You said what I was trying to say when I said it will improve
Bryce Send a noteboard - 03/09/2009 05:56:27 PM
1) Kvothe, who was the most uber of mary sues I have ever read. Though many people like to point out that he is meant to be this way, it still stands.
Kvothe is telling a story, his own story, and he is a storyteller/entertainer by training, at least in part. There is a marked difference between what we know of Kvothe based on his own telling, and in some of those momentary cracks we've seen between the narration.
Rothfuss seems to be playing around with a not completely reliable narrator but expanding that by giving the occasional external context to that narrator. Rothfuss seems to have Kvothe telling a somewhat idealized version of his past, with hints that things are missing from the telling. Where Rothfuss takes this, or if he puts it to further use, will be how we'll have to judge the work, I think.
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The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
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I have to really fight myself not to pimp this book.
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What was the heavily recommended book?
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Confederacy of Dunces.
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ok, I'm finally excited enough. It's been hammered into my head 5 times. I love... wotrafonia
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I... really just wasn't that enthralled by it. Sorry, guys.
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I would never shun you, Craig.
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*snickers immaturely* *NM*
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*Three Musketeers childishly*
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Sure, you say that now...
03/09/2009 03:09:10 AM
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That was a much better way to word my quesion Craig. Thank you for handling that maturely unlike
03/09/2009 04:35:38 AM
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Of course I'm mature. Deadsy is just a doody-head.
03/09/2009 05:15:57 AM
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Somebody else was recommending another graphic novel in the last day or two.
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Oh. You guys are almost making me curious enough to try it. *NM*
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That would be pretty sweet. *NM*
05/09/2009 01:56:22 AM
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Re: I... really just wasn't that enthralled by it. Sorry, guys.
03/09/2009 03:43:15 AM
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Mary Sue? Could you give me a clue here?
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Re: Mary Sue
03/09/2009 05:10:11 AM
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Good grief...that site would be enough to give any author anxiety attacks.
03/09/2009 05:37:35 AM
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You do realize that that is a device, right?
03/09/2009 04:35:05 PM
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You said what I was trying to say when I said it will improve
03/09/2009 05:56:27 PM
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