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The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, Day 1)
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780756404079
ISBN: 075640407X
Label: DAW Hardcover
Manufacturer: DAW Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 662
Publication Date: March 27, 2007
Publisher: DAW Hardcover
Studio: DAW Hardcover
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com's Best of the Year...So Far Pick for 2007: Harry Potter fans craving a new mind-blowing series should look no further than The Name of the Wind--the first book in a trilogy about an orphan boy who becomes a legend. Full of music, magic, love, and loss, Patrick Rothfuss's vivid and engaging debut fantasy knocked our socks off. --Daphne Durham
10 Second Interview: A Few Words with Patrick Rothfuss Q: Were you always a fan of fantasy novels?
A: Always. My first non-picture books were the Narnia Chronicles. After that my mom gave me Ihe Hobbit and Dragonriders. I grew up reading about every fantasy and sci-fi book I could find. I used to go to the local bookstore and look at the paperbacks on the shelf. I read non-fantasy stuff too, of course. But fantasy is where my heart lies. Wait... Should that be "where my heart lays?" I always screw that up. Q: Who are some of your favorite authors? Favorite books?
A: Hmmm.... How about I post that up as a list? Q: What are you reading now?
A: Right now I'm reading Capacity, by Tony Balantyne. He was nominated for the Philip K Dick award this last year. I heard him read a piece of the first novel, Recursion, out at Norwescon. I picked it up and got pulled right in. Capacity is the second book in the series. Good writing and cool ideas. Everything I've like best. Q: How did Kvothe's story come to you? Did you always plan on a trilogy?
A: This story started with Kvothe's character. I knew it was going to be about him from the very beginning. In some ways it's the simplest story possible: it's the story of a man's life. It's the myth of the Hero seen from backstage. It's about the exploration and revelation of a world, but it's also about Kvothe's desire to uncover the truth hidden underneath the stories in his world. The story is a lot of things, I guess. As you can tell, I'm not very good at describing it. I always tell people, "If I could sum it up in 50 words, I wouldn't have needed to write a whole novel about it." I didn't plan it as a trilogy though. I just wrote it and it got to be so long that it had to be broken up into pieces. There were three natural breaking points in the story.... Hence the Trilogy. Q: What is next for our hero?
A: Hmm..... I don't really believe in spoilers. But I think it's safe to say that Kvothe grows up a little in the second book. He learns more about magic. He learns how to fight, gets tangled up in some court politics, and starts to figure unravel some of the mysteries of romance and relationships, which is really just magic of a different kind, in a way.
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NOT TO BE MISSED:
THE POWERFUL DEBUT NOVEL FROM FANTASY'S NEXT SUPERSTAR
Told in Kvothe's own voice, this is the tale of the magically gifted young man who grows to be the most notorious wizard his world has ever seen.The intimate narrative of his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, his years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-ridden city, his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a legendary school of magic, and his life as a fugitive after the murder of a king form a gripping coming-of-age story unrivaled in recent literature. A high-action story written with a poet's hand, The Name of the Wind is a masterpiece that will transport readers into the body and mind of a wizard.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Gripping fantasy debut
It's taken me a while to get around to reading this, but it was worth the wait.
Kvothe comes from a travelling troupe, a bit like a mini circus, but his family are slaughtered by the mysterious Chandrian and as a young boy he sets his sites on gaining magical skills and finding out more about the Chandrian. How do we know this? Well we are presented to an older Kvothe who is managing a small village inn who is convinced to tell his life story to a biographer. So we hear how a typical legend ... Read More
Rating: - Solidly Good.
I tend to avoid High Fantasy these days. With a few notable exceptions, I tend not to like it very much at all. When done well, it's a lovely lovely thing. When done badly, it's more tired than tired and hardly entertaining.
I picked up The Name of the Wind because it seems to be loved by-- well, by everyone. The book starts with three pages in tiny print of rave reviews, all from very Serious Names in Fantasy. Generally speaking, anything this well hyped disappoints me, but some of those ... Read More
Rating:  - Compelling world-building and magical system
He's a humble inn-keeper--despite his red hair. Or so he tells the world. But Chronicler knows better. Kote was once Kvothe, a mage and hero. With monsters on the prowl again, the world may need Kvote the hero rather than Kote the innkeeper. But first, he's got to awaken himself--and maybe telling his history is a good start. The bulk of the story in THE NAME OF THE WIND is just that--Kote recalling his life for Chronicler.
Kvothe has had an interesting life--starting with his childhood in ... Read More
Rating: - Splendid
Let me just say that this book is a work of genius. It is really all you need to entertain yourself for a while. The story is so good and just keeps getting better as you read, through all 700 pages. At the end I literally felt like I wanted to read about 2000 pages more of it. And for anyone who starts reading now, you don't have very long to wait for the second book. Believe me, you WILL be waiting for the second book.
Rating: - Sucked me right in from the start, and never let me go
First a word on length. The Name of the Wind, in case you didn't notice, is over 700 pages long. That might sound overly long or daunting, but it actually works very well for this book. I took it with me on vacation thinking that I would never read a book that long from front to back in about a week's time. Boy was I wrong!
Granted, I'm probably a faster reader than most, but this book is a quick read. The chapters are short, which helps pull you through at a good clip. There's lots of action ... Read More
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