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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.

Patrick Rothfuss's Books You Should Read

The Last Unicorn

Neverwhere

Declare

Beatrice's Goat

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Durchschnittliche Bewertung: out of 5 stars

Bewertung: 3 out of 5 stars

- Gut, aber nicht soo gut
Ehrlich, mich wundert ja, wieviel Autoren anderer Leute Fantasy lesen. Da haben z.b. Ursula K. LeGuin und Terry Brooks dieses Buch in höchsten Tönen gelobt - aber die stehen auch auf ungefähr 80 anderen Weken drauf. Lesen die das wirklich?
Nicht, dass das Buch "Name of the Wind" schlecht wäre. Nach einem äußerst mühsamen 50seitigem Anfang nimmt der Roman Fahrt auf und der Held "Kvothe" beginnt interessant zu werden und Konturen anzunehmen.
Vergleiche mit z.B. George R.R. Martin hinken aber nun wirklich völlig, denn im Gegensatz zu dessen erbarmungslosen Perpektivenwechsel bekommt man das Geschehen hier nur aus Sicht des manchmal zu eindimensional wirkenden Helden mit.
Nochmal, die Geschichte ist gut, besser als viele andere unsägliche Fantasy-Versuche (Eragon), aber leider wird man teilweise durch extreme Längen (siehe, wie an anderer Stelle schon erwähnt der Draccus) oder durch mangelnde Weiterführung der Story gebremst.
Aber wie sagte TerryBrooks: Patrick Rothfuss hat Talent und so werden besagte Schwächen evtl. auch noch abgestellt.

Bewertung: 5 out of 5 stars

- Start it - and it won't release you to do anything else but reading!
I haven't heard of Patrick Rothfuss before - so I bought the book while wandering through a book store and checking out the back covers. It says:

"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"

It's extraordinary story telling, it's absorbing, it's attracting and it won't release you to do anything else but reading - go for it! It's more than worth it.

The only shame: The next book is not published before April 2009 :-/

Bewertung: 5 out of 5 stars

- Once you pick up this book, you'll not put it down any more.
Kvothe is the son of a trouper family, going from town to town, performing, moving on. He is a formidable actor. He is a great musician. And he is very bright.

When Kvothe sees someone call the name of the wind so the wind rushes to the aid of the caller, he wants to learn the names of things as well. He wishes to go to university to learn. He longs to have access to the huge library at the university. But the Chandrian meddles with his life. The way to university is hard. Staying at the university is hard. But hardest of all is the thirst for knowledge.

This story is fantasy, set in a time when people believe in daemons, but might be they are right in doing so. It is extremely well told and it keeps you turning page after page after page. Like the story itself, you can not do justice to the book by explaining about it, the only way to understand is to read it. I assure you, you will not regret it.

Bewertung: 4 out of 5 stars

- Schon VERDAMMT cool...
..., aber noch ausbaufähig: deshalb nur vier Sterne.

Ohne hier jetzt erneut großartig auf die Handlung eingehen zu wollen: sprachlich ist tNotW einfach ein Genuß. Keine der über 700 Seiten (Taschenbuch) läßt Langeweile aufkommen. So toll erzählt fallen die nicht zu übersehenden Parallelen zu "Earthsea" oder auch "Harry Potter" nicht weiter negativ auf, sondern stellen hingegen für Freunde derselben einen Grund dar, sich diesen Roman nicht entgehen zu lassen.

Aber: da geht noch was. Für die als Trilogie angelegte Erzählung ist noch reichlich Platz zur freien Entfaltung, und schlußendlich will auch der Anfang der Geschichte wieder getroffen werden. Deshalb "nur" vier Sterne für ein an sich völlig überzeugendes, aber leider mit einem offenem Ende daherkommendes Erstlingswerk.

Bewertung: 5 out of 5 stars

- wonderful first part - I hope the author delivers on the rest...
The story is told from the vantage point of a retired hero, yet little incursions already portend that he might called on again in one of the following parts (and should still be in his thirties then).
What has been revealed about the inner workings of creatures and magic in this world points to a rather creative new look on those things; Most relationships can not be extrapolated into the future, the pace of the story is brisk yet playful, the style always masterful - Short: A very good way to begin a multi-book adventure!

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