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Christopher Paolini on the 5 space operas that inspired his new novel

From Dune to Babylon 5, the Eragon author reveals five inspirations behind his new adult science fiction novel, Fractal Noise

17 May 2023

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Christopher Paolini, author of Fractal Noise

Fractal Noise

Christopher Paolini

Tor

I wrote Fractal Noise because of a dream.

During it, I saw a rocky planet turning endlessly in the depths of space. On the planet, three lone people were trekking across a barren plain towards an impossibly large hole. I heard the hole pulse like a massive speaker, and in the sound I sensed a fractal pattern that wound deeper and deeper within itself. An infinity of detail from a finite beginning.

The vision was so powerful that, when I …

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