, but I feel this is worth pointing out. 24.93.25.166 (talk) 02:37, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: This has been brought up before. We can only include information in an article (such as similarities between Inheritance and Wheel of Time) if it is backed up by reliable sources. Otherwise, it counts as original research: a big no-no on Wikipedia. I haven't stumbled across any reliable sources discussing similarities between Wheel of Time and Inheritance, but if you do, then feel free to go ahead and add the points discussed in the source to the article. Una LagunaTalk 08:06, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Similarities 

message: Who the hell wrote this??  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.33.174.133 (talk) 01:51, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: "They are extremly good."

message: For those who haven't already noticed, I've nominated these two articles for deletion. The deletion discussion can be found here. Thanks, Una LagunaTalk 10:29, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Arya (Inheritance Cycle)]] and [[Murtagh (Inheritance)]] up for deletion 

message: I think it should be mentioned that the "ancient" language is basically just icelandic with a few letters removed  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 157.157.217.247 (talk) 00:08, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: If you can find a reliable source which says this, then go for it. Una LagunaTalk 08:53, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The Ancient Language is based on Old Norse. Theleftorium 15:12, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Elvish language 

message: "This is the much-anticipated, astonishing conclusion to the worldwide bestselling Inheritance cycle." "This full-color book provides 15 spreads chock full of spectacular artwork, engaging novelty elements, and fascinating insights into Eragon’s home." The article is meant to give an overview of the books, not copy the back covers.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.126.46.48 (talk) 07:36, 24 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reads like a press statement 

message: I've cleaned the article up a little and moved some of the content around. I've also taken a large portion of the characters list out, as all of its content is available at List of Inheritance Cycle characters, and the section was becoming very long. Any feedback? Noom talk stalk 15:25, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleanup 

message: Added some book stats, primarily from the Inheritance Wikia. If anyone has any better stats or sources, please include them! I tried finding publisher stats (for a little bit) and I didn't find any --Dantiston (talk) 20:06, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Book Statistics

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: I think that List of Inheritance Cycle characters should be merged here. The list is full of WP:TRIVIA and there is absolutely no real-world coverage. SpringBeauty (talk) 19:28, 25 March 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the lack of outside coverage mainly because no one has gotten around to referencing it. The list is large enough that merging it here would make this page ridiculously large, and any characters list is going to be mostly trivia. -- 2ReinreB2 (talk) 01:52, 26 March 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Removed as it was added by a sockpuppet of a banned editor. --Tarage (talk) 22:01, 8 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge 

message: The reception section doesn't make sense, even on a grammatical level.
2A02:1810:151C:E00:FD62:1B89:E7DF:8040 (talk) 00:01, 15 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reception 

message: Any interest in including the newly released Murtagh book in this article? Or would it be better to create a standalone article for the book? Should it be considered a part of the series or simply a sequel set in the same world with many of the same characters? gingerlines (talk) 20:15, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: According to Paolini, Murtagh is the fifth book of the saga, but not Book 5 of Inheritance Cycle, which means that Murtagh is a spinoff. The fifth book of the cycle, with Eragon again as the main character, is in the works. --Tenebra Blu (talk) 10:41, 12 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Murtagh (book) 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: Not moved. There is consensus against this proposal right now after several listing periods, because no evidence of compliance with the WP:NAMECHANGES guideline has been shown in the nom. The only source given is a primary source of the author's own video talking about this.   — Amakuru (talk) 11:51, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: The Inheritance Cycle →  – Christopher Paolini expanded the Inheritance Cycle into the World of Eragon, which encompasses the cycle and the related books: see here Tenebra Blu (talk) 18:34, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

text: Note: WikiProject Novels has been notified of this discussion.  ASUKITE 03:01, 4 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 23 February 2024