A Song of Ice and Fire

[Wolfpack]

I am feasting upon George R. Martin's A Feast for Crows.

[thomasgaffney]

I am feasting upon George R. Martin's A Feast for Crows.

A good book, but slightly disappointing due to only half the main characters showing up. The story got so big, he split the character arcs with some in Crows and the rest in the forthcoming A Dance With Dragons.

[Bob Samonkey]

forthcoming A Dance With Dragons.

Hmmm....

[thomasgaffney]

forthcoming A Dance With Dragons.

Hmmm....

Heh. Did I say forthcoming? I meant to say: "Should appear at your local bookstore some time before the Rapture. Hopefully."

[TonyWilson]

Just started on A Feast For Crows myself, I've been well prepared for the fact half the cast won't show up until the next book so it's not a disappointment but after having sped through the first 3 books in about a month and a half I'm going to have to take this one very s-l-o-w-l-y to avoid the cravings for A Dance With Dragons.

I may also try and get Mexican food banned in Santa Fe as Martin is getting too old and tubby to write another 3 books while imbibing that much cheese.

[Bob Samonkey]

I may also try and get Mexican food banned in Santa Fe as Martin is getting too old and tubby to write another 3 books while imbibing that much cheese.

Thats what I am saying. This guys is going to pull a Robert Jordon...

[Wolfpack]

Although, admittedly, amyloidosis is not the same as an overdose of cheese.

[TonyWilson]

That's just what the Cheese council want you to think

[thomasgaffney]

from GRRM's "Not A Blog" LiveJournal

I meant to post yesterday on the weekend's (NFL) games, but got busy writing instead, and finished a Tyrion chapter that I've been struggling with for six months. Nibbling away at that knot. We'll see if the finished chapter holds up to reread and polish today.

I hope him actually working on A Dance With Dragons (and not any of other series) means he'll be done soon and we can get the next book...

[thomasgaffney]

More from GRRM:

Dancing : Jan. 28th, 2010 at 6:52 PM

Snowing like hell in Santa Fe today. I feel like Jon Snow on the Wall. White everywhere I look, and still coming down.

Of course, I'm writing about Meereen, where the weather is hot and muggy, oppressive. If the snow keeps falling, I better take it as an omen, switch to a Jon chapter tomorrow.

The good news: finished a chapter today.

The bad news: it's one I've finished at least four times before.

This time, though, I think I finally got it right. We'll see. Still whacking at the Meereenese knot.

I took an especially vigorous hack two days ago, by switching to a new POV. It seems to have helped. Helps to have a pair of eyes on the inside rather than the outside here. And back story works better in recollections than in dialogue.

Let's hope that when next week comes, I still like what I did this week.

Writing, writing...

[thomasgaffney]

It seems Martin has been doing a LOT of writing on Dragons lately. His last two blogs posts:

"A Good Day, With Snow. 'nuff said."
and:
"Jeez, guys. Calm down.
This is why I hate to do updates.
I say I have good day, and immediately I have a hundred people deciding this means that DANCE is finished.
I'm not the oracle at Delphi. Whatever casual comments I make on this Not A Blog are just that, and should not be subjected to analysis, interpretation, or decoding.
When I finish DANCE, you'll know it. I will write something like this: "I have finished A DANCE WITH DRAGONS." You won't need to parse any hints.
For the record, I have not finished A DANCE WITH DRAGONS. I just had a particularly good day yesterday. I hope to have another one today."

He also posted this:

[Ribbons]

Look Martin... of course people are gonna get excited if you post a cryptic message on your Not-A-Blog that it was a "good day," even if that doesn't mean you finished!

[/totally not excited... or totally excited... or appropriately excited... or something]

[thomasgaffney]

More GRRM updates!

Not Done Yet
Feb. 8th, 2010 at 8:06 PM

Spent the day in the rainwood. 1205 pages. More to come.

DANCE has now passed A CLASH OF KINGS to become the second longest volume in the series, though still three hundred pages shorter than the monster that was A STORM WITH SWORDS.

[stereosforgeeks]

Just started Game Of Thrones this week.

I think Im finally start to get a handle on the major players (so far) involved at 60 pages in.

[Al Shut]

Inspired by the awesome TV show (Screw you Ribbons ) finally airing over here for free I picked up the first volume of A Song of Ice and Fire. Or I should rather say volume one pages 1- 359 as the publisher obviously thought this would be a good opportunity to fuck me over, splitting the books in two.

[Ribbons]

Just for the record, I actually do not hate the TV show. That was my lame attempt at a bump.

[Al Shut]

And four month later I've finished the 10th (fucking cash grabbing publishers) volume, only taking so long because not all were already released in April. Pretty much brilliant.

The next one will be released when hell freezes over you say? Can't wait to read some Frankenmountain action

[Ribbons]

I'm currently 500 pages deep in A Storm of Swords (Book 3). It's my favorite of the bunch so far, certainly moreso than the last book, which was well-written as always but seemed to tread water most of the time. But it set this book up beautifully, and I'm enjoying the fallout from all the kings' failed attempts on the throne.

[TonyWilson]

I'm currently 500 pages deep in A Storm of Swords (Book 3). It's my favorite of the bunch so far, certainly moreso than the last book, which was well-written as always but seemed to tread water most of the time. But it set this book up beautifully, and I'm enjoying the fallout from all the kings' failed attempts on the throne.

Oh dude. Man, just, just... when it happens and then keeps happening and happening, just remember to breathe.

[Ribbons]

Here's a tres cool map of, um... whatever the earth is called in A Song of Ice and Fire:

http://tinyurl.com/3pjuj6p

[Ribbons]

Oh dude. Man, just, just... when it happens and then keeps happening and happening, just remember to breathe.

You weren't kidding, holy shit. So many jaw-dropping moments I don't know where to start; from the "Red Wedding" on it's one blow after the next. My stomach may have actually dropped during the duel between The Mountain and Oberyn Martell. And I'm not sure what to make of that epilogue and its implications: pleasant surprise or ominously grotesque?

[Al Shut]

If I remember correctly I was surprised, but not pleasantly

[Al Shut]

I've been browsing through those books again

anybody got a clear idea of who is who in the story about the tournament in A Storm of Swords?

I figured out or didn't care about almost everybody except for a guy who would be called something like Knight of skulls and kisses in english (I think)

[Ribbons]

You're referring to the book Jaime reads when he rejoins the Knightsguard? If I recall, some of the names were familiar and some of them not. I don't know for sure. I have to see a name a couple of times before making the effort to figure out who they are.

[Al Shut]

No the story Meera tells Bran (pretty early in the book) about one of the swamp people going on a journey and visiting a tornament

[so sorry]

Mother fuck me. Just read the Red Wedding chapter in Storm of Swords and I don't know what to do with myself. Unfortunately I knew it was coming due to me being a stupid spoiler-reading douche, but knowing was no less brutal. I want some revenge in the worst way right now. Seriously, I want to kill someone I'm so angry.

[so sorry]

Finished Storm of Swords last week and jumped head first into Feast of Crows. Without a doubt Storm of Swords has been the best of the series so far. The second half of that book...just one oh shit moment after another.

And I'm not sure what to make of that epilogue and its implications: pleasant surprise or ominously grotesque?

Seriously, after all that I just read, THAT was like the biggest WTF moment.