just finished the three novellas that currently make up "the tales of dunk and egg". has anybody else read them yet? if you haven't, i highly recommend them. they're quick, enjoyable reads that cover a lot of the events surrounding the blackfyre rebellion (pre-ASOIAF).
Where did you get those from? I wouldn't mind giving them a read while I'm waiting somewhat patiently for book 6 to get done.
If you want to buy them legitimately, they exists as short stories inside of 3 different anthology collections, so its hard to get just the stories by themselves. I got mine off the internet (Aarrgh!) and did enjoy them quote a bit.
They are a lot lighter read, all from the same POV, not ver long, but they are good stories.... they give you a better idea of what "normal" is, when you think about all the SoIaF books being set in a state of constant war. You also get some first hand descriptions of Bryndan Rivers (and more importantly, what his contemporaries thought of him), before he was a tree.