# If I liked The Name of the Wind, then I would like... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 15, 2013, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-liked-the-name-of-the-wind-then-i-would-like/668920 "2013-09-15T18:00:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-liked-the-name-of-the-wind-then-i-would-like/668920/21 "2014-12-08T18:02:42Z")
> [@Musky\_Moon](#): > > Just finished reading the second book in the Kingkiller Series by Patrick Rothfuss. I loved it! I liked the first book a little better than the second, but I think the series as a whole is excellent so far. That being said, it will probably be a year before the final book is released and I need to find something else in the meantime. Just resurrecting this thread to point out the optimism. It’s now BEEN a year since this post, and the third book isn’t out yet, nor planned for a release anytime soon. Rats. ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-liked-the-name-of-the-wind-then-i-would-like/668920/22 "2014-12-08T18:45:34Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Just resurrecting this thread to point out the optimism. It’s now BEEN a year since this post, and the third book isn’t out yet, nor planned for a release anytime soon. > > Rats. To be fair, the author never said it would be out it a year (or even two!). Unfortunately, Rothfuss decided to come out with a short novella set in the same universe and I imagine that rewrites, editing and translation has eaten up much of the time that would have been devoted to Book III. I really liked the first two books but the new novella is pretty awful, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-liked-the-name-of-the-wind-then-i-would-like/668920/23 "2014-12-08T20:53:37Z")
> [@Erdosain](#): > > the new novella is pretty awful, IMO. Concur. Very disappointing. :(:mad: ---
**Author:** ![Reno\_Nevada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Reno\_Nevada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reno_Nevada)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-liked-the-name-of-the-wind-then-i-would-like/668920/24 "2014-12-08T22:41:27Z")
> [@Erdosain](#): > > I really liked the first two books but the new novella is pretty awful, IMO. This unfortunately suggests a pretty sharp downward trend, since I was not really impressed with Book Two. If the OP is looking for more books, I see that we did not recommend all of the classics: \*Conan \*series by Robert E. Howard. Accept no substitutes; the pastiches tend to be much more cliche than the originals. \*Fafhrd and The Grey Mouser \*series by Fritz Leiber. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-liked-the-name-of-the-wind-then-i-would-like/668920/25 "2014-12-08T23:15:02Z")
> [@Jimson\_Jim](#): > > The original "Earth Sea Trilogy by Ursala Le Guin. This is what I came in to recommend. Name of the Wind kinda feels like Earthsea fan-fic in places. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-liked-the-name-of-the-wind-then-i-would-like/668920/26 "2014-12-08T23:43:20Z")
> [@Reno\_Nevada](#): > > This unfortunately suggests a pretty sharp downward trend, since I was not really impressed with Book Two. Yeah, it’s really starting to meander, isn’t it? It’s also oddly episodic, like: \* Chapter 10: In Which Qvothe Discovers Bigotry Chapter 13: In Which Qvothe Has Sex Chapter 15: In Which Qvothe Learns to Fight, and Has More Sex\* As to the OP, I’d recommend Brandon Sanderson’s _Stormlight Archive_ books. There are only two out so far out of ten, but they’re excellent, and Sanderson writes at a fairly amazing pace. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-liked-the-name-of-the-wind-then-i-would-like/668920/27 "2014-12-09T01:15:49Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Sanderson writes at a fairly amazing pace. I heard Sanderson speak at a bookstore a while back, and he said he considers writing his job so he spends about 8 hours a day, 5 days a week at it. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-liked-the-name-of-the-wind-then-i-would-like/668920/28 "2014-12-09T02:45:28Z")
> [@Malthus](#): > > One of my favorites is the Codex Alera by Jim Butcher (he of Dresden fame). > > [Jim Butcher - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Alera) > > It’s a fun series - it uses, quite deliberately, just about every fantasy trope one can possibly think of. 😃 Despite that (or perhaps because of that) it’s a lot of fun to read. That really pleases me. Jim Butcher is no literary genius, but he’s a helluva lot of fun, in my opinion. Since the OP, the third book of the Gentleman Bastard series came out, and I found it nearly as disappointing as I found the second Kingkiller book. I hope both authors find their touch again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-liked-the-name-of-the-wind-then-i-would-like/668920.md?page=1)