The Wise Man's Fear #1 on NY Times Bestseller List

Via DAW's twitter, The Wise Man's Fear will be debuting on the NY Times Bestseller list at #1, likely for the March 20th list. A very impressive feat for any author's second novel, let alone a fantasy author. Congratulations to Patrick Rothfuss and the fine folks at DAW. Between this, Erikson finally reaching the main list, The Game of Thrones HBO show in a little over a month and the bound-to-be #1 NY Times Bestseller A Dance with Dragons, 2011 is turning out to be a very good year for fantasy breaking into the 'mainstream' beyond Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter.

A Dance with Dragons -- Is June, then September possible?

Well, George hopes it is. I hope so too, as I'm sure his fans hope the same thing as well.




I agree with Aidan, in that "for A Song of Ice and Fire, and the fanbase it’s accrued, to be anything but a glowingly positive experience in Martin’s life is just wrong."

I think for every fan on message boards, blogs and genre Web sites following A Song of Ice and Fire, there are another 10 people out there reading and following the series - and I'll bet most of those proverbial 10 people are as eager as most of us for the next book - I can't imagine A Dance with Dragons not hittin #1 on the NYT Bestseller list.