Aug. 22nd, 2009

Books

Aug. 22nd, 2009 10:48 am
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_The Name of the Wind_, Patrick Rothfuss

The worst criticism I have of this book is that the subtitle, The Kingkiller Chronicle, Day One is accurate. This is book one of N, and the story absolutely does not conclude here.

Apart from that, the salient details: it is a fantasy, not set on Earth, with a pre-Renaissance technology level and an uncommon but powerful set of magics available. There are no smeerps: rabbits act like rabbits and are called the same; horses are for riding and get tired. People act like people.

The book is largely the autobiography of the most famous man in the world, possibly the most powerful magician, who is red-haired and a Gypsy (equivalent) and impossibly good at learning things. He gets in trouble frequently, and it's the sort of trouble that is absolutely believable for an early-teens prodigy.

It is a good thing that we all know that threats don't make authors write faster, or else there would be a mob at Rothfuss's door.

Books

Aug. 22nd, 2009 10:48 am
dsrtao: dsr as a LEGO minifig (Default)
_The Name of the Wind_, Patrick Rothfuss

The worst criticism I have of this book is that the subtitle, The Kingkiller Chronicle, Day One is accurate. This is book one of N, and the story absolutely does not conclude here.

Apart from that, the salient details: it is a fantasy, not set on Earth, with a pre-Renaissance technology level and an uncommon but powerful set of magics available. There are no smeerps: rabbits act like rabbits and are called the same; horses are for riding and get tired. People act like people.

The book is largely the autobiography of the most famous man in the world, possibly the most powerful magician, who is red-haired and a Gypsy (equivalent) and impossibly good at learning things. He gets in trouble frequently, and it's the sort of trouble that is absolutely believable for an early-teens prodigy.

It is a good thing that we all know that threats don't make authors write faster, or else there would be a mob at Rothfuss's door.

Books

Aug. 22nd, 2009 08:30 pm
dsrtao: dsr as a LEGO minifig (Default)
_The Apprentice_, Jacques Pepin

Goldsquare suggested this as an antidote to Marcus Pierre White. He was entirely correct. Pepin's autobiography contains no assaults*, no gratuitous rudeness, no overly-sharp business deals. The worst he has to say about anyone is that Howard Johnson Jr. was not as good a businessman as his father.

I can't or wouldn't eat most of the food he writes about, but he writes about it very well.


*there are a few teenage apprentice practical jokes played. None involve hurting people.

Books

Aug. 22nd, 2009 08:30 pm
dsrtao: dsr as a LEGO minifig (Default)
_The Apprentice_, Jacques Pepin

Goldsquare suggested this as an antidote to Marcus Pierre White. He was entirely correct. Pepin's autobiography contains no assaults*, no gratuitous rudeness, no overly-sharp business deals. The worst he has to say about anyone is that Howard Johnson Jr. was not as good a businessman as his father.

I can't or wouldn't eat most of the food he writes about, but he writes about it very well.


*there are a few teenage apprentice practical jokes played. None involve hurting people.
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