I am an author who has tricked you into reading a trilogy that is a million-word prologue.” Sure, it would be wonderful to have many millions of words set in the world of Kingkiller, but given the vast length of time that has gone into the “prologue,” frustrated readers might be forgiven for wondering if Rothfuss has been spending his time overcoming the temporal limitations of mortality. When asked by a fan, “Are you like a DM taking us on a journey where the bard is the hero of the story?” Rothfuss responded, “It’s way worse than that. The author has himself added another log to this fire recently at the Emerald City Comic Con. It is not only an inherently interesting issue but, given that social media has transformed access to authors, an evolving one as well. The strong senses of frustration, attachment, and resolve being expressed revolve around an age-old issue: the nature of the relationship between author and reader. There is no question, however, looking at the comments for those posts, that for many readers said non-appearance is a very serious topic. I’ve written twice here to have a little fun with the prolonged non-appearance of The Doors of Stone, the third and concluding volume of Patrick Rothfuss’s Kingkiller trilogy.
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