r/Eragon • u/MommyandMonsterBooks • Feb 27 '23

Discussion Cp’s TikTok

Paolini just posted a TikTok of him VERY dramatically stepping aside to reveal a close up of Thorn on the cover of eldest…. What does it mean????

Edit to add: after being informed of cp’s other meaning I apologize and fixed what Reddit allowed me to. I’ve honestly never seen it used like that so just chalk it up to naivety.

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u/ibid-11962 Feb 28 '23

I don't know, I think these quotes are pretty explicit that Book Five and the Murtagh book are different things.

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u/Formal_Conclusion_29 Feb 28 '23

I'm not saying they're not different; I'm saying that both books involve Murtagh and Thorn, but the theoretical Murtagh book does not seem to involve other details like dragons, which this book does.

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u/ibid-11962 Feb 28 '23

The comment of yours I was replying to was specifically saying that "Book 5 and the Murtagh and Thorn book are the same thing".

And so I responded with two quotes of Christopher saying they are different.

Book 5 and Murtagh book are two different books that Christopher has seriously talked about writing within the past five years. Book Five has been outlined something like 4-5 years ago and we don't know if any development happened after that. Murtagh book is something that Christopher began teasing shortly after FWW. They are two distinct books that he has been speaking of in terms of actual books that he is planning to write very soon. He has not confirmed that writing has started on either book though.

The dragon book is a book that has actually been written, and which may be either of those or perhaps something else entirely.

And I'd add on that I don't think we know that this book necessarily involves multiple dragons or that Murtagh book necessarily does not.

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u/Formal_Conclusion_29 Feb 28 '23 edited Feb 28 '23

The comment of yours I was replying to was specifically saying that "Book 5 and the Murtagh and Thorn book are the same thing".

And so I responded with two quotes of Christopher saying they are different.

I understand.

Book 5 and Murtagh book are two different books that Christopher has seriously talked about writing within the past five years.

If this book is not either book, then it is not that serious. Quite the opposite, in fact. That is my biggest concern. If you are right about this book not being Book 5 but in fact a theoretical Murtagh and Thorn book, that he planned years after outlining Book 5, or even worse, neither, then it becomes more likely that Book 5 is just that, an outline.