Comments on: An Aside | Why The Wise Man’s Fear is still not done

By: Travis

Travis — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 23:41:55 +0000

Just finished The Name Of The Wind 20 minutes ago, had to check when book two was going to come out. Not gonna lie a little upset/anxious that i have to wait a year but considering i waited many years for book 12 of the wheel of time to come out i think ill manage, and to be totally honest with you, this book is absolutely fully entertaining. I cant remember a moment of bordom reading it, unlike book 5-8 of WOT. haha.
Keep up the good work, I will be waiting for part 2

By: Ashton

Ashton — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:04:33 +0000

I loved your first book enough that I read it three times. Take all the time you need. I have never in over 20 years read a book more than twice.

By: Romy Tuggle

Romy Tuggle — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:31:43 +0000

Just finished “The Name of the Wind.” I am completely swept away. Take your time and make the sequels as good as the first! We will wait….

By: Tom Tindall

Tom Tindall — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:58:26 +0000

I bought your 1st book, The Name of the Wind, through the Science fiction Book Club (Canada) and really enjoyed it. Please take the time that it takes for you to be reasonably satisfied with the final version of The Wise Man’s Fear. I am looking forward to enjoying the second book in this series. The first book really was a breath of fresh air that I had been waiting for, a new multilayered universe to enjoy being a part of as I read the book! THANKS!!

By: Douglas

Douglas — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:51:31 +0000

understanding the process of productive dialogue between two parties is something we are all familiar with as the democratic town hall meetings all over our lovely country are begging for a safe and sane, productive dialogue. I say POOP! I once, in an unproductive marriage counseling group of sessions, wanted to check into a hotel and hamer out the details of our infected relationship (yes, I have and share guilt) and get to the bottom of all our problems and move on…..all in one fell swoop. it dose not work this way….not in town halls and not in very personal affairs. it most cirtainly will not work as an excuse to fight or stopp hurty feelings felt by neglagent authors and bogus marketing agents….you just plain creep me out with your wordy pleas for us to be patient (telling us to shut up), kind in our critasisms( controling the dialogue), and excuses about a final and dependable release date for wise man’s fear (dodging and shucking for the pourpose of driveing up sales)…….stop it you bunch of stupid placating money grubbing shits……release the book for gods sake….make what you can and move on to book three already…..take that you liars!…..Ha!

By: Claudia

Claudia — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:12:30 +0000

I knew I should of took my time with the name of the wind..*sigh* guess I have to reread it.

By: marc lewis

marc lewis — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:35:03 +0000

Name of the Wind is a brilliant book (and believe me, I know what that takes), take your time.

Best Regards,

Marc

By: Delia

Delia — Tue, 19 May 2009 20:45:29 +0000

Pat Rothfuss is simply the best writer there is in the fantasy genre to date. Period. End stop. In fact I think he would be brilliant in whatever genre he chose. We fantasy fan are simply lucky that he likes fantasy too and chose to gift us with his prose.
If he wanted to take forever to do this book right, then more power to him. None of us are going to die if this book does not get on the shelves tomorrow; in fact some of us will move on, live and thrive.
Look at it this way. We can tell our children and our children’s children (if we are so lucky) that we were there when “The Name of the Wind”, “Wise Man’s Fear” and “Third Novel Yet to Be Named” were first published. There are some people around who remember when “Lord of the Rings” appeared. Let us hope that Pat Rothfuss will travel in such august company.

By: Chuck Hunt

Chuck Hunt — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:50:40 +0000

Just remember Robert Jordan.

By: God of All Things

God of All Things — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 05:32:53 +0000

I love this author. Not only does he write well, he also emotes to his fans. That is a rare thing. I know how difficult it is to write a book, especially the rewriting of a book. I use the word rewriting instead of editing because of what happens to the original piece in the process. Some things take longer than others, but all good things take time. Thank you Patrick Rothfuss for being a person, as well as an amazing author.

By: Ryan Charlebois

Ryan Charlebois — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:55:21 +0000

I must agree as well. I am content to wait for this novel to be finished and I do not want it to be rushed. People, there are always other novels coming out at different times. Get a new novel if your tired of waiting to pass the time. Cut the guy some slack and let him get his shit done

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Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:58:00 +0000

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By: aidan

aidan — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:40:03 +0000

I think you hit the nail on the head. Rothfuss appeals to his fans because he’s willing to come out and let them know what’s going on, rather than staying silent about his progress.

Yeah, it’s taking him longer than expected to put out The Wise Man’s Fear, but we know why it’s taking so long and what he’s doing about it and that makes all the difference in the world.

Respect for Rothfuss +1 with this post.

By: gav (nextread.co.uk)

gav (nextread.co.uk) — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 14:51:43 +0000

I have a completely different reaction to reading this news of delay than that of GRRM – I guess that understanding why there is a delay is much better than keeping silent.

I’m sure it’ll be great when it’s done and that Pat’s trying his best to give his fans exactly what they want. A great bloody story.

By: edifanob

edifanob — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:56:19 +0000

I read the whole post.And to be honest I appreciate to get view behind the curtain of an author.
Maybe the most interesting piece of news I found in this post;

AUTHORS ARE HUMAN BEINGS !!!!

“Before you begin a thing, remind yourself that difficulties and delays quite impossible to foresee are ahead. If you could see them clearly, naturally you could do a great deal to get rid of them but you can’t. You can only see one thing clearly and that is your goal. Form a mental vision of that and cling to it through thick and thin.”
Kathleen Norris