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So, I'm once again in an airport about to board an international flight with nothing to read. Perusing the paltry selection of paperbacks in a concourse kiosk, I grab a copy of 'The Name of the Wind' by Patrick Rothfuss. It's a good read for a 6+ hour flight. Yeah, it's fantasy fiction, but Rothfuss has a way with the language and is a talented storyteller.

'The Name of the Wind' is open-ended, so, after returning home, I look for another book by Rothfuss. I find 'The Wise Man's Fear,' and it is as good a read as its predecessor. It is then that I discover that the first two books are parts of a trilogy - The Kingkiller Chronicle. Alas! Though 'The Wise Man's Fear' was published in 2011, Rothfuss is notorious for his fickle production; there is no outlook for the publication of the third book. His editor hasn't seen tweedle-dee-dee of the manuscript. Meanwhile, Rothfuss has published a novella centered on one of the characters introduced in 'The Wise Man's Fear.' Maddening...

Honestly, if I had any inkling of who Rothfuss is and/or the state of his Kingkiller Trilogy, I never would have grabbed that first book. There was a time when fantasy/scifi books stood on their own as fulfilling reads, even if their story lines carried on in other novels. These days, every doggone author is penning series, and even 700+ page tomes are simply chapters in a larger serial. God help us if we accidentally get sucked into one of those for which the author turns out a book every 4 to 7 years.
 
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Tin Man said:
So, I'm once again in an airport about to board an international flight with nothing to read. Perusing the paltry selection of paperbacks in a concourse kiosk, I grab a copy of 'The Name of the Wind' by Patrick Rothfuss. It's a good read for a 6+ hour flight. Yeah, it's fantasy fiction, but Rothfuss has a way with the language and is a talented storyteller.

'The Name of the Wind' is open-ended, so, after returning home, I look for another book by Rothfuss. I find 'The Wise Man's Fear,' and it is as good a read as its predecessor. It is then that I discover that the first two books are parts of a trilogy - The Kingkiller Chronicle. Alas! Though 'The Wise Man's Fear' was published in 2011, Rothfuss is notorious for his fickle production. there is no outlook for the publication of the third book. His editor hasn't seen tweedle-dee-dee of the manuscript. Meanwhile, Rothfuss has published a novella centered on one of the characters introduced in 'The Wise Man's Fear.' Maddening...

Honestly, if I had any inkling of who Rothfuss is and/or the state of his Kingkiller Trilogy, I never would have grabbed that first book. There was a time when fantasy/scifi books stood on their own as fulfilling reads, even if their story lines carried on in other novels. These days, every doggone author is penning series, and even 700+ page tomes are simply chapters in a larger serial. God help us if we accidentally get sucked into one of those for which the author turns out a book every 4 to 7 years.
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Have a safe trip
 
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Tin Man said:
So, I'm once again in an airport about to board an international flight with nothing to read. Perusing the paltry selection of paperbacks in a concourse kiosk, I grab a copy of 'The Name of the Wind' by Patrick Rothfuss. It's a good read for a 6+ hour flight. Yeah, it's fantasy fiction, but Rothfuss has a way with the language and is a talented storyteller.

'The Name of the Wind' is open-ended, so, after returning home, I look for another book by Rothfuss. I find 'The Wise Man's Fear,' and it is as good a read as its predecessor. It is then that I discover that the first two books are parts of a trilogy - The Kingkiller Chronicle. Alas! Though 'The Wise Man's Fear' was published in 2011, Rothfuss is notorious for his fickle production; there is no outlook for the publication of the third book. His editor hasn't seen tweedle-dee-dee of the manuscript. Meanwhile, Rothfuss has published a novella centered on one of the characters introduced in 'The Wise Man's Fear.' Maddening...

Honestly, if I had any inkling of who Rothfuss is and/or the state of his Kingkiller Trilogy, I never would have grabbed that first book. There was a time when fantasy/scifi books stood on their own as fulfilling reads, even if their story lines carried on in other novels. These days, every doggone author is penning series, and even 700+ page tomes are simply chapters in a larger serial. God help us if we accidentally get sucked into one of those for which the author turns out a book every 4 to 7 years.
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Reading books is for ass eaters.
 
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Tin Man said:
So, I'm once again in an airport about to board an international flight with nothing to read. Perusing the paltry selection of paperbacks in a concourse kiosk, I grab a copy of 'The Name of the Wind' by Patrick Rothfuss. It's a good read for a 6+ hour flight. Yeah, it's fantasy fiction, but Rothfuss has a way with the language and is a talented storyteller.

'The Name of the Wind' is open-ended, so, after returning home, I look for another book by Rothfuss. I find 'The Wise Man's Fear,' and it is as good a read as its predecessor. It is then that I discover that the first two books are parts of a trilogy - The Kingkiller Chronicle. Alas! Though 'The Wise Man's Fear' was published in 2011, Rothfuss is notorious for his fickle production; there is no outlook for the publication of the third book. His editor hasn't seen tweedle-dee-dee of the manuscript. Meanwhile, Rothfuss has published a novella centered on one of the characters introduced in 'The Wise Man's Fear.' Maddening...

Honestly, if I had any inkling of who Rothfuss is and/or the state of his Kingkiller Trilogy, I never would have grabbed that first book. There was a time when fantasy/scifi books stood on their own as fulfilling reads, even if their story lines carried on in other novels. These days, every doggone author is penning series, and even 700+ page tomes are simply chapters in a larger serial. God help us if we accidentally get sucked into one of those for which the author turns out a book every 4 to 7 years.
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GOT author has done the same thing. and I was pretty upset back when Robert Jordan died before finishing The Wheel of Time series, they got someone else to finish, it clearly wasn't the same.
 
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Tin Man said:
So, I'm once again in an airport about to board an international flight with nothing to read. Perusing the paltry selection of paperbacks in a concourse kiosk, I grab a copy of 'The Name of the Wind' by Patrick Rothfuss. It's a good read for a 6+ hour flight. Yeah, it's fantasy fiction, but Rothfuss has a way with the language and is a talented storyteller.

'The Name of the Wind' is open-ended, so, after returning home, I look for another book by Rothfuss. I find 'The Wise Man's Fear,' and it is as good a read as its predecessor. It is then that I discover that the first two books are parts of a trilogy - The Kingkiller Chronicle. Alas! Though 'The Wise Man's Fear' was published in 2011, Rothfuss is notorious for his fickle production; there is no outlook for the publication of the third book. His editor hasn't seen tweedle-dee-dee of the manuscript. Meanwhile, Rothfuss has published a novella centered on one of the characters introduced in 'The Wise Man's Fear.' Maddening...

Honestly, if I had any inkling of who Rothfuss is and/or the state of his Kingkiller Trilogy, I never would have grabbed that first book. There was a time when fantasy/scifi books stood on their own as fulfilling reads, even if their story lines carried on in other novels. These days, every doggone author is penning series, and even 700+ page tomes are simply chapters in a larger serial. God help us if we accidentally get sucked into one of those for which the author turns out a book every 4 to 7 years.
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LouderVol said:
GOT author has done the same thing. and I was pretty upset back when Robert Jordan died before finishing The Wheel of Time series, they got someone else to finish, it clearly wasn't the same.
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Brandon Sanderson (huge fan of Jordan) was engaged to finish the 12th and final book in the series according to Jordan's copious notes. The publisher decided to stretch the material into three volumes. Sanderson's own fans were peeved by the delays to Sanderson's own writings. Presently, I'm hooked on Sanderson's Stormlight Archive, awaiting book three (of up to ten).
 
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Tin Man said:
Brandon Sanderson (huge fan of Jordan) was engaged to finish the 12th and final book in the series according to Jordan's copious notes. The publisher decided to stretch the material into three volumes. Sanderson's own fans were peeved by the delays to Sanderson's own writings. Presently, I'm hooked on Sanderson's Stormlight Archive, awaiting book three (of up to ten).
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I read a couple other of Jordan's books under different pen names without knowing it was him.

and yeah knew it was Sanderson and didn't mind the selection but the end of the book sucked. the walk off into the sunset is not how a series like that ends. there should have been some type of wrapping up.
 
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LouderVol said:
I read a couple other of Jordan's books under different pen names without knowing it was him.

and yeah knew it was Sanderson and didn't mind the selection but the end of the book sucked. the walk off into the sunset is not how a series like that ends. there should have been some type of wrapping up.
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I feel ya.
 
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joevol33 said:
Who the crap is Felicia?
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