'This isn't funny at all, is it? I got preachy right away,' Rothfuss said at the end of his story, before closing the topic with some ironic hassling of his own. 'Let's try to be as gracious as possible.' But let's view this in a larger social context and say 'If you think that somebody might get hassled over something, referencing it is not a joke and it's not nice for them and it's not fun,' Rothfuss said. 'The moral of the story isn't 'Don't hassle me about Book 3,' because that would be kind of self-serving and whatever, I'll take those hits. Rather than answering head-on, Rothfuss instead tackled what he called the 'subtext to this question,' wondering aloud, 'How do I avoid being an asshole?' before launching into a parable about a dick pic joke gone wrong. Rothfuss took the shouted question more as a joking provocation than genuine.

Rothfuss' reaction speaks almost as large as his lengthy response: Dick pics and public sex have something to do with it.Īppearing at PAX South, 'An Evening with Pat Rothfuss' opened with audience chaos after a heckler shouted 'When is your next book coming out?' interrupting the author and prompting boos at the top of Rothfuss' Q&A. I don't glean joy from withholding information when there's news, I'll tell you.'īut while a release date for Book 3, a sequel to The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man's Fear tentatively titled The Doors of Stone, hasn't yet been announced, recent author tour stops and Rothfuss' penchant for volubility have provided several updates on the pressures of the writing process and his approach toward the book's completion. For the most part, Kingkiller Chronicle author Patrick Rothfuss has stuck to the answer posted to his FAQ page: 'When there is news about book 3, I will pass it along.

While there have been recent developments on upcoming movie and TV adaptations of the Kingkiller Chronicle series - including the possibility of Sam Raimi directing the Lin-Manuel Miranda-produced adaptation of The Name of the Wind - updates on the release date for Book 3 in the popular fantasy series have been scarce.

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