Comments on: The Dump Run

By: Robin Hobb

Robin Hobb — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 02:31:12 +0000

Dear Angela,
Thanks so much for your comments. I miss Fitz too and he has been on my mind a great deal lately as I work in the Rain Wilds.

I’m very much enjoying writing these books so it’s wonderful to know readers are enjoying them too.

Robin

By: Robin Hobb

Robin Hobb — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 02:30:02 +0000

Mike, I was really lucky and I know it! I like to patronize local artists whenever I can, so most of the art on my walls are originals. I would have been heartbroken to lose them, as they are literally irreplaceable.

We were just so lucky. And now we have learned a hard lesson and will be triply careful. And we are going to do fire extinguisher practice with the whole family. Outside! Of course.

Robin

By: Robin Hobb

Robin Hobb — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 02:28:11 +0000

Tara, thanks so much for the encouraging comments! I’m really enjoying writing about the Rain Wilds again. Thanks for the support.

Robin

By: Craig

Craig — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 04:19:40 +0000

Say, what the heck. You are famous – you could have auctioned that sucker off. Or, better yet, if you have acreage that is remote you can take it and all the things you can’t part with (due to guilt) there and do something crazy like range practice. Some times when I feel these guilt things I say to myself, with twinge of ‘let’s get it over’ if God were in my place this would be handled perfectly!

By: Tara

Tara — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 03:34:26 +0000

Hi Robin,

You are a wonderfully gifted writer who is able to create these immense and complicated worlds, but at the same time capture human nature’s need to belong and find happiness in this life.

I have always read many authors from the fantasy genre but ever since I have been reading your novels I can’t read any other writer! You are just that good.

I really admire the depth and complexity of your characters and hope to one day be more like the Vestrit women Althea and her mother.

Your novels have been a real gift for me and have enriched my life.

I can’t wait for the next Rain Wilds Chronicles. Don’t ever stop writing so I don’t have to stop reading!

A big fan,

Tara

By: Mike Bents

Mike Bents — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 03:08:06 +0000

Quick follow up. I have been IT/Computer Support for over 18 years and cannot imagine using an e-reader device. I have already lost license to music on i tunes when an email disappeared, and books with their pages are just plain my friends

By: Mike Bents

Mike Bents — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 02:58:10 +0000

I have never emailed/blogged to an author. If I feel that I have something to say, I write it and then mail it with a return stamped envelope. Sorry for breaking my streak, however….
I have read your Robin Hobb novels since the first came out and waited for each. Greatly enjoyed. Your novels and George R.R. Martins Thrones series drew me back into fantasy. Thank you, I missed it.
Fire and Water! Scary elements. I grew up in So. Cal (now living in Spokane) and had fires around us every summer. Then living in Bellevue, experienced flooding. Most of my stuff could be walked away from but it is those treasures that become damaged by water or fire (fire hoses can do as much damage saving the house as the fire does to personal possessions) that break the heart, so I am glad to read that the FD put out with minimal water. And, most eager to begin your latest series (I ran across this page getting ready to order the books online), so happy your work hasn’t been damaged/lost. Best wishes, Mike

By: Angela

Angela — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:50:37 +0000

Dear Robin,

I have just finished Dragon Keeper and Dragon Haven, literally devoured the books in a week’s time (and with 2 small children and husband to look after no small feat). Loved them to bits and can’t wait for Book 3.
If I may add on to the other comments, Fitz lingers in my mind too; he is one of the most deep and developed characters I have ever read (and I have read about many). His pain was my pain and the rawness of his emotions really touched a cord in me. Thank you for creating him. I wish him well.
Best wishes, a most devoted fan, Angela from the Netherlands.

By: Robin Hobb

Robin Hobb — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 04:02:32 +0000

Hi Miguel,

Whether to enable or disable the text-to-speech function is not up to the writer. The publisher has purchased the rights to publish the books in e-form, so that is a publishing decision.

However, as a visually impaired reader, you have a much greater resource to call on. Many many books that are not available as either e-books or audio books can be accessed through the Library of Congress service for blind or visually impaired readers. This includes people who are dyslexic or have any other reading disability. All it takes is a note from your doctor. I am absolutely delighted with this service! For example, YEARS before any of my books were available as audio books, volunteer readers had created audio transcriptions of my books for visually impaired readers.
I first became aware of this service through a friend who was losing his sight to diabetes. At that time, with a note from his doctor and a bit of help from his local library, he was given a free device for listening to the audio books. He could put in his requests (for magazines as well as books) and the recordings were delivered right to his door. The player he was given could be adjusted for speed, too, so he could listen to books read quickly or more slowly.

I really encourage you to take advantage of this service. It will make a whole host of books and magazines available to you, at little to no charge.

Here is a link: National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS)

Best wishes,

Robin

By: Robin Hobb

Robin Hobb — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 03:53:43 +0000

Yes, Charlotte, there will be a 3rd Rain Wilds book. I’m hard at work on it right now and hope to turn it in by December of this year.

Robin