Ammen
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Post by Ammen on Mar 18, 2013 21:38:05 GMT
Has anyone else read them? It's the Kingkiller Chronicle by Patrick Rothfuss. The first book is The Name of the Wind, and the second is The Wise Man's Fear. These books have taken over my life as far as literature goes. Rothfuss is a mastermind.
Before I go into a detailed description, has anyone else heard of them?
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Post by Marty on Mar 18, 2013 23:14:51 GMT
Nope. What's the basic premise?
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Post by Ammen on Mar 20, 2013 22:17:05 GMT
I will definitely not do it justice, but I can use the Publisher's Weekly description:
"The originality of Rothfuss's outstanding debut fantasy, the first of a trilogy, lies less in its unnamed imaginary world than in its precise execution. Kvothe ("pronounced nearly the same as 'Quothe' "), the hero and villain of a thousand tales who's presumed dead, lives as the simple proprietor of the Waystone Inn under an assumed name. Prompted by a biographer called Chronicler who realizes his true identity, Kvothe starts to tell his life story. From his upbringing as an actor in his family's traveling troupe of magicians, jugglers and jesters, the Edema Ruh, to feral child on the streets of the vast port city of Tarbean, then his education at "the University," Kvothe is driven by twin imperatives—his desire to learn the higher magic of naming and his need to discover as much as possible about the Chandrian, the demons of legend who murdered his family. As absorbing on a second reading as it is on the first, this is the type of assured, rich first novel most writers can only dream of producing. The fantasy world has a new star."
Rothfuss has the most incredible talent for storytelling I have ever seen. Literally every time I have re-read this book (and there have been many) I come away with another hint as to what's going to happen, or what has already happened (most of the book is in flashback).
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Post by Coriana on Apr 13, 2013 13:12:56 GMT
It sounds good. I shall put it on my 'pick up sometime' list.
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