- Short - This is the most obvious and broad of reasons for inclusion of this and exclusion of others, but The Kindkiller Chronicle is (relatively) short. At the time that I write this, I am barely finishing Wizard's First Rule. That book is just the first book in an eleven book series and I intend to finish that series. Part of that statement means that until I do, if I choose to tackle other books in the meantime, I'm going to stay away from every other lengthy series. As much as I would like to dive into The Wheel of Time in all of it's monstrous glory, to pick it apart (and then make fun of it endlessly), it's not going to happen until The Sword of Truth is complete. And since The Name of the Wind is only the first book in a planned trilogy, I thought it made a good candidate for a short series.
- New - Unlike The Sword of Truth (and other potential book series for me to riff on), as of right now, The Kingkiller Chronicle is just about as current as you can get when it comes to hot new fantasy. As much fun as I think it potentially is for old Goodkind fans to re-live the books from someone else' fresh eyes, I think it might also be fun for someone to read along, when reading something new, with someone else for the first time. While many Goodkind fans have read his books multiple times over the past 17 year, I think many Rothfuss fans are just now discovering that they are fans as I speak. In other words, if I'm to choose a second series to tackle, I want a potential audience to be as wide and varied as possible.
- Different - From what little I know, The Name of the Wind couldn't be more different than Wizard's First Rule when it comes to everything from setting, style, format, subject matter, and tone. If I'm going to attempt to read two different series at the same time, for me personally, they would have to be different to keep hold of my intentionally divided attention.
I have no formal training in writing, at any given time, I've always been working on some kind of blog or website. (My educational background is actually in biology and medicine.) As it turns out, I'm just a guy who likes to write.
I'm a self-described "fan of all fantasy and science fiction" and yet I've never really gotten into pleasure reading, especially when it comes to fiction. As I've discovered with my experience writing Blog of the Seeker, I enjoy writing much more than I do reading. I think this blog format suits me well and judging from some very kind comments that people have left, it sounds like other people enjoy my style as well. With this set up, I can read at my own pace (which turns out to be 'very slowly'), I can retain the information I read (through my over analysis), and my interest levels in the material remain high throughout the experience (due to me laughing at my own jokes).
Win-win.
