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| 3 MAR 2011 at 9:47pm |
stophroCommander
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Status : Offline | BBoyer, when I first picked up the series, I had that problem, but now, it's much easier. In part, because I have read each of them twice, also, because I have a firmer grasp on the factions.
@Gus: you are quite welcome ( I thought I smelled something...). I know I've posted this link before, but this is to his livejournal page, specifically, his Not A Blog blog. http://grrm.livejournal.com/ It contains his musings on all his projects as well as their spin offs and (in season) his love of the New York football Giants and the J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS!
And Schlomo wouldn't give a rat's ass about whether it was platemail or email.-LB about Gus
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| 3 MAR 2011 at 11:21pm |
MartokColonel
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By bboyer66
My one complaint about his novels is the number of characters. Now I was almost in the teen Jeapordy tournament once because I can remember a lot of stupid crap, but the number of characters in his books is almost overwhelming. Im constantly going to the back of the books all the time to figure out who the hell Martin is talking about.
Don't read Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time" series, then. That one's got a cast of hundreds (literally).
"I happen to believe that both parties deserve a good scouring with a metal brush and sent to their room without reelection" - Steelgrave
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| 4 MAR 2011 at 8:47am |
GusingtonGeneral
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Status : Offline | Boyer I have the same sort of problem, but I did get into the rhythm though, the feel for the flow of the story. I've just passed page 600 of Game of Thrones. I had planned on stopping at 400 (about halfway through) and then continue the rest once the series began. But I can't stop reading this friggin' book. And I bought the 2nd one in the series
I'm glad my character uses a shield because I may be taking a bashing here soon.
- Rayfer
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| 8 MAR 2011 at 8:43am |
bboyer66Colonel
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Martok
Originally Posted By bboyer66
My one complaint about his novels is the number of characters. Now I was almost in the teen Jeapordy tournament once because I can remember a lot of stupid crap, but the number of characters in his books is almost overwhelming. Im constantly going to the back of the books all the time to figure out who the hell Martin is talking about.
Don't read Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time" series, then. That one's got a cast of hundreds (literally).
To late Martok, I just finished the first book last week. Did not seem to bad as far as the amount of characters. But of course it was just the first book.
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| 8 MAR 2011 at 9:07am |
SteelgraveColonel
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Status : Offline | Caught this little snippet in a preview of "Game of Thrones". Makes me salivate.....
"HBO's rumored budget for Game of Thrones is on par with blockbusters like Torchwood and Lost (at least the first season, anyway). Critics who have previewed exclusive screenings have said that the production values are, at times, amazing"!
Sweet....bring it on!!!
"When in danger, or in doubt.....run in circles, scream and shout!!!", author Herman Wouk.
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| 8 MAR 2011 at 1:06pm |
MartokColonel
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By bboyer66
Originally Posted By Martok
Originally Posted By bboyer66
My one complaint about his novels is the number of characters. Now I was almost in the teen Jeapordy tournament once because I can remember a lot of stupid crap, but the number of characters in his books is almost overwhelming. Im constantly going to the back of the books all the time to figure out who the hell Martin is talking about.
Don't read Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time" series, then. That one's got a cast of hundreds (literally).
To late Martok, I just finished the first book last week. Did not seem to bad as far as the amount of characters. But of course it was just the first book.
Yeah, it's not so bad in the first few books. However, the "cast list" definitely snowballs by the time you're halfway through the series. Just to give you fair warning!
"I happen to believe that both parties deserve a good scouring with a metal brush and sent to their room without reelection" - Steelgrave
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| 8 MAR 2011 at 1:12pm |
Azzurri
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Martok
However, the "cast list" definitely snowballs by the time you're halfway through the series. Just to give you fair warning!
Snowballs in Winterfell makes perfect sense
It is better to die by a swords quick thrust than to be impaled for a lifetime upon the sharp tongue of a woman.-Grimjack
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| 24 MAY 2011 at 8:44pm |
stophroCommander
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Status : Offline | From Martin's LiveJournal Blog, a post giving a rough chronology of Dance along with a few POV spoilers and odds and ends. The link is open and contains the spoilers, so if you go and don't want to know, DON'T BLAME ME! You've been warned:
http://grrm.livejournal.com/217066.html#cutid1
And Schlomo wouldn't give a rat's ass about whether it was platemail or email.-LB about Gus
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| 25 MAY 2011 at 1:39am |
GreybriarCommander
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Status : Offline | Or from George R. R. Martin's official website: [size="6"]DONE.
This war is not about slavery. --Robert E. Lee
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| 21 JUL 2012 at 8:31am |
JPFalconCenturion
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Gusington (3 MAR 2011 2:07pm)
Reaching the end of the first book, having just bought the second and looking forward to the HBO series, the announcementof a July 12th publication date for Dances with Dragons made me giddy.
Well I'm halfway through Dances with Dragons and I'm certainly not giddy....I'm downright po'd as Martin has decided to attend the school of Robert Jordan word vomiting and turn a lean and mean story into a fat load of crap. I think I have had it with Fantasy authors all together and I'll never get suckered into this bs any longer. First Jordan lured me in with 6 great WoT books but then lost his way... Goodkind turned out to be nothing more than a Jordan hack wannabee so I dropped his Sword of Truth mess by book 3. Martin had me totally won over as the best with the first three books of SoIaF but book 4 was a turgid affair and so far book 5 is not much better. His editorial choice of splitting up the pov characters between these two volumes was also a wayward decision (Don't yell that that's a spoiler, trust me is more of an annoyance than a revelation). And there is one storyline that is developing in Book 5 which if it goes the way I think it will, will be a direct ripoff from Babylon 5 but I'll reserve judgement and state that I was wrong if Martin throws a curve to that storyline.
I know alot of people knock Terry Brooks but at least he knew how to write a descriptive narrative concisely and moved his plots along at a steady pace. Furthermore, when he states that there will be X amount of books in the series, he stays the course.
Well thankfully I only have one more book to read in the Jordan series next spring (I will not give them my money for the hardcover release so I'll await the less expensive ebook version) and hopefully Martin has only 2 books remaining here (if he does not drop dead first).
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