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Books : The Name of the Wind (Kingkiller Chronicle)
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Amazon.com's Price: $13.16 Prices subject to change.
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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780575081406
ISBN: 0575081406
Label: Gollancz
Manufacturer: Gollancz
Number Of Pages: 672
Publication Date: June 12, 2008
Publisher: Gollancz
Studio: Gollancz
Sales Rank: 36852
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'I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in. I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. I have talked to Gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep. My name is Kvothe. You may have heard of me' So begins the tale of Kvothe - currently known as Kote, the unassuming innkeepter - from his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, through his years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-riddled city, to his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a difficult and dangerous school of magic. In these pages you will come to know Kvothe the notorious magician, the accomplished thief, the masterful musician, the dragon-slayer, the legend-hunter, the lover, the thief and the infamous assassin. The Name of the Wind is fantasy at its very best, and an astounding must-read title.
Amazon.com Review:
Amazon.com's Best of the Year...So Far Pick for 2007: Harry Potter fans craving a new mind-blowing series should look no further than The Name of the Wind--the first book in a trilogy about an orphan boy who becomes a legend. Full of music, magic, love, and loss, Patrick Rothfuss's vivid and engaging debut fantasy knocked our socks off. --Daphne Durham
10 Second Interview: A Few Words with Patrick Rothfuss
 Q: Were you always a fan of fantasy novels?
A: Always. My first non-picture books were the Narnia Chronicles. After that my mom gave me Ihe Hobbit and Dragonriders. I grew up reading about every fantasy and sci-fi book I could find. I used to go to the local bookstore and look at the paperbacks on the shelf. I read non-fantasy stuff too, of course. But fantasy is where my heart lies. Wait... Should that be "where my heart lays?" I always screw that up.
Q: Who are some of your favorite authors? Favorite books?
A: Hmmm.... How about I post that up as a list?
Q: What are you reading now?
A: Right now I'm reading Capacity, by Tony Balantyne. He was nominated for the Philip K Dick award this last year. I heard him read a piece of the first novel, Recursion, out at Norwescon. I picked it up and got pulled right in. Capacity is the second book in the series. Good writing and cool ideas. Everything I've like best.
Q: How did Kvothe's story come to you? Did you always plan on a trilogy?
A: This story started with Kvothe's character. I knew it was going to be about him from the very beginning. In some ways it's the simplest story possible: it's the story of a man's life. It's the myth of the Hero seen from backstage. It's about the exploration and revelation of a world, but it's also about Kvothe's desire to uncover the truth hidden underneath the stories in his world. The story is a lot of things, I guess. As you can tell, I'm not very good at describing it. I always tell people, "If I could sum it up in 50 words, I wouldn't have needed to write a whole novel about it." I didn't plan it as a trilogy though. I just wrote it and it got to be so long that it had to be broken up into pieces. There were three natural breaking points in the story.... Hence the Trilogy.
Q: What is next for our hero?
A: Hmm..... I don't really believe in spoilers. But I think it's safe to say that Kvothe grows up a little in the second book. He learns more about magic. He learns how to fight, gets tangled up in some court politics, and starts to figure unravel some of the mysteries of romance and relationships, which is really just magic of a different kind, in a way.
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I thought I had already reviewed this book. Must be that the reviews are only good for the version you bought. This is an awesome book. I have read Jordan, Martin, MacMasters, and many others. I loved many of them. This book beat them hands down. Some of the paragraphs were so artistically worded I reread them over and over. I might be a bit obsessed with words. (example: "Treading Trodden Trails" in the Dave Matthews song to me is perfection. It says everything it needs to say and is poetry too!) ... Read More
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I read the reviews, saw that a debut fantasy novel had broken into the mass-market paperback bestseller list, and, obviously, I bought the book.
I nearly finished it.
John D. MacDonald, in his introduction to Stephen King's "Night Shift", speaks about author intrusion. He defines it like this: "Author intrusion is a phrase so inept the reader suddenly realizes he is reading, and he backs out of the story. He is shocked back out of the story."
I've seen many forms ... Read More
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The Name of the Wind is an excellent novel. Rothfuss's voice flows smoothly, lyrically, without being flowery. The character is complex and changes throughout the novel. The plot is intriguing and unpredictable. Certainly, some things are expected - he is legendary and therefore perfect, he attracts women like bees to honey, he started as a poor nobody to become the most powerful man in the land (i'm assuming), etc. Can you have a high fantasy hero without at least some of the cliches? The important ... Read More
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THE NAME OF THE WIND by Patrick Rothfuss
I just finished reading THE NAME OF THE WIND from DAW Books by Patrick Rothfuss. He is a true poet and brilliant writer. THE NAME OF THE WIND is a very intriguing book about a fascinating character: Kvothe. This fantasy is set in a realistic medieval-type world, not our own, and is quite believable. It chronicles the life of a famous man who has an epic tale to tell. He is in hiding in the beginning of the book, a non-descript innkeeper in ... Read More
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Rothfuss's writing is so witty and eloquent the pages fly by. He gives a new spin to the classic tale of heroes and dragons. Really, there's not enough praise in the universe to describe his tome of extreme excellence and sheer kicka$$ery!
So, I'll give you a few examples of its appeal:
1. I have never been able to pick a favorite book before. Now I'm possessed by the demon of Patrick Rothfuss fandom every time someone asks. I should probably cut back on that, though. My family is getting ... Read More
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