Gunnar? Kentavious? Sheryl? Fww-wooooo?
All of these candidates and more vie for the title of “Name of the Wind” in Patrick Rothfuss’ 2007 epic fantasy.
Which will it be?
In this episode of Genre Stop!, Bri and Scott power through 700 pages of ‘no-really-I-swear-this-isn’t-Hogwarts’ wizarding campus novel to spoil the answer. Along the way, they parse the parenting strategies of itinerant mummers, consider etymology’s place within magic systems, and bemoan the ubiquity of the manic-magic dreamgirl.
[audio https://s3.amazonaws.com/genrestop/Episode+4_+%27Name+of+the+Wind%27+by+Patrick+Rothfuss.mp3 ]Episode 16: ‘Lagoon’ by Nnedi Okorafor
Episode 15: ‘American Gods’ by Neil Gaiman
Episode 14: ‘City of Bones’ by Cassandra Clare
Episode 13: ‘Mythago Wood’ by Robert Holdstock
Episode 12: ‘Dawn’ by Octavia Butler
Episode 11: ‘Cold Magic’ by Kate Elliott
Episode 10: ‘The Martian’ by Andy Weir
Episode 9: ‘Purple and Black’ by K.J. Parker
Episode 8: ‘Assassin’s Apprentice’ by Robin Hobb
Episode 7: ‘Blindsight’ by Peter Watts
Episode 6: ‘Agyar’ by Steven Brust
Episode 5: ‘The Goblin Emperor’ by Katherine Addison
Episode 2: ‘Ancillary Justice’ by Ann Leckie
Episode 1: Introduction and ‘Dragonflight’ by Anne McCaffrey
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