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Originally Posted by Gazella
I don't understand what the big deal is. I've read a lot of posts about people saying don't start the series until book 3 is out ( I am by no means referring to you but people in other forums who keep whining what's taking the author so long). Why? It's a series, do they expect the books to just get released all at the same time, of course they'd have to wait for the next books, wait impatiently that is.
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The Rothfuss situation is a bit of a special case. When the first book of the series was published, he went on the record and announced that all three books were "written" and would likely be released in a relatively timely manner. That's really the only reason I took a chance on starting the first book (I would normally wait patiently until a series is close to completion before starting it). Clearly Patrick has a different definition of "written" than most people do.
Whatever the reasons were that "already written" turned into a 5 year edit/rewrite, Rothfuss has no one to blame but himself for fans being upset about his clearly premature (if not outright misleading) anouncement about the series' state of completion.
EDIT: for the record, I don't think holding his feet to the fire over a lapse in judgement/foresight that's over and done with is something a fan needs to continue to do forever, either. I just understand the initial frustration of fans when "timely" turned into half a decade.