it takes five minutes to set up the reminder notes and then three taps to switch books, which are always at the right place anyway >.<
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A Song of Ice and Fire -- **Unmarked Spoilers For All Books including ADWD**
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it takes five minutes to set up the reminder notes and then three taps to switch books, which are always at the right place anyway >.<
bengraven
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Unless someone else would like a shot, I'm assuming since I brought it up that I'm the one doing the thread? If so and you guys want it up ASAP, I can get it up on Saturday. Won't be really pretty unless some people want to volunteer some jpg editing time, but I'll put the gist of the reading order in there and such.
A re-read eh?
I've been thinking about doing one, as Ive forgotten a lot from the books. But I started watching the show (Just finishing season 2 now) so I can be a part of that discussion. Not sure if I have the time to read and watch the show at once. But I certainly want to, especially since the show starts deviating. Guess we'll see. Certainly is tempting.
I've been thinking about doing one, as Ive forgotten a lot from the books. But I started watching the show (Just finishing season 2 now) so I can be a part of that discussion. Not sure if I have the time to read and watch the show at once. But I certainly want to, especially since the show starts deviating. Guess we'll see. Certainly is tempting.
Cornballer
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I'll send you a few things today to help with the OP.
Thanks for posting this. I may be doing the Ball of Beasts version, myself, but I still think it was nice of you to take the time to compile and post this.
Steelyuhas
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It would be ideal if most of us agreed on the same way to read Feast/Dance. Obviously people are free to do what they please, but having read the same chapters each week would be advantageous to discussion.
Cornballer
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Yes, we'll pick one way to do it and stick with it.
I think so too. I vote Ball of Beasts. Easiest for e-readers and can be matched by physical book readers.
BrassDragon
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Looking forward to a reread, especially with the fan chronology which I haven't done before.
Memento Mori
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The combined reading order makes Feast and Dance much better but the flipping between books can get annoying.
Jaqen was going to the Wall, no? They'll probably send Arya there to do what he was supposed to do.
It could go anywhere really, whoever in the series is the next to pay for a faceless man could get her on the job.
Also, about TWoW
Actually I'm quite interested in her chapters from a written chronology order perspective since iirc the Mercy chapter was written in the 90s? If so I wonder how much of her story has been sitting completed for years and years, what has been written in later and so on. Same goes for pretty much every other chapter.
RatskyWatsky
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Whoa, really?
It was written pre-time jump scrapping.
This Norwegian paper claims so, while from not a blog:
I'd try looking for another source for the news paper claim, but I'm pretty spoiler paranoid (and conservative(?)) now that I jumped off the show.
Barrylocke
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A reread sounds good especially if GRRM sticks to what he plans. I need to repurchase GoT though, since that one went missing at some point.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
Wow. Do we know how much of Arya's material wasn't scrapped post-time jump? Was it just Mercy?
I've only been able to read ~40 pages ever since I started Book 5 in the beginning of June. Blergh, I'm disheartened at my lack of enthusiasm right now. I'm going to stick with it but I was hoping I could be totally into this for the whole series. For some reason I just can't get past the first Daenerys chapter in Book 5.
You Know Nothing
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The Tyrion chapters ultimately tested me. They still do. Boring slogs for the most part.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
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Haha, good luck. It's kind of like an obstacle course. There's this big ass wall in front of you, and you figure, maybe once you get over it it's going to be smooth sailing. Only once you're over it you find an even bigger wall on the other side. And the walls keeping coming, and they all have weird names and not many memorable traits.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
Pretty much anything in Essos just about killed me in ADWD. It had its moments, but not many. I'd take more Brienne and her aimless wondering over that stuff any day.
Yeah Brienne's chapters were the hardest for me to push through. Seriously groan worthy whenever I flipped the page and saw what was next
Incandenza
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I'm a really big fan of the Brienne chapters in Crackclaw Point and the Quiet Isle. Very little plot relevance but very atmospheric. And the Quiet Isle has awesome thematic stuff.
Yeah, I found them to be strangely engaging.
Especially since we as the readers knew she was going the wrong way. Makes it all feel pointless.
Barrylocke
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Call me weird, but I legitimately enjoyed the Meereen arc for what it was. The biggest flaw for that story is that its so far removed from Westeros. But in a vacuum, it was interesting seeing the culture-clash and how Dany attempts to deal with it while being a ruler.
I thought Dany's arc was one of the better ones in Feast/Dance. It made sense as a natural progression of her character and while it was slow, it wasn't as absurdly drawn out as, say, Cersei's. My main complaint is that Daznak's Pit is not really a sufficient climax for the wait involved. But that'll be less of an issue on re-read, whereas some of the Feast/Dance arcs will always be dull and dragging.
Purple Cheeto
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I skipped through most of Dany and Briennes chapters in the last two books. George at his absolute worst.
I don't see why this would be surprising.
I don't see why this would be surprising.
Incandenza
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The biggest issue with Meereen is that Dany's inner struggle hinges on Daario being this really alluring object of temptation when he actually comes off as a big cartoon dork.
You Know Nothing
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I think all Dany's attraction ultimately boils down to is Daario's such a "bad boy" and she's a teenager.
The relationship is also a clear way she's rebelling against what's expected of her.
So he said he's cancelled all events, right? But apparently he's making an appearnance at the Sci-fi bookshop in Stockholm on the 23:rd.
Event will be livestreamed. Livestream info will be up at https://www.facebook.com/events/1583079011941571/ when available.
Edit: hmm, apparently will only be livestreamed to the SF-bookshops in Malmö and Gothenburg, so you'd have to attend those, doesn't seem like they'll do an open stream for everyone.
Event will be livestreamed. Livestream info will be up at https://www.facebook.com/events/1583079011941571/ when available.
Edit: hmm, apparently will only be livestreamed to the SF-bookshops in Malmö and Gothenburg, so you'd have to attend those, doesn't seem like they'll do an open stream for everyone.
In response to him going to Sweden I guessed he might have blogged about it, and he did. Here are som relevant qoutes
http://grrm.livejournal.com/429752.html
http://grrm.livejournal.com/429752.html
GRRM sure likes to do all sorts of shit.
So that's what he meant when he said he'd be focusing on writing the book?
Wonder how his planner looked before he decided to do that.PhoenixDark
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He never said he was cancelling all events. He cancelled two, one in July and one in November. Now he'll have September, October, and November without any events. I think he's free in December too but I'm not sure.
Purple Cheeto
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Yeah but the NFL season starts in September so he will be too busy writing about the Jets and Giants to finish the Winds of Winter.
Didn't they announce he was doing some self insert science fiction space opera show?
Thanks! Didn't realise there was an independent thread.
RatskyWatsky
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Captain Cosmos, yeah. It hasn't been picked up yet though, as it's still in the early stages of development. No idea what his other two concepts are.
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