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Good news! If you buy three or more pieces of clothing/items (mousepads, pins, etc) from our Shur'tugal and Inheritance cycle clothing store between now and August 24th, you can save 15% off your order by using the coupon code "AUGUST19" during your checkout. Be sure to check out our collection of Shur'tugal and Inheritance clothing and merchandise!
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Random House recent started a "take a photo of your Inheritance cycle collection" fan initiative on their Random Buzzers website. Not wanting to miss out on the action, we've taken and labeled pictures of the "Shur'tugal.com" collection (Mike Macauley's collection from the past five years of running Shurtugal.com). Join us after the break to view thirty six different copies of the Inheritance books, including rare editions and foreign copies, as well as a giant collection of Inheritance memorabilia collected over the years! We'll also show you where to submit your own pictures of your collection! Continue reading...
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 Over the years, we here at Shur'tugal have sold several Inheritance-themed Shurtugal.com t-shirts and hooded sweatshirts (hoodies). After many requests to bring the shirts back and our own desire to see the designs on t-shirts again, we will begin reselling our old designs alongside new Shur'tugal and Inheritance Cycle t-shirts! Our own team is working on a series of designs but we're also looking for fans to get in on the planning and designing (for a chance to get your design on t-shirts along with some great rewards and prizes!). Continue reading to check out our new design ideas (and offer feedback!) and see what you can do to get in on the action! Continue reading...
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As many of you have noticed, Shur'tugal did not escape April Fools Day untouched this year. Continuing in our yearly tradition of pranking our visitors in either a subtle or not-so-subtle way, we turned the entire website bright pink and added a Hello Kitty twist to the website's theme. Thankfully, this was only a temporary prank and everything has been reverted back to normal. We'd also like to let everyone know that the announcement of closing our fan fiction website was also a joke. Keep reading if you missed the prank or want to see some of our past pranks! Continue reading...
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What's the best thing to do while we wait for Book 4, you ask? Submerge yourself in more awesome fantasy, of course! We've put a lot of hard work into compiling the ultimate library of fantasy and sci-fi books, movies and TV shows that fans of Inheritance can enjoy during the wait for Book 4. All of the nearly six hundred books, movies and TV shows in our library have been recommended either by our staff or by fellow Inheritance fans. Our entire recommendations library includes: Inheritance Books, Inheritance Gear and Merchandise, Eragon Movie and Eragon Games, "Other Fantasy Books With Dragons", Recommended Fantasy/Sci-fi Books, Recommended Fantasy/Sci-fi Movies, Recommended Fantasy/Sci-fi TV Shows, and Advice Books for Aspiring Writers. All purchases go directly through Amazon.com, the internet's largest book store, saving you an average of 25% on all merchandise (helping to support Shur'tugal at the same time). Our new library and store is everything you could want during the wait for Book 4. Miss an Inheritance product (including swords, various book editions, games, cards, shirts, and posters)? Need a new book to read? Now you have access to all that and more, all in one convenient location. Visit the library here!Edit: Comments system functionality has been revamped. Loading speeds will be much faster and page will not have to reload each time (no more landing pages).
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I'd like to take a moment and, on behalf of all the staff members of this site, wish our fearless leader, Mike Macauley a Happy Birthday. Back in 2004, Mike was only 14 when the site opened, now he's turning the ripe old age of 20. Mike probably isn't the most thrilled that people even mention his birthday, but we're going to do it anyway! We appreciate everything he's done for the site and we wish him many many more years to come. If you so wish, post your birthday wishes for Mike in the comments. And if you wish to see Mike showing off his New York City pride the day after the Brisingr release, check after the break. Continue reading...
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We're introducing a brief and easy (no registration required) survey for visitors of Shur'tugal to participate in, asking a few simple questions: Which fantasy and science fiction novels are releasing this year that you are anticipating?, Which fantasy and science fiction movies are releasing this year that you are anticipating?, Which fantasy and science fiction authors, series (book, movie or both), and movies do you follow online?, What do you think Shur'tugal can do to improve our news and editorial coverage of the Inheritance Cycle?, If Shur'tugal was to start offering news, blogging and reviews covering other fantasy and sci-fi books and movies, would you like this and visit the website for this content?. The survey questions are answered in the simple form fields located within the survey itself here. At the end of the survey, you will be given the option to provide your email address. Providing your email address opts you in to the random drawing for signed Inheritance Cycle book plates. This is optional! Your email address will not be shared or used for any other reason. By participating in the quick survey, you're helping us tailor our news and content to what you would like to see on Shur'tugal. Shur'tugal's future is up to you!
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Our latest round of showcasing new features and content brings us a new set of Inheritance Cycle wallpapers for your computer's desktop; over sixty Inheritance Cycle icons (for message boards, instant messengers, and social networking sites); Shurtugal.com banners to show your support for Shur'tugal on your websites, blogs, and profiles; and a quick reminder about our Shurtugal.com Shirt Designs/Slogans contest going on now (for a chance at some really cool prizes!). Keep reading for details on all of the new content! Continue reading...
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With the new layout launched this past week came a host of exciting features. In our first highlight of our new and revamped features, we’re going to be taking a look at some of the most obvious additions: the Book 4 theories and Brisingr discussion boxes gracing the bottom of the website; RSS feeds for news as well as Book 4 theories and Brisingr discussions; email news alerts for breaking news as well as our monthly news recap; our new news category system. Be sure to continue reading for a detailed look at these new features! Continue reading...
| Categories: Brisingr (Book), Book 4, Site News
Today, Shur’tugal officially celebrates its five year anniversary. Amazingly, a project started by a bored-but-excited fourteen-year-old over Christmas break evolved into something much more: an amazing, dedicated community of tens of thousands of fans across the world. The success of Shur’tugal was never planned or anticipated. It was, and still is, the group effort of an enormous team of volunteers both past and present, along with support from a number of friends. Shur’tugal would not be what it is today if it wasn’t for the hundreds of hours of work that our dedicated team has put in. We chose today as the day to launch our best re-design and re-branding effort yet due to the importance of the date as our website's fifth anniversary. The site now features a new, sleek look in easy-to-read fonts, shapes and colors. The website functions normally in all major browsers and all default screen resolutions. A number of changes and additions have been made, all which can be read about in detail on our “Guide to Shur’tugal’s New Changes”! Be sure to continue reading for a list of thank yous and more information on the changes to Shurtugal.com! Continue reading...
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Shur'tugal is happy to announce our transition to our new news viewing and comment system, hand coded by our very own Robert Cox over the past several months. The new system is a transition over from our outdated news posting and commenting system to a fresher, easier-to-work with system. A full list and explanation of our changes comes after the jump. Update: Comments should now be shown in the correct order (newest at the top, now). Continue reading...
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Many of you comment and email to ask us - what's next for Shur'tugal? With a good amount of time to wait before we even know the name or release date of Book 4, what are we going to do with Shur'tugal? There certainly is a lot of room for expansion and improvement, and after a good amount of brainstorming, we're ready to announce our tentative plans for the future of Shurtugal.com. We have compiled all of our thoughts, ideas and goals into one easy-to-read blog entry on our Development Blog. Our main focus is on making the main page of Shur'tugal more relevant, up-to-date and captivating by focusing our attention largely on news, commentary, opinion columns and more. We're also discussing our plans for a content shift to Shur'tugal's Inheritance Wikipedia as well as unveiling plans for Shur'tugal's sister site, a fantasy book and movie review and news source. So we invite all of you, our visitors, to read our blog entry and contribute your thoughts, feedback, constructive criticism and ideas to help us build the future of Shur'tugal to be what you want it to be. You can read the full blog entry at Shurtugal.com/Blog.
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Why the lack of updates and the locked comments? Shur'tugal has been undergoing its final transition to a new server to support our main website. The Shur'tugal home page is now powered by its own website, with its subsidiaries (message boards, fan fiction, media server) on a separate server to improve performance. What does this mean for you? Faster load time, less down time in the future, and an over-all better experience at Shur'tugal! If you're seeing this message, you're seeing our new server. Commenting on the top news posts is disabled until Sunday, November 23th to prevent the loss of news posts. In the mean time, we encourage users to head over to Inheritance Forums to discuss Inheritance!
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Our interview with Christopher Paolini went incredibly well! Fans submitted over four hundred questions, all which were considered. Unfortunately, we had to widdle the questions down to the best twenty-five or so, all which had a shot in the interview. We hope to be posting the interview in the next day or two. Stay tuned! In the mean time, we'd love to offer everyone a chance at a sneak peak at the future plans for Shur'tugal as well as to offer you the unique role of being "the Decider". We've outlined our future plans in various threads and are asking you guys, our fans and visitors, to offer feedback and input - help us shape the future of Shur'tugal. You can contribute here.
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Eragon actor Ed Speleers is set to play a supporting role in the UK TV soap 'Echo Beach', marking his first on-screen acting appearances since the Eragon movie. 'Echo Beach' is set in fictional Cornish coastal town, Polnarren, and focuses on ex-lovers Susan Penwarden, played by Martine McCutcheon and Daniel Marrack, played by Jason Donovan. Closely related to the series, 'Moving Wallpaper' is a tightly intertwined comedy based on the filming of 'Echo Beach', and focusing on the fictional producer Jonathan Pope, played by Ben Miller. Both shows have been signed for twelve-episode runs, and will begin filming later this month. They will air together on UK channel ITV1, and are schedule to begin airing in 2008. Continue reading...
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