The Name of the Wind
The Name of the Wind, also called The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day One, is a heroic fantasy novel written by American author Patrick Rothfuss. It is the first book in the ongoing fantasy trilogy The Kingkiller Chronicle. It was published on March 27, 2007, by DAW Books, the novel has been hailed as a masterpiece of high fantasy. The story begins the tale of Kvothe (pronounced "quothe"), a young man who becomes the most notorious magician his world has ever known. Kvothe narrates his own journey, from his childhood in a troupe of traveling players to his years as a near-feral orphan in a crime-ridden city, and his daring entrance into a prestigious and perilous school of magic. Patrick Rothfuss's debut novel has been praised for its fresh and earthy originality, transporting readers into the mind of a wizard and the world that shaped him. It explores the truth behind the legend of a hero and how one can become entangled in their own mythology. Rothfuss's powerful storytelling and robust writing have earned him comparisons to renowned fantasy authors such as Tad Williams, George R. R. Martin, and Robert Jordan. Followed by: The Wise Man's Fear
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What Hacker News says
- I tend to prefer to avoid LitRPGs, they rot the brain and everything becomes a minmax number hacking endeavor.
Try Charles Stross's Accelerando and the Laundry Files series if you need good sci-fi. Foundryside and Empress of Forever are also decent. If you want fantasy, The Name of The Wind and Discworld are classics.
- I felt the same way about DCC having listened to the series as audiobooks.
On the other hand, and not to over-hype them, but The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man's Fear are probably my favorite non-fiction books. Way better writing and stories than DCC. Not everyone is a fan, but I think I've listened to them 6-7 times each at this point. I often notice new details on each pass, and I appreciate some parts more on subsequent listens than I did in the first one/few. Not having a third book sucks, but definitely still worth it.
- - The Writer - James Patterson
- Terminal Man - Michael Crichton
- The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss
- Sweet, looking now to get some recommendations! I'm actually surprised more people don't have my two favorites overlapped more often (Mistborn and Name of the Wind)!
Question: when you don't search a book, it shows "Loved by X people", when you do, it shows "Book twins". I'd be really interested in seeing most frequently loved books, from people that like the book/books I'm searching. It would make it obvious I'm missing something!
- Name of the Wind is up there in my top pantheon, right up there with the Hobbit and Dune (among others). I'm sad we'll never see the end.
- Try The Name of the Wind, basic but good.
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