Slick Mongoose Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Just finished the Lightning Tree. Really enjoyed it. Good insight into Bast and how Fae think. Also some tidbits about magic. Some nice Rothfuss prose and layering. I thought it was excellent as well. Bast is a great character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaston de Foix Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 I thought it was excellent as well. Bast is a great character. I liked it too. Shall we talk about what insight it sheds on the Kingkiller Chronicles and Doors of Stone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Fuck Bast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tears of Lys Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 I liked it too. Shall we talk about what insight it sheds on the Kingkiller Chronicles and Doors of Stone? Yes, please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdDrake Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Love The Lightning Tree. NOTW and WMF are great and this novella further cemented Rothfuss as one of the fantasy greats in my mind. This sucka's the real deal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 The kids of the villiage muat be really confused as Bast has spent most of the last two days at the Waystone rather than around the Tree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thistlepong Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 The kids of the villiage muat be really confused as Bast has spent most of the last two days at the Waystone rather than around the Tree. Maybe he only goes out there on Felling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thistlepong Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 I liked it too. Shall we talk about what insight it sheds on the Kingkiller Chronicles and Doors of Stone? Yes, please! Is it time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tears of Lys Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 I'm squeezing these posts in in between working and driving from one appointment to another. Don't expect too much of me. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaston de Foix Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Is it time? Are there discussions going on Tor.com and elsewhere? It's pretty much a rolling seminar on Rothfussia over there, but beyond's Jo's initial post, I haven't found anything. timing: it's clearly before the events of NOTW but equally clearly not that long before. There's a lot to discuss in terms of magic systems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thistlepong Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Are there discussions going on Tor.com and elsewhere? It's pretty much a rolling seminar on Rothfussia over there, but beyond's Jo's initial post, I haven't found anything. I think there are a couple things holding up the Spoiler/Analysis post on the reread. Jo is, or was, on tour. And she noted in the non-spoiler post that she wanted to give folks time to read it. I got a look it early, so I've been tryin' to respect that here and elsewhere. That's also made me kind of lazy about taking detailed notes. But, y'know, if folks are ready... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Mongoose Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 I'm ready. We can always use spoiler tags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unJon Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Yes it is time. Did anyone else think it weird that we never saw Bast and Manet in the same room at the same time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thistlepong Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Yes it is time.Did anyone else think it weird that we never saw Bast and Manet in the same room at the same time? Or... did we? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unJon Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Ok I'll start but too lazy to quote. Bast gets the idea about writing a book in this story. It comes up twice and it solidifies the idea that Bast tipped off the Chronicler about Kvothe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tears of Lys Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Y'know, I could probably contribute more if I had actually READ the story. Pardon my ignorance, but where is it? :dunce: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unJon Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 It's a story in the Rogues anthology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jussi Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 I have not mentioned how much I love your icon, which is quite a lot. Thank you! Patrick Rothfuss and the Worldbuilders Team - Ask Us Anything About Laniel Young-Again: I don't have more news about Laniel, except to say the story's coming along nicely. There will be more news about it though, perhaps in just a couple of months. Rothfuss' opinion on Peter V. Brett: Honestly, one of the things I feel most guilty about is keeping Brett too busy to work on his novel. It's really good folks. He's a really amazingly good writer. In this audio interview Rothfuss talks briefly about A Song of Ice and Fire: http://traffic.libsyn.com/jawbone/GAW_ROTHFUSS.mp3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sword Of Mid Afternoon Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 I enjoyed reading the Lightning Tree (That Holly business had left me worried that the short story was not for Rothfuss)... I wanted to read the Bast story far more than the PatQ prologue... though it alarms me that Rothfuss appears to have been sucked into the anthology trap... endless side projects that delay the crown jewel. ALAS. At this point I dare say I'm more excited to get a hold of D3 than I am Winds... Hard to say who will publish first. Depressing to think about, actually. On Bast / Faen/ Kvothe interrelations and the insights offered.... Bast thinking about the difference between faen life and his relatively new experience in the mortal lands.This got me to thinking about back in the beginning of Name of the Wind, Chronicler says to Kvothe "I thought you'd be older..." Kvothe replies, "I am..." I take that to mean he has spent years worth of time in Fae... first with Felurian and presumably later at least once where he took on Bast as a student/apprentice/something.I want to see Kvothe & Elodin in Fae... Correct me if I'm wrong, but when Chronicler says something about his naming pursuits at the University, he doesn't mention Elodin, does he? Though he does say something that Elodin could conceivably have said about him (Chronicler) being a lost cause. D3 allegedly has a lot of Elodin... I do hope he survives... he's far more interesting than story Kvothe (so far, at any rate). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 I enjoyed reading the Lightning Tree (That Holly business had left me worried that the short story was not for Rothfuss)... I wanted to read the Bast story far more than the PatQ prologue... though it alarms me that Rothfuss appears to have been sucked into the anthology trap... endless side projects that delay the crown jewel. ALAS. At this point I dare say I'm more excited to get a hold of D3 than I am Winds... Hard to say who will publish first. Depressing to think about, actually.With both of these books it's also very unclear how far the author is.With Martin, you do get the sense that he has finally strapped himself the last year and a half and started writing in earnest, also with the pressure of the tv show catching up. From what you hear it seems like a 2015 release is what is on the publisher's minds. But with Doors of Stone, I'm not sure to what extent, if any, Rothfuss is working on that this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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