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TheIncredulousHulk posted:I was catching up with a friend of mine this past week and she mentioned that she was trying to read Name of the Wind a second time because she "didn't feel like she quite got it" the first time. I told her I didn't like it, and it was like I was a spy giving another spy the password. She went right into a tirade about how much she hated Kvothe and how dumb everything was and how she couldn't understand why everyone had recommended it so heavily to her. It was really funny but also a little hosed up that she felt pressured enough by fan friends to reread a book she wanted nothing to do with. I wish my ex had been this supportive of me not liking it. Alas.
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the old ceremony posted:your ex dumping you over rothfuss is still the funniest thing i've ever read in the book barn He was really eager for me to move on to Wise Man's Fear and knowing what I do now I'm scared as to why
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Oct 8, 2017 00:15
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a male feminist being a creep!!?!??? i never
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BravestOfTheLamps posted:Maybe you should have had faith in the healing power of literature lol no
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Oct 8, 2017 08:51
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M_Gargantua posted:And I was beginning to think my dating life was boring. Of course these people exist, they're nerds
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Oct 8, 2017 19:05
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No one tells you about their Rothfuss obsession right away...they draw you in with normalcy...then they drop the facade. That's how they get you.
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Oct 8, 2017 19:21
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Atlas Hugged posted:The thing that gets me about Rothfuss fandom is that there's just so little to be a fan of. He's written two novels and a smattering of short stories, all in the same world, and maintains a blog. I think he's done some podcasting? Plus there's the various Kickstarters he's participated in. And all of it is set in the same world. YOU'RE JUST JEALOUS BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T PUBLISHED ANYTHING
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Oct 9, 2017 02:11
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You guys read it so I don't have to.
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Oct 17, 2017 05:07
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Oct 22, 2017 22:35
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TV Zombie posted:I find myself shocked at the lengthy reviews of both books but then he continues his review of Eloise after calling her just a little bitch with more words that just hurt my soul. Male feminist Patrick Rothfuss calls a little girl under the age of 10 a "little bitch." He's a massive piece of poo poo.
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Oct 30, 2017 02:22
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Reene posted:Okay but Xena was amazing and if we got something in the style of Xena it would be awesome. (but we won't because Rothfuss is allergic to writing interesting female characters.) taking bets to male feminist rothfart whining that the  in his tv adaptation are "little bitches"
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Oct 31, 2017 02:04
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Fuzzy Mammal posted:http://www.vulture.com/2017/10/patrick-rothfuss-fantasy-next-superstar.html lots of sucking off going on in this article but there's a few gems Renowned fantasy author and male feminist rothfart wants his fans to gently caress off and die because it's so wearying guys. kay.
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Nov 2, 2017 04:03
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my bony fealty posted:Yeah Im not gonna pay too much attention to a list that has Eragon above Gormenghast It's Twilight for boys.
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Nov 2, 2017 22:25
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Eragon is another example of an author with potential getting ruined by hype. There's some decent stuff in the first book (like the dead baby) and if someone had mentored Paolini early on I think he could have been something special. But that didn't happen, so...
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Nov 3, 2017 17:06
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Do the exact opposite of what LKH does.
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Nov 6, 2017 20:17
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Sham bam bamina! posted:Laurell, not Lauren. Her Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series is infamous for devolving almost completely into porn. We are trying to avoid summoning the demon
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Nov 8, 2017 20:26
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ulmont posted:The thread needs to see this. Fire this hack.
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Nov 9, 2017 18:04
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Chuck Buried Treasure posted:I really want to sit down with one of the bafflingly large number of people comparing Rothfuss to Tolkien and have them have them give me a detailed breakdown on exactly what about it is Tolkienesque beyond just being fantasy. - "he actually writes women and he makes them prostitutes! he's so much more feminist than Tolkien" - "all of Tolkien's characters are perfect mary sues! Kvothe actually makes mistakes! - "only stuffy boring people read Tolkien, he doesn't have enough rape and violence in Lord of the Rings!" - "'silence in 3 parts' is way better writing than all those stupid poems Tolkien wrote, I didn't even understand any of those poems! poetry is so stupid but everything Rothfuss writes is beautiful" That's what I remember.
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Nov 12, 2017 21:59
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Stuporstar posted:This is on the same level as Gary Gygax claiming Gandalf was a poo poo wizard because he could only cast a level one light spell. It's a shallow understanding of literature and it also confirms the ever present whine through out all English classes: "reading is so haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrd" But Rothfuss isn't hard to read; not like Tolkien ("wahhhhh why is Aragorn literally Jesus Christ I don't understaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand why is it so haaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrd") so it was easy for it to get big with shallow people who want to appear smart. In the microcosm of fantasy lit, liking Rothfuss is an easy way to show off what a smart and well read person you are and everyone else are haaaaters.
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Nov 12, 2017 23:34
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All sci fi is questionable since everything goes back to the 60s and 70s when it was still niche and the geeks writing this stuff didn't feel the need to keep their sexual proclivities under wraps  Now we're stuck with this industry where the frathouse behavior is still common but now it's getting greater scrutiny. Which makes it all the more baffling that Rothfuss hasn't been targeted by Twitter outrage to be honest.
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Nov 16, 2017 17:37
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A human heart posted:Sci fi began in the 1960s and is bad because the authors are sex criminals, and not because they're cretins who can't write. what a blistering hot take i baked it in the oven for 6 hours on 350
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Nov 17, 2017 07:49
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Captain Hotbutt posted:I actually really want to read this book. It's got a massive fanbase and it seems...influential is the wrong word but it's got it's hooks in the publishing world. I like dead threads and playing catchup with other goons. Let us know how it goes, fresh blood is good.
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Jan 23, 2018 17:26
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The Book Barn > Magic of a Different Kind: I also think that Rothfuss is kind of a twat
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Jan 23, 2018 17:45
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What are the odds of ghostwriting being the solution here. I'd say fairly high
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Jan 29, 2018 18:26
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Ccs posted:Now now let's not get hasty comparing Kingkiller to Twilight. 
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Jan 31, 2018 00:22
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my bony fealty posted:Sanderson at least finishes his books, if anything he's too prolific. I have never read a Sanderson book so I can't comment on the writing but 'magic is a DnD rulebook that drives the plot' sounds like something I never want to read. They're not terrible but they are really formulaic and the characters aren't that strong. On the other hand loving  Sanderson finishes his poo poo!! Which is better than noted male feminist internet fantasy hack Patrick Rothfart
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Feb 2, 2018 19:43
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my bony fealty posted:I read a bit of some Oathbringer sample chapters It never gets better. What you're reading is peak Sanderson. He does not change or improve in any meaningful way.
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Feb 2, 2018 20:52
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my bony fealty posted:Euurghhh. Well, makes sense that he's so popular, at least. Easily digestible and very "here is what is happening. here is how character is feeling." In some ways that's exactly what he is. He has an entire lecture series on Youtube on how to construct formulaic stories. It's interesting in a nuts and bolts kind of way but generating text based off a kind of equation is precisely what he does.
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Feb 2, 2018 22:41
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Nakar posted:There is no greater crime in art than mediocrity. The greatest crime in art is leaving something unfinished like a certain author I know
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Feb 3, 2018 04:26
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So you're saying that Rothfuss one upped Sanderson by having pages of sex ninjas and Rothfuss being an amazing sex haver with the sex fairy in spite of being a virgin?
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Feb 3, 2018 22:18
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Solice Kirsk posted:Dude, that was Kvothe. Not Rothfuss. Kvothe was super duper good at sex with the sex goddess and then she loved him because he was so good at sex with her. But he was also strong, but not totally stronger than her, but still stronger than her because he was strong and good at sex. You are implying that there is a differenfe between Rothfuss and Kvothot when I posit that Kvothot is but Rothfuss's self insert
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Feb 4, 2018 01:53
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I tried to read Mistborn and I got as far as the smug nobleman in the beginning making some bullshit promise to a vaguely described peasant before flouncing off. I gave up at that point because it was clearly not well written.
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Feb 5, 2018 22:56
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The hilarious part is when fans try to defend the horrid musician bits though you can say that about the entire book really
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Feb 14, 2018 22:24
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All I know is that how Rothfart writes about music is pants on head retarded and absolutely rage inducing if I think about it too long.
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Feb 15, 2018 00:11
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PJOmega posted:Even that would be a bitch and a half, as playing an unfamiliar instrument on the fly would be impressive. Basically Rothfuss treats music like rolling a d20 and your proficiency in music is determined by what number you roll when you reach the skill check. Kvothe is his Gary Stu self insert so of course he's going to roll natural 20s every time.
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Feb 15, 2018 18:45
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Solice Kirsk posted:Someone in the thread nailed it when they said Rothfuss writes about missing music as if Kvothe lost his iPod and not like someone who has lost the music in his heart. and it was like a really expensive ipod, like when the first generation ipods were hot and he was really attached to it and he lost it and now he can't wver listen to music again because he's a spoiled trust fund kid that wanted that specific model and if he loses it then music is ruined FOREVER
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Feb 16, 2018 21:30
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These years are going to be known for the fact that there are so many fantasy authors that refuse to complete their books.
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my bony fealty posted:Following in the great tradition of Tolkien and his inability to complete The Silmarillion. pages and pages and pages and pages of sniveling about the stupid loving student loans
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