Don't know if it has been confirmed yet, but it appears that Patrick Rothfuss' The Wise Man's Fear will debut at number one on the New York Times bestseller list! How about that!?!Congrats to Pat and everyone at Daw Books! =) Wonder what the detractors claiming that Betsy Wollheim made a huge mistake by letting Rothfuss take his own sweet time to complete his second manuscript will say about that???
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They'll say that 1st week sales obviously have nothing to do with the quality of the book since people haven't read it yet?
btw, I'm not buying it until/unless the 3rd comes out. At least Rothfuss had a good excuse.
yeah, patrick announced this during a signing tonight in chicago. way to go, pat! i think we all saw it coming though -- once i saw the rabid excitement in the last few weeks before release, i KNEW it would be number 1, especially if sanderson could get to number 4 with TWOK.
I'm glad for Pat and really don't know what the big deal was. Anyone who has waited for George r.r. Martin's stuff knows this was hardly a speed bump.
I'm so excited, as I start reading this one tomorrow!
-Jeff
Congrats to Rothfuss. I'll buy the Kindle edition as soon as the price comes down.
best news I've heard all week.
I've never really understood why the publishers freak out so much over these deadlines. It seems like word of mouth just builds and builds over the years and the book continues to be a subject of conversation in the blogsophere because everyone's waiting for the book. And when the book finally does hit shelves it sells a bazillion copies, because the years have allowed so many new people to become fans.
I would imagine that a trilogy that's ready for publication and releases a volume every month would do much worse business over the long haul, because after that last book comes out, there's no more constant conversation about the books drawing in new fans.
Finsihed this book up. Almost 1,000 pages but it was pretty good. Nowhere near the first so the extra time he spent on it I doubt helped. It could have been cut by about 200 pages. Him hanging out forever with Ferulian was annoying as all get out.
That said it took 3 years between books. That's not good but it's not getting to the GRRM point yet. In reality A Feast for Crows was like a side book so people have been waiting for their favorite characters for over 10 years. That's a problem.
Sean
Ben - they're worried because people who read fantasy blogs makes up a small drop in the ocean of people who read the genre as a whole.
I guess it'd be impossible to back up that claim, but I'm pretty damn sure about it.
Internet clamourings are rabid and loud, but only to those who listen.
ARE there people who "casually" read epic fantasy series these days? No, really, I am asking.
Jebus - That's a fair point, but I'm not sure if it's wholly accurate. Even assuming internet word of mouth isn't as powerful as I think it is, word of mouth in general certainly is.
Look at Steven Erikson, for example. GoTM came out and flopped. A decade later and The Crippled God debuts on the NYT Bestseller list. I imagine 10 years of building a audience through word of mouth from a rabid fanbase is what allowed that to happen. Obviously the comparison is flawed because we're talking about 10 books delivered regularly over a long period of time vs. a sequel delivered years late, but I think it's close enough to make the point.
I ordered this book the day it came out, and have only received it now. The wait was agony. It's currently sitting in front of me as I type this, begging to be read. Can't wait!
I have to admit that I am utterly bewildered by this kind of success. The first book was competent enough, but to see it generate a #1 on the bestseller list... I can only scratch my head. Someone please tell me what separates this story from the rest?
@Leaf;
Because it feels alive and is full of beautiful things. Because it can be breathtaking at time. Because Patrick Rothfuss has a incredibly keen grasp of language. Because Kvothe's narration makes the tale immediate and personal and endlessly compelling.
But, you know, just me. Plenty of people don't like it. Nothing's for everybody.
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