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Game of Thrones book discussion thread
« on: December 26, 2012, 12:44:42 PM »
just started book 1 and am loving it as much as Pete.


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Re: Game of Thrones book discussion thread
« Reply #1 on: December 26, 2012, 12:47:44 PM »
middle of book 3 and i am loving it as much as jmlynch1

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Re: Game of Thrones book discussion thread
« Reply #2 on: December 26, 2012, 12:51:04 PM »
just started book 1 and am loving it as much as Pete.

Ts and Ps on getting caught up and then having to wait years for the next one.  I burned through those rough riders on account of how much I liked them and then I was all :frown: and :shakesfist: because of the wait for the next one and then presumably the one after that.  I believe there are two confirmed, maybe three coming to finish it out.  If that SoB dies, I will be pretty sore about it all.
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Re: Game of Thrones book discussion thread
« Reply #3 on: December 26, 2012, 12:51:36 PM »
middle of book 3 and i am loving it as much as jmlynch1

Ts and Ps to you too mocat.  You're closer to the waiting. 
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Re: Game of Thrones book discussion thread
« Reply #4 on: December 26, 2012, 12:53:18 PM »
mr. bread.  I will be soulfully patting myself on the ass oscar-style if I make it through the original 3.

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Re: Game of Thrones book discussion thread
« Reply #5 on: December 26, 2012, 01:08:15 PM »
Yes, waiting for updates sucks. By the time the next book comes out I am going to have forgotten what happened before. As it is, I can't keep straight what happened in which book. But they are great reads.

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Re: Game of Thrones book discussion thread
« Reply #6 on: December 26, 2012, 01:11:29 PM »
i may stop at book 3. i've heard book 4 sucks

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Re: Game of Thrones book discussion thread
« Reply #7 on: December 26, 2012, 01:15:21 PM »
just started book 1 and am loving it as much as Pete.

Ts and Ps on getting caught up and then having to wait years for the next one.  I burned through those rough riders on account of how much I liked them and then I was all :frown: and :shakesfist: because of the wait for the next one and then presumably the one after that.  I believe there are two confirmed, maybe three coming to finish it out.  If that SoB dies, I will be pretty sore about it all.

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"I started calling him John during the game, cause he was rocking it like No. 7 -- like Elway," Harper said."

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Re: Game of Thrones book discussion thread
« Reply #8 on: December 26, 2012, 01:16:20 PM »
Book 4 kind of drags for a bit, but then book 5 is great again.
The problem is that book 4 starts following some characters that haven't been at the center of action before so you really don't care too much about them at that point.

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Re: Game of Thrones book discussion thread
« Reply #9 on: December 26, 2012, 04:32:38 PM »
Book 4 kind of drags for a bit, but then book 5 is great again.
The problem is that book 4 starts following some characters that haven't been at the center of action before so you really don't care too much about them at that point.

yeah, having to all of a sudden learn new characters sucks. (I'm still in book 4.)

Yeah, will suck hard if that dude dies. I mean, WTF. Just write the stupid books already.

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Re: Game of Thrones book discussion thread
« Reply #10 on: December 26, 2012, 05:15:23 PM »
I'm on 4. It does drag a bit but not too awful so far.
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Re: Game of Thrones book discussion thread
« Reply #11 on: December 26, 2012, 05:22:44 PM »
Just finished 5.  Plowed through them in what sounds to be Mr. Bread fashion.

Good and bad news.  Only one left to finish the story per some website I googled a couple weeks ago.  Also, the last one is tentatively scheduled for release in 2014.

That said, I don't see anyway how d00d will wrap everything up in the next book unless it is ridic big.

I thoroughly enjoyed all 5.

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Re: Game of Thrones book discussion thread
« Reply #12 on: December 26, 2012, 05:27:38 PM »
Just finished 5.  Plowed through them in what sounds to be Mr. Bread fashion.

Good and bad news.  Only one left to finish the story per some website I googled a couple weeks ago.  Also, the last one is tentatively scheduled for release in 2014.

That said, I don't see anyway how d00d will wrap everything up in the next book unless it is ridic big.

I thoroughly enjoyed all 5.

I think there's two more. http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire

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Re: Game of Thrones book discussion thread
« Reply #13 on: December 26, 2012, 05:28:19 PM »
Also, from that site, this helps you catch some details sometimes:

http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Chapters#A_Game_of_Thrones

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Re: Game of Thrones book discussion thread
« Reply #14 on: December 26, 2012, 05:29:56 PM »
what happens to jon snow going forward bro's??  :ohno:
"I started calling him John during the game, cause he was rocking it like No. 7 -- like Elway," Harper said."

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Re: Game of Thrones book discussion thread
« Reply #15 on: December 26, 2012, 05:30:38 PM »
what happens to jon snow going forward bro's??  :ohno:

where are you?

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Re: Game of Thrones book discussion thread
« Reply #16 on: December 26, 2012, 05:31:15 PM »
what happens to jon snow going forward bro's??  :ohno:

where are you?

waiting on the next one to be published
"I started calling him John during the game, cause he was rocking it like No. 7 -- like Elway," Harper said."

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Re: Game of Thrones book discussion thread
« Reply #17 on: December 26, 2012, 05:35:16 PM »
what happens to jon snow going forward bro's??  :ohno:

where are you?

waiting on the next one to be published

Oh man......

Also,
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Martin is firm about ending the series with the seventh novel "until I decide not to be firm",[15] leaving open the possibility of an eighth book to finish the series.[22] With his goal to tell the story from beginning to end, he will not truncate the story to fit into an arbitrary number of volumes.[57] Martin is confident to have published the remaining books before the TV series overtakes him,[19] although he told major plot points to the two main Game of Thrones producers in case he should die.[19] (Aged 62 in 2011, Martin is by all accounts in robust health.)[58] However, Martin indicated he would not permit another writer to finish the series.

Love that he doesn't care how many it takes but that he is going to finish unless he dies, then if that happens, at least we get to HBO the end.  Sucks that he wouldn't let someone else finish it though.

The old bastard better finish it.

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Re: Game of Thrones book discussion thread
« Reply #18 on: December 26, 2012, 06:19:44 PM »
They really are terrific.  That series opened my eyes to that entire genre, which I had shunned until I read GOT.


So, first book....I remember those heady days.  Maybe I'll go back an reread them and follow along with Kat Kid!!!!  We could do a book club on it, right here in this thread!  I have never re-read a book before.  I wonder if it would still be fun?

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Re: Game of Thrones book discussion thread
« Reply #19 on: December 26, 2012, 06:22:19 PM »
what happens to jon snow going forward bro's??  :ohno:

where are you?

waiting on the next one to be published

Yikes, we can't really discuss too much because of spoilers and such.  Almost need a thread per book  :lol:

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Re: Game of Thrones book discussion thread
« Reply #20 on: December 26, 2012, 06:27:09 PM »
Regarding book four, there really can't be a more incorrectly named book in the series.  Kept waiting for a feast for crows....nope.

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« Reply #21 on: December 26, 2012, 06:27:55 PM »
They really are terrific.  That series opened my eyes to that entire genre, which I had shunned until I read GOT.


So, first book....I remember those heady days.  Maybe I'll go back an reread them and follow along with Kat Kid!!!!  We could do a book club on it, right here in this thread!  I have never re-read a book before.  I wonder if it would still be fun?

I think with these you would end up catching a shitload of details about characters that seem minor at the time but get bigger roles later on. (Stannis, Beric, Theon, etc.) I would kind of like to read them again but I think I'll move on to some different books once these are done. I may reread right before the next one comes out, though.

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Re: Game of Thrones book discussion thread
« Reply #22 on: December 26, 2012, 06:28:31 PM »
Regarding book four, there really can't be a more incorrectly named book in the series.  Kept waiting for a feast for crows....nope.

are you kidding me? They mention crows eating all the time. They're feasting on all the crap getting real and then realer than real at the end of book 3.
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« Reply #23 on: December 26, 2012, 06:32:18 PM »

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Martin is confident to have published the remaining books before the TV series overtakes him...

Season 3 of the show is only supposed to cover the first half of book 3 which means he has even longer to finish the next book, if he's just trying to keep ahead of the show.

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Re: Game of Thrones book discussion thread
« Reply #24 on: December 26, 2012, 06:35:14 PM »
Middle of three, taking my time