well Tyrion too if that's to be believed? was that some many faced God ref?
― Interesting. No, wait, the other thing: tedious. (Trayce), Wednesday, 17 February 2016 09:13 (eight years ago) link
I think Dany's one of the faces too, so they're probably overplaying the Anyone Can Die card.
― La Lechazunga (Leee), Wednesday, 17 February 2016 18:17 (eight years ago) link
Can they only disguise themselves with the faces of the dead?
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Wednesday, 17 February 2016 18:19 (eight years ago) link
I think they were just using the cool room with the faces as a visual motif, and it has nothing to do with whether the characters are dead/gonna die/whatever
― sarahell, Wednesday, 17 February 2016 18:29 (eight years ago) link
Oh soz yeah I didnt take it as interpreting that theyre all gonna die.
― Interesting. No, wait, the other thing: tedious. (Trayce), Wednesday, 17 February 2016 22:51 (eight years ago) link
hey guys
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 17 February 2016 22:58 (eight years ago) link
winter is coming
oh sweet i can finally read this thread
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 17 February 2016 23:00 (eight years ago) link
http://imgur.com/a/mrrK4
grrm's original outline to the publishers for the asoiaf "trilogy"
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 20 June 2016 14:08 (eight years ago) link
lol really hope that love triangle's still happening.
― le Histoire du Edgy Miley (difficult listening hour), Monday, 20 June 2016 14:26 (eight years ago) link
Sigh
― schwantz, Friday, 19 August 2016 23:12 (eight years ago) link
lol
https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/25/17280908/george-r-r-martin-grrm-game-of-thrones-song-of-ice-and-fire
― Number None, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 20:24 (six years ago) link
Yeah, that made me chuckle as well.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 21:18 (six years ago) link
And it's going to be TWO volumes. Except I'm sure that he's going to expand it to 3+, without ever finishing them.
― Twyla Thwoorp (Leee), Wednesday, 25 April 2018 21:44 (six years ago) link
I've been fairly positive for quite a while that Winds of Winter will never see the light of day during his lifetime. This news is a good indication that's what's happening. I don't get people who are highly anticipating it like it will come out any day now. My brother-in-law refuses to watch the two most recent seasons of GoT until the rest of the books come out. Insane.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 25 April 2018 21:58 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nwa6xgIZCv8
― omar little, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 22:15 (six years ago) link
I love the cinematography of that film
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 22:32 (six years ago) link
Martin has somehow achieved the almost impossible task of making a civil war between people with dragons seem dull, with dry prose that would fit right alongside Gibbon’s famed work.
― difficult listening hour, Thursday, 26 April 2018 01:17 (six years ago) link
Impossible task?
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 27 April 2018 18:41 (six years ago) link
I can't wait for his 10,000 page Westeros cookbook.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 27 April 2018 18:44 (six years ago) link
The asiof cookbook is actually really good imo
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Friday, 27 April 2018 18:51 (six years ago) link
i have eaten a couple dishes from it tbrr
― when worlds collide I'll see you again (Jon not Jon), Friday, 27 April 2018 19:50 (six years ago) link
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, April 27, 2018 6:44 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
look, we're all excited for winds of winter
― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 27 April 2018 19:54 (six years ago) link
I don't know if I'll ever read this series but I'm glad he's just writing what he feels like.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 27 April 2018 20:20 (six years ago) link
The Winds of Winter blew strong across the Plains of Abaranth. Kornth, the boy, looked up at Twer, the Dwarf, his master.
"The Winds of Winter blow strong today," said the boy.
"Yes," said the dwarf to his charge. "And it is still only summer."
"But winter is coming," said the boy.
"It is," said the dwarf, upping the pace of his stride, as much to counter the chill and as to reach his destination that much faster.
"Are we there yet?" asked the boy.
"Not far now," said the dwarf, bracing himself against another blast of cold air. The journey had been long, too long, already, and his stomach announced its presence with ever greater frequency, as if angry at the absence of sustenance. Twer tried his best to ignore it, but he could not resist its impatience call, and his mind brought him back to more bountiful times. He recalled his mother in the kitchen, cooking from a great book based on food found in several tomes of ancient legend. He remembered long nights at the long table, watching his father eat is weight in roast boar and banana pudding, washed down with ample pours of Swamp Drink. But that was a different time, a time before dragons. During the feasts, full of stories and mirth, no one ever thought the dragons would return. And now, no one ever thought the dragons would ever leave. They were like demanding house guests with unfathomable appetites and unappeasable demands, the stuff of myth for dietary needs alone who now made their nests in the charred bones of their former hosts, the skeletal remnants of the world as it was before.
That is why Twer walked as fast as his short legs would take him, and that is why Korth the boy raced to keep up. The boy was the key. That is what the Red Prophecy declared, and even if Twer had his personal doubts, his desperation was such that he was willing to put his faith in the prospects of this small child, this soon to be young man, this future king who had once faced down a dragon ... and lived.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 27 April 2018 20:31 (six years ago) link
Been a long time since I posted itt, but watching the shows has made me think about the books again.
I laughed to see GRRM putting out an angry blog about how he has not finished the books:
That seems to be happening right now. All of a sudden this crazy story about my finishing THE WINDS OF WINTER and A DREAM OF SPRING years ago is popping up everywhere. No, I am not going to provide links. I don’t want to reward purveyors of misinformation with hits.I will, however, say for the record — no, THE WINDS OF WINTER and A DREAM OF SPRING are not finished. DREAM is not even begun; I am not going to start writing volume seven until I finish volume sixIt seems absurd to me that I need to state this. The world is round, the Earth revolves around the sun, water is wet…
I will, however, say for the record — no, THE WINDS OF WINTER and A DREAM OF SPRING are not finished. DREAM is not even begun; I am not going to start writing volume seven until I finish volume six
It seems absurd to me that I need to state this. The world is round, the Earth revolves around the sun, water is wet…
― gyac, Tuesday, 14 May 2019 10:11 (five years ago) link
If he ever finishes the books and they turn out to be reasonably good, there will inevitably be a clamour for a TV adaptation of them
― Dadjokke (Sgt. Biscuits), Tuesday, 14 May 2019 11:50 (five years ago) link
https://www.polygon.com/23200605/game-of-thrones-books-ending-winds-of-winter-george-r-r-martin-song-ice-fire
Diplomatic way of saying that you don't want to make the same mistakes that GOT made.
But I'm sure it's a (kings)moot point because TWOW isn't ever going to get published.
― Lionel Chutzpah (Leee), Saturday, 9 July 2022 06:28 (two years ago) link
One thing I can say, in general enough terms that I will not be spoiling anything: not all of the characters who survived until the end of Game of Thrones will survive until the end of A Song of Ice and Fire, and not all of the characters who died on Game of Thrones will die in A Song of Ice and Fire. (Some will, sure. Of course. Maybe most. But definitely not all)
Something about this makes the storytelling seem kind of empty. Like playing a game to get the "good ending".
― jmm, Saturday, 9 July 2022 12:27 (two years ago) link
Fan reactions for genre stuff are so often centered around, ‘you killed my favorite character and ruined it for me!’ or ‘this character wasn’t punished properly’
― F'kin Magnetometers, how do they work? (President Keyes), Saturday, 9 July 2022 12:43 (two years ago) link
I like his chances more than Rosemary Kirstein, Melanie Rawn and Robin McKinley. Janny Wurts and JV Jones are closing near the finish line now.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Sunday, 10 July 2022 14:55 (two years ago) link
George's friend Phyllis Eisenstein finished her long running series plus another novel shortly before she died but nobody is publishing them, which is a total bummer
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Sunday, 10 July 2022 15:04 (two years ago) link
Forgotten Diane Duane, there's a 4th book that has been waited on for nearly 30 years now
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 29 August 2022 19:41 (two years ago) link
George's friend Phyllis Eisenstein
Have you read her? I found a copy of Sorceror's Son in a Little Free Library - might give it a try.
― jmm, Wednesday, 31 August 2022 16:26 (two years ago) link
Not yet but I bought a few things, I've heard plenty of good things.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Wednesday, 31 August 2022 19:38 (two years ago) link