Patrick Rothfuss
Patrick Rothfuss had the good fortune to be born in Wisconsin in 1973, where the long winters and lack of cable television encouraged a love of reading and writing. After abandoning his chosen field of chemical engineering, Pat became an itinerant student, wandering through clinical psychology, philosophy, medieval history, theater, and sociology. Nine years later, Pat was forced by university policy to finally complete his undergraduate degree in English. When not reading and writing, he teaches fencing and dabbles with alchemy in his basement.
Audio publishing is, without doubt, the most fun you can have in the book world without a free bar – I mean, where else can you sit and listen to a former member of the Rocky Horror band give voice to a squirrel that sounds like it’s been taking coke (or at least overdosing on red bull)? We’re slowly recording more and more Gollancz titles for release as unabridged downloads, so we’re really pleased to have this chance to tell … More
Tags: Alastair Reynolds, Allan Corduner, Audio Books, Ben Aaronovitch, Bitterblue, Blue Remembered Earth, Charlaine Harris, Dead Until Dark, Emma Powell, Fire, Graceling, Joe Abercrombie, Johanna Parker, Kirstin Cashore, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Michael Kramer, Mistborn Books, Patrick Rothfuss, Rupert Degas, Songs of the Earth, Steven Pacey, The Alloy of Law, The Blade Itself, The Final Empire, The Name of the Wind, The Sookie Stackhouse Series, The Way of Kings
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Every year, Locus, the magazine of the science fiction & fantasy field, compiles a Recommended Reading List to help readers sort through the vast number of novels, collections, anthologies, stories, etc that are published each year. They’ve just released 2011’s list, which is as good a roadmap through last year’s territory as you’re going to find, and contains a number of items of Gollanczish goodness:
SF Novels
The Islanders by … More
Tags: Alastair Reynolds, Christopher Priest, Fantasy, Hannu Rajainemi, Holly Black, Ian McDonald, Joe Abercrombie, Locus Recommended Reading List; Stephen Baxter, Patrick Rothfuss, Paul McAuley, Rae Carson, Richard Morgan, Robert V.S. Redick, Science Fiction, Young Adult
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In celebration of the David Gemmell Award long-lists being published, Gollancz is thrilled to be running a series of interviews-in-sixty-seconds with as many long-listed authors as we can get our hands on. Today we’re delighted to have a few words from Patrick Rothfuss, author of the Sunday Times bestselling novels The Name of the Wind, and The Wise Man’s Fear, which is nominated for Best Fantasy Novel … More
Tags: David Gemmell Long List, Fantasy, Interview, Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind, The Wise Man's Fear
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The 30th of December. It’s somehow not quite Christmas any more, it’s not quite the New Year either, so it seems a marvellous day to look back at the year 2011 . . . and it’s been quite a year for Gollancz! So here are six of our highlights from the past twelve months . . .
1) Our 50th birthday party – it’s extraordinary to think that the Gollancz SF list is 50 years old! … More
Tags: All Clear, Ben Aaronovitch, Blackout, Brandon Sanderson, Charlaine Harris, Christmas, Connie Willis, Dark Fantasy, Dead Reckoning, Fantasy, Gollancz 50th, Joe Abercrombie, Moon Over Soho, Patrick Rothfuss, Rivers of London, Science Fiction, SF Gateway, Sookie Stackhouse Series, The Heroes, The Wise Man's Fear
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. . it’s a great day to review the year that was 2011 – in covers! So, five of the best (in my opinion, anyway):
First up has to be the amazing new cover look for Charlaine Harris and the Sookie Stackhouse novels. It’s so bright, especially on gloomy winter days, that it can’t help but make you smile. Thanks go to the wonderful Patrick Knowles for the cover designs, and to the fabulous Orion Art department!
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Tags: Brandon Sanderson, Charlaine Harris, Christmas, Fantasy, Green Rider, Joe Abercrombie, Kristen Britain, Mistborn, Patrick Rothfuss, Sookie Stackhouse Series, The Alloy of Law, The Heroes, The Kingkiller Chronicles, The Wise Man's Fear
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