[Edit: It's late Tuesday night, and I just finished reading through the hundreds of questions, and answer the ones that stuck me as being interesting/amusing. It took me a while to get to the last page worth of comments, because I had to take a break to mail out some t-shirts.
I had a good time with this one. Thanks for playing along.]
A while back, I offered people the chance to ask me questions down in the comment section of the blog. Nothing really deep, just fun questions that would never get asked in a real interview. Little questions. A flurry of little questions. It’s sort of like a machine gun interview.
It turned out to be fun, and I’ve done a few of them since then.
It’s been about three months since I did one, so I figured we were about due.
With previous Machine Gun Q&A, I only accepted questions for an hour or two before I shut things down. But today I’ve decided to try something a little different.
I’m going to accept questions for all of Monday.
This changes the game a little bit. Before, you needed to hurry to get your question in before the time was up. But now that’s not an issue. You have plenty of time.
This time, the challenge will be coming up with a question interesting enough that I’ll want to answer it instead of the hundreds of others. Because I only answer the questions that amuse me in one way or another.
Here are the rules. Read them before you post:
1. You can ask any question.
2. Bite sized questions are best. I’m not looking to write essays here. Think popcorn, not steak.
2b. One question per comment. No multi-part questions.
2c. Don’t post 20 desperate, flailing questions hoping that I’ll answer one of them. Post one or two clever questions instead.
3. I reserve the right to ignore your question.
3b If I ignore your question, it’s not because I hate you. It’s probably just because I don’t have anything witty to say on the subject.
4. I reserve the right to lie, or at least be wildly inaccurate.
5. Complete sentences, punctuation, and spelling words out in their entirety is encouraged. I’m more likely to pass over your question if it contains abhorrences like “ur.â€
6. Nobody can make fun of your question.
6b. Except for me.
7. If I’ve already answered the question in a blog or one of my innumerable interviews, I’m going to pass over it.
7b. If a lovely person wants to post up links to where those answers can be found, that would be very much appreciated.
7c. That said, please don’t answer questions on my behalf. Just links to my answers are best.
8. I won’t answer spoiler-ish questions about the book.
Okay. We clear on the rules?
You’ve got a day to post up your questions. I’ll be answering questions as they come in, and, depending on how many/good they are, I might continue answering on Tuesday as well.
Questions posted after Monday will be ignored.
Ready?
Go.
pat
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There is a debate thread developing at dribbleofink (http://aidanmoher.com/blog/) that asks the question:
Are fantasy readers dumber than sci-fi readers?
. . . penny for your thoughts?
What is your opinion on the Malazan Book of the Fallen, by Steven Erikson?
Haven’t read it yet. But it’s on my list. I’ve heard good things….
It’s absolutely maddening, but I can’t put it down….
Have your first edition UK print book and have read it 3 time, read Estonian version once, and been readin your blog for years and this is the first time i’ve said WHAT!!! The Name of the Wind is my favorite fantasy book, but my favorite fantasie series is Malzan Book of the Fallen, read it and you will not regret.
Would have Kvothe won the silver distintcion for playing without his epic 6 strings ending? I mean without Ambrose evil hearted help.
Has anybody ever mistaken you for Peter Jackson at a con or similar event ?
What book would you like to read next?
The cake is a lie! er . . . um . . . I mean, the cake is a lie?
Where in the four corners is Newarre located?
Erevis Cale or Drasek Riven?
When are you going to publish a kindle version of your College Survival Guide? I’d love to read it and I’d love to pay you for it rather than some used book seller.
I’m thinking of re-publishing it myself as a fundraiser for worldbuilders. So maybe we’ll do the kindle version at the same time….
I think that’d be a genius idea. I’m really upset that I didn’t buy more than one copy when I got mine a couple of years ago – I meant to give a copy as a gift and now don’t want to give mine up.
oh please do!! I have wanted a copy for so long now!!!
You are so generous! I’d buy a paper version, but my college students would prefer eBooks.
For the sake of argument, let’s just say I obtained a life size cardboard cutout of you. Pat, would you sign it for me? It’s kinda the only the missing in my life at the moment.
If he does, would you take a photo of Pat holding his own cut out and send it to me ? I could live for years on that kind of geek-happy.
If you obtained such a thing, my first question would probably be where you had found it.
But yeah. I’d sign it. I’ll sign most anything.
Hoping not to break rule two and not te be to much of an arse-kisser:
I am a writer and I have learned by now what to pay attention to while writing a story. Watch the rythm, mind to keep things witty but not without feeling at the same time, build convincable worlds and characters, know which words make the difference between a good cliffhanger and being overdramatic and so on and so forth.
Yet, reading your work makes my approach look analytic and static since your work seems just to embrace the story, being a part of it, while I -and most writers with me- seem “just to write the story” instead.
What would you say to an ambitious writer who’s demotivated by the fact he can’t ever be as good as you for you are the freakin’ best?
I’ll never be able to write a book like The Last Unicorn. I wish I could, but I know I can’t.
You can’t write the sort of story I write. Only I can.
We all have our own style. Our own way. Our own something we need to say.
If you try to write like me, you’re bound to fail. What you want to do is write your story, but do it brilliantly. Do it so well that it shines.
But it takes time. And revision. And depression. And work. And then more work….
I’ve been there. I know what you’re talking about.
Thanks, that really helps.
It’s more often than not hard to remind that knowing what you like best doesn’t by any means imply you have to be just like that yourself.
Hearing it from you will hopefully make it stick. ;)
Hey, Jochem, I totally feel you there. I have this horrible habit of comparing my work to other people’s, which causes me to switch up my method way too much. I’m definitely the over analytic sort, and I have like… six different kind of outlines, exhaustive notes on characters, and probably a full page of me just saying “Hmmm….” over and over.
Thanks for picking this question to reply to, Pat! Helped me out too :D
Jochem and The_Eleventh_Evien, you should read the Foreword Stephen King wrote for one of Harlan Ellison’s novels (can’t remember which right now; I’ll update when I think of it). He explains that since any writer worth his salt MUST be a reader, it’s very difficult when you’re starting out writing to not sound like whatever author you’e currently reading. But, he says, as you get older you will–if you’re worth anything as a writer–develop your own style.
That said, he admits there are certain writers who, for him at least, it’s impossible not to emulate when he’s reading them (Harlan Ellison being his prime example). Hope that helps.
I want to take your answer and frame it.
I don’t try to write anyone’s story but my own, but still it’s easy to get discouraged after reading The Wise Man’s Fear.
It reminds me of my yearning to write, to express unnamable emotions… but what I’m longing for is the finished product, like the years of your work I hold in my hands, years conveniently forgotten (by me) for a moment. I act as though I’m supposed to write what I’m visualizing in the space of a moment, and writing becomes daunting. Or I remember it will take years to express what I want to say — and writing becomes daunting.
Either way I can’t seem to win, so I sigh and pick up someone else’s book. I know all good writers are readers, but I think I’m overdoing it. It’s just so much easier. Not as satisfying to that part of you trying to express something important, but a lot faster.
Anyway, your comment was encouraging. It’s good to remember you’ve been there, too.
Who is your favorite comic book villain?
Firefly or Buffy?
If you could time travel only once, would you rather go into the past or the future?
Past.
Do you prefer people to be witty or clever?
For a light conversation: Witty.
For a more serious, satisfying conversation: Clever.
Hi Mister Patrick Rothfuss :)
I’m so glad this goes on all day cause usually I miss it. :D
My question is, how do you come up with all the different kinds of languages in your book?
Too big. Steak.
My bad. :P
During your 9 years as a student when you were taking courses in those vastly different subjects, did you ever take the classes because you wanted to actually get a degree in that area or was it all just for fun?
I took a few classes because I had to, but even those classes were fun….
Favourite drink at starbucks?
Your planes crashes on an island, theres no food, blah blah blah….
Cannabalism or Hell no I don’t eat people ?
I’d eat people. But I don’t know if I’d kill people just to eat them….
What is the best date you’ve ever taken Sarah on?
I’m currently fermenting my first attempt at Kvouth’s fabled “Methlegin.” I’m by no means a master brewer, this is a side hobby for me (that your book inspired out of me), for when I read your description for it, I thought to my self “Damn, I’ve got to try this!” I’ve based the amounts off of other Meads I have made and feel kinda comfortable in saying it’s going to at least turn out decent.
My question is . . . Where did this recipe come from? :)
Answer or no, Thanks for getting me into this. Brewing Mid-Evil Meads is now my favorite past-time.
Metheglin is actually really the term used for spiced mead. I don´t think you need me to tell you that. But in my opinion the description in the book is the memory of someone who has tasted some very good Metheglin in the past. The thing with these is (according to experience) that the recipe is usually only known to the brewer and they are a breed that most seldom share their secrets.
Sorry if you think I´m out of line here…
Not out of line to me (if thats who you were directing it too) and I agree, alot of brewers do like to keep thier secrets :). And yes, i was right there with ya, It’s not a molemel (since it has spices in it) and it’s not a methligin (since it has fruit it in) so i was myself curious what it would be considered. Non-the-less though, Pat called it a methlegin so for the purposes of the conversation (and as mentioned before, i’m no master brewer so i might not have a clue what i’m talkin about,) i called it the methligen.
I know what your saying when you said “the description in the book is the memory of someone who has tasted some very good Metheglin in the past” when you read it, it’s almost word for word what some traditional Mead recipe’s would read like minus an explaination for an amount of each or the steps taken for them. I only made one gallon, and went for a semi-sweet mead and kept the ingrediants as balanced as i could predict as i said “off of other Meads I have made.” For all i know it will be horrible, but i couldn’t help but try!! :). The only ingredient i am not certain of the amount i added was the cardomom, as i’ve never worked with it before, cooking, wine/mead making, or otherwise.
What i was hoping a response from pat was, if he maybe tried methlegin that he especially liked from say a fair of some sort, or if he just looked at recipes and said to himself “hmm, that sounds pretty good” lol.
Cardamom is amazing.
When do you expect to let forth even a small breath or whisper about Book 3?
Is AC/DC the greatest rock band ever or does the title belong to someone else ?
I’ve always liked the clever .. “Click to Embigen” . Do you have one for Making something smaller?
I assume that you are still a Homestuck reader.
On a scale from one to Wheaton, how would you rate Act Five (Act One) so far?
Act five part two I mean. Bluh. Words.
I’ve actually stopped reading. I was a big fan for a while, but then I lost track of the story.
I want to like it, but I feel like the story has descended into madness. You can only have so many Dozen characters/storylines/timelines before you lose me as a reader.
Good luck with Erikson then.
Did you base Chronicler’s cipher on anything, or did you just make it up?
Speaking of steak. Ribeye, or filet mignon?
Filet.
Gibsons steakhouse in Oakbrook IL…. best steaks EVER!!!
Describe something funny Oot has done recently.
Everyone loves to talk about their kids; surely you will answer.
He pinched my nut yesterday. Hurt like hell…
Hey Pat,
Do you have a whole calendar in your head for the book? You know, Mourning, etc. Or is it written down somewhere? If so, is it available to us?
Is there a more awesome birthday gift than a Klein Bottle?
Yes. A Klein Bottle that holds an everlasting glow. And paid travel expenses for Burningman 2011. .-)
You’ve called yourself a revision writer. When I write, it tends to take me forever to get to the end of a story because I reread, revise, and completely rework so much along the way. Is that similar to how you write or do you try to get the story out first and then spend a ton of time in revision after you have an extremely rough draft of the whole thing?
Other then don’t eat chowder in public, whats your number one tip for other large bearded people?
Was your childhood relationship with your Dad close, obligatory, fun, serious? If you would be so kind, please pick an adjective of your own.
Would you ever consider writing about Elodin’s back story?
Cause, well, I love Elodin.
Thanks.
I’d consider it.
If you could be an anthropomorphized version of a breakfast food, which would you choose to be?
Waffle.
I’m gonna have to say muffin for myself, purely because I don’t feel it should fall under that “Breakfast food” umbrella but society seems to think its okay (when I say muffin I mean the big half the size of your head muffins you can buy at dunkin donuts and the like).
It’s the rebel of breakfast foods in my mind.
*crosses fingers that it posts correctly*
Excellent. Yeast-based or quick-bread recipe?
What’s your favorite sci-fi/fantasy book to movie adaptation?
Hey Pat, I am a death metal guitarist and I was wondering if you would be terribly offended if I turned the story of Tehlu and Encanis into a song?
Oh man. I’m getting a DethKlok mental picture.
You can do it so long as you send me a link afterwards….
Heinlein, Asimov, or Clarke?
Heinlein.
I grok Heinlein.
Does Oot like your beard?
soo, how bout them Egyptians eh?
Hi Pat,
what would be your favorite Firefly episode, or do you just love them all equally?
Did you have a job as a teenager?
Yup. Busboy. Shopko toy department. Typical crap jobs…..
Do you have any plans in mind for a vacation with your family after finishing The Kingkiller Chronicles?
Do you currently have a song stuck in your head, if not, what was the last song to get stuck in your head?
Personally I’ve had Flight of the Conchords “Carol Brown” stuck in my head for about 2 weeks and I think it may well be driving me insane.
I’ve got the Metalocalypse theme song in my head now because of the question I answered just a couple minutes ago….
Carol Brown just took the bus out of town…but im hoping that you will stick around doot. doot… doot.. doot… doot, hahaha now its in my head it took me ages to shake it last time
Are you worried people will only buy Wise Man’s Fear to flatten out wrinkled pieces of paper, and bumps in their driveway?
What would a fan have to do to get a squeeze at a signing?
It depends on what you’re euphemizing….
bear hug!
Yes, he’ll hug you if you act nicely and aren’t too creepy.
*act=ask
What is your favourite Pratchett book?
If I had to pick one. I’d pick Nation.
Nation is probably my favorite, too! Although I always love Pratchett’s DEATH, the more sinister version that appears in this YA version gives me chills. And the whole book is really moving.
Between Oot and Limeboy, if they were to have an argument about whose dad could beat up whose, which boy would end up with a wedgie?
I would like to know if, when I come to your signing in March, will you sign both Name of the Wind and Wise Man’s Fear for me?
I just read the part about no questions about the upcoming tour. My apologies. I can’t figure out how to delete the comment.
No worries.
Fill in the blanks:
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a _________ in possession of ________ must be in want of __________.
To put it mildly; you are quite partial to intensive revisioning. Do you keep track of all revisions with some kind of tool, like a programmer would (reluctantly) use sourcesafe or clearquest etc, so that you can go back and review your revisions (ad infinitum). Kind of like standing between two mirrors.
It’s always great fun reading your blog, thank you a lot for that! And for the books, but that goes without saying.
Cheers!
Mikael
If Rothfuss can become a world famous author, can Manet graduate from the Arcanum? Maybe find a wonderful woman too, and start a family? (No particular order implied in any of the above events.)
Happy Monday!
I am a single gal who is going to be at your upcoming book signing. What would you recommend a gal do if she wants to attract the attention of a male NOTW fan at these book signings?
You should throw yourself at me shamelessly. Since I’m the Alpha male of the group, when it becomes clear I favor you, all the other other lesser males will desire you too.
Or, you could go with more conventional methods, like making eye contact, initiating conversation, or wearing a sufficiently geeky t-shirt.
(Laughing uncontrollably)
It’s funny that you ask that, as whenever i meet someone and we have that first awkward, get to know you convo, I invariably bring up NoTW. P-Roth’s advice is sound as always, geeky t-shirts always catch my eye. =)
Hey Pat, I remember that you once said that you are a 5% (or 10%?) anime geek. Any favorites you’d like to divulge?
Cowboy Beebop.
Can I recommend a really cool Anime that for some reason has a dubbed version filled with the F-Word?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKwaPSkjXp0
If You like Bebop you might want to check out Darker Than Black. It’s available on Netflix to watch instantly. Very cool.
Nine to five job or suicide?
When you write do you see yourself more as Kvothe giving a true account of events; as Chronicler recording anothers story; or like Skarpi storytelling tankard in hand?
Do you keep your worldbuilding and story notes neatly arranged and filed, or do you tend to have piles and bits and scraps and scribbles piled all ’round?
Do you believe in magic?
Also (I hope this isn’t asking a spoiler question) But can you post the full lyrics of the chandarin chant, or was the it’s complete entirety in the book?
I ask because I have the perfect tune for it that I’d like to send to you sometime. (My friend and I worked it out on his guitar, then the piano, and eventually when I bought a 7 string lute, on that as well.) . . . this with the mead question you might notice I’m a little in love with your world you created in your book lol. Can’t help it, it’s a great vacation whenever I read your book.
I might post more lyrics later on.
I’m curious to hear the tune….
I have to get my car into the garage tonight, but if i can get to his house sometime early this week (My friend that worked on it with me), i’ll post it by the end of this week. It works in a chant with just clapping and singing (like i’d imagine children playing with it) and with a nice lullaby tune played with it. I guess i’ll just try to post it to your facebook page (not sure if that will work or not) either way, I’d love for you to hear it so i’ll find a way to get it to you.
Thanks for answering :)
What’s better, the Green Bay Packers winning the super bowl or the contented satiation of having just ate 3 of your favorite burritos in a row?
Hello…
Being a mother has changed my life….do you think being a father will influence your writing?
I’m sure you’re aware of this already, but Brandon Sanderson puts up commentary on his books about his thoughts while writing them, things that had to be cut, and so forth. Obviously, doing it chapter by chapter would be a gigantic pain in the ass (and I honestly don’t know how he does it), but I personally find them almost as fun to read as the books themselves.
Would you ever consider making a blog post or two about things that didn’t happen or characters that, for whatever reason, didn’t make the cut into the final edits of your books?
Maybe someday I’ll do an annotated edition of the book. Footnotes.
The series is finished, you’re as content as a draccus rolling around on the smoldering remains of a once-blissful campground. Your first books have risen to the top of most Best Fantasy Novels lists.
What will you do then?
Ha! Love this question!
Play some video games. Read books. Relax, mostly.
What makes a conversation good?
“How to Win Friends and Influence People” by Dale Carnegie is a great book on the art of conversation.
How do you feel about Maine?
What is your favorite dystopian story?
Ready Player One.
Just checked it out on Amazon, but since it’s not released until August 2011, I’ll have to take Pat’s prescience on faith.
Holy crap. I just googled. There was a “bidding war” for the movie rights before the book was even published…
Is Master Kilvin named after Lord Kelvin? Just curious..
No.
Which book did you read this weekend?
Hunger Games. It was really pretty good….
I love those books!
So will you finish the series? I don’t want to ruin the ending…
Of course I’ll finish it.
Do you have a bucket list? If so, what are a few of the items?
Some of the most incredible books that I have ever read came to my attention whilst wandering the aisles of the local bookstore. This includes NOTW, which veritably called out to me from a shelf in the sci-fi/fantasy section of my neighborhood B&N. I cannot fathom a world in which I can’t physically pick up, hold, turn the pages of a physical tome. With this backdrop, I ask the great Wordsmith: What is your personal preference, physical book or e-book?
Physical book.
NOTW called out to me from the Bargain Shelf, reawakening in me a love for fantasy that I hadn’t felt since….
Taco or Burrito?
Right now, Taco. Mostly burrito.
Would you rather drive an Evengelion or a Gundam?
For curiosity’s sake, what kind of accent does Kvothe have?
What do you think of People, Places & Things?
They’re quite interesting.
Why the beard?
If you have time to read, how do you choose what to read for fun?
I don’t know if you like suggestions from friends or strangers (but I’ve been reading your blog for so long I feel like a friend, at least in a FB fake friend kind of way). Anyway, here is a list of some off the beaten path fantasy you might like:
God Stalk – PC Hodgell
The Deep by John Crowley
In Yana, The Touch of Undying by Michael Shea
A Rendezvous in Averoigne by Clark Ashton Smith
Bride of the Rat God by Barbara Hambly
The Throne of Bones by Brian McNaughton
Westermead: A Collection fo Tales by Scott Thomas
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia McKillip
Wizards and Warriros by Hugh Cook
Tales of the Dying Earth by Kack Vance
The Last Unicorn is the perfect story. I agree.
I’d LOVE to see epic fantasy written in the style Peter S. Beagle took it in within the world of The Innkeeper’s Song. You’ve said in some interviews that you would like to write other tales in this vast world you’ve created. I’m a huge Beagle fan.
Q: Are you planning to go that direction and write short stories within the world of the Four Corners (Think Giant Bones) or are you planning to take a character equivalent to lets say Soukyan, and write an epic or novella in that gives more about the world?
Maybe both….
Sweet. I always was wondering that. Thank you for holding this all day.
This is one question with two parts. Basically, in order for the second one to have any real meaning, the first one has to go with somethin’ else. So then:
1) What TimeZone is this blog in? Is it Central or Eastern and I know you are Central (damn it are you Mountain?) but a lot of stupid things end up in Eastern accidentally.
2) Do you ever go to sleep, because you were on at like 5 o’clock (maybe 4 based on previous question) and that just seems like an odd time to be like “Let’s do a Machine Gun Q+A guys!” So I was justa wondering if this is common for you to be up at an early time or are you so pumped up on caffeine that you just don’t go to sleep?
Wow. This was a long post, it isn’t actually, I can just get kinda wordy.
Central.
I have erratic sleeping habits. It’s one of the downsides of being an iconoclast without a day job.
Good day to you, Pat.
In an earlier interview you said that you ran D&D Campaigns in your world. That is awesome. My friends and I speculate that as a fantastic storyteller, you must be a hell of a DM.
Here’s my question:
Would you ever consider DMing for a select few of your fans – perhaps winners of a contest or maybe just casually at a convention?
Thanks a lot.
I don’t do a lot of one-shot GMing things. Games don’t really start to get good until the third session, in my opinion.
Indeed. Unless the first session lasts 10 hours. o_o
Well, there’s always hope, right?
What is your favorite region as far as Mythology/folklore go?
I realize this is my fourth question but you answered my last three so I figured I’d roll the dice!
Would you wish me a happy birthday? :D
Yup.
Happy Birthday.
It my birthday on the 10th, I think you should come back and wish me a happy birthday too :D
Happy pre-birthday.
Do you still do something special on St. Patricks Day?
http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2008/03/st-patricks-day/
Oops, I was attempting a rule 7 assist, but I missed the “still” in your question, my bad!
I spent the weekend watching pixar stuff with my daughter. One of the shorts that stuck out in my mind was Geri’s Game. (Tried to find a video of it on youtube..they are all crap.) So my question is this, Is that what it would be like for Kvothe to play chess by himself?
Of course once I say I can’t find it, my fiance finds it no problem. *sigh*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m7dcbIKvlw
With 50+ choices available, what is your favorite cereal?
Right now? Fruity Pebbles.
I’m fickle though.
What bugs you when you read a fantasy novel?
Too big.
Do tell.
o.O
Too big is rarely a problem for me if the story is good enough. I am thinking mainly of A Song of Ice and Fire, here…
…uh… I interpret his response to be “the question was too big, steak instead of popcorn.” It would be pretty weird if big books offended him, considering the size of his own massive tomes.
Just saying.
Yeah. I meant the question.
Do you play an instrument?
This is a question I’ve asked lots of people, but no one ever comes up with an entertaining answer. If you were doomed to spend the rest of your life in a fantasy book, not as a character of that book but just within the universe, what would it be? You could probs have supernatural powers too, if the universe allowed it.
Last year I attended your signing in Frederick, MD, and took this picture with you:
Based on the look you gave, I think that you were upset that I stood behind the table, but my wife says you were just jealous of my beard.
Who is correct?
This picture:
https://picasaweb.google.com/tjmoses1/Authors#5570970447776893730
Haha nice shirt.
I think I might have been winking at you. I’m a terrible flirt, apparently.
If you could do a Kingkiller comic, who would you want to do the art?
Saturday Night Live is doing a skit about a NOTW book signing. Who plays Pat Rothfuss? John Belushi, Phil Hartman, Chris Farley, Will Ferrell, or Will Forte? comments about such skit appreciated
Hartman. Belushi is the exited fan. I play the irritating geek in the audience who picks holes in the story. Natalie Portman plays the catgirl who beats me within an inch of my life.
You just want to be close to Natalie Portman.
Can you blame him?
How many copies worlwide has NOTW sold?
Pat, your left hand just turned everything it was touching to diamonds, what happened to you?
I suddenly lost a lot of my anxiety about how well the second book is going to sell….
I just wanna say that I know the University Bookstore for the Seattle signing ordered 1400 books. I think that’s a good amount! At least for their first order…….
My wife and I are expecting our first child in June and we’re ecstatic. I read TNOTW aloud to her at night last year and she liked it, so this year I’ll be reading TWMF aloud, but to both her and the growing baby. From the womb our child will love your work.
No question (at least not now). Be safe & careful on your tour coming up. See ya in Lexington, KY.
If you were offered (for free) a trip to a distant country would you take it?
Probably. Depending on where and when.
“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”
Did I miss something in book one? ’cause that’s totally pulled from your front page description of it.
It’s monday here in Spain so…
Ok, I’m a huge fan of two big things: The Name Of The Wind and music, in general.
So, when are we going to hear sir Savien Traliard’s ballad?
Please, tell me we’re going to hear it one day
Here comes the tale, it never fails.
Waiting for March 1st makes me want to wag my tail.
When it comes I want to wail – tale!
That is all.
You just woke up with the ability to use “The Force”. Name the next few things you do. . .
Pee.
Wash my face.
Check my e-mail.
Will a kid named “Oot” appear at any point in the books?
What’s the best book that you’ve read in the past decade?