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About Patrick Rothfuss
After abandoning his chosen field of chemical engineering, Pat became an itinerant student, wandering through clinical psychology, philosophy, medieval history, theater, and sociology. Nine years later, Pat was forced by university policy to finally complete his undergraduate degree in English.
When not reading and writing, he teaches fencing and dabbles with alchemy in his basement.
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Blog postHey there everybody,
It feels like it’s been a hundred years since the fundraiser, and it also feels just like yesterday. I don’t know if 2020 has permanently damaged my ability to perceive time in an accurate way, or if this is just my regular post-December recovery and fugue state.
Things are going good around here. Though as I type that, I pause and think, “Hold on, that can’t be right. Everything’s awful forever now. Right? Hold on. Let me check my notes….”
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Blog postHey there everybody!
Yesterday, on the final day of the Worldbuilders Fundraiser, we crossed the line into a million dollars. For real.
Despite the trash fire of 2020, this year’s fundraiser has been our most successful in years. (It’s even possible it’s our most successful *ever* but I won’t know that until I’ve gone back and looked carefully at all the numbers.) And, of course, the day isn’t over yet, there’s still time to jump in….
All this success is because you fo4 months ago Read more -
Blog postHeya everyone!
It’s the final day of our big Worldbuilders Fundraiser, we’re at $900,000 already, with almost twelve hours to go, and I thought I’d share a bunch of the cool stretch goals that have been unlocked where cool people have been helping us spread the world about what we’re doing.
Check them out. Feel the joy, and please share them around on your social media. Today’s our last chance to get the word out….
(Here’s a link to my Team page, if you’re interested.)4 months ago Read more -
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Blog postSo… yeah. That’s my best title to a blog ever. Big wordsmith here….
We’re more than halfway through our big yearly Worldbuilders fundraiser, and we’ve just blown by $750,000 raised.
Statistically, I don’t know if it’s our best fundraiser ever (I’d need to unpack some math before I could say that conclusively) but I do know we’re doing amazingly well even without taking into consideration the fact that there’s a pandemic, economic turmoil, civil unrest, and probably a plague of4 months ago Read more -
Blog postHey there!
You’ve known it was coming, and now it’s here.
A heaping helping of Worldbuilders EOY goodness.
That’s right. It’s time for the Worldbuilders Fundraiser.
The Fundraiser is running from Dec 1st to Dec 15th, and it’ll be an all-out sprint complete with death-defying obstacle courses, feats of strength, and livestream festivities, and fabulous prizes.
I’m kicking things off with 14 hours of straight livestreaming on my twitch channel.
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Blog postSo recently, I went furniture shopping. I needed a couch. The problem was, I hated all the couches.
But then I found this couch and I loved it.
This is my soul-couch. It is the couch of my heart. It’s like the great bed of Ware, but a couch. It’s like I had a dream, and in that dream I said, “I want a couch that looks like a pirate would fuck on it” and then I woke up and the dream was made manifest upon the world.
And it was on CLEARANCE? This is emblematic of everyth5 months ago Read more -
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Blog postAs I start writing this, it’s the morning of November 4th. The day after the election. It’s an event I’m guessing folks will eventually refer to in historical if not straight-up superlative terms: The French Revolution. The The War of 1812, The Tungusta event, the Election of 2020.
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This is, as they say, a big one. It feels melodramatic to say, “This is the election that will define America,” but it’s probably true. More than that, I hope this *isn’t* the elect5 months ago Read more -
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Blog postHeya Everybody,
As I write this on Saturday night, our Geeks Doing Good sale has just crested up over $95,000.
I feel pretty good about that. This is a hard time to do fundraising, and it’s a hard time to do things that are lighthearted and fun. I’ve done a bunch of streams with cool folks to help bump things around….
…by most metrics we’re killing it.
But at the same time, deep down, I know I haven’t done a very good job about spreading the word9 months ago Read more -
Blog postIn an effort to get back into blogging while also focusing the positive things in my life, I’m trying something I think of as “One Good Thing” where I share a good thing out of my day.
This is one of those things:
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Today I was hanging out with my boys, and I said, utterly unironically, “Jeepers Cripes.”
(I honestly don’t know why. As a lot of you know, especially if you’ve seen me in person or watched me livestream, I curse like9 months ago Read more
“I just love the world of Patrick Rothfuss.” —Lin-Manuel Miranda • “He’s bloody good, this Rothfuss guy.” —George R. R. Martin • “Rothfuss has real talent.” —Terry Brooks
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DAY ONE: THE NAME OF THE WIND
My name is Kvothe.
I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in. I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. I have talked to Gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep.
You may have heard of me.
So begins a tale unequaled in fantasy literature—the story of a hero told in his own voice. It is a tale of sorrow, a tale of survival, a tale of one man’s search for meaning in his universe, and how that search, and the indomitable will that drove it, gave birth to a legend.
Praise for The Kingkiller Chronicle:
“The best epic fantasy I read last year.... He’s bloody good, this Rothfuss guy.”
—George R. R. Martin, New York Times-bestselling author of A Song of Ice and Fire
“Rothfuss has real talent, and his tale of Kvothe is deep and intricate and wondrous.”
—Terry Brooks, New York Times-bestselling author of Shannara
"It is a rare and great pleasure to find a fantasist writing...with true music in the words."
—Ursula K. Le Guin, award-winning author of Earthsea
"The characters are real and the magic is true.”
—Robin Hobb, New York Times-bestselling author of Assassin’s Apprentice
"Masterful.... There is a beauty to Pat's writing that defies description."
—Brandon Sanderson, New York Times-bestselling author of Mistborn
“I just love the world of Patrick Rothfuss.” —Lin-Manuel Miranda • “He’s bloody good, this Rothfuss guy.” —George R. R. Martin • “Rothfuss has real talent.” —Terry Brooks
DAY TWO: THE WISE MAN’S FEAR
“There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.”
My name is Kvothe. You may have heard of me.
So begins a tale told from his own point of view—a story unequaled in fantasy literature. Now in The Wise Man’s Fear, Day Two of The Kingkiller Chronicle, Kvothe takes his first steps on the path of the hero and learns how difficult life can be when a man becomes a legend in his own time.
Praise for The Kingkiller Chronicle:
“The best epic fantasy I read last year.... He’s bloody good, this Rothfuss guy.”
—George R. R. Martin, New York Times-bestselling author of A Song of Ice and Fire
“Rothfuss has real talent, and his tale of Kvothe is deep and intricate and wondrous.”
—Terry Brooks, New York Times-bestselling author of Shannara
"It is a rare and great pleasure to find a fantasist writing...with true music in the words."
—Ursula K. Le Guin, award-winning author of Earthsea
"The characters are real and the magic is true.”
—Robin Hobb, New York Times-bestselling author of Assassin’s Apprentice
"Masterful.... There is a beauty to Pat's writing that defies description."
—Brandon Sanderson, New York Times-bestselling author of Mistborn
Her name is Auri, and she is full of mysteries.
The Slow Regard of Silent Things is a brief, bittersweet glimpse of Auri’s life, a small adventure all her own. At once joyous and haunting, this story offers a chance to see the world through Auri’s eyes. And it gives the reader a chance to learn things that only Auri knows....
In this book, Patrick Rothfuss brings us into the world of one of The Kingkiller Chronicle’s most enigmatic characters. Full of secrets and mysteries, The Slow Regard of Silent Things is the story of a broken girl trying to live in a broken world.
In Shawn Speakman’s case, it was both.
Lacking health insurance and diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2011, Shawn quickly accrued a massive medical debt that he did not have the ability to pay. That’s when New York Times best-selling author Terry Brooks offered to donate a short story that Shawn could sell tohelp alleviate those bills—and suggested he ask the same of his other writer friends.
Unfettered is the result: an anthology built in order to relieve that debt, featuring short stories by some of the best fantasy writers in the genre.
Twenty-three tales comprise this incredible collection, and as the title suggests, the writers were free to contribute whatever they wished.
Here is the table of contents:
- Foreword by Patrick Rothfuss
- Introduction: On Becoming Unfettered
- Imaginary Friends by Terry Brooks
- How Old Holly Came To Be by Patrick Rothfuss
- The Old Scale Game by Tad Williams
- Game of Chance by Carrie Vaughn
- The Martyr of the Roses by Jacqueline Carey
- Mudboy by Peter V. Brett
- The Sound of Broken Absolutes by Peter Orullian
- The Coach with Big Teeth by R.A. Salvatore
- Keeper of Memory by Todd Lockwood
- Heaven in a Wild Flower by Blake Charlton
- Dogs by Daniel Abraham
- The Chapel Perilous by Kevin Hearne
- Select Mode by Mark Lawrence
- All the Girls Love Michael Stein by David Anthony Durham
- Strange Rain by Jennifer Bosworth
- Nocturne by Robert V.S. Redick
- Unbowed by Eldon Thompson
- In Favour with Their Stars by Naomi Novik
- River of Souls by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson
- The Jester by Michael J. Sullivan
- The Duel by Lev Grossman
- Walker and the Shade of Allanon by Terry Brooks
- The Unfettered Knight by Shawn Speakman
With the help of stalwart friends and these wonderful short stories, Shawn has taken the gravest of life’s hardships and created something magical. Unfettered is not only a fantastic anthology in its own right, but it’s a testament to the generosity found in the science fiction and fantasy community—proof that humanity can give beyond itself when the need arises.
After all, isn’t that the driving narrative in fantasy literature?
Llega El temor de un hombre sabio, la esperada continuación de la historia de Kvothe y El nombre del viento.
«Todo hombre sabio teme tres cosas: la tormenta en el mar, la noche sin luna y la ira de un hombre amable.»
El hombre había desaparecido. El mito no. Músico, mendigo, ladrón, estudiante, mago, trotamundos, héroe y asesino, Kvothe había borrado su rastro. Y ni siquiera ahora que le han encontrado, ni siquiera ahora que las tinieblas invaden los rincones del mundo, está dispuesto a regresar. Pero su historia prosigue, la aventura continúa, y Kvothe seguirá contándola para revelar la verdad tras la leyenda.
«Me llamo Kvothe. Quizá hayas oído hablar de mí...»
La crítica ha dicho...
«La nueva promesa de la literatura fantástica.»
Qué leer
«El Tolkien estadounidense.»
Juan Gómez-Jurado, ABC
Atípica, profunda y sincera, El nombre del viento es una novela de aventuras, de historias dentro de otras historias, de misterio, de amistad, de amor, de magia y de superación.
La novela que ha consagrado a Patrick Rothfuss como fenómeno editorial de los últimos años.
En una posada en tierra de nadie, un hombre se dispone a relatar, por primera vez, la auténtica historia de su vida. Una historia que únicamente él conoce y que ha quedado diluida tras los rumores, las conjeturas y los cuentos de taberna que le han convertido en un personaje legendario a quien todos daban ya por muerto: Kvothe... músico, mendigo, ladrón, estudiante, mago, héroe y asesino.
Ahora va a revelar la verdad sobre sí mismo. Y para ello debe empezar por el principio: su infancia en una troupe de artistas itinerantes, los años malviviendo como un ladronzuelo en las calles de una gran ciudad y su llegada a una universidad donde esperaba encontrar todas las respuestas que había estado buscando.
«Viajé, amé, perdí, confié y me traicionaron.»
«He robado princesas a reyes agónicos. Incendié la ciudad de Trebon. He pasado la noche con Felurian y he despertado vivo y cuerdo. Me expulsaron de la Universidad a una edad a la que a la mayoría todavía no los dejan entrar. He recorrido de noche caminos de los que otros no se atreven a hablar ni siquiera de día. He hablado con dioses, he amado a mujeres y he escrito canciones que hacen llorar a los bardos.
»Me llamo Kvothe. Quizá hayas oído hablar de mí.»
La crítica ha dicho...
«Una estupenda y fuera de lo común novela de aventuras fantásticas.»
Justo Navarro, El País
«Sin duda El nombre del viento se convertirá en un clásico.»
The Times
«Un libro para quien conoce el mágico poder de las palabras.»
Ricard Ruiz Garzón, El Periódico de Catalunya
«Una aventura insólita y preciosa. Puntuación: Sobresaliente.»
Manu González, Qué Leer
«No sucede a menudo, pero El nombre del viento de Patrick Rothfuss sí es tan bueno como dicen las reseñas.»
Locus
«Llena de música, magia, amor y pérdida, el absorbente y vivo debut de Patrick Rothfuss nos ha deslumbrado.»
Amazon.com
«A veces, con suerte y unas cuantas recomendaciones de buenos amigos, se vuelve a descubrir otro paraíso en el que quedarse, un par de semanas, unos cuantos días. Y eso es justo lo que me ha pasado con El nombre del viento.»
Toni Rodero, La Voz de Avilés
Una historia protagonizada por Auri, uno de los personajes más queridos y enigmáticos de El nombre del viento y El temor de un hombre sabio.
«Al despertar, Auri supo que faltaban siete días. Sí, estaba segura. Él iría a visitarla al séptimo día.»
La Universidad, el bastión del conocimiento, atrae a las mentes más brillantes para aprender ciencias como la artificería y la alquimia. Pero bajo esos edificios y sus concurridas aulas existe un mundo en penumbra.
En ese laberinto de túneles antiguos, de salas y habitaciones abandonadas, de escaleras serpenteantes y pasillos semiderruidos vive Auri, otrora alumna de la Universidad. Ahora cuida de la Subrealidad, de la que ha aprendido que hay misterios que no conviene remover. Ya no se deja engañar por la lógica en la que tanto confían en lo alto: ella sabe reconocer los sutiles peligros y los nombres olvidados que se ocultan bajo la superficie de las cosas.
Reseñas:
«Este Rothfuss es condenadamente bueno.»
George R.R. Martin
«Una celebración del gusto de contar historias.»
El País
Una maravillosa edición ilustrada y actualizada, para conmemorar el 10º aniversario de la publicación en español de la aclamadísima novela que ha consagrado a Patrick Rothfuss como fenómeno editorial.
Desde su publicación en español hace ya una década, El nombre del viento ha embelesado a millones de lectores de todo el mundo. Esta edición conmemorativa y actualizada nos brinda la oportunidad de profundizar en el universo inigualable de Patrick Rothfuss, con material inédito que incluye: notas del autor, del editor y de la reconocida escritora Jo Walton, veintiuna magníficas ilustraciones a página completa de Dan Dos Santos, mapas de Nate Taylor y apéndices ilustrados sobre la historia, las monedas y el calendario de los cuatro rincones de la civilización.
«Viajé, amé, perdí, confié y me traicionaron.»
En una posada en tierra de nadie, un hombre se dispone a relatar, por primera vez, la auténtica historia de su vida. Una historia que únicamente él conoce y que ha quedado diluida tras los rumores, las conjeturas y los cuentos de taberna que le han convertido en un personaje legendario a quien todos daban ya por muerto: Kvothe... músico, mendigo, ladrón, estudiante, mago, héroe y asesino.
Atípica, profunda y sincera, El nombre del viento es una novela de aventuras, de historias dentro de otras historias, de misterio, de amistad, de amor, de magia y de superación, escrita con la mano de un poeta que ha deslumbrado -por su originalidad y la maestría con que está narrada- a todos los que la han leído.
La crítica ha dicho...
«Una celebración del gusto de contar historias.»
El País
«Insólita y preciosa. Puntuación: sobresaliente.»
Qué Leer
«Un libro para quien conoce el mágico poder de las palabras.»
Ricard Ruiz Garzón, El Periódico de Catalunya
«Vaya donde vaya Pat Rothfuss con la espléndida historia que comienza con El nombre del viento, nos llevará de la mano como el buen músico nos lleva por una canción.»
Ursula K. Le Guin
«Un libro asombroso.»
Orson Scott Card
«Este Rothfuss es condenadamente bueno.»
George R. R. Martin
«Patrick Rothfuss me ha recordado a Ursula K. Le Guin, George R.R. Martin y J.R.R. Tolkien, pero en ningún momento he sentido que estuviera imitándolos. Sin duda El nombre del viento se convertirá en un clásico.»
The Times
«Cuando empecéis a leer, preparaos para perder el mundo real de vista y sumergiros en una historia de magia, amor y aventura inmensamente original e hipnótica.»
The Barnes & Noble Review
«El nombre del viento es una de las mejores historias contadas durante la última década. Guardadlo en la estantería al lado de El señor de los anillos.»
The A.V.
"Devorei em um dia e já estou louco pelo próximo. Ele é muito bom, esse tal de Rothfuss." – George R. R. Martin, autor de A guerra dos tronos
Ninguém sabe ao certo quem é o herói ou o vilão desse fascinante universo criado por Patrick Rothfuss. Na realidade, essas duas figuras se concentram em Kote, um homem enigmático que se esconde sob a identidade de proprietário da hospedaria Marco do Percurso.
Da infância numa trupe de artistas itinerantes, passando pelos anos vividos numa cidade hostil e pelo esforço para ingressar na escola de magia, O nome do vento acompanha a trajetória de Kote e as duas forças que movem sua vida: o desejo de aprender o mistério por trás da arte de nomear as coisas e a necessidade de reunir informações sobre o Chandriano – os lendários demônios que assassinaram sua família no passado.
Quando esses seres do mal reaparecem na cidade, um cronista suspeita de que o misterioso Kote seja o personagem principal de diversas histórias que rondam a região e decide aproximar-se dele para descobrir a verdade.
Pouco a pouco, a história de Kote vai sendo revelada, assim como sua multifacetada personalidade – notório mago, esmerado ladrão, amante viril, herói salvador, músico magistral, assassino infame.
Nessa provocante narrativa, o leitor é transportado para um mundo fantástico, repleto de mitos e seres fabulosos, heróis e vilões, ladrões e trovadores, amor e ódio, paixão e vingança.
Mais do que a trama bem construída e os personagens cativantes, o que torna O nome do vento uma obra tão especial – que levou Patrick Rothfuss ao topo da lista de mais vendidos do The New York Times – é sua capacidade de encantar leitores de todas as idades.
"Devorei em um dia e já estou louco pelo próximo. Ele é muito bom, esse tal de Rothfuss." – George R. R. Martin, autor de A guerra dos tronos
O temor do sábio dá continuidade à impressionante história de Kvothe, o Arcano, o Sem-Sangue, o Matador do Rei.
Quando é aconselhado a abandonar seus estudos na Universidade por um período, por causa de sua rivalidade com um membro da nobreza local, Kvothe é obrigado a tentar a vida em outras paragens.
Em busca de um patrocinador para sua música, viaja mais de mil quilômetros até Vintas. Lá, é rapidamente envolvido na política da corte. Enquanto tenta cair nas graças de um nobre poderoso, Kvothe usa sua habilidade de arcanista para impedir que ele seja envenenado e lidera um grupo de mercenários pela floresta, a fim de combater um bando de ladrões perigosos.
Ao longo do caminho, tem um encontro fantástico com Feluriana, uma criatura encantada à qual nenhum homem jamais pôde resistir ou sobreviver – até agora. Kvothe também conhece um guerreiro ademriano que o leva a sua terra, um lugar de costumes muito diferentes, onde vai aprender a lutar como poucos.
Enquanto persiste em sua busca de respostas sobre o Chandriano, o grupo de criaturas demoníacas responsável pela morte de seus pais, Kvothe percebe como a vida pode ser difícil quando um homem se torna uma lenda de seu próprio tempo.
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