Interview with New York Times Bestseller Christopher Paolini, Author of Fractal Noise (The Fractalverse Series)

05/12/23 • 54 min

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Jake and Ron welcome legendary author Christopher Paolini!
Even if you don't read genre fiction, you're likely to remember the story of the young man who at the age of nineteen became a New York Times bestselling author when his first book Eragonwas republished by Knopf in 2003, after a self-published debut and a grassroots marketing campaign the previous year. Paolini would go on to produce three more novels and a short story collection tied to his Inheritance Cycle, with another, Murtagh, due this coming November.
Since 2002, Paolini has enthralled tens of millions of readers. And while the Inheritance Cycle is published as Young Adult fiction by Knopf, it is enjoyed by readers of all ages. This rabid fan base has earned him a citation in the Guinness Book of World Records as the youngest author of a bestselling series.
In 2020 Tor published Paolini's first science fiction novel, To Sleep in a Sea of Stars, launching the Fractalverse series to much critical acclaim, including a GoodRead's Best Science Fiction Award for the year. A follow-up was published online in 2021 as Unity , and you can read it on fractal verse.net free of charge. The journey is interactive in a mode old people like us used to call hyper-fiction.
Not content with publishing one novel in 2023, Paolini this month brings us Fractal Noise , a prequel novel written for adults that we dare say is of a philosophical bent. We mean this as the highest praise: Fractal Noise is thoughtful and thought-provoking, exploring themes of the nature of human suffering and its possible antidotes, loss and grief, and human endurance. That it does so with a gripping narrative suffused with an abiding sense of dread is a testament to Paolini's ever-growing skills as an author, and Fractal Noise is amongst our favorite novels of the iOtians's current interview season. We spoke with Paolini at his home in Montana and found him to be no less fascinating in person than he is on the page.
Christopher Paolini
https://www.paolini.net/
Christopher Paolini Works
https://www.paolini.net/works/
Fractal Noise (2023)
https://www.paolini.net/works/fractal-noise/
https://www.tor.com/tag/fractal-noise/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christopher_paolini/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/paolini
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Interview with New York Times Bestseller Kayla Cottingham, Author of This Delicious Death

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Jake and Ron are so thrilled to have New York Times bestselling author Kayla Cottingham on the Wrath of the iOtians! Her first book, My Dearest Darkest , became a New York Times and Publisher's Weekly bestseller. Her latest, This Delicious Death (Sourcebooks Fire) is a story about four best friends with a hunger for human flesh attend a music festival in the desert they discover a murderous plot to expose and vilify the girls and everyone like them.

Two years ago, a small percentage of population underwent a transformation known as the Hollowing. Those affected were only able to survive by consuming human flesh. The people who went without quickly became feral, turning on their friends and family. Luckily, scientists were able to create a synthetic version of human meat that would satisfy their hunger. As a result, humanity slowly began to return to normal.

Cut to Zoey, Celeste, Valeria, and Jasmine, four hollow girls living in Southern California. As a last hurrah before graduation they decide to attend a musical festival in the heart of the desert. They have a cooler filled with seltzer, vodka, and Synflesh... and are ready to party.

But on the first night of the festival Val goes feral and ends up killing and eating a boy in one of the bands. As other festival guests start disappearing around them the girls soon discover someone is targeting people like them. And if they can't figure out how to stop it, and soon, no one at the festival is getting out alive.
It was so much fun chatting with Kayla, and we are inspired by her! The future of horror is in good hands.
This Delicious Death (Sourcebooks Fire) by Kayla Cottingham
https://read.sourcebooks.com/young-adult/9781728236445-this-delicious-death-tp.htmlKayla Cottingham: https://www.kaylacottingham.com/Instagram: kcottcanThe Wrath of the iOtians
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From (Season 2), Dead Ringers, and Silo

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The iOtians chat about From Season 2 on MGM+ formerly EPIX! Also, they watched Rachel Weisz in the new Dead Ringers mini-series, created and developed by the BAFTA and Emmy-nominated writer Alice Birch, on Prime. Jake and Ron also offer their thoughts on Silo on Apple TV+.
From Season 2 on MGM+
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9813792/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Dead Ringers on Prime (2023)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12923632/
Silo on Apple TV+
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14688458/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
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Email: [email protected]
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Twitter: @OfiOtians
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Land Of The Me-me by Aleksandar Dimitrijevic (TONO)