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Why does this suck so much? Holy shit.

>> No.6397172

Because it's the second book of a trilogy, and because Rothfuss's worldbuilding skills in The Name of the Wind are so great that it can only go downhill once it's not the main focus anymore. I personally would have loved to see a different focus in this book - but he had to nope the fuck out of everything interesting.

>> No.6397173

>>6397151
Because the author is unskilled.

>> No.6397194

Because kvothfuss wrote it during a fap session

>> No.6397196

Fantasy has a tendency to be shit when the author's a self-important shit who thinks more words = more good

>> No.6397199

Once upon a time in science fiction and fantasy there was a market for short stories and writers spent many years writing short stories before graduating to novels
Writing short stories teaches you the craft. Narrative, structure, plotting, how to describe things quickly and efficiently and move on because you have a very tight word count, etc
Until the late 70s there were still five magazines in the US and two in England and plenty of original anthology books

Well that's not around anymore and the market is focused on brick sized novels in multi volume series
Rather daunting for an inexperienced writer

>> No.6397204

>>6397199
And that's a really big twist, you go back to the 1950s and there were very few fantasy novels. Poul Andersons two and...? It was just short stories.
And they and SF novels maxed out at around 300 pages

>> No.6397232

>>6397199
>tfw you want to write 300 page max fantasy but no publisher would buy it
>tfw it won't even be bbecaue of the length

>> No.6397314

>>6397199
>Writing short stories teaches you the craft. Narrative, structure, plotting, how to describe things quickly and efficiently and move on because you have a very tight word count, etc
Very true. plus, writing stories for a lowbrow magazine--and probably having them frequently rejected--really drains out any pretensions a fantasy/SF writer might have about their work. they don't think they're writing a masterpiece; they just focus on making an entertaining story.

>> No.6397333

>>6397314
>tfw the idea of submitting works to online mags never occurred tome

thanks anon

>> No.6397340

>>6397151
>gary stu
>sex god bullshit
>lusting over a shitty one-dimensional character (fuck you denna)
>everything else
I'm sure book 3 will involve the Kvothinator leading everyone through a successful ruse as he reveals that he was merely HIDING his abilities, and did not actually lose them.

>> No.6397354

>>6397340
I want Kvothe to meet Locke Lamora and be utterly outrused by him. then Locke and Jean take turns pounding his pink puffy boypussy

>> No.6397365

>>6397172
>worldbuilding skills in The Name of the Wind are so great
haha what

>> No.6398843

MUH DENNA

>> No.6398847

I don't think I've ever seen a book/series generate this much asshurt since Ayn Rand, what gives?

>> No.6398869

>>6398847
I love the fantasy genre. This book is popular. Thus, this book is going to influence the fantasy genre and serve as a form of standard-setting, forcing the industry to cling to generic settings and generic characters.

>> No.6400995

>>6397314
>low brow
>SF&F magazine or original anthology
Lolno

>> No.6400999

>>6397333
There are still 3 published sf magazines
Analog
The Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy
Asimovs Science Fiction

>> No.6401062

>>6397151
Fantasy authors shouldn't be allowed to publish until their story is finished or they're dead.