A speculative fiction advent calendar of quotes: Dec. 12, 2025

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Patrick Rothfuss’s 2007 fantasy novel The Name of the Wind gives a reader more fun than any reader has a right to have. The novel shouldn’t work. Magnificently, it does. (Except for Denna, the most annoying female character ever written.)

cover of "The Name of the Wind," fantasy novel by Patrick Rothfuss — Find out more HERE.

A speculative fiction advent calendar of quotes: Dec. 10, 2025

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quotation from Joe Abercrombie's fantasy novel "The Blade Itself" — Find out more HERE.

Abercrombie’s The Blade Itself is one of my favorite fantasy novels, ever. And Logen Ninefingers is one of my favorite fantasy characters, ever. I am not alone. Check out this Reddit with every single “Say one thing for” quote in The First Law series. The Blade Itself is Book One.