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The Greyjoy/Ironborn stuff was slow building but paid off in the end.
So far the worst of it has been the Martell stuff...outside of the Red Viper and Margaery those people are snoresville, the Quentyn Martell stuff in 5
is agonizing.
The one thing that's getting kind of annoying though is the "gotcha" chapter endings...I suppose it's almost necessary to pull the story along the way
it's written in character perspectives...but getting to the end of the chapter and getting the "reveal" is just starting to feel redundant. I suppose
storming through all the books in quick succession isn't helping that though.
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I don't think reading them all back to back is the problem. I can't imagine how much more frustrated I'd be if I was someone who'd been waiting 6
years for the next book only for it to be more of the same of the one I liked the least.
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Balon Greyjoy cast by some grumpy ass looking dude...plus Pod, Cleftjaw, Saan and some others
http://winter-is-coming.net/2011/08/patrick-malahide-cast-as...
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Finally finished B5. Better than 4...I'd say maybe order of favorites...3,1,2,5,4. Though Clash and Dragons would almost be tied. It almost reminded
me of Clash in the way it's a slow burn buildup where lots of stuff DOES happen, but you can tell it's leading to something else...I think all hell is
going to break loose in 6.
Tons of Barristan Selmy FINALLY....
I don't want to spoil anything but best quote in the whole damn book...Wyman Fucking Manderly "...the North remembers"
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BDx13
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Game of Thrones’ Creative Gurus
David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, the addictive HBO fantasy drama’s head writers, discuss season two, Emmy nominations, Emilia Clarke’s snub,
'sexposition,' casting Melisandre and Gilly, and what’s to come.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/08/29/david-benio...
If I fail math, there goes my chance at a good job and a happy life full of hard work.
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HODOR!
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Kind of cool news...Neil Marshall (The Descent/Dog Soldiers/Centurion/Doomsday) is signed on to direct the episode 'Blackwater', which Martin penned
himself. Love his work, so it'll be interesting to see how he pulls the battle off.
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started Dance with Dragons sunday night.
Blackwater scene if done right would cost as much as an actual movie, i mean just the scale of it etc would be ridicilous for the show to be able to
afford. I bet its just like flash backs to certain parts and characters in the battle like Tyrion/Pod
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Yeah, Martin said "I still don't how the hell we can possibly afford to do half of what I put into that script, but if anyone can pull off my
budget-busting battle, it's Marshall. "...so at least he wrote that episode...so whatever does get omitted/changed is something he really agrees with.
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I got so bored with the Cersei chapters in AFFC so glad there won't be any in Dance. Finally more Bran, Jon, and chapters of stuff from going on
across the narrow sea.
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Oh there's Cersei in Dance, a couple towards the end. The last 15-20% of Dance is "after" the previous 80% of Dance and all of AFFC...kind of bookends
the events from both books to lead into the next one.
I agree though. I think maybe I liked the Martell stuff a little less, that carries over into Dance too w/ a different character. Dance was really
good but the "north" stuff in it was off the charts good, easily the strongest part of the book. You should enjoy it.
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Just finished book 4, oofff I didn't like it much!
From what I am reading on here, DRAGONS is way better and I am happy about that.
Not going to dive into my DRAGONS HC though, will wait until I am done with some SMALLER books first! 
The wait for Season 2 of the show blows, but all good things.....
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I still need to finish A Feast For Crows.
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Push!!!!
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every time i get to the last page of a chapter in Dance i always want the next one to be Bran
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Sadly there isn't a whole lot of Bran. More like a teaser. Wait till you hit the chapters Wyman Manderly is involved in though. Diabolical.
The Theon/Reek stuff is pretty good to. The Dany stuff is good...but just meanders too long.
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Quote: Originally posted by Jason the Magnificent  | Sadly there isn't a whole lot of Bran. More like a teaser. Wait till you hit the chapters Wyman Manderly is involved in though. Diabolical.
The Theon/Reek stuff is pretty good to. The Dany stuff is good...but just meanders too long. |
Yeah just got into the Wyman Manderly stuff. I gotta say where it is now, i don't feel bad for Theon/Reek at all
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Yeah the Davos introduction chapter @ White Harbor to Wyman (even though we had tidbits in the other books)...I was like "oh great...another house to
try and wrap my head around..." but the second go around through the rest of the book....he became one of my favorites.
...and yeah...I don't feel bad for Reek...but I have to say, he's a lot more interesting now. When the Ironborn stuff started out I was kind of
meh...but now I really enjoy those chapters.
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| Quote: Originally posted by Jason the Magnificent | Yeah the Davos introduction chapter @ White Harbor to Wyman (even though we had tidbits in the other books)...I was like "oh great...another house to
try and wrap my head around..." but the second go around through the rest of the book....he became one of my favorites.
...and yeah...I don't feel bad for Reek...but I have to say, he's a lot more interesting now. When the Ironborn stuff started out I was kind of
meh...but now I really enjoy those chapters.
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Ah stuff just kicked off between the Manderly's and Frey's my last chapter, fucking hate the Frey's, and in the Jaime chapter just makes me want to
know what the "One Word" was, hope it gets explained in this book
Well I've got a feeling I'm gonna get mine in. Retribution let the games begin.
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Done with all the books of Fire and Ice now just 5 more years til the next one, where at least the story will move along a bit. The story is great but
its just so many unanswered questions followed by more unanswered questions.
Gonna finish up the Tales of Dunk and Egg tales now. It was kind of cool how they tie in with it though. A Thousand Eyes and One.
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| Quote: Originally posted by Vanilla Gorilla | | Quote: Originally posted by Jason the Magnificent | Yeah the Davos introduction chapter @ White Harbor to Wyman (even though we had tidbits in the other books)...I was like "oh great...another house to
try and wrap my head around..." but the second go around through the rest of the book....he became one of my favorites.
...and yeah...I don't feel bad for Reek...but I have to say, he's a lot more interesting now. When the Ironborn stuff started out I was kind of
meh...but now I really enjoy those chapters.
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Ah stuff just kicked off between the Manderly's and Frey's my last chapter, fucking hate the Frey's, and in the Jaime chapter just makes me want to
know what the "One Word" was, hope it gets explained in this book |
The north remembers!!!
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A Game Of Thrones comic anyone?
http://mycomicpost.com/?p=48592
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Why not, they have been making graphic novels of dunk and egg for a while.
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Screen caps from the 2 min promo on HBO last night.
http://tumblrofthrones.tumblr.com/
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can't wait for next season
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