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Speculative Summaries and Other Posts

Rothfuss Reread: What Can We Learn From The Name of the Wind Playing Cards? (Part 3)

By Jo Walton

May 15, 2014

Rothfuss Reread: What Can We Learn From The Name of the Wind Playing Cards? (Part 2)

By Jo Walton

May 8, 2014

Rothfuss Reread: What Can We Learn From The Name of the Wind Playing Cards? (Part 1)

By Jo Walton

May 1, 2014

Rothfuss Reread: Making a Mask for Patrick Rothfuss, Part 2

By Jo Walton

April 3, 2014

Rothfuss Reread: Speculative Summary 21: The Thing in the Lackless Box

By Jo Walton

February 13, 2014

Rothfuss Reread: Making a Mask for Patrick Rothfuss

By Jo Walton

January 16, 2014

Rothfuss Reread: Speculative Summary 20: Watching his Master

By Jo Walton

May 23, 2013

Rothfuss Reread: Speculative Summary 19: Each Woman Is Like An Instrument

By Jo Walton

February 14, 2013

Rothfuss Reread: Speculative Summary 18: A Good Cloak

By Jo Walton

January 17, 2013

Rothfuss Reread: Speculative Summary 17: A Break in the Line

By Jo Walton

January 10, 2013

Rothfuss Reread: Speculative Summary 16: You May Have Heard of Me

By Jo Walton

November 29, 2012

Rothfuss Reread: Speculative Summary 15: Stick by the Maer

By Jo Walton

October 18, 2012

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Cover of The Name of the Wind, showing a hooded figure in silhouette in a field at night.

The Name of the Wind

15 Posts

Rothfuss Reread: The Name of the Wind, Part 15: Yes, No, Maybe, Elsewhere, Soon

By Jo Walton

July 28, 2011

Rothfuss Reread: The Name of the Wind, Part 14: Like a Thunderclap

By Jo Walton

July 21, 2011

Rothfuss Reread: The Name of the Wind, Part 13: We’re Going to Have to Kill It

By Jo Walton

July 14, 2011

Rothfuss Reread: The Name of the Wind, Part 12: I Know What it is to Have Secrets

By Jo Walton

July 7, 2011

Rothfuss Reread: The Name of the Wind, Part 11: Every Tale Has Deep Roots Somewhere

By Jo Walton

June 30, 2011

Rothfuss Reread: The Name of the Wind, Part 10: Like Wheat Before a Sickle-blade

By Jo Walton

June 23, 2011

Rothfuss Reread: The Name of the Wind, Part 9: Not That I Would Encourage That Sort of Reckless Behaviour

By Jo Walton

June 16, 2011

Rothfuss Reread: The Name of the Wind, Part 8: Your Hand Held the Fire

By Jo Walton

June 9, 2011

Rothfuss Reread: The Name of the Wind, Part 7: My Sympathetic Representation

By Jo Walton

June 2, 2011

Rothfuss Reread: The Name of the Wind, Part 6: Going Somewhere

By Jo Walton

May 26, 2011

Rothfuss Reread: The Name of the Wind, Part 5: Too Much Truth Confuses the Facts

By Jo Walton

May 19, 2011

Rothfuss Reread: The Name of the Wind, Part 4: Entirely the Wrong Sort of Songs

By Jo Walton

May 12, 2011

Rothfuss Reread: The Name of the Wind, Part 3: Beware of Folly

By Jo Walton

May 5, 2011

Rothfuss Reread: The Name of the Wind, Part 2: You Went Looking For a Myth and Found a Man

By Jo Walton

April 28, 2011

Rothfuss Reread: The Name of the Wind, Part 1: The Cut-Flower Sound

By Jo Walton

April 21, 2011

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The Slow Regard of Silent Things

1 Post

Rothfuss Reread: The Slow Regard of Silent Things Part 1: A Seemly Place

By Jo Walton

March 19, 2015

Cover of The Wise Man's Fear, showing a hooded figure at the end of an alley.

The Wise Man's Fear

28 Posts

Rothfuss Reread: The Wise Man’s Fear, Part 28: I Hate Not Understanding a Thing

By Jo Walton

May 3, 2012

Rothfuss Reread: The Wise Man’s Fear, Part 27: Kvothe the Arcane

By Jo Walton

April 19, 2012

Rothfuss Reread: The Wise Man’s Fear Part 26: You’re alive!

By Jo Walton

April 12, 2012

Rothfuss Reread: The Wise Man’s Fear, Part 25: I Forgot Who I Was

By Jo Walton

April 5, 2012

Rothfuss Reread: The Wise Man’s Fear, Part 24: Hell Breaking Loose

By Jo Walton

March 29, 2012

Rothfuss Reread: The Wise Man’s Fear, Part 23: A Real Person

By Jo Walton

March 22, 2012

Rothfuss Reread: The Wise Man’s Fear, Part 22: When Words Fail Us

By Jo Walton

March 15, 2012

Rothfuss Reread: The Wise Man’s Fear, Part 21: A Deep Well

By Jo Walton

March 1, 2012

Rothfuss Reread: The Wise Man’s Fear, Part 20: You Wouldn’t Have a Hope

By Jo Walton

February 23, 2012

Rothfuss Reread: The Wise Man’s Fear, Part 19: All Their Choices Will Be The Wrong Ones

By Jo Walton

February 16, 2012

Rothfuss Reread: The Wise Man’s Fear, Part 18: Die Or Go Mad

By Jo Walton

February 9, 2012

Rothfuss Reread: The Wise Man’s Fear, Part 17: All the Stories in the World

By Jo Walton

December 29, 2011

Rothfuss Reread: The Wise Man’s Fear, Part 16: Urging Toward the Truth

By Jo Walton

December 22, 2011

Rothfuss Reread: The Wise Man’s Fear, Part 15: Defending Civilization

By Jo Walton

December 15, 2011

Rothfuss Reread: The Wise Man’s Fear, Part 14: Secrets of the Heart

By Jo Walton

December 8, 2011

Rothfuss Reread: The Wise Man’s Fear, Part 13: It was Idyllic

By Jo Walton

December 1, 2011

Rothfuss Reread: The Wise Man’s Fear, Part 12: A Beautiful Game

By Jo Walton

November 17, 2011

Rothfuss Reread: The Wise Man’s Fear, Part 11: A Freely Given Gift

By Jo Walton

November 10, 2011

Rothfuss Reread: The Wise Man’s Fear, Part 10: Watching Stories Being Born

By Jo Walton

November 3, 2011

Rothfuss Reread: The Wise Man’s Fear, Part 9: Giving You a Gift

By Jo Walton

October 27, 2011

“The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.”

William Gibson, Neuromancer

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