Hi Pat,

You're in the Goodreads info slideshow (slide 28)! http://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/343-how-do-books-get-discovered-a-guide-for-publishers-and-authors-who-want. Just wanted to let you know! (:

You're awesome by the way.

Patrick Rothfuss, you're a god, but that's beside the point. I've tried to get a hold of you through emails but never received a response; legit, you're a busy man. I just want to tell you this: one day I'll get to finally meet you!!!!! I promise! It'll be at comiccon maybe, or a workshop maybe, or at a library but it'll happen. When I do I'll bow and curtsy and that's how you'll know it's me.

...Until then I'll read your books, and then re-read them some more for inspiration! When I feel like dropping out of school I think of you and read the intro in The Name of the Wind!

<3
You are soo cool! Soo cool! And you keep me working hard to achieve my own writing goals!

Thank you...

*waves back*

Hey Pat! I had a question to ask, that might sound kind of weird. I was browsing around the tinkers packs the other day and have become quite envious of those Talent Pins you all designed. The thing is, I dont really just want to buy one...I want to earn one, like at the Eolian style. Any chance of something like that EVER going down?

Thanks so much for the add :)

Christina wrote: "Patrick: Greatly enjoying your books! I must say, as I read through them I can't help but envision them as a computer game. It's the nerd in me. I would pay good money to play a RPG based on this..."

I have to agree with you Christina, although I imagined it more in D20 (tabeltop) format. I'd kill for a campaign setting on Rothfuss' world. Time to hook up with WOTC Pat!!

I just voted for you in the tor readers' choice awards! Fans, you should too! Comment here: http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/01/vote-in...

Patrick: Greatly enjoying your books! I must say, as I read through them I can't help but envision them as a computer game. It's the nerd in me. I would pay good money to play a RPG based on this series! Earning money, advancing through the ranks at the University, increasing skills, all necessary to complete the main quest (I don't even know what that is yet because I haven't finished book #2!).

I really betrayed my inner dork with this post but I had to share.

Keep the great books coming!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YoyfeTvF... I made it. I really love the story :)

Im from México, just came "the wise man fear"
Reading! :)

yo patrick congrats for the third place! altough i would consider it a second place because, you know, martin, first place, bla bla bla, don't let me open polemic threads on the subject..

Dear Pat,

You should have won a Goodreads Choice award, and there is clearly something wrong in the world (or at least on goodreads..):) Although I'd imagine being a newer writer and being in categories with vets like GRRM is a sort of honor in itself.

Thank you so much for adding me, Mr. Rothfuss! My parents and little sister are laughing at me right now because I'm so maniacally happy. My day just became perfect.

Thank you again, thank you for your writing, it is inspiring and beautiful and funny. Can't explain how honored I feel.

Just spent awhile looking through these quotes...Do you ever just look at something you wrote and feel the smug satisfaction of being a genius? You should. I hope to be able to write half as well as you someday Pat. Cheers.

Thanks so much for adding me. Big fan of your work.

Thanks for the add!

Voted the wise man's fear in best book and best fantasy:D is it in other categories?

Thanks for adding me. God you´re so amazing. Beside being an amazing writer, you look like a really cool person. Super dad, super author,very close to the fans which is rare, humble and hilarious.I do alchemy in the basement too !XD
Your prose is surreal. The music get out from the pages. So epic. I have a photo from you on my bedroom´s door; there´s normal. I'm just kidding but maybe i will... my brother only read the books from school,the book from maths,history.( he have been traumatized after trying read " Os Maias " by Eça de queiroz ....)... and I read passages from the name of the wind and now ,finnaly, I think he will read his first book.He really became fascinated with kvothe , with kvothe´s personality. From mariana, Portugal, a small country but full of cool people !

thanks for adding me! it's a real honour, I am reading Wise Man's Fear (English edition, couldn't wait for the Spanish translation to come out) and it is brilliant

Thanks for the add! :D
Currently reading Wise Man's Fear (Italian translation, 'cause I'm too lazy for my own good), loving it! :)

Hey guys on the wall! Here's a story and a question: There once was a man traveling down a long dirt road. The man walked for some miles, when suddenly his shadow lept in front of him, blocking his way. Puzzled the man tried to walk through the shadow, but every attempt ended with him starting back where he was. So the man tried going back, but again the shadow blocked his path. The man tried for three days to go forward, or back the way he had come. Finally though he sub came to his thirst and hunger, and died.
Now my question is: How do you get pass the shadow?

Thanks for adding me! Your work is inspiring and I absolutely love your blog :). I can't wait for the third Kingkiller instalment :D

Hey Pat,

pls pls pls dont be one of those authors who sets out to write a trilogy and end up writing one million books with no end to the story in sight. I cant wait for book 3 and dont fancy having to wait for book 10.
Love your work!

Hey Mr. Rothfuss! Although I believe you should be much higher on the list, congratulations on being #18! You’re the best! http://www.npr.org/2011/08/11/139085843/...

Hey Pat, thank you for adding me! Your books and your recommendation of "Just a geek" and the "Dresden files" brought me, a book-weary german lawyer, back to reading again. Bought a lot of copies of NotW in english and german and offered them to my friends and relatives...

I cannot thank you enough for signing my books. I've never owned a book signed by the author before, nor had I cared to till I read yours. I only hope my paltry offerings were enough to make the effort worth while.

Hi Pat:
Thank you for befriending me. I am not worthy. Or perhaps I am.

Hey Pat,

Thanks so much for the add, and for all you do for literature as an art. Your work has greatly inspired my own writing, and I can only hope to one day be one-tenth the storyteller you are. Keep up the good work. Peace!

Adam wrote: "Hey Pat, thanks for the add it seems like its been a long time since I had you in freshman comp back at UW-Stevens Point, congrats on the books and I hope all is well with you.

I actually just r..."

Oh man. I'm the last person you want to ask for grad school advice. It might be better that you never even mention my name around there....

Best of luck...

Hey Pat, thanks for the add it seems like its been a long time since I had you in freshman comp back at UW-Stevens Point, congrats on the books and I hope all is well with you.

I actually just realized that I'm attending the same grad school this fall that you went to, WSU.

If you've got any TAship advice I'd be glad to hear it!

Take care,

-Adam

Thanks for the add :) Looking forward to reading more from you. My new favorite author! Such poetic and beautiful storytelling.

Thank You for the friendship :o)

Are you planning on posting your wmf fan pics?

Are you coming to Penguicon this year? (need your not a childrens book autographed if so..) Also, do you plan to have a contest with Brandon Sanderson for the largest book ever in your next book releases? :P

Pat... i bow to you with every word my mouth has spoken, every song my heart has sung, every laughter that has passed my lips... i bow with the awe of an inspired reader, with the honor of an appreciative writer, and the glowing pride of somehow who knows the beauty of words... there is none like you Pat... no one can match your talent in my eyes... no one book has ever made me laugh so hard i dont care that people are glaring at me... no one has ever made me feel pity the way i feel for your poor Kvothe... no one has ever shown the full embrace a book can give as much as you have... and so with all my respect as a writer i give you my most humbling bow for you deserve it all...

Thank you for The Name of the Wind. Thank you for The Wise Man's Fear. And thank you for loving the art of storytelling -- and for respectng your readers' intelligence and patience -- so much that you take the time and effot to craft such wonderful, complex tales. I wish I were eloquent enough to properly capture in words the effect your writing has on me.

Hi I love your books!

just finished the book, and it was a damnfine pie.

Just finished up Wise Man's Fear, and thank you for delivering this continuation of one of the best stories I've ever read. My only critique is that I can't immediately pick up the next portion and continue the story. Well done sir.

Saw you in Lexington, Ky. It was my first book signing and I do believe that you may have ruined me...you've set the bar too high for any other author to reach. I laughed until I cried. You made it worth the 5 hour trip.

And now I really want an aquatic guinea pig.

I imagine you are right now somewhere on the other side of the equator doing some spectacular sleeping. On the arse-end of the world I am fully awake, reading The Wise Man's Fear and promptly ignoring all hails from the outside world.

It is a fantastic book and I want to thank you for writing it. Sincerely.

According to Goodreads I'm 60% of the way through NotW, but I love it 100%. OK, so that's cheesy but I like percentages. Thanks for adding me.

Dear Mr Rothfuss,

I pre-ordered The Wise Man's Fear from Amazon, my favorite disembodied retailer of corporeal literature, but that was, approximately, an eternity of forevers ago.

In recent days, I have been increasingly subjected to the gleeful squawkings of persons with advanced copies. So swiftly is this cloud of triumphant ululations growing, I am no longer confident in my ability to endure--in short, I am near to bursting with envy-hate.

As you are the author, I turn to you for redress. Kindly fly around the Earth to advance time two weeks (in a manner not dissimilar to the titular hero at the end of Superman, but in reverse) so Amazon might deliver my copy forthwith.

I remain,
with all excitation allowed in polite company,
Yrs sincerely,

B James

brian wrote: "I am so excited for the release next month!

Random question -- what was the 1st printing print run for The Name of the Wind?"

I can't remember exactly, but it was many books. In the tens of thousands.

I am so excited for the release next month!

Random question -- what was the 1st printing print run for The Name of the Wind?

for an author with so many friends, you have a surprising lack of comments.....so I figured I would make it less lonely. Hello Mr. Rothfuss!

I have been getting a lot of junk e-mails from (obviously fake) women either wanting to show me something "private" (winks included) or telling me they're unsure of something and need my help.

The only problem is they're all addressed to "Patrick."

You wouldn't have anything to do with this... would you?

Yes, and when you take your trip to L.A. to visit Jane and her friends make sure to stop by and see us in Salt Lake on the way there.

When are you coming to L.A.?!!

Not every day that you befriend your favorite author! :) Greetings from Sweden!!