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What's with the hating on Feast for Crows? I didn't think it was extraordinarily different from the other books in style, tone or plot. Admittedly, the story now has so many active characters, you can feel like you're slogging through to find out what happened with the cliffhanger four hundred pages ago, but that's a function of the size of the story more than anything else.
My main beef was a severe lack of Tyrion, but he'll be all over the next book. In fact, here's a preview Tyrion chapter for your amusement.
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Edit: gah I forgot to spoiler it.
Edit 2: Gah wrong button.
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I always found it interesting that instead of "Sir" he spells it "Ser" for a seemingly identical word.
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eh he probably likes how it fits into the setting better.
My problems with AFFC may be largely due to me being a die-hard Stark supporter, but let me lay them out...
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EDot: oh shoot. Its not too revealing but I hope nobody read that. thank goodness i never sleep anymore.
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Spoilers, man!
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Ja Mata, Tosa.
The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail; its roof may shake; the wind may blow through it; the storm may enter; the rain may enter; but the King of England cannot enter – all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement! - William Pitt the Elder
Oh man... I knew it was coming but... I hoped maybe, just maybe, the director or the writer would screw up and do things differently and then... God I wish Eddard wasnt so bloody honorable.
And keep in mind that George R. R. Martin himself is writing the next episode (Episode 8). It's going to be delicious.
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I hate you all... I am now addicted to Game of Thrones. After watching the first episode, I immediatly started the second, and then didn't stop for several hours. The insane mix of political drama with interesting characters and crazy storylines has me hooked. Some good television.
Have to agree though, the Starks are great. I'm only up to the sixth episode at the moment and have some slight suspicions as to where it is heading (Having never read the books, yet).
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Lord Snow is my favourite semi-Stark, though. I hope he goes far in the Watch and we get to see him rise in the order during the series. Any news on more seasons?
gosh darn i love these books i started reading again.
and btw guys is there any website i could see the shows like hulu on my computer id rent disks but it obviously isnt out.
If you subscribe to HBO, you can watch it online.
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Ja Mata, Tosa.
The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail; its roof may shake; the wind may blow through it; the storm may enter; the rain may enter; but the King of England cannot enter – all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement! - William Pitt the Elder
but for moniez per month!
Oh for the love of... here, I'm sure you can figure it out.
Just saw the current episode.
My god, Cersci is such a .
The ending wasnt so surprising though. I mean, we all saw it coming.
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Do people think that each season will be a book? Like season 1 will cover the first book, the 2nd season will cover the 2nd book, and so forth.
I think so, but I think its going to be iffy. Right now, at the end of episode 7, they are at around page 450-500-ish. I think. Im not up to there yet but I think thats where episode 7 ends.
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Supposedly A Storm of Swords (Book 3) is going to be split into two seasons. This makes a lot of sense, as that book is really friggin' long (IIRC, right around the length of the entire Lord of the Rings set).
"I'm going to die anyway, and therefore have nothing more to do except deliberately annoy Lemur." -Orb, in the chat
"Lemur. Even if he's innocent, he's a pain; so kill him." -Ignoramus
"I'm going to need to collect all of the rants about the guilty lemur, and put them in a pretty box with ponies and pink bows. Then I'm going to sprinkle sparkly magic dust on the box, and kiss it." -Lemur
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[EDIT: replying to Hooahguy; GH got in before me!]Yeah, at the end of episode 7, we are on page 510 out of 780. That's 65%, close enough to 7/10, so I reckon we will see one book each season. However, it will be quite an achievement if a TV series of this expensive kind can sustain enough seasons to see the story through. Other series with long story arcs have started to sputter around the third or fourth season (I am thinking of things like Lost, the Wire, the West Wing, Babylon 5). They may decide to accelerate towards the end if that happens. This is all assuming the writer finishes the story, but then again, having a TV series following him might be the best possible incentive for him to bring things to a conclusion.
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God I hope not; if he's got a deadline that is more than a request from his publisher he might end up rushing it, I'd hate to see ths series end with a half finished book.
at this point............... you know how long we have been waiting for storm of swords...... its depressing. Im pretty sure it used to be called dances with dragons
...Storm of swords is the third book. it's been out for years.
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thats what i thought! damn another reason to reread it...... yes! and anyway you know what i meant.
plus i didnt realize storm of swords was that long. and he said dances with dragons was so long it may need two books
i meant on top of that..............
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