Winds of Winter + Stormlight #3 + Kingkiller #3

[vividox]

How ridiculous it would be if George RR Martin's The Winds of Winter, Patrick Rothfuss' Kingkiller #3, and Sanderson's Stormlight #3 were all released on the exact same day (which would realistically be sometime Q1 2017, not that this is extremely likely in the first place)?

 

I assume most people here would probably put Stormlight #3 as priority, but I'm also assuming there has to be some amount of correlation between Sanderson fans and Martin/Rothfuss fans, and Martin/Rothfuss fans have had to wait far longer for their next installments.

 

As a big fan of all three, I would probably go insane. 3000+ (3500+?) new pages to read all hitting me in one day would be crazy. I'd probably have to read Winds of Winter first, since I got into that series first and it's still, in some ways, my favorite. Then it'd be Stormlight, followed by Kingkiller. (Probably) Mostly, I'd just be trying to avoid spoilers and reading as much as I could every day.

[Quiver he/him]

Yeah, no offence to all you Fanderson's out there, but the second Winds of Winter hits, I am dropping whatever I'm reading to get started on that book.

...Though at this point, I wonder if we should start a betting pool on how much SA will get published before Martin finishes the Song of Ice and Fire...

[Orlion Blight he/him]

Yeah, no offence to all you Fanderson's out there, but the second Winds of Winter hits, I am dropping whatever I'm reading to get started on that book.

...Though at this point, I wonder if we should start a betting pool on how much SA will get published before Martin finishes the Song of Ice and Fire...

 

If you want to avoid spoilers, then yes, Winds of Winter should be read first, since that is far more likely to be spoiled than the other two books.

 

As far how much SA will get published... I will say we will have the first SA arc (so books one through five) and at least one Elantris sequel before Martin finishes the Song of Ice and Fire. This assumes he sticks with just seven books.

[DSC01 he/him]

At this point, I don't even care about ASoIaF anymore. I'll read WoW when it comes out--I may even try to reread the first 5--but I've basically lost interest. I guess I'm just burnt out on it. Dance was boring and mostly uneventful, and when I tried to do a reread something like a year ago, I just couldn't muster any interest in GoT.

 

Now, Doors of Stone, I will read pretty shortly after it's released, but if it comes out on the same day as SA3, it's coming second. 

 

That said, I really doubt that all three books would be released on the same day, even if they were all ready at the same time. Sure, it's three different publishers, but they have to be aware that the market for those books is essentially identical. In most cases, readers are going to want to buy all 3 books. All that they do by releasing them all on the same date is lower the chances that their particular book will make the bestsellers list right out of the gate, with buyers on a budget having to prioritize which they want to buy right away. 

[Zathoth]

I havent bothered with A song of ice and fire yet, I will, some day, probably when Martin finishes.

I havent read Wise Mans Fear yet, I really need to do that...

So Oathbringer is the one I shall read first.

 

Still, I could see something like this happening, at least all three books being released late 2017 (damnation that looks sci fi doesnt it?)

 

Im with Orlion, the first 5 Stormlight will be out and Rothfuss will have released the first book of whatever it is he does after Kingkiller. 

[Iarwainiel I she/her]

For me, it would be an easy choice:

 

Stormlight Archives (or really any book by Brandon) would definitely come before Kingkiller 3 (since I'll have to re-read KKC #s 1 & 2 beforehand), and I'm not really into GoT/GRRM at all.

 

What would I put at a higher reading priority than SA#x?

 

Maybe one of the mystery series I follow (Chet & Bernie, Bryant & May), because they're shorter books and I could polish them off quickly before getting back to Roshar.

 

And the next Jon & Lobo book for sure (been waiting years for that already!) since it'll be a more moderate length, same as the mysteries.

 

But for fiction, not much comes before the Sanderverse.

Edited January 6, 2016 by old aggie

[Mestiv he/him]

I don't care about WoW any more, it was too long after the previous book and that previous book wasn't that interesting either.

I didn't read any Kingkiller books.

So it would be easy to choose for me

[Voidus]

Stormlight>Kingkiller>WoW

[Who Sharded?]

With ADwD, I imported an early copy from Germany and did everything I could to finish it ASAP to avoid spoilers.  TWoW gets priority for me for the same reason--spoilers.  Even though I have much higher hopes for Oathbringer.  Kingkiller...I am not a fan of those books but I may read it just to finish the series.

 

Priority ranking:

 

Winds > Oathbringer > Doors

 

What I'm actually looking forward to:

 

Oathbringer > Winds > Doors

Edited January 6, 2016 by Who Sharded?

[Infinite Citadel]

Stormlight>Kingkiller>WoW

 

In terms of my interest in the series I agree with this order. However, I'd probably end up reading WoW first to avoid spoilers that I assume will pop up more frequently due to the TV show.

[Voidus]

In terms of my interest in the series I agree with this order. However, I'd probably end up reading WoW first to avoid spoilers that I assume will pop up more frequently due to the TV show.

I'd probably read the lot in 3-4 days, maybe as long as a week so I'm not too worried about spoilers even if they all came out on the same day.

[Rhaegar'Elin he/him]

Though I'm more interested in Oathbringer than in The Winds of Winter [much because, unfortunately, the last two ASoIaF books weren't very good (IMHO) so my hype is drastically dropped] I too would read first the latter in order to avoid spoilers.

 

Also, I'm waiting for Rothfuss finishing his Kingkiller Chronicles in order to dive in the series without waiting trough the books XD

[Hood he/him]

As soon as The Doors of Stone hits the shelves, I am going to buy it. 

The quote "There are three things all wise men fear...[...]" is a little prophetic me. It seems as if Kvothe is telling the Chronicler, that he was a fool because he remained fearless; even after facing those 3 things. 

Also, when the first time this sentence is quoted, we see Master Lorren frothing with anger (hence the anger of a gentle man.)

The second time it is when Count Threpe wishes him luck for his journey (and his ship gets wrecked, or so, I don't remember clearly)

What about the third ? A night without moon. Who is his 'moon' ? Denna ? Or Auri  ?

 

I haven't read ASoIaF, so WoW is not a big factor. The thing with Oathbringer is that, while the other two are at climax, it is quite in the middle, so naturally, the climax has to be preferred.

Edited January 10, 2016 by Hood

[vividox]

As far how much SA will get published... I will say we will have the first SA arc (so books one through five) and at least one Elantris sequel before Martin finishes the Song of Ice and Fire. This assumes he sticks with just seven books.

Yeah, I'd say that sounds pretty likely.

[vividox]

I'd probably read the lot in 3-4 days, maybe as long as a week so I'm not too worried about spoilers even if they all came out on the same day.

I don't think it would be possible for me to read them all in 3-4 days. I get way too distracted and just can't finish a 1000 page book in a day. All three books would probably take me at least several weeks.

[Pestis the Spider she/her]

I don't think it would be possible for me to read them all in 3-4 days. I get way too distracted and just can't finish a 1000 page book in a day. All three books would probably take me at least several weeks.

Eh, that's doable if there is nothing else to do. If there is something to do (school, uni, work) then a week seems more possible. 

 

But I seriously doubt that WoW is going to come out anytime in this decade. I'm serious. 

 

But if they all came out the same day I would start with WoW. Stormlight is great but I prefer ASOIAF. And I would read Kingkiller the last. I enjoy the series but it's not super high on my priority list.