63: Like a Good Book Exploded

Published: Oct. 27, 2011, 7:45 p.m.

b'Is Patrick Rothfuss\\u2019s \\u201cThe Wise Man\\u2019s Fear\\u201d a rich fantasy novel about storytelling and myth-making, or is it a collection of good story elements scattered across an overlong plot? Could it be both? Ninjas! Off-camera shipwrecks! Board games! Sexism! Off-camera courtroom drama! Discursions within digressions within framing sequences! Join us as we discuss yet another 1000-page fantasy novel, the sequel to \\u201cThe Name of the Wind.\\u201d'