Comments on: The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

By: Patsy Whyte

Patsy Whyte — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:26:07 +0000

Anyone looking for a dose of reality and wanting to consider a different genre – real life, for example?

I’m a struggling author who has just published her memoir and trying to generate a bit of interest (which is almost impossible unless you throw a ton of money at it).

And yes, this is part one of two books – providing this ever gets off the ground that is!

The book is called No Easy Road (available on Amazon) and deals with, among other things, the invisible ghostly world which surrounds us all and to which I have been witness.

By: Vasko

Vasko — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:03:47 +0000

Acctually the story was meant to be one long book named The Song of Wind and Flame, the publisher has made him split it into 3 books. So technically you are right about it being 1/3 of a book, but you are wrong to belive that it was the authors intent to “gain money”. If you check out his page you would see this man has no care for money, just for writing “the perfect book” for his fans. Hence why book 2 is taking forever.

If you are choosing books for stand alones only then I think thats kind of sad. If I get a good character and story why not stretch it as long as its good. Once it goes down hill then yes put it out of its misery.

By: mark

mark — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 19:53:39 +0000

Well, I’ve got to admit, this book caught me out – I actually picked it on the basis that it was that rarest of gems in fantasy – a standalone book. More fool me. Only just started reading it, but regardless of its quality I still wish it had been advertised as (yet again) a 1/3 of a book for £14.99. I think I’ve finally nailed down the fundamental difference between sci-fi/fantasy and fiction, and it’s quite simple. Pick ANY 30 books from a fiction shelf, and the same from a fantasy. Notice a pattern? Shuffle them up if not, and then try stripping out all books with words such as “part 1″, “part 2″, “trilogy”, “epic”, “series”, “saga”. There’s your fantasy. Simple really. I’ve been an (increasingly) reluctant fan of sci-fi/fantasy for 30 years now, and quite frankly I’m beginning to wonder if fantasy writers are capable of writing a standalone book. Accepted they need to make a living, but there are limits. I’ll continue with this book – I did splash out on it after all – but if I’d found it in a library I’d have dropped it like a hot potato by now. I’m certainly no writer myself, but do these people actually set out with the intention of creating a series of one sort or another before pen even hits paper? As an avid reader I find this pretty depressing, and often find if I do plough through a series that the quality frequently slides once a captive audience has been obtained. Enough ranting anyway – I actually find the story very good so far, and if you fancy paying £45 for the whole story I’d probably recommend it.

A thoroughly disillusioned and disgruntled sci-fi/fantasy fan :)

By: Ruth

Ruth — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:24:06 +0000

Dear robert my name is ruth means i was born september 3rd 1969 to a william robert rothfuss and my mom’s name was maxine she has been passed away for three years and i have been trying to find my dad and some of my relative’s can u please gl if possible

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:54:19 +0000

Well, based on everyone’s recommendations, I also picked up this one too. And I have to agree that it’s one of the better new books I’ve read in a while. I did feel that there were a few places where the pacing was off and there were a few things I wish he had done differently. However, it may in fact be the best *debut* novel that I’ve ever read. I can’t wait for the second book to come out. My understanding is that book two is scheduled to be released eventually.

I don’t actually remember the “dance in your entrails” line. Is it a paraphrase of:

“I will slit you open and splash around like a child in a muddy puddle. I’ll string a fiddle with your guts and make you play it while I dance.” ?

I couldn’t stop laughing for several minutes when that line was followed up by “Listen, there’s no reason we can’t be friends.”