What are the Epistles? The Epistles have been the bread and butter of “Eragon” and “Eldest” criticism for some years now. They are a collection of varied essays on varied aspects of the series, all written by the mysterious Epistler, whose identity remains entirely anonymous.

The Epistles have been removed as of November 13th. Why? Because on that day, ImpishIdea received the following comment:

Greetings to you.

The Epistler heard that you were looking for him.

He very much appreciates that you liked and admired his efforts enough to publish them on your site.

He stopped writing Epistles and disassociated himself with Anti-Shurtugal some time ago, and now regrets his own involvement in such petty viciousness.

He would appreciate it if you were to remove the Epistles, but wishes to add that he thinks your chapter analyses were very well-written and thought-out.

Thus, the Epistles have been removed. I left the pages up because I hate 404 pages, and somewhere deep down inside, really hopes the Epistler will change his mind one day.

Comment

  1. Garzjla on 22 October 2008, 03:16 said:

    awesome! I didn’t know the Epistler gave you guys an okay to repost his articles online! i was told he wanted them taken down. i’ve been looking for them forever. Thanks

  2. Rand on 16 November 2008, 18:54 said:

    Awful sorry if this is off topic but how long does it take for an article to move from pending to live?

  3. SlyShy on 16 November 2008, 19:08 said:

    As long as it takes for me to see it. ;)

  4. Rand on 16 November 2008, 19:19 said:

    Ok. Got it.

  5. Rand on 16 November 2008, 19:20 said:

    Oh yes, and another thing- I’m not sure if the article I “wrote” is really relevant… I don’t know. It’s my first non-Nano post. Also, I’m not even sure if its an article. So, let me know when you see it.

  6. Kitty on 22 November 2008, 18:11 said:

    He’s not a “he”, you know.

  7. Beaver on 30 November 2008, 15:21 said:

    Hey, could you ask him if he would mind showing me some of his own work, if he doesn’t want to criticize others’ now? I get the feeling he’s an incredibly talented writer.

  8. Zahano on 10 December 2008, 23:23 said:

    Damn.

    Beaver-Rest assured that the Epistler is an excellent writer.

    Ah, well. How do you know it really was the Epistler and not just a troll?

  9. SlyShy on 10 December 2008, 23:28 said:

    I’ve been over this. The email and other details match up.

  10. Lionus on 20 December 2008, 14:01 said:

    Is he associated with any other website?

  11. SlyShy on 20 December 2008, 15:37 said:

    He used to be associated with Anti-Shurtugal, but no longer.

  12. Zahano on 10 February 2009, 22:23 said:

    Write up at the top November 13, 2008 for future reference.