Are you a fan of Patrick Rothfuss’ fantasy epic, The Name of the Wind? The book’s 10th anniversary is coming up this year, and to celebrate, DAW is re-releasing a deluxe, hardcover version of the novel! The book will contain 50 new pages of material, including some gorgeous illustrations from Hugo Award-nominee Dan dos Santos.
Check out one of the illustrations below!
Here we see Kvothe and Denna sharing a quiet moment on a waystone beneath the stars after years apart:
The deluxe edition of The Name of the Wind will debut on October 3, 2017. In the meantime, you can see more of the lovely illustrations over at io9, and read more about Rothfuss’ plans for Book 3 of The Kingkiller Chronicle!
I’m not putting anymore money in Pat’s pockets.
I picked up The Name of the Wind a couple of years ago, before I learned that he still hasn’t finished book 3. Sorry, but I no longer am willing to be suckered by authors and publishers. (Still waiting for David Gerrold’s next War Against Chtorr book 24 years after the previous book!)
I might be in a minority on this, but I will no longer buy series that are unfinished unless they are open-ended. If it’s supposed to be a 1-2-3-and-done trilogy, then don’t publish 1 unless 3 is ready to go.
And definitely don’t ask us to buy commemorative copies of the first book of an unfinished trilogy. Fool me once and all that…
Rothfuss is a fine writer and a wonderful activist, but I think there’s a lot of gall in issuing a fancy tenth anniversary version of the first book when he’s spent six bloody years working on the third one.
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Yeah, you’re basically saying “don’t ever publish trilogies from authors who haven’t already hit the best-seller lists with previous books” because no publisher is going to make the financial investment required to publish THREE books without knowing how well the first book sells.
I must say I sympathize with the idea that bringing out a fancy illustrated copy of the first book, while fans have been very clear in voicing that all they truly want at the moment is book three, is a little frustrating…
Reading Pat’s blog, he is far too busy with anything but finishing this book. It is his prerogative of course, but indeed I would not buy a single Rothfuss endorsed product, or special copies/editions of his existing books. Not until I can read book three that is. And even then, he may have eroded too much support to even buy any of his future work.
Please refrain from making disparaging personal attacks on individual authors, and let’s keep the discussion civil. Thanks.
It’s an edition for collectors, but I agree with those just want the text for Book 3. I still love physical books, but read mostly on my tablet, so all I want is to finish the story.
Rothfuss appears to be a perfectionist who agonizes over his craft. The success of the first two volumes have given him room and time to do that, similar to the seeming endless extension on GRR Martin’s next GoT book. So commerce has created space for art. Others writers may not have that luxury and must produce a text to get paid.
As has been said, readers can’t begrudge a writer enjoying their success, but there’s a limit to how long interest can be stretched. Once Rothfuss and Martin publish new volumes, my interest may return, but right now it’s at a very low ebb.
I also want Book 3. Having said that, I gotta have this one too.
I agree with most of the comments I’ve read here. There is no way I’m spending money on a re-write of the first book when I’m still waiting for the 3rd book. I was actually really angry when The Slow Regard of Silent Things came out. I wanted to yell a him for daring to stop working on the one book everyone is waiting for to give a story to a side character that no one (or at least not me) cares about. Auri’s story could have waited. A re-write of book one can definitely wait. I really just want to know the end of Kvoth’s story.
@9 Is it a rewrite or are those 50 pages all art