An examination of The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, one page at a time. Get in touch, support the show, and more at pageofthewind.com!
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Auri does what we all aspire to do: meet a sleepy dog. We talk about Auri’s Disney Princess Energy and fairylike activities, accuse the farm of being an exploitative agribusiness, and learn about Jordana’s friend who acquired a graveyard by accident. Recommended this episode: The Pope’s Exorcist (2023)@pageofthewindpageofthewind.comJoin the communi…
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The farmhouse is a treasure trove for sticky-fingered Auri, and we describe an illustration of a tree above a gravestone. We talk about who’s who, what the farm-denizens will learn from Auri’s visit, and discuss the use of “seemly”. @pageofthewindpageofthewind.comJoin the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcgIf you like the show, te…
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Auri continues to explore, and then possibly commits a fatal error! We open with a dire warning, discuss the fruit of the laurel tree, and that opens up a larger conversation about the place of trees in fantasy fiction.@pageofthewindpageofthewind.comJoin the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcgIf you like the show, tell a friend!…
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Auri explores the land outside the University town. We issue a bashful correction, talk about how Auri externalizes her feelings onto her surroundings, Jordana makes some outlandish claims without citing her sources, and we talk about clouds. @pageofthewindpageofthewind.comJoin the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcgIf you like th…
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Auri scampers out of the Underthing, past the foreboding walls of Haven. We talk about chilling blue lights, get seriously cracked about Auri, Denna and the Moon, @pageofthewindpageofthewind.comJoin the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcgIf you like the show, tell a friend!Από τον Nick Alexander, Jordana Heney, & Jeremy Large
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Auri finds some wood in the Underthing. We talk about how and why Auri hides from the moon, the passage of time, and discuss the properties of Nutmeg.@pageofthewindpageofthewind.comJoin the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcgIf you like the show, tell a friend!Από τον Nick Alexander, Jordana Heney, & Jeremy Large
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An illustration of where we last left Auri, sitting on a rooftop, waiting for Kvothe. Jordana analyzes the page in detail, and we talk about how the moonlight and Auri are visually connected on this page, illustration techniques for white on black, and how the artist draws our focus towards Auri. You’re also gonna hear a lot of nonsense about the p…
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Seemingly rather sadly, Auri waits. We talk about The Hollybottle, how Auri don’t need no man, and we learn too late about radium and the Radium Girls. Recommended: The Only Harmless Great Thing by Brooke Bolander, and Blindsight by Peter Watts@pageofthewindpageofthewind.comJoin the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcgIf you like t…
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Auri bravely moves to the roofs, among the chimbleys. We talk about how we’ve become a hideous amalgam, the omnipresent chimbleys, and how “real” names are valid to Auri. @pageofthewindpageofthewind.comJoin the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcgIf you like the show, tell a friend!Από τον Nick Alexander, Jordana Heney, & Jeremy Large
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Auri leaves the Underthing and takes a look at the moon. We talk about the odd shape of Auri’s holly berries, the specifics of exiting Applecourt, and spitball about the possibilities of the mysterious ol’ moon. @pageofthewindpageofthewind.comJoin the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcgIf you like the show, tell a friend!…
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Our hero considers what to take as a gift for her potential visitor. We talk about how Auri, like Kvothe, goes looking for her love, challenge the idea of capital-K Knowers, discuss the mysterious Book of Secrets, and return to a fan-favourite theory. @pageofthewindpageofthewind.comJoin the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcgIf yo…
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Auri is delighted to discover a perfect space, but is distracted by mysterious music. We rue the state of affairs that brought us to (temporarily!) lose a co-host, talk about how Auri’s feelings for Kvothe might skew romantic, Auri’s relationship with her own (possibly sexual?) desires, and what perfection means to her. @pageofthewindpageofthewind.…
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Auri figures out what to do with the gear! We talk about how it’s easy to recognize your own flaws in others, less so in yourself. We talk about how the machinata make us think of Numenara, and the masculine nature of Foxen. Fair warning - this episode contains a lot of nonsense too. @pageofthewindpageofthewind.comJoin the community on Discord at h…
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Auri has a new task to be about! We discuss Auri’s process, and then read some letters - one of which prompts a long and meandering explanation of Young Frankenstein, and then talk about feet pics. @pageofthewindpageofthewind.comJoin the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcgIf you like the show, tell a friend!…
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Auri finds her name, and returns to home, and to herself. We are immediately derailed by Jordana’s nastiness and the word effulgent, but eventually we talk about Auri’s perfect leaf, and the ethics of writing in a book. @pageofthewindpageofthewind.comJoin the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcgIf you like the show, tell a friend!…
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Page 57: Assigned Crime Lord At BirthAuri backs away from Black Door and has a little freakout. Nick talks about Auri’s relationship to places and spaces, we talk about walking into a new room to change your inputs and outputs, and we discourse that curse about Monty Python.@pageofthewindpageofthewind.comJoin the community on Discord at https://dis…
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Auri is lost, and finds herself approaching Black Door. We talk about Auri’s mounting fear, and the reasoning for it, significant doors in the Underthing, and discuss the involuntary ice-bucket challenge, and other ways to get out of a panic attack. @pageofthewindpageofthewind.comJoin the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcgIf you …
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Something is wrong with the air and the surroundings. We talk about the details of Auri’s functional panic attack and how it might be mistaken for magic, strategies for dealing with real-life panic attacks, the nature of angles in Pickering Ontario, discuss the fate of the bar graph bed, and introduce Jordana to the darker side of AO3. @pageofthewi…
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Auri returns to her territory but remains deeply uncomfortable. We talk about Auri’s symptoms and discuss our own neuroses, the difference between iambs and pentameter, and continue the argument that originated in last month’s patron episode. @pageofthewindpageofthewind.comJoin the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcgIf you like th…
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Auri satisfies herself that she is alone, as best she can. On this page, Jordana registers some suspicion regarding a page number, and then we talk about whether we can trust what Auri tells us about her reasoning, and do a deep dive into Auri’s terror.@pageofthewindpageofthewind.comJoin the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcgIf y…
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Auri fixed the cracked pipe with some alchemical mastery. We talk about what we learn about alchemy, learn chemistry through cursory googling, @pageofthewindpageofthewind.comJoin the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcgIf you like the show, tell a friend!Από τον Nick Alexander, Jordana Heney, & Jeremy Large
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Auri imagines strangers mucking up her Underthing. We talk about the slow regard of silent things in the context of the page, discuss the unusual meaning of alack, and how Auri works herself up to a panic attack.@pageofthewindpageofthewind.comJoin the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcgIf you like the show, tell a friend!…
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Auri listens, patient as a stone. We talk about how this page offers proof that Auri went to the University, Auri’s anxiety about waiting, and competing wants in fiction. @pageofthewindpageofthewind.comJoin the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcgIf you like the show, tell a friend!Από τον Nick Alexander, Jordana Heney, & Jeremy Large
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Auri turns a knob. We discuss how Auri personifies things, so that they can act in the story, pisspipes, and Jordana explains pipe insulation to Jeremy.@pageofthewindpageofthewind.comJoin the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcgIf you like the show, tell a friend!Από τον Nick Alexander, Jordana Heney, & Jeremy Large
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Auri bravely steps out of the Underthing. We talk about Auri’s activities, the similarities of the scene to an action sequence, and the hot new meme that’s sweeping the nation.The meme in question: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/very-demure-very-mindful @pageofthewindpageofthewind.comJoin the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcgIf …
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We see evidence of an interloper! We talk about Auri’s reaction to the bootprints, think about when exactly the interloper arrived, and talk about whether we’ve misremembered a key takeaway from the story.@pageofthewindpageofthewind.comJoin the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcgIf you like the show, tell a friend!…
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Auri runs to see if she’s been detected. We talk about what Auri’s investigations are for, return to the washing of the face and hands and feet, and we discover the mysterious tenace.@pageofthewindpageofthewind.comJoin the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcgIf you like the show, tell a friend!…
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A nightjar tap tap taps three times. We talk about the qualities of the day, Jordana loses track of linear time, and we succeed in finding a non-Star Wars definition for “corsucant”.@pageofthewindpageofthewind.comJoin the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcgIf you like the show, tell a friend!…
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Auri considers what to do with the gear. We talk about the vibe-shift in the Yellow Twelve (or is it Grey?), the mysterious nature of Darkhouse, and by extension the nature of the Underthing itself.@pageofthewindpageofthewind.comJoin the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcgIf you like the show, tell a friend!…
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Auri has herself a little snack. We talk about the names of Tumbral and Umbral and discuss the significance of cutting the apple into seven pieces, as well as the leatheriness of an apple. Jordana and Nick then proceed to be VERY nasty and unfair to Jeremy, prompted by a listener being very nice and kind.…
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Auri longs for a dish of nutmeg. We discuss what jordana did with her summer vacation, the butter being full of knives, and pittums!@pageofthewindpageofthewind.comJoin the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcgIf you like the show, tell a friend!Από τον Nick Alexander, Jordana Heney, & Jeremy Large
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Auri suffers what seems to be hunger pangs. We talk about how bad things are for Auri, talk about comforting rereadable media, and we ask ourselves for the first time: what happens if Auri’s work stops? @pageofthewindpageofthewind.comJoin the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcgIf you like the show, tell a friend!…
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Ooooooh those sheets feel so goooood, but, as we were all reminded this week, there is a difference between the truth and what we wish were true. We talk about Auri’s apparent attempt to cheat herself into the sheets, the sinister nature of the environs, and are led to an honest talk about modern mental illnesses. @pageofthewindpageofthewind.comJoi…
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No fool, Auri fixes an unsettled mirror. We talk about the music of the prose as Auri works, Nick is allergic to busywork, and we take a close look at the pronunciation of Auri’s name. @pageofthewindpageofthewind.comJoin the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcgIf you like the show, tell a friend!…
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Auri is puzzled by her new acquisition. We talk about the questions raised by the page, speak of Auri as motherly and the gear as childlike, and why Auri seems so frustrated with it. @pageofthewindpageofthewind.comJoin the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcgIf you like the show, tell a friend!…
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The second chapter, and day, begins. We talk about the symmetry between the previous chapter and this, examine a conspicuous silence, and discuss the differences between doors and doorways. @pageofthewindpageofthewind.comJoin the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcgIf you like the show, tell a friend!…
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Auri decides that her work is done for now. We talk about several illustrations, Jeremy activates Dad Mode, and we consider an unorthodox explanation for the creation of the Underthing. @pageofthewindpageofthewind.comJoin the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcgIf you like the show, tell a friend!…
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Auri considers taking something for herself. We talk about the sadness on this page, how Auri feels about herself (and what those feelings evoke in us), and how Auri might be a useful metaphor for certain groups of people in the real world. @pageofthewindpageofthewind.comJoin the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcgIf you like the …
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Auri examines her surroundings. We debate this abandoned structure’s former purpose, the value Auri places (or doesn’t place) on things, and a letter from the great beyond prompts us to discuss Tides of Numenera, which includes a semi-canon connection to the Kingkiller. @pageofthewindpageofthewind.comJoin the community on Discord at https://discord…
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Auri ties Foxen to her belt and sweeps the stairs. We talk about how the personification of objects is essential to keeping our interest, reflect on whether or not Auri’s tasks are pointless, and discuss some ephemera.@pageofthewindpageofthewind.comJoin the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcgIf you like the show, tell a friend!…
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Auri begins to explore the space, and make friends with what she finds. We consider how Auri thinks about what objects she can touch or move, the exhausting physical work Auri is doing, and what Auri might be a metaphor for.The Reddit thread mentioned in this episode’s letter can be found here: https://www.reddit.com/r/KingkillerChronicle/comments/…
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Auri admires the many beautiful things. We talk about how a previous assertion Nick made about the function of this space is supported by the text, whether or not there are windows, and Jeremy educates his cohosts on what a teddy is.@pageofthewindpageofthewind.comJoin the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcgIf you like the show, te…
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Auri takes careful inventory of the new space. We talk about Auri’s own subtext, what Auri’s idioms tell us about her upbringing, and the long fantasy history of places with character.@pageofthewindpageofthewind.comJoin the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcgIf you like the show, tell a friend!…
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Investigations ongoing, Auri scouts out the new room. We talk about what makes a wall condescending, describe Auri as a synesthete with empathy, and how fancy Nick’s wife is.@pageofthewindpageofthewind.comJoin the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcgIf you like the show, tell a friend!…
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Something is amiss in this new space . We talk about bone buttons, the unspoken ominous nature of the space, Jordana offers a technical masterclass on how to illustrate refracted light, and we plan a spa day.@pageofthewindpageofthewind.comJoin the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcgIf you like the show, tell a friend!…
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With the click of a key, Auri finds a new part of the Underthing. We talk about what Auri is looking for and why, the rules that govern Auri’s criteria for what needs to be moved, and the ominous nature of some of the other mentioned spaces.@pageofthewindpageofthewind.comJoin the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcgIf you like the …
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Auri enters a sexy new area. We talk about what Wains might have been in the beforetimes, do an oddly extended series of riffs on chandeliers, are very correct about what electricity is (don’t correct us), and how exciting it is to have a numerical mystery.@pageofthewindpageofthewind.comJoin the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcg…
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Auri considers where the key might fit. We talk about her names for places in the Underthing, how the Underthing is like a Metroidvania, and discuss the implausibility of waxed ropes.@pageofthewindpageofthewind.comJoin the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcgIf you like the show, tell a friend!…
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Page 24: Cross the Frame, Peer into Neverending Corners of the Soul (The Dark Divide, Part 1)
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Auri considers the key, and the gear, and their proper places. We talk about the frustrations of trying to understand Auri’s logic, slutty little bones, and the craft of doing bits.@pageofthewindpageofthewind.comJoin the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcgIf you like the show, tell a friend!…
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Auri gets warmed up by the pipes. We discuss the placement of words and the importance of project management, we make mention of the podcaster’s oath.and talk about emberant and incarnadine.@pageofthewindpageofthewind.comJoin the community on Discord at https://discord.gg/tCZc6kXQcgIf you like the show, tell a friend!…
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