What Do You Love? Episode 3: Patrick Rothfuss

[@leptoniciamnoone4536]

I've read the two books in the kingkiller Chronicles ten times over and I don't regret a moment. I've never read a fantasy series so grounded. I'll definitely be looking at his book recommendations too. Love you Pat.

[@nicholasmercer6397]

I adore Pats ability to have a conversation with himself 🙃

[@DrWHO-jv5qi]

I am a simple person. Books that Pat recommends, I'll buy in an instant.

[@repATL11]

Heifer International does such great work!

[@closer2theheart684]

I do love Rothfuss and his style of writing. I've read his first two books a couple of times. However, I'm over waiting for a 3rd.

[@badpilot1925]

Pat Rothfuss is an angel of man fr y'all

[@davedogge2280]

Amazing fantasy author (even if he doesn't think so)

[@CarmeNoara]

Thanks for the book recommendations :)

[@LBEfication]

By the time the books release I'll be a grandfather. I'm 19yrs old.

[@RelaxxationStation]

I'm reading his book name of the wind and in my head, he looked totally different :P

[@osufan77]

Fascinating that the best authors in the fantasy genre wrote themselves into plot knots which they seem unable to escape from.

[@darksaint0124]

That kind of proves they are not the best writers in fantasy.

[@asheykamp]

@@darksaint0124 It's subjective anyway, right? Name of the Wind is definitely one of the best fantasy novels of this century. Where exactly you put it on the list might be different, but it's still a great book.

[@darksaint0124]

@Andrew to get on my list you have to finish your series. I have seen authors fail spectacularly on the last book in a series before.

[@asheykamp]

@@darksaint0124 That doesn't mean that the entire series or an individual book in the series isn't good. The last Harry Potter book has a pretty substantial pacing issue, but no one's saying that the entire series is shit. That'd be a substantially unpopular opinion to hold. Name of the Wind is an amazing book in its own right, even if the series isn't finished yet.

[@darksaint0124]

As you said it is subjective. How you feel about a book or series isn't necessarily how I will feel. I've been burnt by series that never got a conclusion or tropey cop out endings that can literally make previous works suffer when taken as a whole too many times. It might be different if that same author has proven that they can stick the landing before, but a series is a series and not a standalone story.

[@afonsohenriques7760]

Does anyone know the song at 00:00

[@lucasyates1893]

"There are two books I've read recently that I just adored, and I could go on and on..." Legit thought he was going to say Name of the Wind and Wise Man's Fear.

[@NorthWoodsAmbient]

A decade ago when I read Name of the Wind and was enamored by it, I discovered an interview with him very early in his success. I was very fond of how humble he was despite being so articulate and easy to listen to. Now he strikes me as overly verbose, arrogant, and openly hostile towards very reasonable requests/expectations from his fans to promises that he made and broke. I'll read the third book, and probably love it. But the man behind the words has clearly been spoiled by the spotlight.

[@alfredojackhouse]

Yukon Cornelius He embodies narcissism

[@xxxointerrupted]

Wow i never listened to this guy speak before, or read any of the books, but immediately, prob 2 mins in I thought wow what a stuck up person he is...

[@xxxointerrupted]

Yukon Cornelius I agree..

[@guauist]

how is he narcissistic? most people are just bitter bc they keep pressuring him for the third book even though he hates it. I'm as eager ad everyone to read it but I also understand how frustrating must be for him knowing he has this whole fandom behind and not being able to put out a book he considers perfect being a perfectionist

[@williamcampbell5168]

Joan Mahiques problem is, he came out of the gate saying all three books were finished and that we wouldn’t have to wait forever! Flat out lied!!

[@yurianstonebow4290]

Hey Pat, You want to know what I love? I love Authors that publish consistently.

[@dandandy1863]

What the fuck everyone? Pat is a human being, and he's working on it. Just wait for the book, or stop caring. Go read something else. There are tons of great books out there. If you don't have the ability to empathize with Pat for taking his time, and putting it out when he thinks it is good enough, then go somewhere else. Don't watch his videos, don't read his books. You're not helping anyone

[@ZorroTheLast]

The arrogance of this commentsection is asthonishing. Pat owes you nothing. And if it takes another 10 years for DoS, that's completly okay. You would hate him for putting out a book that can't hold up to your expectations. And btw. he's a father of two, deals with depression and has other projects to work on. He is one of the nicest and most thoughtfull persons you will ever meet and you have no right to call him arrogant or narcisstic.

[@Bourbosaurus]

I don’t think anybody has a problem with when it will come out. It would just be nice if he could give a little update every now and then instead of being o hostile.

[@avikmondal6271]

Thanks Zorro, I've been struggling to come up with non antagonistic ways to say all of these things and you nailed it.

[@parhamhayati8322]

I think he can't continue the book 3😂😂

[@williamcampbell5168]

I wish I could like him, like I did 10 years ago!!

[@lulilagartos959]

William Campbell why don’t you like him as much as you used to?

[@williamcampbell5168]

LULI LAGARTOS I’ve actually changed my stance on Pat. I heard an interview recently with Jim Butcher that changed my mind.

[@Technosorcerer1]

I love finished stories 😉

[@sosrope3420]

First hit seems legit: www.chelseagreen.com/product/make-mead-like-a-viking/

[@lucasyates1893]

Also, how many people are utterly shocked at the entitlement of some of the "fans" of Rothfuss' books? If you don't like them so much, stop talking about them. If you like them, realize you likely like them because of the vast amount of effort put into them, including brainstorming, drafting, beta reading (which takes time), combing over details and revising for consistency and effective story telling. It's as if people want the fine wine they're grown used to, but are so hasty they're asking for a product to be finished before it is. If they grasped how much time it took for their favorite products to develop, they would be shocked at how long it takes to make something great. It's not even almost embarrassing, it's completely embarrassing. I wish people would use the same entitled impatience on some other kind of worldly promise made by someone, like say, christ returning. At least abandon your belief that christ is coming back if you're upset about a final book in a series taking a small few extra years to get to print.

[@bjornkretzmann]

Patrick cant compare to Brandon Sanderon. Patrick is Terry Goodkind 2.0

[@buchdrache1409]

In 2011 i came across The Name of the Wind and Wise Man's Fear. I was dying to read them, but knowing how impatient and obsessive i am, i decided to wait till the 3rd book came out. I was naive back then...i had not been bitten by G.R.R. Martin and the neverending wait for WoW. These two books have been on my Wishlist for almost 8 years now. Every few months, i check on the updates regarding DoS. And the only thing that has changed is how abrasive, arrogant, entitled, infuriating, aggravating and downright disgusting Patrick Rothfuss has become. Recently my husband (meaning well!) got me the new deluxe 10th anniversary edition of The Name of the Wind and i am in such a dilemma whether to read it or not! I don't want to be left hanging by yet another fantasy author who is either too busy procrastinating or too much of an asshole to actually inform his fans regarding anything!!! Jesus! So absolutely galling! Edit:- Read it. Despice it. The most overrated book i have read in the 2010s. Disappointed but relieved. No waiting for me.

[@gavinjwoodward3141]

Just read the book 🙄

[@buchdrache1409]

@@gavinjwoodward3141 I will...i am...really slowly...not binge reading like i really want to. But i hate that i have to wait a really long time after that.

[@guauist]

it's gonna break ur heart in so many ways and the fact that there's no book three just makes it harder

[@buchdrache1409]

@@guauistNope, it won't. Read it in 2 days. HATED it. So glad! Pretentious writing, choppy plotline, dull and unrealistic protagnist (good at EVERYthing! 🙄), terribly edited, senseless sequence of events and one of the worst representations of women i have ever read (so neckbeard-y!!!). Actually glad about that, since i dislike the author so much. Now it makes sense. A rude, arrogant, pretentious person wrote a corresponding and fitting book! Quelle surprise! Had bought The Wise Man's Fear too...thank God, i can still return it! Not reading that one. Too many good books out there to waste time on ludicrously absurd and boring ones.

[@elinevve]

Adya Singh you waited 8 yrs to read a book you turned out to hate? hope you learned something there. your words has an incredible amount of bitterness

[@m-baka]

Paste Magazine is irrelevant.

[@dandandy1863]

Not any more than you

[@kenshin4287]

If Trump was writing this trilogy, it would be done. Nobody cares about what you say, just what you write. Get on it.

[@CarmeNoara]

Actually (and fortunately) a lot of people do care about what intelligent, good hearted people like him have to say. He is not a slave of your stupid will.

[@ph8626]

It would be done, but it wouldn't be good.

[@kenshin4287]

Does it not seem like he doesn’t really care?

[@ph8626]

@@kenshin4287 He cares the most, he is the author. If he didn't care the book would be out already, it would be an easy cash grab. If anything the long delay is a good indication that he cares deeply about getting the story right. He doesn't owe fans anything, it is not like they funded the third book. They pay as the books come out. You pay for the first book you get to read the first book. Not a single fan has put forth their own money for book 3 , there isn't any preorder, there is no reason to feel entitled to it. Better to be patient and get a better story. There are plenty of fantasy book series to read in the meantime.

[@kenshin4287]

He’s rich! Think about it. The book is still making money. He might as well wait till it sales drop off before he has to increase his income again. If he released now he would loose a huge piece of sales from previous books. Plus, if you watch his early interviews he says he’s already written the whole thing. He stalling. For sure.

[@markcubilete2589]

was he an chemist

[@r36789]

Chemistry teacher

[@rockytheraplover]

Alchemist*