The Kingkiller Chronicles 01: The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, ISBN 9780575081406

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'I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in. I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. I have talked to Gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep.' 'My name is Kvothe. You may have heard of me.' So begins the tale of Kvothe - currently known as Kote, the unassuming innkeepter - from his childhood in a troupe of travelling players, through his years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-riddled city, to his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a difficult and dangerous school of magic. In these pages you will come to know Kvothe the notorious magician, the accomplished thief, the masterful musician, the dragon slayer, the legend-hunter, the lover, the thief and the infamous assassin.

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About the Author: Patrick Rothfuss

Patrick Rothfuss (born June 6, 1973) is an American fantasy writer and college lecturer. He is the author of three-volume series The Kingkiller Chronicle which was rejected by several publishing companies before the first book of the series, The Name of the Wind, was published in 2007, going on to win critical acclaim and become a New York Times best seller.

Patrick Rothfuss was born in Madison, Wisconsin and grew up as an avid reader in part due to inclement weather and a lack of cable television. He enrolled at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point in 1991. At university he originally planned to be a chemical engineer, changed his mind to pursue a career in clinical psychology, and finally set his major as 'Undeclared' after three years continuing to study any subject that caught his interest. During that time, while holding odd jobs, Rothfuss worked on an extremely long fantasy novel called The Song of Flame and Thunder. He also began to write the "College Survival Guide," a column in The Pointer, the campus paper. He graduated in 1999 with a B.A. in English. After receiving his MA at Washington State University, he returned two years later to teach at Stevens Point. After completing The Song of Flame and Thunder, Rothfuss submitted it to several publishing companies, but it was rejected. In 2002 he won the Writers of the Future competition with The Road to Levinshir, an excerpt from his novel. Rothfuss subsequently sold the novel to DAW Books. The Song of Flame and Thunder was split into a three-volume series entitled The Kingkiller Chronicle, with the first installment, The Name of the Wind, published in April 2007. The novel subsequently won the 2007 Quill Award for best sci-fi/fantasy and was listed on the New York Times Best Seller list.

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Reviews of The Kingkiller Chronicles 01: The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

The Name of the Wind
Reviewed by Septimus, 12/06/2010

This is possibly the best book I've ever read! I recommend it to anyone. It has a range of different elements that everyone would enjoy: fantasy, romance, adventure etc. So there's something for everyone. Read it!

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