Despite some trepidation on author Patrick Rothfuss’ part, Lionsgate has optioned the rights to do a Kingkiller Chronicle series, following the expiration of the option that Fox previously held. The film company, judging by the author’s blog entry, seems serious about pulling it off and working with him to do something…different. From Pat’s announcement, it’s clear that […]
Patrick Rothfuss’s Kingkiller Chronicle (including all three books, from The Name of the Wind to the upcoming The Doors of Stone) has been optioned by New Regency Productions and Fox Television. Who will play the twelfth incarnation of The Doctor? The BBC will be announcing it Sunday, August 4th in a show called Doctor Who Live: […]
This first story of the Kingkiller Chronicles is told by Kvothe to the Chronicler of the Aturan nobles. Kvothe has withdrawn from the world to live quietly as a rural innkeeper, Kote. The Chronicler recognizes him and wishes to record the truth from him about his past. Kvothe is the orphan son of a bard/troupe […]
The Wise Man’s Fear is the continuation of Patrick Rothfuss’s brilliant debut novel, The Name of the Wind. It’s every bit as enjoyable as the first, and it’s about three hundred pages longer, which is always a welcome improvement. Day two of Kvothe the Arcane’s chronicle of his life features his adventures among the Adem […]
The Name of the Wind is the story of a legend. Kvothe, the renowned hero famous for his skills in magic and music, somehow ends up as an innkeeper in a small village in the middle on nowhere after faking his death. Why? That’s what the scribe known as the Chronicler wants to find out […]
