The great guys over at Penny Arcade dropped their coin in the slot on Patrick Rothfuss in general — we agree he’s awesome — and his upcoming definitely not a kids’ book, The Adventures of the Princess and Mr. Whiffe: the Thing Beneath the Bed. To wit: “It turns out that Patrick is a huge PA fan. In fact he posts in our forums which I guess makes him a bigger PA fan than me. He sent us a free copy of his latest book which sadly is not part two of the Kingkiller Chronicle. This book is actually called The Princess and Mr. Whiffle and it has nothing to do with killing kings or the chronicles such a deed might spawn. This is actually a creepy/funny story in the style of a children’s book. It turns out that Patrick Rothfuss is a good writer no matter what he’s doing. It’s a quick little read but funny and I recommend you pick it up along with his fantasy epic The Name of The Wind.”

We’ve really seen direct sales pick up since the kindly gents at PA mentioned Patrick. The Princess is going to be a special project, right on schedule for release this summer. Trust us.

Posted on Monday, March 8th, 2010 at 3:56 am.