Anticipating "A Feast For Crows" by George R. R. Martin (Nov. 9)

(thx for the mod fix, would hate to spoil that for someone)

The most irritating part of this interminable delay is that Book 5 was SUPPOSED TO BE DONE ALREADY. He was supposed to have finished Book 4 and found it too long and split it into two. WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN A HEAD-START.

dave, it doesn't strike me as the kind of thing you'd be into honestly. Having never heard you mention anything involving knights in shining armor.

yeah that's the conclusion I came to myself after I read a few passages

I can fuck with some pulp but I'm more sci-fi / hard-boiled crime

people on this thread seem really into it though!! carry on with your feastening

The most irritating part of this interminable delay is that Book 5 was SUPPOSED TO BE DONE ALREADY. He was supposed to have finished Book 4 and found it too long and split it into two. WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN A HEAD-START.

hahaha i got to the end of book four and read the meanwhile back on the wall part and hez like "don't worry its basically finished" lol george

yeah i had held off for a long time even though everyone at work was forcing this on me like some freaking nerd jehovah's witnesses...i saw how long they were and was like "oh by time i get done with all that reading the next one will be out"....i didn't realize how quick of a read a near 1000 page book could be.

If this guy dies before finishing this series I'm going to be very cross.

OK just finished storm of sword...

the last page....um....W.....T.....F??????

a lot of shit happened in the last half of that book.

i'm still trying to keep track of it all in my head.

oooooh, man

i read the prologue to feast for crows, but i'm getting the sense this is gonna be a whole nother can of worms, like focusing on other stuff not the arc of the first three??

Ah no, it's mostly just that it only focuses on a subset of the characters from the first three. Supposedly the other characters will return in the next book if it it ever comes out.

Yeah, basically he split the character arcs out into two distinct books, so the ones who mostly were ignored in A Storm of Swords should be front and center in the now-verging-on-mythical A Feast Of Crows.

okay sorry I'm retarded, the other one that I can't remember the name of is the mythical one

Dance of Death or whatever.

dance of dragons i think

Ahaha someone is mixing up his genre thrillers? It's A Dance with Dragons, according to His Lazy Majesty's web page.

the dance of dragons is mentioned in an offhand comment in storm of swords...

i think it refers to the wars that brought the taregyans (sp?) to power way back in the day

Whatever it's called, I wish this fucker would finish it already.

that's my biggest problem with the HBO series, even if it's good, it's just one more distraction for him.

I'm not sure the problem is one of distraction though.

yeah i have no idea i just figure the busier he is the harder it will be to get done with the books.

the guys at work that are Super Fans bitch that he seems to only care about the NFL on his blog

That and the stupid Wild Cards series.

I like the Wild Cards, except for the demonic superpimp.

I never much liked the concept, but I only read the first couple when I was 14-15.

I'm not sure the problem is one of distraction though.

read his blog - all he does is go to nerd conventions where he most likely eats (and possibly scores with SCA girls).

i read these for the first time last February or so, and after finishing the last one checked around for the next one and it said November '08. i was excited! foolish me. my friends laughed knowingly at my enthusiasm.

just finished feast for crows.

goddamn man! you can't leave me hanging like this!!!

definitely the least satisfying of the books, seems like a lot of interesting side info but no real meat.

Every time this thread gets revived I get excited and think "okay finally".

One day it'll be revived like the Robert Jordan thread with an 'uh-oh.'

haha sorry dude!

hey i went to his site and there is a jon chapter from dance up, but i was informed there was also a tyrion sample chapter up at one point that he took down...in addition to the dany chapter included in feast at the end...anyone know if there's a site that has that up?

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HUSH YO MOUTH NED! i am sending him fish oil capsules and weight watcher coupons!

'George R.R. Martin' is a name with a little chuckle in the middle.

someone saw the script for the HBO pilot of game of thrones!!

http://winter-is-coming.blogspot.com/2008/12/winter-is-comings-exclusive-pilot.html

The script is kind of the last thing I'm wondering about this production, I'll be honest.

Wow Tom McCarthy of the Visitor fame to direct the pilot and Peter Dinklage as Tyrion.

No news on the book front sadly.

Fucking George "it's almost done" R. R. Martin.

he is not "your bitch"

http://scifisongs.blogspot.com/2009/08/sci-fi-song-20-george-rr-martin-is-not.html

Actually he is. Assuming he wants anyone to buy his books that is.

yeah seriously i fucking hate that he publishes all those stupid "wildcats" books and shit, who gives a fuck about that?

I mean I get that he's stressed out and it's tough being a Jets fan and eating all that Dunkin Donuts and McDonalds, but seriously I don't give a shit. Stop dicking around on your grrnal and write the book I want to read before I forget that I care about this stupid series at all!

i'm gonna had to reread them all again before i read the next one anyway...i remember them, but it's one of those series where some seemingly minor character that you met like for five minutes ends up being a major thing, like how the lightning lord was at ned's tourament in the first book, stuff like that

pimpin' all over the world

http://pics.livejournal.com/grrm/pic/0007stfc

He's playing the lead in the roadshow of Fela!?

looool

I admit that were I in a situation where that picture could be taken, I would also be like "fuck finishing this series for a while"

why are people on westeros always eating olives? that makes no sense at all

because they're having a feast for bros

can't really imagine it in henry VI, can you? 'dear duke of gloucester, what do you think we should do about all this lancaster-york business? also, have an olive'

'also pass the chip'n'dip'

i know, if it weren't for that it would totally be shakespeare

I actually wish I hadn't read the fourth book now (not that it's bad, but it's decidedly unfinished which makes the gap even more frustrating). Also still suspect dude is going to die before anything else makes it into print leaving one of his sons to finish up the series.

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