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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 8464357" data-attributes="member: 59082">I hear you, although I think a few things make the situations rather different: For one, the longest gap between DT books was six years, unless you count the (surprise) eighth book. Furthermore, books 5-7 came out in a two-year span, sort of a gift for fans, I suppose. Also, afaik (and to be honest, I don't know a lot about the progression of the series) I don't think King made promises. Finally, he wrote a lot of other stuff in-between.Rothfuss' situation, I think, is a combination of catching the celebrity bug, procrastination, perfectionism, and mental health issues. I feel for the guy, but it really is quite odd that we're now ten years in. That's a lot of time to finish a book that he presumably had at least a very rough draft for.I'm not bothered, though - I never finished the first book. I tried a couple times, but found it a mix of really good and kind of annoying, and just didn't get more than about 150 pages in. Maybe I'll give it another shot at some point, but will probably wait until the third book comes out.</blockquote>