Rothfuss previously said The Kingkiller Chronicle Book 3 would be shorter than The Wise Man's Fear, which clocked in at nearly 400,000 words. 'I am an author who has tricked you into reading a trilogy that is a million-word prologue.'Īn author who has tricked you into reading a million-word prologue. 'It's way worse than that,' Rothfuss answered.

Rothfuss was asked by an Alaskan fan, 'Are you like a DM taking us on a journey where the bard is the hero of the story?' The bard is an often underappreciated class in Dungeons & Dragons, and the questioner wondered (in light of Rothfuss' well-known affection for the game) whether his trilogy is a conscious attempt to ennoble the D&D bard archetype with Kvothe, hero of The Kingkiller Chronicle and virtuoso lute player.

Mostly recently, during a Q&A at Emerald City Comic Con, the fantasy author offered up an intriguing new way to look at The Kingkiller Chronicle, indicating the state of Temerant after the as-yet unreleased conclusion to the trilogy. At PAX South, Rothfuss described the struggle he's faced trying to wrap up the trilogy with the hotly anticipated Book 3, tentatively titled The Doors of Stone. On the JoCo Cruise, Rothfuss fan-cast the adaptation of the first book in his trilogy, The Name of the Wind, proposing its producer, Lin-Manuel Miranda, as a perfect pick to play the main character's father. Patrick Rothfuss, author of The Kingkiller Chronicle, has been on something of a public appearance blitz lately.

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