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The Wise Man's Fear 03/02/2011 09:49 PM CST

Mm, this book is good. I burned through 750 pages today, and there's still a quarter of the book to go.

Auchand

You may have heard of me.

The ongoing live write of my novel-in-progress:
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LUNATUNES

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Re: The Wise Man's Fear 03/02/2011 11:16 PM CST

Oh man.. You are making it hard for me to honor my promise to myself to finish WoT before I go back to Rothfuss.. Isn't Kvothe, sitting there in my Kindle, cajoling me to put aside Rand just a little while longer enough!?

~Diana, Seomanthe's (much less colorful) keeper

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Re: The Wise Man's Fear 03/02/2011 11:18 PM CST

<<Mm, this book is good. I burned through 750 pages today, and there's still a quarter of the book to go. --Auchand

I popped over to Amazon.com to see what they had to say about the book and came across an interview with the author. One section had me laughing and thinking how well he'd fit in with us in GS:

Q: Fans love the books and are fascinated by the characters, but you’ve also garnered a cult-like following. Can you tell us what that’s like?

A: I've got a cult? That's awesome. Do they have robes and stuff? Do we have baccanals? We better have baccanals. If I have cult it better (be) old-school. Dionysian. Orgiastic. If I find out they're just drinking tang and handing out pamphlets on streetcorners I'm going to be pissed.

Needless to say I promptly ordered the first two books! Thanks, Auchand!

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Re: The Wise Man's Fear 03/03/2011 03:59 PM CST

>Needless to say I promptly ordered the first two books! Thanks, Auchand!

You're very welcome. I must confess to a pretty little lie. Yesterday, I said I read 750 pages. Some time after posting that, I went back and finished the entire thing.

I'm a fast reader, but ~990 pages in a day is not something I usually have the time or energy to manage. This held me spellbound. Funny enough, the interludes--when the story flashes back to Chronicler and Bast listening to Kvothe's story in the Waystone Inn--were timed almost perfectly with my day.

Auchand

You may have heard of me.

The ongoing live write of my novel-in-progress:
http://story.shadowling.com

WELCHA

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Re: The Wise Man's Fear 03/15/2011 09:52 PM CDT

Hrm....book one has been sitting on my bookshelf for two years now. Guess I'll pick it up and give it a read.

- Andreas

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Re: The Wise Man's Fear 04/05/2011 11:08 PM CDT

Really enjoyed this one, worth the $$

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Re: The Wise Man's Fear 04/06/2011 12:24 AM CDT

I forced myself to read the latest WoT book (surprisingly entertaining) first so I wouldn't plow through Rothfuss at light speed. Just started it two nights ago and really liking it. He may have one of my favorite writing styles yet in the genre.

Also was tickled to read that Rothfuss offered to help Nathan Fillion buy Firefly back from Fox with his royalties, lol ( http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2011/02/an-open-letter-to-nathan-fillion/ ).

~Diana, Seomanthe's (much less colorful) keeper

THIA

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Re: The Wise Man's Fear 05/29/2011 01:42 PM CDT

Just sent a sample to my Kindle. I may have to re-read the first one since that was quite a while ago! Been waiting on this one so long I had forgotten to look for it.

Connie

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