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Patrick Rothfuss

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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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The Name of the Wind The Name of the Wind
by Patrick Rothfuss (Goodreads author)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,729 ratings — published 2007
21 editions
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The Wise Man's Fear The Wise Man's Fear
by Patrick Rothfuss (Goodreads author)
avg rating 4.20 — 15 ratings — published 2009
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)
avg rating 4.40 — 5 ratings — published 2002
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Untitled Rothfuss 3 of 3: The... Untitled Rothfuss 3 of 3: The Kingkiller Chronicle: Book 3
by Patrick Rothfuss (Goodreads author)
avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 2009
2 editions
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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
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The Neil Gaiman Audi... Patrick gave 5 of 5 stars to:
The Neil Gaiman Audio Collection (Audio CD)
by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads author)
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The Absolute Sandman... Patrick gave 5 of 5 stars to:
The Absolute Sandman, Vol. 3 (Hardcover, Slipcase)
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, Slipcase)
by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads author)
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The Absolute Sandman... Patrick gave 5 of 5 stars to:
The Absolute Sandman, Vol. 1 (Hardcover, Slipcase)
by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads author)
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The Books of Magic Patrick gave 5 of 5 stars to:
The Books of Magic (Paperback)
by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads author), Charles Vess John Bolton
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Death: The Time of Y... Patrick gave 5 of 5 stars to:
Death: The Time of Your Life (Paperback)
by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads author), Chris Bachalo Mark Buckingham
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Marvel 1602 Patrick gave 4 of 5 stars to:
Marvel 1602 (Quill Award Edition)
by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads author), Andy Kubert Richard Isanove
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The Wolves in the Wa... Patrick gave 5 of 5 stars to:
The Wolves in the Walls (Paperback)
by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads author)
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Death: the High Cost... Patrick gave 5 of 5 stars to:
Death: the High Cost of Living (Paperback)
by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads author), Chris Bachalo Mark Buckingham
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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."
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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."
Patrick Rothfuss
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message 7: by Athena
06/27/2009 12:45AM

1988570 Hey Patrick!!


message 6: by Bradley
02/26/2009 06:19AM

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

http://www.cardshark.com/content/view_ar...

Dreamsbane of Tamalor


message 5: by Greyweather
02/03/2009 11:45AM

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
12/10/2008 08:12AM

1307170 Are you Goodreads friends with Neil Gaiman yet?


message 3: by Rowena
12/01/2008 11:05AM

717257 Hello, Pat,

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

Best wishes,
Rowena Cherry




message 2: by Crazy Uncle Ryan
12/01/2008 09:05AM

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
12/01/2008 08:45AM

554982 Squeee!


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