The Inheritance Almanac

by Michael Macauley, Mark Vaz (Editor)

Christopher Paolini's world of Alagaësia is a magical land, full of mysterious people, objects, and places-one that has captivated millions of fans across the globe. Now, with the Inheritance Fan Book , those fans have a resource in the form of an A-to-Z almanac, where they can find everything they ever wanted to know about this fascinating world.  From Arya to Zar'roc, this is an exhaustive encyclopedia about the land of the Inheritance cycle that also offers little-known facts gleaned from dozens of interviews with Christopher Paolini.   Did you know . . . -that Helgrind, the den of the Raz'ac, is based on a real rock formation? -that Saphira's blue-tinted vision was inspired by Paolini's own color blindness? -that the Broddrings are the original humans who traveled to Alagaësia with King Palancar?   A must-have book for every Inheritance fan!

Genres: Dragons, Nonfiction, Young Adult Fantasy, Magic

224 pages, Paperback

First published October 26, 2009

About the author

Mike Macauley was inspired to start Shurtugal.com when he read Eragon in high school. Shurtugal has since become the premier Inheritance Cycle fan site and a major source of information for the online-fan community.

Reviews

[Quinn · Rating 2 out of 5]

this was basically just a collection of information already in the books. there were some random things that werent in the books, but overall, it wasnt enough to go out and buy it because im sure its on the internet somewhere. this is repetitive. i bought it because i thought it was going to be new information, but it just isnt.
the other thing is that when the guy wrote it, inheritance hadnt come out yet. so theres alot of characters/ plot lines missing. like it says the rock of kuthian was just a failed fortune of solembum, when in reality, its a really big plot point for the last book. if youre going to do an almanac, freaking wait until the series is over. goodness.

[Rachael · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you've read the Inheritance Cycle then the information here will be very familiar to you. It was also very repetitive within while missing some things altogether.

[Bungadewi · Rating 1 out of 5]

Shoot! I've been reading this for a year, put this down and tried again countless time, but still couldn't manage to go further than page 60. I just can't. :(

[Maya Poedji · Rating 5 out of 5]

Harus-nya almanak tuh ya kaya kamus. Kamus-nya saga warisan karya Christopher Paolini. Dan kamus harus-nya dibuka2 terus and jarang ada yg sampe finished baca (kurang kerjaan kali ya?). Tapi baca ini jadi pengen reread Eragon saga lagi, yg bikin lama itu nurutin perintah dibawah-nya. Semisal Skilna Bragh bla bla bla ntr ada lihat Tunivor Nectar, nt kita buka2 lg itu halaman Tunivor 😜 Ngga kelar2 dah!
Tapi disini ada huruf Rune (kinda Hermione book's) dan ada perbedaan besar antara Magic and Sorcery!

[John Panther · Rating 3 out of 5]

I feel this book only needs a short review. It was a good read for recapping on the series, considering I've been desperate to delve back into the world of the Inheritance Cycle. But there is a lot of repetition, some things are missed as it's seems to only cover the first 3 books and the writing feels bland. Considering it was written by a fan, one who created the fan-site, I expected more enthusiastic and engaging writing. However, if you're looking for a companion whilst reading the series to remind yourself of characters, events, lore or landmarks - this Almanac serves its purpose.

[Muhammad Edwin · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Ini sungguh luar biasa. Aku merasa hidup dalam ilusi, mimpi di mana segalanya mungkin terjadi. Hal-hal menakjubkan memang ada, aku tahu, tapi selalu terjadi pada orang lain, selalu terjadi di tempat yang jauh dan pada waktu yang berbeda."

Kamus A sampai Z dari The Inheritance Cycle (Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance).

[Mark · Rating 5 out of 5]

IA very usful guide book. I reccomend it if you read the inheritance cycle.

[Kathrin · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked this book because it was very informative to find back into the world of the inheritance cycle. However, it is a bit sad that the book was done before the book series was finished.

[Jake · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great dragon nerd reference book to help keep all things in order.

[Kristi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hmmm.... A lot of information in this one. I thought it might help jog my memory as I want to get back into the series again, but I'm more confused now!

I think it would have helped if they would have also referenced the book too. Instead of just explaining what something was, included the book it was in and maybe a page number where readers could go back and read it in context. But perhaps that is just me being picky.

The Guide to Alagaesia is much cooler! Although die-hard fans will like this one too.

[Anna · Rating 3 out of 5]

A useful reference to the world of Eragon, the details of which may get a little fuzzy after thousands of pages. This almanac serves mostly as a perfunctory memory-jogger rather than a means of answering questions about the series. There are no especially profound insights or added knowledge to reward the close reader. It is also slightly out-of-date since it doesn't include entries for the fourth volume, Inheritance.

[Tweller83 · Rating 3 out of 5]

I only read this when I had a few extra moments here and there. Having only read Eragon, and not really liking that so much, it was a difficult read. I had to put it down on the 11th. I'll try to pick it back up later. Picked it up on March 8, 2013.

Seems complete as far as I can tell. Hope the fans of the Earon books like this. I know I'm not that into it.

[Mercy Dragonslayer · Rating 4 out of 5]

I bought this because I'm officially obsessed with Inheritance, not because I needed it--I already knew 90% of the stuff in it by heart anyway. And yeah, it should have been written once the series was finished, and thus, complete.

Not bad, though, and being blue gives it a boost.

[Candace · Rating 4 out of 5]

This would have been nice to have DURING my reading of the Inheritance series, but I found it way later on in a used book store! I had to buy it because I loved the series, but of course ... would have been great to have early on.

[BCPL Youth Services Librarian]

Click to see book in BCPL's online catalog

[Sissel · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read it mostly because I haven't read the Inheritance Cycle in a while, and I wanted to go through it because of that.

[Alana · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was good, but not great.They covered most of the big stuff but got a few things mixed up and missed a few others.(not mentioning specifics.)

[Riv · Rating 2 out of 5]

I need to refresh my memory before reading Inheritance. This series is really complicated...

[Hasini | bibliosini · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very informative guide to the Inheritance Cycle!

[Schuyler · Rating 3 out of 5]

pg.73, pg.87, pg.125, pg.162, pg.191

[Olivia Dosan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good book

[Charlie]

Still in progress: a collection of things I dislike about this book.

- I may have a misbound copy, but it's possible it's an error that's be present in all copies - the second page of the introduction is repeated.
- "Princess" Arya - Though I believe it's only stated explicitly in Inheritance (after this book was published), 'dröttningu' does not directly translate to princess, nor does the role have the same connotations as for other races. It simply means daughter of the monarch.
- "Dr." Who - Pet peeve, it's Doctor Who as their name is 'the Doctor' and it is not referring to a title (thought they are a doctor also)
- 'Beloth the Wise/Belt of Beloth the Wise' entry - '...he owned the gem studded sword that bears his name and the was given to Eragon...' - Please proof read, it's a sword belt.
- 'Book of Tosk' entry - '...weird rock formations of Helgrind.' lol
- 'Brom's Tomb' entry - Why does Ajihad's tomb get its words transcribed but Brom's doesn't?
- 'Caretakers' entry - Eragon's change is first attributed to Iduna and Nëya and then immediately afterwards it is attributed to the dragons.
- 'Elva' entry - 'Although her words are those of an adult, she speaks with the voice of a child.' Elva is repeatedly and pointedly said to have the voice of an adult.
- 'Eragon' entry - 'The mysterious old storyteller gave Eragon a red sword, which unbeknownst to Eragon was Zar'roc, a Dragon Rider sword.' Brom literally told Eragon this when he gave him Zar'roc. The only thing he concealed was Zar'roc's original owner.