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Re: Game of Thrones book discussion thread
« Reply #25 on: December 26, 2012, 06:43:15 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.

I was expecting more dead people with a name like that.

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Re: Re: Game of Thrones book discussion thread
« Reply #26 on: December 26, 2012, 06:49:55 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.

The books are so in-depth, the either need to keep doing that off they will cut some serious stuff out. 

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Re: Game of Thrones book discussion thread
« Reply #27 on: December 26, 2012, 11:19:06 PM »
Most people say book three, a storm of swords, is the best. I preferred book 5, a dance with dragons. I love a song of ice and fire, but I've always been a bit of a fantasy nerd.

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Re: Game of Thrones book discussion thread
« Reply #28 on: December 26, 2012, 11:26:21 PM »
god damnit. is this something that I actually need to look into?

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Re: Game of Thrones book discussion thread
« Reply #29 on: December 26, 2012, 11:27:43 PM »
Daris, it's a great series, even for non-fantasy types.

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Re: Game of Thrones book discussion thread
« Reply #30 on: December 26, 2012, 11:29:41 PM »
god damnit. is this something that I actually need to look into?

Best fiction I have ever read.

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Re: Game of Thrones book discussion thread
« Reply #31 on: December 26, 2012, 11:36:14 PM »
god damnit. is this something that I actually need to look into?

Best fiction I have ever read.

Its exactly like lord of the rings with less magic and mOre characters

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Re: Game of Thrones book discussion thread
« Reply #32 on: December 26, 2012, 11:52:15 PM »
god damnit. is this something that I actually need to look into?

Best fiction I have ever read.

Its exactly like lord of the rings with less magic and mOre characters

More violence and sex, less hobbits and shires.

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Re: Game of Thrones book discussion thread
« Reply #33 on: December 27, 2012, 09:10:33 AM »
god damnit. is this something that I actually need to look into?

Best fiction I have ever read.

Its exactly like lord of the rings with less magic and mOre characters

More violence and sex, less hobbits and shires.

Plus Machiavellian political intrigue.  Daris should read them.  I wrote it in the book recommendos thread, but if you like GRRM--->read Joe Abercrombie.  He's a total stud.  Six books out that can help slake your SoIF thirst. 
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Re: Game of Thrones book discussion thread
« Reply #34 on: December 27, 2012, 11:42:06 AM »
GoT is much better than LoR. 

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Re: Game of Thrones book discussion thread
« Reply #35 on: December 27, 2012, 11:43:35 AM »
GoT is much better than LoR. 

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I don't like the comparo at all actually. They're both great in their own right. But completely different, and the only thing they have in common is they both fall under the large umbrella of "medieval fantasy"

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Re: Game of Thrones book discussion thread
« Reply #36 on: December 27, 2012, 11:45:11 AM »
Agreed. But I enjoyed GoT more, by a lot.

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Re: Game of Thrones book discussion thread
« Reply #37 on: December 27, 2012, 11:49:31 AM »
Agreed. But I enjoyed GoT more, by a lot.

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I read LotR when I was like 12 and loved the crap out of it. Now here I am reading GoT at 25 and loving the crap out of it. Hard for me to say which I enjoyed more.

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Re: Game of Thrones book discussion thread
« Reply #38 on: December 27, 2012, 11:55:33 AM »
Lor is geared much more to youth, imo.  If you read both now, there would be no contest.

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Re: Game of Thrones book discussion thread
« Reply #39 on: December 27, 2012, 11:56:52 AM »
Lor is geared much more to youth, imo.  If you read both now, there would be no contest.

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Re: Game of Thrones book discussion thread
« Reply #40 on: December 27, 2012, 12:02:03 PM »
I tried to read LotR and couldn't "get over the hump" and put it down after a couple chapters. GoT was tough, but I made it.

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Re: Game of Thrones book discussion thread
« Reply #41 on: December 27, 2012, 02:05:32 PM »
they're very different series. I give LotR the edge personally but I can see why most would prefer GoT.
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Re: Game of Thrones book discussion thread
« Reply #42 on: December 27, 2012, 02:11:08 PM »
"In a hole up in tha ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled wit tha endz of worms n' a oozy smell, nor yet a thugged-out dry, bare, sandy hole wit not a god damn thang up in it ta sit down on and ta eat: it was a hobbit-hole, n' dat means comfort.
It had a perfectly round door like a porthole, painted green, wit a shiny yellow brass knob up in tha exact middle. Da door opened on ta a tube-shaped hall like a tunnel: a straight-up laid back tunnel without smoke, wit panelled walls, n' floors tiled n' carpeted, provided wit polished chairs, n' fuckin shitloadz n' fuckin shitloadz of pegs fo' basebizzle caps n' coats, tha hobbit was fond of visitors. Da tunnel wound on n' on, goin fairly but not like straight tha eff into tha side of tha hill. Da Hill, as all tha gangstas fo' nuff milez round called it n' nuff lil round doors opened outta it, first on one side n' then on another. No goin upstairs fo' tha hobbit: bedrooms, bathrooms, cellars, pantries (lotz of these), wardrobes (he had whole rooms devoted ta clothes), kitchens, dining-rooms, all was on tha same stupid-ass floor, n' indeed on tha same stupid-ass passage. Da dopest rooms was all on tha left-hand side (goin in), fo' these was tha only ones ta have windows, deep-set round windows lookin over his stupid-ass garden, n' meadows beyond, slopin down ta tha river.
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Re: Game of Thrones book discussion thread
« Reply #43 on: December 27, 2012, 02:45:26 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?

Fascinated by this.  Is this common?  I have re-read lots and lots of books. 

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Re: Game of Thrones book discussion thread
« Reply #44 on: December 27, 2012, 02:48:32 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?

Fascinated by this.  Is this common?  I have re-read lots and lots of books.

Reading a book is such a huge time investment that I personally never re-read a book, but I feel like most people that read a lot tend to re-read books fairly often.

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Re: Game of Thrones book discussion thread
« Reply #45 on: December 27, 2012, 02:52:02 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?

Fascinated by this.  Is this common?  I have re-read lots and lots of books.

Reading a book is such a huge time investment that I personally never re-read a book, but I feel like most people that read a lot tend to re-read books fairly often.

I've read Pride and Prejudice so many times I can quote excerpts from it at length.

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Re: Game of Thrones book discussion thread
« Reply #46 on: December 27, 2012, 02:53:42 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?

Fascinated by this.  Is this common?  I have re-read lots and lots of books.

Reading a book is such a huge time investment that I personally never re-read a book, but I feel like most people that read a lot tend to re-read books fairly often.

I've read Pride and Prejudice so many times I can quote excerpts from it at length.

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Re: Game of Thrones book discussion thread
« Reply #47 on: December 27, 2012, 03:55:56 PM »
How nerdy is it to play the Game of Thrones Board Game? (based off the books. setting is Westeros)

Because if it's pretty nerdy, I'm okay with that. It's a lot of fun.

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Re: Game of Thrones book discussion thread
« Reply #48 on: December 27, 2012, 04:21:48 PM »
god damnit. is this something that I actually need to look into?

Best fiction I have ever read.

Its exactly like lord of the rings with less magic and mOre characters

More violence and sex, less hobbits and shires.

god damnit. is lord of the rings something that i need to look into as well?

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Re: Game of Thrones book discussion thread
« Reply #49 on: December 27, 2012, 04:26:59 PM »
god damnit. is this something that I actually need to look into?

Best fiction I have ever read.

Its exactly like lord of the rings with less magic and mOre characters

More violence and sex, less hobbits and shires.

god damnit. is lord of the rings something that i need to look into as well?

Only if you enjoy fantasy.  Would not recommend for those that don't lean that way.
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