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Kchama posted:It's not even a new book. It's a 'reimagining' of his short-story The Lightning Tree that was released in the Rogues anthology. Basically it's a longer version with illustrations, a lot like how A Slow Regard came out of a different short story.
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Lottery of Babylon posted:The very next sentence's grammar is all hosed up too: lmfao what the hell, this is some Full Life Consequences-style writing
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Chicken Butt posted:On the one hand, I am extremely glad that we are not actually being subjected to what would undoubtedly be an extremely painful-to-read and infuriatingly overly-successful third volume of the Khronicles, but on the other hand … what the gently caress does he do all day?? A decade of being completely unproductive would drive me to suicidal despair, and I’m not even an “artist“. I thought it was a universal thing that human beings need to be active, or their mental and physical health collapse. He has kids so I guess being a parent plus chores around the house can take up a lot of time. But it’s funny when comparing him to the recent articles about Sanderson, who has a very large family and a business to run and apparently still manages to play a lot of video games in between the huge amount of writing he does. Maybe Rothfuss should go live on the Sanderson compound for a while and absorb some of that Mormon work ethic
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May 21, 2023 14:59
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I'm surprised he didn't turn twitter replies off for the announcement. https://twitter.com/Comrade_Zach666/status/1659258338339692557 https://twitter.com/spooky3do/status/1659502271401435136 https://twitter.com/Chicken0w0/status/1659262619658723351 https://twitter.com/ChrisAmos717/status/1659263275987619840 https://twitter.com/catafantas/status/1659273456955924497 https://twitter.com/PukFoo/status/1659298865063796738
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May 24, 2023 22:09
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Unban botl now and give them a mod challenge to write one chapter of book 3 per month.
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eXXon posted:Unban botl now and give them a mod challenge to write one chapter of book 3 per month. I don't think he'd do that
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May 24, 2023 23:42
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Bing! pretending to be Pat is a better writer than Pat pretending to work. quote:
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Mzuri posted:Bing! pretending to be Pat is a better writer than Pat pretending to work.
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May 26, 2023 15:36
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Can Bing break that forum post up into three parts?
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tor posted:Patrick Rothfuss returns to the Kingkiller Chronicle universe with a reimagining of the stand-alone story “The Lightning Tree.” Expanded to twice its previous length and illustrated by Nate Taylor, The Narrow Road Between Desires publishes November 14, 2023 with DAW Books. We’re thrilled to share the cover below! So he has re-written some nothing short story? What on earth?
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What is "returns to the Kingkiller Chronicle universe" supposed to mean? Returns from where exactly?
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He must have gotten some very strongly worded emails from his publisher about the status of his third book.
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eXXon posted:What is "returns to the Kingkiller Chronicle universe" supposed to mean? Returns from where exactly? Returns from his busy schedule of not writing and committing charitable fraud?
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I’ve read that story in the Rogues anthology. It’s fairly entertaining on its face but there’s also a lot of insufferable stuff or things you get really annoyed about when you think about it for a few minutes afterwards. Taking that story and making it less concise for more profit is such an amazing Rothfussian scam Ccs fucked around with this message at 22:24 on Jul 10, 2023 |
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Ccs posted:It’s fairly entertaining on its face but there’s also a lot of insufferable stuff or things you get really annoyed about when you think about it for a few minutes afterwards. That concisely sums up R’s entire oeuvre, thank you.
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What are the odds the “expanded” story is just the original manuscript before the editors pared it down to fit in the anthology?
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RichestManInTown posted:What are the odds the “expanded” story is just the original manuscript before the editors pared it down to fit in the anthology? Any other explanation would require that he did some writing in the past decade, so...
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I never read A Slow Regard because I just didn't find Auri interesting as a character. For those of you brave enough to read it, is it worth diving into? We're a little over a month away from the release of his new novella. I'm hoping it's halfway decent but I'm not holding my breath.
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it's about as good as everything else rothfuss wrote, which means it's trash. and if he actually writes and releases something else, it will be trash.
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Hughmoris posted:I never read A Slow Regard because I just didn't find Auri interesting as a character. For those of you brave enough to read it, is it worth diving into? 'New' novella, if I remember correctly it is just one of his already released short-stories with some stuff added.
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Hughmoris posted:I never read A Slow Regard because I just didn't find Auri interesting as a character. For those of you brave enough to read it, is it worth diving into? A Slow Regard is the most self-indulgent tripe I've ever read.
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Hughmoris posted:I never read A Slow Regard because I just didn't find Auri interesting as a character. For those of you brave enough to read it, is it worth diving into? IIRC, Rothfuss preemptively defended that book with some "if you don't think this is good it's clearly not for you  " commentary so...
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Evil Fluffy posted:IIRC, Rothfuss preemptively defended that book with some "if you don't think this is good it's clearly not for you The preface or forward of the book is Rothfuss smugly telling the reader that maybe you just won't "get it" in which case it's "not for you". The book itself consists almost entirely of Auri wandering around in some tunnels while the narration attaches random emotions, mad libs-style, to random objects. So I would recommend the book if and only if you're really eager for a hundred pages of not a real quote posted:Auri stepped through the penitent doorway, into the chamber beyond. Having walked these corridors a hundred times before, she knew how to navigate even in the brazen darkness. Reaching out her left arm, she grasped hold of the tumultuous pipe jutting out of the wall. Running her fingers along the pipe, she allowed its winding path to lead her through the gregarious chamber, guided by the pipe's twists and turns until it made an abrupt turn straight upward and ascended through a thoughtful hole in the ceiling. Having expected this, Auri released the pipe and strode straight ahead, knowing she would soon reach the canny portcullis that would lead her to the jubilant basement of the smug refinery. The refinery was very smug, permeated with a kind of smugness that oozed smugly from its very smugitude, but Auri was used to its smugness and accustomed to appeasing it.
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Lottery of Babylon posted:also the book implies that Auri is all quirky pixie dream girl because she was raped and it broke her mind, thanks rothfuss I'd forgotten this part. Truly, Rothfuss is every bit the Joss Whedon acolyte and feminist he claims to be.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YWywiThKEM Something resembling an update for the chapter pledged for charity, inasmuch that Rothfuss kens folk are frustrated at not getting it, and can't bring himself to either ask the favours to make it an all-singing-all-dancing chapter release nor release it without making it all-singing-all-dancing. To summarise; no real update.
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Cranachan posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YWywiThKEM Every single response to anything he says needs to just have a reply of that tweet of what he claimed was the book 3 draft in its entirety, back in 2014 I think?
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Cranachan posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YWywiThKEM Luv 2 commit (more) charity fraud and act like a shithead while continuing to have no intention of ever delivering.
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It's amazing.. he just has to send out a 3 minute message once a year crying about how hard life is and all is good.
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Barreft posted:It's amazing.. he just has to send out a 3 minute message once a year crying about how hard life is and all is good. Write the book Fatrick!
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Cranachan posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YWywiThKEM He never seems to get that its not really about entitlement or lack of empathy for mental illness. It the lying, Pat. Its the lying people are mad about. People are mad that you lied about the book being done and you lied about the chapter being released etc.
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Dienes posted:He never seems to get that its not really about entitlement or lack of empathy for mental illness. I'm pretty sure he gets it, just like GRRM. You just can't say you aren't doing any work and you're golden. Tesla/Star Citizen etc model.
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Authors can go a really long time between releases, usually by applying for grants or fellowships. He's probably just got enough income streams that he is at zero risk of any money issues, plus he can always raise the rent on the building he owns that Worldbuilders operates out of.
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I saw a person on facebook in the wild saying that book 3 is done and it's the publishers holding it back. Then they posted another reply saying "here you go, next book in november" and it's the novella (which is a re-release). So.. Patrick knows his audience (blithering morons)
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Hughmoris posted:Write the book Fatrick! why
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Barreft posted:I'm pretty sure he gets it, just like GRRM. You just can't say you aren't doing any work and you're golden. Tesla/Star Citizen etc model. Of all of those, at least Tesla actually releases new products. They're overhyped at best or borderline criminal-grade garbage like the cybertruck, but they exist. Which is more than can be said for Doors of Stone or Winds of Winter.
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I honestly feel bad for Rothfuss sometimes. I mean, he's got a huge following of fans, a ton of people eagerly waiting for the third book (and if they're still fans after the second book, it's not like they have discerning taste), and he could (I assume) make some good money not to mention no longer being the butt of every single joke about late/delayed/nonexistent sequels. He has every reason to write the book and no reason not to. The fact that he can't even bring himself to write a single loving chapter for charity suggests he's got some very deep issues and could probably use some help to work through them, which I hope he gets someday. Then I read about him behaving like a sleaze at conventions, or consider his constant lies to his fans, and think "Nah, actually gently caress this guy."
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StonecutterJoe posted:I honestly feel bad for Rothfuss sometimes. I mean, he's got a huge following of fans, a ton of people eagerly waiting for the third book (and if they're still fans after the second book, it's not like they have discerning taste), and he could (I assume) make some good money not to mention no longer being the butt of every single joke about late/delayed/nonexistent sequels. He has every reason to write the book and no reason not to. The fact that he can't even bring himself to write a single loving chapter for charity suggests he's got some very deep issues and could probably use some help to work through them, which I hope he gets someday. Yes he sounds so reasonable in the video before you remember he's grifting
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Rothfuss hopped on GoodReads to plug his book and is very butthurt he didn't log in to a bunch of 5-star reviews.Rothfuss posted:Imagine my delight, logging into Goodreads after I don't even know how long. At least a year, maybe two?
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