{"id":5685,"date":"2011-02-28T09:07:56","date_gmt":"2011-02-28T17:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=5685"},"modified":"2011-02-28T09:07:56","modified_gmt":"2011-02-28T17:07:56","slug":"an-aside-an-illustrated-refresher-for-rothfuss-the-name-of-the-wind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/art\/an-aside-an-illustrated-refresher-for-rothfuss-the-name-of-the-wind\/","title":{"rendered":"An Aside | An illustrated refresher for Rothfuss&#8217; THE NAME OF THE WIND"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/patrick-rothfuss-notw-comic.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/patrick-rothfuss-notw-comic-192x300.jpg\" alt=\"An illustrated refresh for Rothfuss&#039; THE NAME OF THE WIND\" title=\"An illustrated refresh for Rothfuss&#039; THE NAME OF THE WIND\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/patrick-rothfuss-notw-comic-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/patrick-rothfuss-notw-comic.jpeg 333w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/a>Alongside, well&#8230; <em>everybody<\/em>, I&#8217;ve been looking forward to finally getting my hands on <strong>The Wise Man&#8217;s Fear<\/strong>, Patrick Rothfuss&#8217; sequel to his super-debut <strong>The Name of the Wind<\/strong>, for years. When I received my copy a couple of weeks ago, I dallied with the idea of re-reading <strong>The Name of the Wind<\/strong> for the first time since it was first released. After three years, I was understandably rusty on some of the finer points of the story. But that dalliance lasted only about 15 seconds before I cracked under the pressure and started reading <strong>The Wise Man&#8217;s Fear<\/strong>. I tried to hunt down a detailed synopsis but could only find the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Name_of_the_Wind#Plot\">inadequate one on Wikipedia<\/a>. Alas, I pushed ahead anyway.<\/p>\n<p>Lucky for me, and every other reader too eager to re-read <strong>The Name of the Wind<\/strong>, Rothfuss, along with his buddy <a href=\"http:\/\/natentaylor.com\">Nathan Taylor<\/a>, has published a fully illustrated (and predictably humorous) <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.patrickrothfuss.com\/2011\/02\/our-story-thus-far\/\">recap of <strong>The Name of the Wind<\/strong><\/a> to catch us all up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alongside, well&#8230; everybody, I&#8217;ve been looking forward to finally getting my hands on The Wise Man&#8217;s Fear, Patrick Rothfuss&#8217; sequel to his super-debut The Name of the Wind, for years. 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