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I watched a bit of Critical Role when Rothfart was on the show and was pleasantly surprised that he can like, roleplay without being terrible and obstructive. It wasn't at all the kind of person I thought wrote this dribble.
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That's a joke cover right? Like he's going to reveal the real cover and laugh about how no one called him out on it right?
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The cover is great because it's exactly as sloppy and slapped together as the story but since you're forced to consume it in a single image instead of over a million words, there's no friction to blunt the impact
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Jun 28, 2017 20:11
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TheIncredulousHulk posted:The cover is great because it's exactly as sloppy and slapped together as the story but since you're forced to consume it in a single image instead of over a million words, there's no friction to blunt the impact
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Malpais Legate posted:I watched a bit of Critical Role when Rothfart was on the show and was pleasantly surprised that he can like, roleplay without being terrible and obstructive. It wasn't at all the kind of person I thought wrote this dribble. That's a shift from how he's always been when he does Acquisitions Incorporated. He was worse than Wil Wheaton.
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Jun 29, 2017 00:12
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BananaNutkins posted:The tenth anniversary cover is a huge mess, which I suppose is an accurate representation of the text within. It needs a reference to the several hundred pages of boring Harry Potter fanfic.
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Jun 29, 2017 06:16
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We're probably lucky he didn't just publish reams of lovely LOTR slashfic and yell on Twitter at how genius his parodies are.
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Jun 29, 2017 16:18
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That 10th anniversary cover is like the picture a kindergartner brings home that their parents have to pretend is nice.
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Nakar posted:Yes but when I finish looking at this cover it is a complete experience, which is more than one can say of what's behind the cover. Hmm, this is a good point. I need to revisit my theory
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BananaNutkins posted:The tenth anniversary cover is a huge mess, which I suppose is an accurate representation of the text within.
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Jul 2, 2017 13:53
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Shout out to this dude:quote:I’m curious to know who exactly wanted this special edition: you, or your publisher?
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Jul 2, 2017 15:03
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Confusingly that cover is by a guy who does covers for Neil Gaiman, Ken Liu, and a bunch of other major people. I wanna know who the art director approving this stuff is if we're seeing all these problems but editorial is totally missing it.
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Maybe Rothfuss is being punked and we just don't know it
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Ccs posted:Confusingly that cover is by a guy who does covers for Neil Gaiman, Ken Liu, and a bunch of other major people. I wanna know who the art director approving this stuff is if we're seeing all these problems but editorial is totally missing it. Speaking as someone that has done a fair bit of art commissioning and can spot bullshit I would wager that Rothfuss micromanaged the design by vomiting up a list of specific  VERY IMPORTANT NECESSARY elements he wanted present and demanded the artist "make it work."This is what you get when you have someone that does art for a living and your client has both terrible taste and enough money to make you not care.
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Is the cardinal the bird that landed on the Ctheah(sp)? I thought it was something else.
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Jul 5, 2017 17:47
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It was a butterfly and also not in that book. I expect the cardinal is supposed to symbolize something about Kvothe because mumblemumble redhead mumblemumble amyr
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The cover makes perfect sense if like me, you're a New God from the future and have read the third book, due in 2034
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Reene posted:It was a butterfly and also not in that book. Yeah, I know it wasn't in the first book, but I thought maybe he was putting things from all three into it somehow. Like, maybe that doorknocker/handle embedded into a stone wall for no loving reason other than to have a lute strap tied to it at ground level is from the third book or something. edit: Is it the Door of Stone!?!?!
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Solice Kirsk posted:Yeah, I know it wasn't in the first book, but I thought maybe he was putting things from all three into it somehow. Like, maybe that doorknocker/handle embedded into a stone wall for no loving reason other than to have a lute strap tied to it at ground level is from the third book or something. Yes. Also, I wouldn't be surprised if it was suppose to be elements from all three books. Like, the cover for the first book has Voldemort standing in front of the Cthaeh, two 'characterss' who I don't think have been in the same book together, and the Cthaeh wasn't in the first book at all. EDIT: Well, to be honest, Voldemort really wasn't in the first book either. One short scene. Kchama fucked around with this message at 03:56 on Jul 7, 2017 |
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What I don't get is the pile of garbage the lute is lying on. What does it mean.
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HIJK posted:What I don't get is the pile of garbage the lute is lying on. What does it mean. Look at this philistine who thinks that things have to mean things in the context of real, deep, and nuanced Art 
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HIJK posted:What I don't get is the pile of garbage the lute is lying on. What does it mean. It played a note. And the note was SAD.
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perhaps only those who are truly poor will understand what a lute sitting in a pile of trash means!
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HIJK posted:What I don't get is the pile of garbage the lute is lying on. What does it mean. The pile of garbage is the Kingkiller Chronicles
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Lottery of Babylon posted:The pile of garbage is the Kingkiller Chronicles New thread title. Right there.
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BananaNutkins posted:The tenth anniversary cover is a huge mess, which I suppose is an accurate representation of the text within. 
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Thats a good one.
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Jul 19, 2017 00:08
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"The name of the wind" was a Jeopardy category today.
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HIJK posted:What I don't get is the pile of garbage the lute is lying on. What does it mean. it means kvothe done went and hosed up his dang lute the same way patty roth hosed up books PupsOfWar fucked around with this message at 01:35 on Jul 19, 2017 |
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Jul 19, 2017 01:29
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Number Ten Cocks posted:"The name of the wind" was a Jeopardy category today. Were any questions about the book, or was it stuff about language and gods or something?
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SpacePig posted:Were any questions about the book, or was it stuff about language and gods or something? They were about the name of winds. Trade winds, chinook, etc.
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Jul 19, 2017 02:31
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Someone involved with category names for Jeopardy is a turbo-geek. Last week the last two Final Jeopardy categories on one episode were "Shaka" and "When the Walls Fell" (Star Trek: TNG reference for those not familiar with it).
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Jul 19, 2017 02:39
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Patfuck Rothfuck
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Lightning Lord posted:Patfuck Rothfuck Revise this to Patfuck Rothass.
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Avshalom would've been in here with a few Trashrick Rothfarts by now. I almost miss her.
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Jul 19, 2017 19:29
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I like Rothfart. It's silly but not in a malicious way.
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Jul 19, 2017 20:27
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Pat-gently caress, raw-fart.
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Bad-dick Rough-gently caress. I honestly can't believe how much time and effort he seems to be putting into doing anything but writing, editing, or talking about Book 3. Special edition of 1, writing for failing Kickstarter games, answering fan questions about how cool and good he is at things, etc... I don't know why people still follow him so closely or regard themselves as genuine fans.
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