Name of the Wind

Remus West · Post by **Remus West** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 4:13 pm

First novel by the author (Patrick Rothfuss). I am really enjoying it. Its a light read but fun and engrossing for me. Its the story of a Wizard but not your classic type wizard. I am finding the characters very engaging and the story fun to piece together (its not a mystery but neither is it upfront with all the details). Anyone else reading this? I got the recommendation for it off of the Looking for Group website.

WYBaugh · Post by **WYBaugh** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 4:28 pm

Finished it a couple of months ago. Great book!

Remus West · Post by **Remus West** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 4:35 pm

The second book is due in April. I am really praying this guy is not another Jordan/Martin and that the date is firm.

Malificent · Post by **Malificent** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 4:42 pm

Yeah, this, along with Lies of Locke Lamora, were two of the best new fantasy books I've read in a long time.

WYBaugh · Post by **WYBaugh** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 4:44 pm

Malificent wrote:Yeah, this, along with Lies of Locke Lamora, were two of the best new fantasy books I've read in a long time.

Have you picked up the second one yet? I'm waiting to finish Pratchett's latest and then I'll dive in...

Malificent · Post by **Malificent** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 6:40 pm

WYBaugh wrote:
Malificent wrote:Yeah, this, along with Lies of Locke Lamora, were two of the best new fantasy books I've read in a long time.
Have you picked up the second one yet? I'm waiting to finish Pratchett's latest and then I'll dive in...

No, not yet - I think I'm now 1st on the list for it at my local library, so any day now. I've been breaking myself of the bad habit of buying in hardcover - I rent from the library, and if it is good enough that I'll want to read it again, I buy it in paperback.

Remus West · Post by **Remus West** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 7:58 am

Malificent wrote:Yeah, this, along with Lies of Locke Lamora, were two of the best new fantasy books I've read in a long time.

Author?

Malificent · Post by **Malificent** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:07 am

Remus West wrote:
Malificent wrote:Yeah, this, along with Lies of Locke Lamora, were two of the best new fantasy books I've read in a long time.
Author?

Scott Lynch - First time author as well. Here's the Amazon link.

Remus West · Post by **Remus West** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:07 am

I'll have to give it a look. Thanks for the heads up.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:32 am

Mariah. What do I win?

Remus West · Post by **Remus West** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 11:11 am

dbt1949 wrote:Mariah. What do I win?

The ability to fearlessly jump from extremely high buildings if you are right. If you are wrong that might not work out so well for you.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 12:06 pm

Okay, now..........what's the name or the rain and fire?

Hemlock Bones · Post by **Hemlock Bones** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 2:10 pm

dbt1949 wrote:Okay, now..........what's the name or the rain and fire?

Not sure, but I've seen fire and I've seen rain. I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end.

Apologies to the OP, thanks for the book recommendation.

Jolor · Post by **Jolor** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 3:34 pm

Thanks! I've added this to my hit list.

If we're going to give praise to Scott Lynch and Locke Lamorra, I'll make the recommendation for theEldarn Sequence by Robert Scott and Jay Gordon.

Remus West · Post by **Remus West** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 4:38 pm

Jolor wrote:Thanks! I've added this to my hit list.

If we're going to give praise to Scott Lynch and Locke Lamorra, I'll make the recommendation for theEldarn Sequence by Robert Scott and Jay Gordon.

That looks good, I'll have to add it to the que of books I need to read.

And Hemlock Bones, NP, thats one of my favorite sad songs.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 5:04 pm

The rain is Tess, the fire is Joe and they call the wind Mariah.

ChaoZ · Post by **ChaoZ** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 12:22 am

Just finished this last week. Good book, drew me in, but now that I reflect on it, it seemed to cover very little ground for all those pages. I also hope the next books can go a little darker. When is book 2 due anyway?

rrmorton · Post by **rrmorton** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 3:10 am

I enjoyed it very much even though I thought it drifted a little near the end. The plot seemed to go simpler when it should have been growing more complex.

But I'd still call it highly recommended. I'm looking forward to the next book which is due on April 7th, 2009.

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 10:58 am

dbt1949 wrote:The rain is Tess, the fire is Joe and they call the wind Mariah.

Mad Jack Duncan wrote:It's a living hell up here. What with the bloody rain, the bloody loneliness, and that bloody, bloody wind.

Chaosraven · Post by **Chaosraven** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 12:17 pm

Aye! A roar he cried frae the bottom of his heart that I would nay fall but as dead, dead as 'a can be by his feet; de ya ken?...and the wind cried back.
Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 10:14 am

Rise, ye olde threade! I picked this up yesterday afternoon (Kindle edition) and blew through 30% of the book last night. Entertaining stuff. So the 2nd novel came out last month I see (just a smidge GRRMLate). I've also heard that the third has been 'done' for years. Does anyone know whether that's true or not? I realized the crazy delay on book 2 after I started 1, and now I'm not going to stop but would also hate to be waiting till 2014 for #3...

Remus West · Post by **Remus West** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 10:57 am

I haven't heard anything regarding the third book yet but due to you ressing this thread I saw this

Remus West wrote:The second book is due in April. I am really praying this guy is not another Jordan/Martin and that the date is firm.

comment and sighed sadly since he proved himself very much in their line of promptly releasing books.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 10:59 am

I noticed that when performing the rez. Good stuff.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 12:03 am

Finished this tonight. Great fun. I really enjoyed the atypical perspective Rothfuss used, with Kvothe narrating mainly in the first-person and periodic interludes in the present. Also liked the symmetry of prologue and epilogue. And without spoilering, I'm looking forward to learning more about Bast.

Next book just finished loading on my Kindle and I'm having trouble resisting the urge to start it tonight and risk an all-nighter.

Sent from my mobile device.

Koz · Post by **Koz** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 12:20 am

I think Rothfuss' delays are more due to the fact that he edits and goes over his work multiple times before he settles on a final draft. As opposed to GRRM who just takes his little old time writing it in the first place.

TiLT · Post by **TiLT** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 7:01 am

Yeah, Rothfuss is a perfectionist. The Wise Man's Fear was done for a long time, but he just couldn't stop himself from reading through it over and over again, fixing a sentence there, ditching a paragraph there, changing a word there... He probably went through half a dozen revisions.

rshetts2 · Post by **rshetts2** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 9:06 am

Chaosraven wrote:Aye! A roar he cried frae the bottom of his heart that I would nay fall but as dead, dead as 'a can be by his feet; de ya ken?...and the wind cried back.
Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict

wow very obscure gratuitous early Pink Floyd reference, I even read that in a Gaelic accent.

I read Name of the Wind and really enjoyed it. The sequel is next on my "to buy" list but I have heard far more negativity about it than I did on the first.

Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 3:51 pm

Zaxxon wrote:Finished this tonight. Great fun. I really enjoyed the atypical perspective Rothfuss used, with Kvothe narrating mainly in the first-person and periodic interludes in the present. Also liked the symmetry of prologue and epilogue. And without spoilering, I'm looking forward to learning more about Bast.

Next book just finished loading on my Kindle and I'm having trouble resisting the urge to start it tonight and risk an all-nighter.

Sent from my mobile device.

We're almost on the same schedule. I finished the first on thursday, and am about 30% through book 2. It felt like book 2 took a little while to find a rhythm, but now that it has, it is rolling along well. The wait for book 3 is going to be tough.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 3:54 pm

I suppose we can hope that some of the massive time spent editing book 2 also helped him get a head start on editing book 3.

Jag · Post by **Jag** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 12:04 pm

Spoilerish from Book 2

Spoiler:

WYBaugh · Post by **WYBaugh** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 12:26 pm

Nothing to see here

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 12:28 pm

Awesome! Let's not spoiler future books in book 1's thread, mmmkay?

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 2:14 pm

Thanks for the edits!

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Tue Jun 04, 2013 9:43 am

There's a Kickstarter going on for a Name of the Wind deck of cards. Looks nifty.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Wed Jun 12, 2013 9:17 am

Zaxxon wrote:There's a Kickstarter going on for a Name of the Wind deck of cards. Looks nifty.

And with 36 hours left, this has 'crushed everything', on pace to triple the next-highest card deck Kickstarter. I'm only in for a single deck, but if you have a desire for NotW-themed cards, poker chips, or art prints, it's worth checking out. And in some bizarre news, the folks making the stuff are actually giving Pat Rothfuss' charity an ownership stake in their company going forward. If you're a fan of Worldbuilders, that's pretty cool news.

WYBaugh · Post by **WYBaugh** » Wed Jun 12, 2013 10:10 am

Zaxxon, thanks for bumping this. Joined in at the $135 level. It's my first kickstarter!

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Wed Jun 12, 2013 10:18 am

WYBaugh wrote:Zaxxon, thanks for bumping this. Joined in at the $135 level. It's my first kickstarter!

Sweet!

coopasonic · Post by **coopasonic** » Wed Jun 12, 2013 10:30 am

This is the problem with kickstarter (well, two, you are also teasing us by bumping this thread)... I'm backing this and I really don't know why. Do I need NotW playing cards? Really? Stop doing this to me Kickstarter!

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Wed Jun 12, 2013 1:18 pm

Instead of kickstarting this game, register for the DGM and bring some of that huge backlog to play.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Wed Jun 12, 2013 1:25 pm

DGM? Let me summon Isg to translate.

*Isg signal*

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