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#21 Tsundoku

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Posted 03 March 2011 - 08:14 PM

I'll believe it when I see it.

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Posted 03 March 2011 - 08:37 PM

Looking forward to it. If it gets delayed that would be a bummer but I'll still read it whenever it comes out. I'll have to do a series re-read beforehand though.

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Posted 03 March 2011 - 09:25 PM

AFFC was about various sorts of avian food, right?

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Posted 03 March 2011 - 09:51 PM

caladanbrood, on 03 March 2011 - 04:55 PM, said:

I think I'm going to watch the TV series, then re-read the rest of the books, then get this one. That way I should be able to buy it in paperback

You can buy it in paperback if you like spending more money

ADWD is going to be two volumes in paperback in the UK, so £18 in paperback versus the hardcover, which you'll likely be able to get discounted heavily on release, (maybe just £10 if Waterstones do a Crippled God-style promotion for it).

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Posted 03 March 2011 - 10:15 PM

Kilgore Trout, on 03 March 2011 - 09:25 PM, said:

AFFC was about various sorts of avian food, right?

On rereads, there are some chapters where I catch myself thinking it might as well have been...

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Illuyankas, on 07 April 2011 - 08:37 PM, said:

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Posted 03 March 2011 - 10:45 PM

true, but the Ironmen parts still rock

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Posted 03 March 2011 - 10:51 PM

Mentalist, on 03 March 2011 - 10:45 PM, said:

true, but the Ironmen parts still rock

Right on. And I was one of the few who was elated over Dorne. Especially with that pay-off. Doran Martell - gouty badass.

Illuyankas, on 07 April 2011 - 08:37 PM, said:

How do you rape a cave? Do you ask, "You want to fuck, yes?" hear the echo come back, "Yes... es... es..." and get your barnacle-gouged groove on?

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Posted 04 March 2011 - 03:00 AM

Cicero, on 03 March 2011 - 10:51 PM, said:

Mentalist, on 03 March 2011 - 10:45 PM, said:

true, but the Ironmen parts still rock

Right on. And I was one of the few who was elated over Dorne. Especially with that pay-off. Doran Martell - gouty badass.

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Posted 04 March 2011 - 05:17 AM

I'll be getting this once from the library whenever I can.

I'm interested enough to try reading it, but I don't have enough faith it'll be finished (the series), or that'll be good to go out and buy it.

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Posted 04 March 2011 - 05:52 AM

I am also looking forward to this. I first found ASoIaF while waiting for another one of SE's books and he has managed to finish a 10 book series before GRRM has finished a 4, no 5, no 6, no 7 book series. Does anyone know a good place to go to get a summery of the books? I, like everyone else, have forgotten everything and I do not have time to re-read the series before this comes out.

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Posted 04 March 2011 - 06:47 AM

There's a decent summary of each book on their Wikipedia pages? I guess you could try there, or go over to Westeros.

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Posted 04 March 2011 - 10:19 AM

I think this is probably a final release date. It would be a colossal faux pas on Martin's behalf if he fails to deliver it on 12/07/2011, especially having assured fans that previous dates were 'rough' and that this was crystal clear certain. But still, it's not like he hasn't faux pased before on the release date issue. Though he'd recently said he'd already written over 1300 pages, so if it isn't coming close to completion now, I don't think it'll be. Besides, he's moved somee chapters to The Winds of Winter, so that book shouldn't take too long considering he's already got material, right... right?

Additionally, I realised that in the time it has taken Martin to write this one book, Erikson has written half of tMBoF. OK, they're two different paradigms of fantasy writer speedwise, but still.

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Posted 04 March 2011 - 12:45 PM

I'm not holding my breath till he actually finishes the book, but Martin seems pretty darn serious this time... Let's just hope he is

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Posted 04 March 2011 - 06:30 PM

D, on 04 March 2011 - 10:19 AM, said:

I don't think it'll be. Besides, he's moved somee chapters to The Winds of Winter, so that book shouldn't take too long considering he's already got material, right... right?

This seem familiar. Does this seem familiar to anyone else?

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Posted 04 March 2011 - 08:34 PM

Briar King, on 04 March 2011 - 08:14 PM, said:

wolf_2099, on 04 March 2011 - 06:30 PM, said:

D, on 04 March 2011 - 10:19 AM, said:

I don't think it'll be. Besides, he's moved somee chapters to The Winds of Winter, so that book shouldn't take too long considering he's already got material, right... right?

This seem familiar. Does this seem familiar to anyone else?

I wonder what the acceptable lenght of time passing from ADWD to book 6 will be for fans to start frothing at the mouth and bitching for it. lol

It's less about an acceptable length of time, and more about miscommunication or poor communication or lack of communication. I'm going to be itching to get it as soon as I finish ADwD, no doubt, but I won't froth or bitch unless he plays the same game he did with ADwD - make promises of delivery (starting with an afterword, no less) time and time again, keep missing them, and then go off the radar almost altogether. That more than anything is what's driven me mad.

Illuyankas, on 07 April 2011 - 08:37 PM, said:

How do you rape a cave? Do you ask, "You want to fuck, yes?" hear the echo come back, "Yes... es... es..." and get your barnacle-gouged groove on?

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Posted 05 March 2011 - 04:04 AM

I'll believe it when I see it on the bookshelves in the local bookstore. I'll have to fit in a reread of the entire series prior to reading aDwD. GRRM said that the book isn't finished but that he, his editors, and publishers where confident enough to set a date. Not holding my breath. Back to reading tCG.

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Posted 05 March 2011 - 06:22 AM

Cicero, on 04 March 2011 - 08:34 PM, said:

Briar King, on 04 March 2011 - 08:14 PM, said:

wolf_2099, on 04 March 2011 - 06:30 PM, said:

D, on 04 March 2011 - 10:19 AM, said:

I don't think it'll be. Besides, he's moved somee chapters to The Winds of Winter, so that book shouldn't take too long considering he's already got material, right... right?

This seem familiar. Does this seem familiar to anyone else?

I wonder what the acceptable lenght of time passing from ADWD to book 6 will be for fans to start frothing at the mouth and bitching for it. lol

2 years for the next book, 3 would be okay, anything longer than that and I'd get frustrated again.

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Posted 05 March 2011 - 01:45 PM

wolf_2099, on 05 March 2011 - 06:22 AM, said:

Cicero, on 04 March 2011 - 08:34 PM, said:

Briar King, on 04 March 2011 - 08:14 PM, said:

wolf_2099, on 04 March 2011 - 06:30 PM, said:

D, on 04 March 2011 - 10:19 AM, said:

I don't think it'll be. Besides, he's moved somee chapters to The Winds of Winter, so that book shouldn't take too long considering he's already got material, right... right?

This seem familiar. Does this seem familiar to anyone else?

I wonder what the acceptable lenght of time passing from ADWD to book 6 will be for fans to start frothing at the mouth and bitching for it. lol

2 years for the next book, 3 would be okay, anything longer than that and I'd get frustrated again.

I could wait three years. And I'm with Ciceronian - no false hope please GRRM and publishers.

Anyone else worried GRRM might die before he finishes the series? I mean I hope the man lives a long, healthy and happy life, but he's getting older now, and taking a heck of a long time to write the books.

I'm not sure who else could finish the series anywhere near as well as Martin.

Sure Sanderson has proven a new author can do a fine job finshing someone else's series, but ASOI&F really is a step above WOT (as much as I enjoy WOT).

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Posted 05 March 2011 - 01:59 PM

Bombur, on 05 March 2011 - 01:45 PM, said:

I'm not sure who else could finish the series anywhere near as well as Martin.

Sure Sanderson has proven a new author can do a fine job finshing someone else's series, but ASOI&F really is a step above WOT (as much as I enjoy WOT).

George has said that he wouldn't want anyone else finishing it.

I think Daniel Abraham could do it best, but I doubt he'd want to.

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