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Bêthberry · 12-21-2011, 04:25 PM

Okay, I'm going to change the topic just slightly.

Has anyone else read Patrick Rothfuss? I've read The Name of the Wind and was quite entranced by it. There's travelling players with a wry, robust sense of the world, a school of magic, wizards, an orphan coming of age, strange mythology and legends, the spell of music, layers of narrative, a shrewd look at an heroic age--all well and tightly written--and very clear homage to Tolkien (without being derivative at all).

You can read an excerpt here if you're a wee bit curious: Chapter Eight

The sequel (and second book in a projected trilogy), The Wise Man's Fear, came out last March but I haven't had a chance to look at it yet.

Anyone interested?

12-21-2011, 04:25 PM	#11
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	Okay, I'm going to change the topic just slightly. Has anyone else read Patrick Rothfuss? I've read The Name of the Wind and was quite entranced by it. There's travelling players with a wry, robust sense of the world, a school of magic, wizards, an orphan coming of age, strange mythology and legends, the spell of music, layers of narrative, a shrewd look at an heroic age--all well and tightly written--and very clear homage to Tolkien (without being derivative at all). You can read an excerpt here if you're a wee bit curious: Chapter Eight The sequel (and second book in a projected trilogy), The Wise Man's Fear, came out last March but I haven't had a chance to look at it yet. Anyone interested? __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.