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Same deal for Alaska. Prime gets you "standard" shipping for free, which was fine when the cost wasn't $100 a year.
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A Song of Ice and Fire -- **Unmarked Spoilers For All Books including ADWD**
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I know your pains
Same deal for Alaska. Prime gets you "standard" shipping for free, which was fine when the cost wasn't $100 a year.Memento Mori
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Mine has but I've got Amazon Prime. Delivery estimate is tomorrow.
ToyMachine228
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Aside from Gaming discussion, this is the only appropriate place to post this and pass on the news. Telltale Games has confirmed that the first episode of their Game of Thrones game series is going to be released this year. A very pleasant surprise. Full details below.
http://www.joystiq.com/2014/10/27/tick-tock-telltale-game-of-thrones-still-due-out-this-year/
http://www.joystiq.com/2014/10/27/tick-tock-telltale-game-of-thrones-still-due-out-this-year/
Oh wow. Very interesting. I go both ways on Tell Tale, so I'll definitely give at least the first episode a shot. I'm curious how they're handling show vs book. Obviously it's heavily branded alongside the show, but it's set away from the wider conflict covered by the show. Are they inventing things whole cloth or hewing along some book thread?
So far all they've said is that it's happening in the same time period as the show, and they released two teasers with quotes from the books. One was a passage from Dance listing the minor northern houses sworn to the Glovers, with the name Forrester in particularly large font, and the other was a quote from the first book describing trees that grow in the north called "Ironwoods". The tagline on both was Iron out of Ice or something like that. My guess from all that is that it's going to focus on the North during the initial Greyjoy attacks in season 2, but it could still really be anything.
ToyMachine228
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The first season of The Walking Dead was great, the second was also good. My favorite game of theirs however, is their adaption of Fables, The Wolf Among Us. They really did a great job. That said, I'll definitely be buying their Thrones series.
But yeah, as the poster above said, from what I can tell the game revolves around some minor houses in the Vale and/or North. Like the Yronwoods and/or House Glover. So they are part of the universe, but have not been explored in depth by GRRM or HBO. Which gives Telltale some room to do their own thing, but still very much have it be strongly tied to the events of the books and show.
Mine's dispatched, should get here tomorrow. It changed backwards and forwards about a hundred times but ended up sticking on the right date.
I heard something on Reddit about the date switching being due to them not having enough stock for everyone who preordered. Might be you were unlucky
That's probably it. I preordered pretty early, but because I had uni fees coming out of my main account this month I cancelled a bunch of preorders and reordered them with a different card.
Just checked my orders and they're now telling me next week. I can probably hold out that long
Elio and Linda will be at Science Fiction bookhandeln in Gothenburg, to talk to fans and sign the book.
bodyofanamerican
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What's the physical size of the thing? Like, coffee table book size?
Supermanisdead
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oh shit, it's huge. it's about the same size as hyrule historia (maybe a bit smaller), but it's weirdly really soft.
fallengorn
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Yep it's a coffee table book. I've been thinking about getting the ebook as well, just so I can have a portable version
PhoenixDark
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I watched the stream, definitely one of my favorite Martin interviews. And the fan questions were ace. It's always fun seeing him outright reject one theory question (Lord of Light connection to the Others) and hedge on another immediately afterwards (whether blood sacrifices are required to birth dragons).
this is really worth its own thread so hat more people know, but since I'm shit at making threads I'm appealing at others to create one (looking at phoenixdark )
anyway mine arrived today but I still don't have it. I wasn't home anyway but nor was my neighbour and he usually takes my packages. and now it's at the post office, I'll pick it up tomorrow.
I had actually totally forgotten about this thing, but now I'm excited again.
)anyway mine arrived today but I still don't have it. I wasn't home anyway but nor was my neighbour and he usually takes my packages. and now it's at the post office, I'll pick it up tomorrow.
I had actually totally forgotten about this thing, but now I'm excited again.
Memento Mori
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Damn this is a big book, reasonably heavy too. For some reason there's a sticker on the front cover letting me know this is the world which inspired Game of Thrones. Of course it already says that on the cover anyway.
I'm generally reading the book in order but I did look ahead to see who Egg ended up marrying.
I'm generally reading the book in order but I did look ahead to see who Egg ended up marrying.
Only leafed through right now but it looks pretty amazing. And there's a lot of it.
I like the bit on the back that I presume is Torhenn Stark doing his 'King Who Knelt' thing to Aegon I with Balerion flying in the background.
A Human Becoming
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I am a little over 1/5 done (nearing Dance of Dragons) according to my Kindle. I'm really enjoying it, although so far it's just been fleshing out information you can find in the Wiki of Ice and Fire.
I'm looking forward to seeing this image updated. Many new Targaryens have been mentioned, albeit many inconsequential.
I'm looking forward to seeing this image updated. Many new Targaryens have been mentioned, albeit many inconsequential.
WadiumArcadium
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Had a look through A World of Ice and Fire in Waterstones earlier. Looks really detailed and it's a nice quality book as well. For £15 I think I'll get a copy.
Jibbajabbawockky
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Got my copy this afternoon and have just flipped through it so far but its a really nice book. Just the actual book is just nice and substantial.
The art is pretty great too. The painting of Dragonstone inside the front cover and Rhaegar and Robert fighting on the Trident in the back cover are magnificent.
The art is pretty great too. The painting of Dragonstone inside the front cover and Rhaegar and Robert fighting on the Trident in the back cover are magnificent.
Memento Mori
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One minor detail I liked is the dedication at the beginning with
Tommen's name written over Robert's and Joffrey's.
Grady Durden
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Yeah pretty cool. I'm really enjoying all the backstory so far. Just started the Reign of Dragons chapter. Quality stuff.
Basileus777
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Yeah. I think I'll go with the ebook for that reason. I have no desire for a giant book I have to find a place to put.
PHOENIXZERO
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So uhh... Anyone checked out the Amazon reviews?
Incandenza
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That's real bizarre. All the impressions I've seen outside of that have been super positive. Did Linda & Elio piss someone off or something?
Linda has, many times.
I bet some people would pay a slight premium if there was an edition without her name on it.
Blue Ninja
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Got my copy, and the dragons on the inside cover art seem awfully familiar...
How?
Basileus777
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By being a racist, feminist hating loon. Among other things.
I am so glad I ordered Untold History in the dead tree edition. It is absolutely miraculous. Really love the cover and how it feels and looks. I thought it was a sleeve at first but it's all one piece, looks great. I'll be delving into the contents more after i'm off work for the week.
A lot of bookstores like amazon are selling it for under $30 too, it's a steal for that price. Lots of artwork, you can barely flip a page without seeing some, but it's very wordy too of course.
A lot of bookstores like amazon are selling it for under $30 too, it's a steal for that price. Lots of artwork, you can barely flip a page without seeing some, but it's very wordy too of course.
KingHenrik30
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Very! I've only read Hedge Knight but it was fantastic.
A Human Becoming
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I haven't watched Late Night with Seth, but if Jimmy Fallon is any indication...
I finished the history of Westeros, 75% was about Targaryen rulers. I have an inkling any new information I learned was covered in books outside the main series I haven't read yet. Couple things I learned about the Mad King:
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Aerys was a childhood friend of Robert's father, Steffon. Steffon died returning from a trip to Essos looking for a bride for Viserys. If he had been successful and not died he might have replaced Tywin as Hand.
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I didn't realize Tywin and Aerys were childhood friends. I thought the choice was more political. Aerys brought him and others his age to replace he old council.
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Aerys was very ambitious at first, but lost interest in projects quickly.
Now I'm reading about the different houses.
I guess I was after quotes or more detail than that.
RatskyWatsky
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She's a hardcore book purist who gets upset whenever the show diverges from the books in any way. Including and especially when the show changes the appearances (height and weight as well as hair/eye/skin color) of the characters. This has lead to a lot of people accusing her of racism.
She also has some controversial interpretations of some of the book material. This has lead to a lot of people accusing her of being anti woman, which in turn has lead to her labeling her detractors as "feminazis".
Personally, I think the anti-Linda hysteria is wildly overblown.
RatskyWatsky
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New thread! New thread!
Read both of them. They are great. Hedge Knight was the first ASOIAF material that I read. I didn't know anything about it before.
Cornballer
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By all means, go for it. Just make sure you put a link here and probably in the Unmarked Spoilers GoT thread so that people know the thread is up.
Oh damn we're getting kind of close.
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