Item #1
The Wise Man’s Fear finally has a release date. FINALLY.
The Good News: Patrick Rothfuss finally announced the release date for The Wise Man’s Fear, the book that comes after The Name of the Wind. The Name of the Wind is one of the best books I’ve read in the last few years and immediatly after I read it, I heard that number two would be out in a couple of months. Since then I’ve heard these kind of rumors periodically. He’s been kind of hemming and hawing about letting fans know when this was actually coming. Until now, we had just seen a giant stack of papers that was the size of a baby. He said that it was a draft, but not to get excited because it wasn’t a final draft, just the latest in a long string.
The Bad News: The release date is March 1st, 2011. No, seriously. March. I know it takes a long time for these things to come together, but geeeez. What a wait.
Item #2
Dark Tower movie talks are in the works again. AGAIN.
The Good News: I guess that it is good news that this is still on the table. I’ve been crossing my fingers and toes that something would come of this soon because I love me some Dark Tower. Also, I can’t wait to see Oy on screen.
The Bad News: The writers of LOST held the rights to the series for quite some time. They had said that after LOST was over, they were going to do the Dark Tower series as a TV mini-series or something. Just last month, they decided to let go of the rights. Who snatches them up but Ron Howard. Ron Howard, really?! Not that he doesn’t make good movies. He sometimes does. Apollo 13? Beautiful Mind? Great movies. But epic, fantasy movies that are almost entirely character driven? Not at all. This made me roll my eyes until I had a headache.