I haven’t had a chance to actually buy and read The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss, despite all the rave reviews it’s received across the Fantasy-reading realm (though I do plan to rectify this soon enough). I have been impressed by the snatches I’ve scanned in browsing the bookstore shelves, and so I decided to visit the guy’s website and browse through his blog.
Love the guy’s sense of humor and devotion to his geekhood and all the trappings thereof…and he should probably go ahead and trademark the beard.
Anyways, I came across this in one of his long-ago posts and it made me laugh enough I figured I should share it. This is a flowchart he’s devised that shows the thought/action process surrounding a package arriving at his house, sometimes being something he ordered, a book to be signed by a fan, or otherwise.
I’ll wait here while you enjoy…
http://www.patrickrothfuss.com/blog/uploaded_images/Flowchart—cropped-732395.jpg
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Now that you’re back, let’s all say the one thing I know is on our mind.
“Heh. Eaten by a grue…”
Oh, and if you’ve read the book, let me know your opinion of it. Otherwise, I’ll read it sometime this year and get a review up.
I see that smile.
Wow … check out his picture on his Amazon blog. He looks like one of those Elfs or trolls or whatevers.
And, I’m smiling ’cause you now own the book.