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Rothfuss Re-read Speculative Summary 16: You May Have Heard of Me "Patrick Rothfuss just posted a widget that does currency conversions in the Four Corners currencies: http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2012/12/secrets-currencies-in-the-four-corners-world/ One..." on Rothfuss Re-read Speculative Summary 16: You May Have Heard of Me at Thu Dec 27, 2012 10:10am
A Life in Constant Motion: <em>Every Day</em> by David Levithan "A few years ago, I read a short story with exactly this premise. (It was good, as I recall.) The central..." on A Life in Constant Motion: Every Day by David Levithan at Fri Sep 07, 2012 13:50pm
Titles from Poetry: Blake vs Marvell ""Forest of the night" is also the title of a YA novel by Somtow Sucharitkul." on Titles from Poetry: Blake vs Marvell at Fri Jun 01, 2012 09:07am
Rothfuss Reread: <em>The Name of the Wind</em>, Part 14: Like a Thunderclap "@19 silly t-shirt: I don't know that the theory needs more support, but at the end of WMF he cuts his..." on Rothfuss Reread: The Name of the Wind, Part 14: Like a Thunderclap at Fri Jul 22, 2011 00:06am
Rothfuss Reread: <em>The Name of the Wind</em>, Part 11: Every Tale Has Deep Roots Somewhere "@2, 4, 6: I was struck by how little evidence there is that the footpads were actually after Kvothe...." on Rothfuss Reread: The Name of the Wind, Part 11: Every Tale Has Deep Roots Somewhere at Thu Jun 30, 2011 16:58pm
The work of disenchantment never ends: Kim Stanley Robinson’s <em>Icehenge</em> "I just read Icehenge on recommendation here. The surface plot is obviously a small portion of the point;..." on The work of disenchantment never ends: Kim Stanley Robinson’s Icehenge at Mon Jun 06, 2011 19:49pm
Rothfuss Reread: <em>The Name of the Wind</em>, Part 7: My Sympathetic Representation "@3 5 19 25 28: On the triangle problem: Different versions are apparently different. In the US paperback..." on Rothfuss Reread: The Name of the Wind, Part 7: My Sympathetic Representation at Thu Jun 02, 2011 23:45pm
Rothfuss Reread: <em>The Name of the Wind</em>, Part 6: Going Somewhere "On the subject of time: There's a clear continuity problem about months in at least my edition of NW..." on Rothfuss Reread: The Name of the Wind, Part 6: Going Somewhere at Fri May 27, 2011 01:24am
Rothfuss Reread: <em>The Name of the Wind</em>, Part 6: Going Somewhere "I reread NW last night, and there are indeed a lot of really juicy moon references coming up. My favorite..." on Rothfuss Reread: The Name of the Wind, Part 6: Going Somewhere at Fri May 27, 2011 00:17am
Rothfuss Reread: <em>The Name of the Wind</em>, Part 6: Going Somewhere "Susan Loyal @27: Very interesting conjectures on the etymology. If your guesses are right, one obvious..." on Rothfuss Reread: The Name of the Wind, Part 6: Going Somewhere at Thu May 26, 2011 19:36pm
Rothfuss Reread: <em>The Name of the Wind</em>, Part 6: Going Somewhere "I agree there's something fae and related to the moon about Denna, but I think it's a real stretch to..." on Rothfuss Reread: The Name of the Wind, Part 6: Going Somewhere at Thu May 26, 2011 19:33pm
Rothfuss Reread: <em>The Name of the Wind</em>, Part 6: Going Somewhere "I think a span is 11 days, not 10?" on Rothfuss Reread: The Name of the Wind, Part 6: Going Somewhere at Thu May 26, 2011 14:31pm
Rothfuss Reread: <em>The Name of the Wind</em>, Part 5: Too Much Truth Confuses the Facts "Rob @61: Very interesting coincidence of names, although note that it's "Skarpi" and not "Skopi" in this..." on Rothfuss Reread: The Name of the Wind, Part 5: Too Much Truth Confuses the Facts at Sun May 22, 2011 12:06pm
Rothfuss Reread: <em>The Name of the Wind</em>, Part 5: Too Much Truth Confuses the Facts "On where Lanre got the power: Lanre is said by Bast to have spoken to the Cthaeh, but I doubt he got..." on Rothfuss Reread: The Name of the Wind, Part 5: Too Much Truth Confuses the Facts at Thu May 19, 2011 23:52pm
Rothfuss Reread: <em>The Name of the Wind</em>, Part 3: Beware of Folly "It's worth noting that in Chapter 12, Kvothe's mother makes at least two veiled references to her origin:..." on Rothfuss Reread: The Name of the Wind, Part 3: Beware of Folly at Sun May 08, 2011 05:57am
Rothfuss Reread: <em>The Name of the Wind</em>, Part 2: You Went Looking For a Myth and Found a Man "I find it curious how much chemistry Kvothe learns here, when later on chemistry (along with alchemy)..." on Rothfuss Reread: The Name of the Wind, Part 2: You Went Looking For a Myth and Found a Man at Thu Apr 28, 2011 12:57pm
Rothfuss Reread: <em>The Name of the Wind</em>, Part 2: You Went Looking For a Myth and Found a Man "Also, does anybody who is really telling a story waffle around like this? I'm sure it's deliberate..." on Rothfuss Reread: The Name of the Wind, Part 2: You Went Looking For a Myth and Found a Man at Thu Apr 28, 2011 12:52pm
Rothfuss Reread: <em>The Name of the Wind</em>, Part 1: The Cut-Flower Sound "I was interested in Kvothe's reaction to religion in Chapter 1: his lips tightened when Graham claimed..." on Rothfuss Reread: The Name of the Wind, Part 1: The Cut-Flower Sound at Sun Apr 24, 2011 15:45pm
Sleeping under the wagon: More spoilers for Patrick Rothfuss’s <em>The Wise Man’s Fear</em> "I'm surprised no one has pointed out something that seemed fairly obvious to me: Kvothe shows definite..." on Sleeping under the wagon: More spoilers for Patrick Rothfuss’s The Wise Man’s Fear at Sun Apr 24, 2011 09:22am
"No first person book from a male point of view can pass the Bechdel test, but I don’t think this one..." on Lovely and undemanding: Patrick Rothfuss’s The Name of the Wind at Mon Mar 28, 2011 18:57pm
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