The Name of the Wind
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The Name of the Wind, also referred to as The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day One, is a heroic fantasy novel written by American author Patrick Rothfuss. It is the first book in the ongoing fantasy trilogy
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Ursula K. Le Guin
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Ursula Kroeber Le Guin was an American author. She is best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the Earthsea fantasy series. Her
The Name of the Wind
…How the right story at the right time can change the world, how the teller can shape a life." Michael Chabon praised the book, comparing its prose to Ursula Le Guin's. Le Guin herself praised the book, writing, "It is a rare and great pleasure to come on somebody writing the way [Patrick Rothfuss does], not only with…
Le Guin in 1995
Ursula's father, Alfred Kroeber, with Ishi, the last of the Yahi people (1911)
Le Guin with Harlan Ellison at Westercon in Portland, Oregon (1984)
Le Guin at a reading in Danville, California (June 2008)