Ser Scot A Ellison Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 6 hours ago, Lily Valley said: OMG. HOW MANY TIMES DID SHE WASH HER HANDS AND FEET? This had better turn out to be important for a reason later. She has quite a few personal issues. OCD among them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 7 hours ago, Werthead said: Lynch, Sanderson and Weeks are pretty recent (within the last year). Abercrombie's figures are a bit older. ok,so Rothfuss still beats all of them when taking sales/book stats!! wow,how did he sell so many books? Was the 'word of mouth' so great for these 2 books? Did DAW spend a lot of money on advertising? I don't get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 DAW probably spent a shitload on advertising. I remember the first book was hyped up EVERYWHERE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seiche Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 2 hours ago, Let's Get Kraken said: "Harry Potter for adults," I thought this was the blurb for The Magicians I am curious to see if anything of note is mentioned during the chat today. I am somewhat surprised to not be cynically assuming that it'll be nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiDisaster Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 My prediction: The first question will be asked and Pat will go off on a Kevin Smith level anecdote that takes up the rest of the allotted time and then apologize for not answering anymore questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redeagl Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 Just something random and a little interesting that I saw on Reddit: http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=281321 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astromech Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 Haha, Pat def wrote the "rothfuss is god" review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redeagl Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 I also just saw this: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10154981998473524&id=8024953523 First time I see him mentioning the book from ages. Maybe something will come out of it but I wouldn't hold hopes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 Eh, I didn't think he actually taught? I thought that got debunked here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sperry Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 The CEO of the company I used to work for had read these books before me and recommended them to me. He is a 55 year old man very active in the Church of Christ (an EXTREMELY conservative church). If a guy like him has read them there is a lot of mass exposure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marquis de Leech Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Here's the summary of the Q & A: http://www.tor.com/2017/02/03/patrick-rothfuss-kingkiller-chronicle-book-3-update/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astromech Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Haha, I love Pat's writing, but had quite the eyeroll with this answer, especially the bolded part: What’s his biggest fear in releasing book 3? I don’t really have a big fear about releasing book 3. I’m really looking forward to releasing book 3. Any fears that I have about releasing the book are extraordinarily metatextual and ephemeral. Because I work until I am really certain that the book is as good as I can make it, and so my fear of releasing any book is what is the effect—it’s not like “will they enjoy it?” because I wouldn’t release it unless I was pretty sure it was as good as I could make it and that people would enjoy it. My fear is, what is the larger effect of my book on the world and on the minds of the people who take the time to consume it? Am I contributing in a positive way to the overall kind of collective consciousness of people in the world? I worry about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HexMachina Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 I dunno if that's what his personality is like in real life but I find it really grating reading his interviews. Gah, get a grip man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 His fear should be when everyone finds out the unreliable narrator is reliable and throws everyone's theories into the shitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Barger Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 I couldn't agree more with the comment from the Tor page: Rothfuss is worrried about the impact his book will have on the “collective consciousness” of the world. Holy shit, no damn wonder we’ll be waiting until 2020 to read book 3. I give up. Wake me up when the 20th anniv edition of NoTW is released. Perhaps Patrick will have figured out by then we just want a damn story, not a soul cleansing life changing epiphany from his words. Good frickin grief it’s just so self-indulgently absurd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Yeah, he had Paolini syndrome for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marquis de Leech Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 9 minutes ago, Darth Richard II said: Yeah, he had Paolini syndrome for sure. Seen this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Haha yes, yes I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 This line was particularly discouraging: It’s at best a star and a half because I dismantled a big piece of it and haven’t quite put it back together. It sounds like the predictions that Rothfuss were making no progress were incorrect, he is in fact making negative progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 He says a lot of stuff. I wonder if in ten years anyone will even remember this series existed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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