Thus Spoketh Terje

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1. Loki

   Hm. Where in Tolkien is the equvialent, again?

   12. November 2007 @ 04:43 ( Permalink )

2. Amras Elensar

   Do you like it so far?

   I really hope you do *crosses fingers*.

   12. November 2007 @ 08:47 ( Permalink )

3. Dread Pirate Terje

   “At your service” and its traditional reply, “Yours and your family’s”, are Dwarven greetings used a lot in especially The Hobbit.

   And yes, Amras, I’ve recently started to enjoy it. I find it ridiculously over-hyped so far, but once I overcame my initial skepticism of Kvothe’s prodigious skills at fucking everything, this became much less annoying. I really like the setting, and the way Rothfuss uses it to create suspense, and I like most of the characters. I am, however, somewhat more ambiguous about how he progresses the plot. It is all well and good to follow Kvothe’s struggles to make enough money to service the interest on his loans from Devi and pay his tuition, and all that, but at the same time I find myself missing the epic bit, as I wasn’t exactly expecting Oliver Twist. But hey, so long as I’m reading I’m enthralled; it’s just when I take breaks that I start thinking like this.

   Also, I love to see characters reflect upon their previous experiences and other knowledge they’ve gained, so the narrative structure is right up my alley.

   13. November 2007 @ 22:09 ( Permalink )

4. Amras Elensar

   Yay

   14. November 2007 @ 18:21 ( Permalink )

5. Dread Pirate Terje

   “Kvothe’s prodigious skills at fucking everything,”

   I just read this with a slightly different inflection than I did when I wrote it. And damn, I should really start thinking twice about where I place that word. XD

   14. November 2007 @ 23:19 ( Permalink )

6. Dread Pirate Terje

   Oh, and about TNotW, I just finished it today. Weird ending; Rothfuss could probably have thrown in another couple of hundred pages, to at least see Kvothe kicked out of the University. But I suppose he’ll explain why he didn’t in the next volume…

   14. November 2007 @ 23:22 ( Permalink )

7. Loki

   “I just read this with a slightly different inflection than I did when I wrote it. And damn, I should really start thinking twice about where I place that word. XD”

   Yeah, I read the sentence thrice before it made the kind of sense that wasn’t yacky.

   15. November 2007 @ 00:20 ( Permalink )

8. Amras Elensar

   I’m hoping you’ll do a more thorough review of the book before I comment on it, but keep in mind that tNotW was originally just the first third of one massive book, so the ending would naturally not be *that good*.

   15. November 2007 @ 11:05 ( Permalink )

9. Dread Pirate Terje

   Ah, so that’s the lay of the land, now, is it? Come to think of it, I believe I’ve heard something to that extent before, but with my lousy (no, not in the literal meaning of “having lice” ) memory I’d completely forgotten about it.

   As for a review, I’m mentally working on a review all the time, but haven’t quite gotten around to starting on it yet. There’s some small matter of whether or not I’ll bother to translate it into English. For the sake of this blog, the qualitative level of which is fast approaching mediocre (if it hasn’t passed that point already), I really ought to, but I’m lazy, and translating the bugger’ll take me at least three quarters of an hour…

   15. November 2007 @ 17:41 ( Permalink )

10. Loki

    Question: Then why not just write it in English in the first place?

    15. November 2007 @ 20:30 ( Permalink )

11. Dread Pirate Terje

    Tidshjulet and Fantasybloggen, amongst other things…

    15. November 2007 @ 23:58 ( Permalink )

12. Loki

    Then why keep this weblog in English? Or even, why keep it EXCLUSIVELY in English, if it’d be so much easier posting here in a language most of your readers read anyway?

    16. November 2007 @ 00:37 ( Permalink )

13. Dread Pirate Terje

    The vain hope of international readers keeps me from using Norwegian much…

    16. November 2007 @ 00:52 ( Permalink )

14. Loki

    Right.

    Vanity.

    I believe that’s a SIN. :O

    16. November 2007 @ 00:56 ( Permalink )

15. Dread Pirate Terje

    Well, I believe it takes a hell ( ) of a lot more to get to a hypothetical Hell than a mere petty sinning, soo…

    Actually, I’m willing to risk my immortal soul over the assumption that God, if He exists and has a Heaven, isn’t all that picky.

    16. November 2007 @ 01:04 ( Permalink )

16. Loki

    I don’t really see why you’d assume that unless you’re simply brainwashed by a predominately Christian culture. Look around. A God, if he exists, does not look to be particularily benevolent.

    16. November 2007 @ 01:17 ( Permalink )

17. Loki

    So sucks to be me who forgets His capitalization!

    *if He exists

    16. November 2007 @ 01:17 ( Permalink )

18. Dread Pirate Terje

    Well, isn’t religion all about projecting your own ideals over onto your deity? And so, if I’m a lenient kind of guy, wouldn’t it make sense for me to perceive a hypothetical God to be so, too? After all, Jesus was kinda mellow…

    16. November 2007 @ 01:28 ( Permalink )

19. Loki

    “Well, isn’t religion all about projecting your own ideals over onto your deity?”

    No, it’s the other way around. Unless you’re a reductionist atheist.

    16. November 2007 @ 03:32 ( Permalink )

20. Dread Pirate Terje

    Well, I’m in the clear, then.

    23. November 2007 @ 14:01 ( Permalink )