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Patrick Rothfuss

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gender
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place of birth
Madison, Wisconsin, The United States

website

genre
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Young Adult

member since
February 2008


about this author

It all began when Pat Rothfuss was born to a marvelous set of parents. Throughout his formative years they encouraged him to do his best, gave him good advice, and were no doubt appropriately dismayed when he failed to live up to his full potential.

In high-school Pat was something of a class clown. His hobbies included reading a novel or two a day and giving relationship advice to all of his female friends despite the fact that he had never so much as kissed a girl. He also roll-played and wrote terrible stories about elves. He was pretty much a geek.

Most of Pat's adult life has been spent in the University Wisconsin Stevens Point. In 1991 he started college in order to pursue a career in chemical engineering, then h...more




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avg rating: 4.44 | 4,183 ratings | 1,244 reviews | 7 distinct works | 366 fans
The Name of the Wind The Name of the Wind (Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
by Patrick Rothfuss (Goodreads author)
avg rating 4.45 — 3,635 ratings — published 2007
23 editions
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The Wise Man's Fear The Wise Man's Fear (Kingkiller Chronicle, #2)
by Patrick Rothfuss (Goodreads author)
avg rating 4.43 — 21 ratings — published 2010
5 editions
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L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writer... L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 18
by Algis Budrys (Editor), Frank Frazetta (Cover Artist), Drew Morby (Contributor), Ray Roberts (Contributor), David D. Levine (Contributor), Nnedi Okorafor (Goodreads author) (Contributor), L. Ron Hubbard (Contributor), Ari Goelman (Contributor) more...
avg rating 4.22 — 9 ratings — published 2002
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Vindens navn Vindens navn (Kongedræberkrøniken #1)
by Patrick Rothfuss (Goodreads author)
avg rating 5.00 — 2 ratings — published 2008
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Untitled Rothfuss 3 of 3 Untitled Rothfuss 3 of 3 (Kingkiller Chronicle, #3)
by Patrick Rothfuss (Goodreads author)
avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 2009
2 editions
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Dragedræberen Dragedræberen (Kongedræberkrøniken 2)
by Patrick Rothfuss (Goodreads author)
avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published 2009
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The Year's Best Science Fictio... The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2009 Edition
by Peter S. Beagle, Elizabeth Bear, Jay Lake (Goodreads author) , Ian McDonald, Sarah Monette, Garth Nix, Naomi Novik, Robert Reed more...
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2009
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War for the Oaks (Mass Market Paperback)
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Patrick made a comment in the group RothfussiansHow cool is this? topic:
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Gen Con Pre-Party! with Pat Rothfuss
Patrick said "yes" to attending the event: Gen Con Pre-Party! with Pat Rothfuss.
date: August 12, 2009 07:00PM
location: Central Library, 40 E. St. Clair St., Indianapolis, IN, The United States
description: Adults are invited as 2009 Gen Con Author Guest of Honor Patrick Rothfuss will speak about his masterpiece, "The Name of the Wind." Book sales and signings will follow. Attendees are encouraged to dress in costumes inspired by characters from Sci-Fi and Fantasy literature. Costume judging will be done by the costuming group, And Sewing Is Half the Battle! Prizes will be awarded.
Patrick said: Yup. With bells on. Maybe...
August 01
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Patrick read and liked Allison's review of The Name of the Wind (Kingkiller Chronicle, #1):

"A wonderful book in the fantasy vein. Orphaned protagonist? Check. School of magic? Check. Ongoing feud with a snotty fellow student? Check. Your usual fantasy tale? Che... Wait, no! Uncheck! Patrick Rothfuss' "The Name of the Wind" is any...more "
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The Neil Gaiman Audi... Patrick gave 5 of 5 stars to:
The Neil Gaiman Audio Collection (Audio CD)
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The Absolute Sandman... Patrick gave 5 of 5 stars to:
The Absolute Sandman, Vol. 3 (Hardcover)
by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads author)
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Don't Panic: The Off... Patrick gave 5 of 5 stars to:
Don't Panic: The Official Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Companion (Paperback)
by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads author)
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The Absolute Sandman... Patrick gave 5 of 5 stars to:
The Absolute Sandman, Vol. 2 (Hardcover)
by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads author)
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"Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts."
Patrick Rothfuss (The Name of the Wind)
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"It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story."
Patrick Rothfuss (The Name of the Wind)
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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. You may have hear of me."
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1988570 Hey Patrick!!


45027 I hope you are having a good day! =)

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Dreamsbane of Tamalor


1568328 I think you just became apart of my solid favourite authors.

You also get many more awesome points for being a Whedon fan! (From the looks of your photograph) (DollHouse soon!)

Almost finished reading 'The Name of the Wind'. I'm loving it like ants getting stuck in honey. Jonesing for the second novel already. A day simply isn't long enough for Kvothe.


message 4: by Adam

1307170 Are you Goodreads friends with Neil Gaiman yet?


717257 Hello, Pat,

How lovely to see you here! I hope to see you on LibraryThing at some point, too.

Best wishes,
Rowena Cherry




718763 I think it's awesome that you have joined goodreads. I'm sure you've noticed by now that you have a lot of big-time fans on this site.


message 1: by Mary

554982 Squeee!


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