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[Haly]

Yes. Book 1 is about his dealing with student debt. Book 2 is about backpacking across Europe during spring break.

 

[AngmarsKing701]

Yes. Book 1 is about his dealing with student debt. Book 2 is about backpacking across Europe during spring break.

:jnc

 

[Ravager61]

I'm about 70% into the Name of the Wind and nothing has really happened. The main character is still at the university and is still telling his intro story. I guess the action doesn't start until The Wise Man's Fear?

I actually really enjoyed The Name of the Wind but if you think that shit's bad in NotW, don't even bother with The Wise Man's Fear. WMF is basically a series of Kvothe short stories that all go on WAYYYY longer than they have to. The first 1/3 of the book is basically just a rehash of the University stuff from the first book too.

I still enjoyed parts of Wise Man's Fear but it definitely has issues.

 

[TTG]

I'm about 70% into the Name of the Wind and nothing has really happened. The main character is still at the university and is still telling his intro story. I guess the action doesn't start until The Wise Man's Fear?

Things move at a lightning speed in the first book relative to the second. Which isn't to say I didn't enjoy about 2/3rds of the two books put together, but I do take an incredulous stance when people start talking about how they just can't wait for the third.

I sometimes wonder if some fantasy writers look over at the other half of the genre they get lumped in with. "I'm about to write a 10k page series and it won't have half the creative thought PKD can pack into a 200 page book."

 

[aidan]

I'm about 70% into the Name of the Wind and nothing has really happened. The main character is still at the university and is still telling his intro story. I guess the action doesn't start until The Wise Man's Fear?

Action? Rothfuss? Tell me about his alternate universe where those two words live in harmony.

 

[sparky2112]

Action? Rothfuss? Tell me about his alternate universe where those two words live in harmony.

I enjoyed Wind quite a bit, but I have a friend/co-worker that is convinced it's a masterpiece. That alone has been enough to put me off of Fear. The 12th time you hear, 'Yeah, that's good, but it's no Name of the Wind', all I want to do is find a doll that looks like Rothfuss and stick pins in it.

 

[aidan]

I enjoyed Wind quite a bit, but I have a friend/co-worker that is convinced it's a masterpiece. That alone has been enough to put me off of Fear. The 12th time you hear, 'Yeah, that's good, but it's no Name of the Wind', all I want to do is find a doll that looks like Rothfuss and stick pins in it.

I like Rothfuss' books a lot, but, yeah, they're good, sometimes great, fantasy of a slow, languid ilk. I think it's unfair to compare most other epic fantasies against it—not because of quality, but because what Rothfuss is doing (subversive biography of a legend in the making) is so against the agenda of a typical epic fantasy (political/mystical brouhaha).

 

[Maklershed]

I'm somewhat enjoying the book but it just seems like a teen romance in a fantasy world at this point. There were so many times when Kvoth was being bullied and I was thinking "ohh here we go he's gonna use sympathy magic and f*** these people up!" but nope .. or he'd do something to get back at Ambrose - break into his room, get into a duel, anything but nope he just writes a song. The most exciting part of the book so far was the very beginning when the little demon crabs were attacking but that's a distant memory at this point. Not every fantasy book has to be Rambo meets LotR but some action to break things up would be nice.

 

[kswiston]

I'm somewhat enjoying the book but it just seems like a teen romance in a fantasy world at this point. There were so many times when Kvoth was being bullied and I was thinking "ohh here we go he's gonna use sympathy magic and f*** these people up!" but nope .. or he'd do something to get back at Ambrose - break into his room, get into a duel, anything but nope he just writes a song. The most exciting part of the book so far was the very beginning when the little demon crabs were attacking but that's a distant memory at this point. Not every fantasy book has to be Rambo meets LotR but some action to break things up would be nice.

Wise Man's Fear pushes the story ahead maybe a year or so. I am not sure how they will cover the remaining decade(s) of Kvoth's story in the final book at this pace. We'll get a couple hundred more pages of him describing the voices of the ladies in his life as sweet summer breezes or warm honey, and in the final chapter Kvoth will wrap things up with "And then I killed the king, had several other daring adventures and now I am here. These stories have all been well told in the past, so I feel no need to elaborate on them".

How do you like it so far? I also took a break after Abaddon's Gate to read some other stuff.

I'm maybe 50 pages into the novel at present. I will give some quality impressions in a day or two when I have read enough to form some sort of opinion. It hasn't been explicitly stated, but the story picks up about a year or two after Abaddon's Gate. As has been the case in the past, some minor characters from previous novels are back as viewpoint characters in this one. I haven't hit a Jim Holden chapter yet.

 

[Trouble]

Just started Time's Eye, so I guess I'm committing to reading the trilogy.

 

[Maklershed]

Wise Man's Fear pushes the story ahead maybe a year or so. I am not sure how they will cover the remaining decade(s) of Kvoth's story in the final book at this pace. We'll get a couple hundred more pages of him describing the voices of the ladies in his life as sweet summer breezes or warm honey, and in the final chapter Kvoth will wrap things up with "And then I killed the king, had several other daring adventures and now I am here. These stories have all been well told in the past, so I feel no need to elaborate on them".



I'm maybe 50 pages into the novel at present. I will give some quality impressions in a day or two when I have read enough to form some sort of opinion. It hasn't been explicitly stated, but the story picks up about a year or two after Abaddon's Gate. As has been the case in the past, some minor characters from previous novels are back as viewpoint characters in this one. I haven't hit a Jim Holden chapter yet.

Ha. After my last post it dawned on me that I'm nearing the end of a colossal book which is part of a series called The Kingkiller Chronicles and I don't think the king has even been alluded to yet.

 

[sparky2112]

Ha. After my last post it dawned on me that I'm nearing the end of a colossal book which is part of a series called The Kingkiller Chronicles and I don't think the king has even been alluded to yet.

Kvoth just brags he killed some random king for street cred.

 

[ryseing]

Wise Man's Fear pushes the story ahead maybe a year or so. I am not sure how they will cover the remaining decade(s) of Kvoth's story in the final book at this pace. We'll get a couple hundred more pages of him describing the voices of the ladies in his life as sweet summer breezes or warm honey, and in the final chapter Kvoth will wrap things up with "And then I killed the king, had several other daring adventures and now I am here. These stories have all been well told in the past, so I feel no need to elaborate on them".

Present day Kvothe is actually fairly young IIRC. Events have just aged him.

Third book is going to be long because the framing story has to be wrapped up.

Ha. After my last post it dawned on me that I'm nearing the end of a colossal book which is part of a series called The Kingkiller Chronicles and I don't think the king has even been alluded to yet.

I think it's Ambrose. They keep mentioning his position in the line of succession for a reason.

 

[Jangaroo]

Almost finished Sword of Destiny (The Witcher). I just have the last short story "Something More" to read. Not reading anything else at the moment

You should definitely read the other books in the series when you get the chance though they become much more political in nature afterwards.

 

[commish]

I enjoyed Wind quite a bit, but I have a friend/co-worker that is convinced it's a masterpiece. That alone has been enough to put me off of Fear. The 12th time you hear, 'Yeah, that's good, but it's no Name of the Wind', all I want to do is find a doll that looks like Rothfuss and stick pins in it.

I still can't believe anyone would have that opinion of the book to each his/her own. I still haven't read part 2 despite owning it, so maybe I will one of these days.

 

[AngmarsKing701]

You know what I'm reading? This thread.

Instead of the book I started like two months ago.

Sigh...

 

[Haly]

Why read when you can talk about the merits of Kingkiller Chronicles?

 

[DarkChronic]

Wise Man's Fear pushes the story ahead maybe a year or so. I am not sure how they will cover the remaining decade(s) of Kvoth's story in the final book at this pace. We'll get a couple hundred more pages of him describing the voices of the ladies in his life as sweet summer breezes or warm honey, and in the final chapter Kvoth will wrap things up with "And then I killed the king, had several other daring adventures and now I am here. These stories have all been well told in the past, so I feel no need to elaborate on them"..

I honestly think that is why it is taking so long for this last book to come out. He has no idea how to end it in a single book. I feel like there is so much left to be told.

Regardless, I love the series and I really look forward to the third one.

 

[TTG]

He plays the lute like no one else, no one I tell you!

*gently weeps, tears roll down cheeks and into tankard of mead nestled between hands*

 

[Piecake]

I just finished this. I got the information that I wanted out of it, but I didn't get much beyond that. I didn't find it all that entertaining or fascinating, but it did give me a better understanding of the religious views of our founders. I thought how he broke down the categories made sense. He argued that religious beliefs, for the purpose of figuring out whether or not deism influenced their beliefs, can be split into deism, Christian-deism, and orthodox Christianity with a great deal of differences among those categories. Basically, he convincingly argues that while there were orthodox Christians among our founders, most notably Samuel Adams and John Jay, many of our founders were influenced by Deism. Our first 5 presidents, for example, had adopted some form of Deistic beliefs.

I should point out that Deism does not mean unbelief or that these people were not staunch believers in a higher power. It simply means that their beliefs, and perhaps more importantly, world focus, different from pious orthodox Christians then and now.

 

[aidan]

Started Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie this morning. Two pages in, it's all about Seivarden making tea. Good stuff.

 

[Haly]

Finally.

 

[Mumei]

You know what I'm reading? This thread.

Instead of the book I started like two months ago.

Sigh...

I do this a lot, too. Like right now.

Why read when you can talk about the merits of Kingkiller Chronicles?

I haven't even read that book and I can feel the snark from over here.

 

[Haly]

I'm reading:

It's really good. Novik bends her traveloguing powers to create a colorful portrait of magic (as well as stunning landscapes).

And because Novik is a middle aged woman, the romance can't be something simple like attractive tweenage girl meets attractive tweenage boy. It has to be something weird like less-than-attractive tweenage girl meets

Spoiler

century old immortal mage-of-the-court who is referred to as Dragon.

Spoiler

And they very nearly get it on while mixing their magic to make an illusion of flowers and bees.

 

[Cade]

Cyan pls ban Aidan for lording his books we can't read over us.
Thx,
everyone here ;_;

 

[Maklershed]

Mumei - what's the book for next month?

 

[Piecake]

Cyan pls ban Aidan for lording his books we can't read over us.
Thx,
everyone here ;_;

Yea, you gotta love it when he says really nice things about a book that make you want to read it, and then you look it up to find out that it is coming out in 5 months...

 

[aidan]

Yea, you gotta love it when he says really nice things about a book that make you want to read it, and then you look it up to find out that it is coming out in 5 months...

Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho comes out tomorrow! Buy it. Read it. Love it!

 

[Cade]

Speaking of books..

Has anyone read the X-Files tie in novels? I assume they're at least readable fun. Looks like a lot of them are only $1 on Kindle all the time so I might pick up a couple.

 

[Mumei]

Mumei - what's the book for next month?

Hell, I don't know.

I made a bunch of suggestions earlier in the thread, and Necrovex and Piecake also made suggestions. I'm planning on reading On Immunity: An Inoculation, Being Mortal, and The Riddle Master this month, among other books, so those are a few other possibilities that work for me.

 

[TTG]

What about Da Luminaries? Sparky and I are reading it, I'd like to discuss it some more. It's an 800 page murder mystery(or at least that's what it has been so far), so it may turn out to be unwieldy and prone to spoilers. Mostly a selfish choice on my part really.

 

[Piecake]

Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho comes out tomorrow! Buy it. Read it. Love it!

Hmm, that does look interesting. I'll put it on the reading list. Thanks!

 

[Mifune]

Speaking of books..

Has anyone read the X-Files tie in novels? I assume they're at least readable fun. Looks like a lot of them are only $1 on Kindle all the time so I might pick up a couple.

I read the first two tie-in novels written by Kevin J. Anderson. And they were really bad. I would recommend skipping those for sure, unless you absolutely need new X-Files material.

 

[Cade]

I read the first two tie-in novels written by Kevin J. Anderson. And they were really bad. I would recommend skipping those for sure, unless you absolutely need new X-Files material.

Those were the ones I was looking at. Are they fun bad, like a Splinter Cell tie-in novel, or bad bad like a Burn Notice tie-in novel? I've read a few tie-in novels because I am a bad person.

 

[Jintor]

this fluent forever book is p.good

when's the new thread

 

[Maklershed]

this fluent forever book is p.good

when's the new thread

Right now. New thread is up: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1104938

Hell, I don't know.

I made a bunch of suggestions earlier in the thread, and Necrovex and Piecake also made suggestions. I'm planning on reading On Immunity: An Inoculation, Being Mortal, and The Riddle Master this month, among other books, so those are a few other possibilities that work for me.

I selfishly chose Ghettoside from the list you provided earlier this month. Its the one book I already own. :b



New thread is up: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1104938

New thread is up: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1104938

 

[Mifune]

Those were the ones I was looking at. Are they fun bad, like a Splinter Cell tie-in novel, or bad bad like a Burn Notice tie-in novel? I've read a few tie-in novels because I am a bad person.

I thought they were tedious and not all that fun, but I don't read many tie-in books so I don't have anything to compare it to. Reading them wasn't some excruciating experience; they just were really bland.

 

[Cade]

I thought they were tedious and not all that fun, but I don't read many tie-in books so I don't have anything to compare it to. Reading them wasn't some excruciating experience; they just were really bland.

That sounds skippable then. Thanks for the heads-up.