Patrick Rothfuss Reread

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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The Patrick Rothfuss Reread: Introduction

Apr 21, 2011

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The Name of the Wind

Part 1: The Cut-Flower Sound -Apr 21, 2011

Part 2: You Went Looking For a Myth and Found a Man -Apr 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 -Jun 2, 2011

Part 8: Your Hand Held the Fire -Jun 9, 2011

Part 9: Not That I Would Encourage That Sort of Reckless Behaviour -Jun 16, 2011

Part 10: Like Wheat Before a Sickle-blade -Jun 23, 2011

Part 11: Every Tale Has Deep Roots Somewhere -Jun 30, 2011

Part 12: I Know What it is to Have Secrets -Jul 7, 2011

Part 13: We’re Going to Have to Kill It -Jul 14, 2011

Part 14: Like a Thunderclap -Jul 21, 2011

Part 15: Yes, No, Maybe, Elsewhere, Soon -Jul 28, 2011

The Wise Man’s Fear

Part 1: Deep and Wide as Autumn’s Ending -Sep 1, 2011

Part 2: So Sharp He Can Hardly Help But Cut Himself -Sep 8, 2011

Part 3: Or Something Like That -Sep 15, 2011

Part 4: Well Over The Hill -Sep 22, 2011

Part 5: A Special Kind of Stupid -Sep 29, 2011

Part 6: Tangled Up -Oct 6, 2011

Part 7: The Next Three Moves -Oct 13, 2011

Part 8: The World Needs People Like You -Oct 20, 2011

Part 9: Giving You a Gift -Oct 27, 2011

Part 10: Watching Stories Being Born -Nov 3, 2011

Part 11: A Freely Given Gift -Nov 10, 2011

Part 12: A Beautiful Game -Nov 17, 2011

Part 13: It was Idyllic -Dec 1, 2011

Part 14: Secrets of the Heart -Dec 8, 2011

Part 15: Defending Civilization -Dec 15, 2011

Part 16: Urging Toward the Truth -Dec 22, 2011

Part 17: All the Stories in the World -Dec 29, 2011

Part 18: Die Or Go Mad -Feb 9, 2012

Part 19: All Their Choices Will Be The Wrong Ones -Feb 16, 2012

Part 20: You Wouldn’t Have a Hope -Feb 23, 2012

Part 21: A Deep Well -Mar 1, 2012

Part 22: When Words Fail Us -Mar 15, 2012

Part 23: A Real Person -Mar 22, 2012

Part 24: Hell Breaking Loose -Mar 29, 2012

Part 25: I Forgot Who I Was -Apr 5, 2012

Part 26: You’re alive! -Apr 12, 2012

Part 27: Kvothe the Arcane -Apr 19, 2012

Part 28: I Hate Not Understanding a Thing -May 3, 2012

Speculative Summaries and Other Posts

Speculative Summary 1: “Inside edges. Holes.” Speculations on Imaginary Geography -Aug 4, 2011

Speculative Summary 2: “A girl standing nearby” Speculations on Denna -Aug 11, 2011

Speculative Summary 3: “Fire, Thunder, Broken Tree.” Speculations on Kvothe -Aug 18, 2011

Speculative Summary 4: Kingkiller Chronicles, huh? Speculations on Kings -Aug 25, 2011

Speculative Summary 5: “Lackless likes her riddle raveling”: Speculations on Lacklesses -Jan 5, 2012

Speculative Summary 6: “Expect disaster every seven years” Speculations on Kote -Jan 12, 2012

Speculative Summary 7: “There isn’t anything worse than the Ctheah!” Speculations on the Ctheah -Jan 19, 2012

Speculative Summary 8: “I have a patron” Speculations on Master Ash -Jan 26, 2012

Speculative Summary 9: “That sparked the entire Creation War”: Speculations on the Creation War -Feb 2, 2012

Timeline -Mar 8, 2012

Admissions Questions for Pat? -Apr 26, 2012

Speculative Summary 10: The Road To Newarre -May 10, 2012

Pat Answers the Admissions Questions -May 17, 2012

Speculative Summary 11: Te Rhintae? -Jun 21, 2012

Speculative Summary 12: Tinker, Tanner -Jul 19, 2012

Speculative Summary 13: The Way He Knew His Own Hands -Aug 30, 2012

Speculative Summary 14: This Far West -Sep 27, 2012

Speculative Summary 15: Stick by the Maer -Oct 18, 2012

Speculative Summary 16: You May Have Heard of Me -Nov 29, 2012

Speculative Summary 17: A Break in the Line -Jan 10, 2013

Speculative Summary 18: A Good Cloak -Jan 17, 2013

Speculative Summary 19: Each Woman Is Like An Instrument -Feb 14, 2013

Speculative Summary 20: Watching his Master -May 23, 2013

Making a Mask for Patrick Rothfuss -Jan 16, 2014

Speculative Summary 21: The Thing in the Lackless Box -Feb 13, 2014

Making a Mask for Patrick Rothfuss, Part 2 -Apr 3, 2014

What Can We Learn From The Name of the Wind Playing Cards? (Part 1) -May 1, 2014

What Can We Learn From The Name of the Wind Playing Cards? (Part 2) -May 8, 2014

What Can We Learn From The Name of the Wind Playing Cards? (Part 3) -May 15, 2014

The Slow Regard of Silent Things

The Slow Regard of Silent Things Part 1 -Mar 19, 2015