Patrick Rothfuss Reread
Patrick Rothfuss Reread
Jo Walton

A very in-depth analysis of the first two books of The Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss, encompassing The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man's Fear. Jo Walton leaves no moon unturned in her detailed look at the hundreds of clues and connections hidden within the first two books and what they may mean for the upcoming third.

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February 14 2013
Rothfuss Re-read: Speculative Summary 19: Each Woman Is Like An Instrument
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April 21 2011
The Patrick Rothfuss Reread: Introduction
<em>The Name of the Wind</em>
The Name of the Wind
Part 1: The Cut-Flower Sound April 21 2011
Part 2: You Went Looking For a Myth and Found a Man April 28 2011
Part 3: Beware of Folly May 5 2011
Part 4: Entirely the Wrong Sort of Songs May 12 2011
Part 5: Too Much Truth Confuses the Facts May 19 2011
Part 6: Going Somewhere May 26 2011
Part 7: My Sympathetic Representation June 2 2011
Part 8: Your Hand Held the Fire June 9 2011
Part 9: Not That I Would Encourage That Sort of Reckless Behaviour June 16 2011
Part 10: Like Wheat Before a Sickle-blade June 23 2011
Part 11: Every Tale Has Deep Roots Somewhere June 30 2011
Part 12: I Know What it is to Have Secrets July 7 2011
Part 13: We’re Going to Have to Kill It July 14 2011
Part 14: Like a Thunderclap July 21 2011
Part 15: Yes, No, Maybe, Elsewhere, Soon July 28 2011
Rothfuss Reread: Speculative Summary, Part 1: “Inside edges. Holes.” Speculations on Imaginary Geography August 4 2011
Rothfuss Reread: Speculative Summary, Part 2: “A girl standing nearby” Speculations on Denna August 11 2011
Rothfuss Reread: Speculative Summary, Part 3: “Fire, Thunder, Broken Tree.” Speculations on Kvothe August 18 2011
Rothfuss Reread: Speculative Summary, Part 4: Kingkiller Chronicles, huh? Speculations on Kings August 25 2011
<em>The Wise Man's Fear</em>
The Wise Man's Fear
Part 1: Deep and Wide as Autumn’s Ending September 1 2011
Part 2: So Sharp He Can Hardly Help But Cut Himself September 8 2011
Part 3: Or Something Like That September 15 2011
Part 4: Well Over The Hill September 22 2011
Part 5: A Special Kind of Stupid September 29 2011
Part 6: Tangled Up October 6 2011
Part 7: The Next Three Moves October 13 2011
Part 8: The World Needs People Like You October 20 2011
Part 9: Giving You a Gift October 27 2011
Part 10: Watching Stories Being Born November 3 2011
Part 11: A Freely Given Gift November 10 2011
Part 12: A Beautiful Game November 17 2011
Part 13: It was Idyllic December 1 2011
Part 14: Secrets of the Heart December 8 2011
Part 15: Defending Civilization December 15 2011
Part 16: Urging Toward the Truth December 22 2011
Part 17: All the Stories in the World December 29 2011
Rothfuss Reread: Speculative Summary Part 5: “Lackless likes her riddle raveling”: Speculations on Lacklesses January 5 2012
Rothfuss Reread Speculative Summary, Part 6: “Expect disaster every seven years” Speculations on Kote January 12 2012
Rothfuss Reread: Speculative Summary Part 7: “There isn’t anything worse than the Ctheah!” Speculations on the Ctheah January 19 2012
Rothfuss Reread: Speculative Summary Part 8: “I have a patron” Speculations on Master Ash January 26 2012
Rothfuss Reread: Speculative Summary, Part 9: “That sparked the entire Creation War”: Speculations on the Creation War February 2 2012
Part 18: Die Or Go Mad February 9 2012
Part 19: All Their Choices Will Be The Wrong Ones February 16 2012
Part 20: You Wouldn’t Have a Hope February 23 2012
Part 21: A Deep Well March 1 2012
Rothfuss Reread: Timeline March 8 2012
Part 22: When Words Fail Us March 15 2012
Part 23: A Real Person March 22 2012
Part 24: Hell Breaking Loose March 29 2012
Part 25: I Forgot Who I Was April 5 2012
Rothfuss Reread: The Wise Man’s Fear Part 26: You’re alive! April 12 2012
Part 27: Kvothe the Arcane April 19 2012
Rothfuss Reread: Admissions Questions for Pat? April 26 2012
Part 28: I Hate Not Understanding a Thing May 3 2012
Rothfuss Reread: Speculative Summary 10: The Road To Newarre May 10 2012
Rothfuss Reread: Pat Answers the Admissions Questions May 17 2012
Rothfuss Reread: Speculative Summary 11: Te Rhintae? June 21 2012
Rothfuss Reread: Speculative Summary 12: Tinker, Tanner July 19 2012
Rothfuss Re-read Speculative Summary 13: The Way He Knew His Own Hands August 30 2012
Rothfuss Re-read Speculative Summary 14: This Far West September 27 2012
Rothfuss Re-read Speculative Summary 15: Stick by the Maer October 18 2012
Rothfuss Re-read Speculative Summary 16: You May Have Heard of Me November 29 2012
Rothfuss Re-read Speculative Summary 17: A Break in the Line January 10 2013
Rothfuss Re-read: Speculative Summary 18: A Good Cloak January 17 2013
Rothfuss Re-read: Speculative Summary 19: Each Woman Is Like An Instrument February 14 2013
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