That is fucking hilarious.Lawl.
BananaHands
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The sad thing is that at that point in the books I thought it was going to go down that way too. 
The sad thing is that at that point in the books I thought it was going to go down that way too.
Good thing there's another Stark who is heir to the throne, amirite?
Damn, that person's Facebook page over the next season is going to be awesome.
Like Jay and others, I've complained openly about how GRRM is wasting spending his time NOT writing the books.
My wife's reaction before she started reading them: Stop bitching and just let the man live his life the way he wants.
My wife's reaction now that she's two books in: Dammit, old man, get back to work! Don't you know you're gonna die someday?!
My wife's reaction before she started reading them: Stop bitching and just let the man live his life the way he wants.
My wife's reaction now that she's two books in: Dammit, old man, get back to work! Don't you know you're gonna die someday?!
Come on, guys. Prioritize. I'd much rather have a Game of Thrones iPhone app than Winds of Winter.
North_Ranger
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He better fuckin' finish the series before I croak of cancer, or I swear, I'll haunt his bearded, captain's-hat-wearing ass.
I was so mad at my brother for getting me into the Kingkiller Chronicle after I had caught up on A Song of Ice and Fire. Get me hooked on another amazing, unfinished series.... jerk.
It took four months.
I think the publisher had people ready and waiting when he was getting near finished considering the amount of time they'd been waiting for it. In a normal situation, yes.
So two years from finished will be April 2013, though I don't know if I'd hold the space against him considering even he deserves a small break after a project so monstrous. If he works slowly, I'm okay with it, so long as he's actually working on it, and not screwing around with fantasy football.
Reading A Feast for Crows now, about 200 pages in. Didn't really occur to me before starting that the book would first have to deal with reeling from the effects of the last book.
New POV characters: interesting.
Loving the Cersei chapters. Practically everyone she sees or talks to she suspects of being involved in Tyrion's escape or Tywin's death, except Jaime, and it's driving her nuts. Didn't really expect Kevan Lannister to grow a pair either, but it seems his obedience was only to his brother, not to his brother's children. Serves Cersei right. She never once gave a thought that he'd have his own life or point of view beyond doing Tywin's bidding. Loving it.
Loving the Cersei chapters. Practically everyone she sees or talks to she suspects of being involved in Tyrion's escape or Tywin's death, except Jaime, and it's driving her nuts. Didn't really expect Kevan Lannister to grow a pair either, but it seems his obedience was only to his brother, not to his brother's children. Serves Cersei right. She never once gave a thought that he'd have his own life or point of view beyond doing Tywin's bidding. Loving it.
Finished Feast today.
Pretty much agree with others. There was a lot that could've been edited out and even though Martin says the books were done this way to complete character arcs, I didn't feel like much of that actually happened.
I did chuckle at seeing his explanation on the back of the paperback, hoping that Dance would be out in the next year--message dated 2005.
Pretty much agree with others. There was a lot that could've been edited out and even though Martin says the books were done this way to complete character arcs, I didn't feel like much of that actually happened.
I did chuckle at seeing his explanation on the back of the paperback, hoping that Dance would be out in the next year--message dated 2005.
Ser Ilyn Payne may not make it back for the 4th season:
http://todayentertainment.today.com...o-johnson-has-terminal-pancreatic-cancer?lite
http://todayentertainment.today.com...o-johnson-has-terminal-pancreatic-cancer?lite
The kid is totally lame.
80 days to go.
The main problem, I think, is that Bran's a bit too young. He's, what, 6 in the books? Yes, GRR has said he intended all of the children to be older (and they are, in the series - Robb's 14!), but it still hampers him a lot. You just can't let a 6 year old have incredibly wild adventures.
I've only just finished the second book, but Bran's remote control wolf power is pretty cool.
GasBandit
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As of the end of book 3 he's half Meera's age. She's 16.
Of course the original plan was for a time skip between book 2 and 3, back when it was still a trilogy, so at the start he wasn't planning any wild adventures for an 8 year old (except in flashbacks i guess).[DOUBLEPOST=1357951446][/DOUBLEPOST]
As of the end of book 3 he's half Meera's age. She's 16.
Of course the original plan was for a time skip between book 2 and 3, back when it was still a trilogy, so at the start he wasn't planning any wild adventures for an 8 year old (except in flashbacks i guess).
He was going to move the time skip to between book 3 and 4, but then that didn't happen either.