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So what I'm getting out of this is...no book yet?
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HELLO LADIES posted:Have you considered reading Sanderson instead? Honest question. Shitdick though he is, GRRM's not writing a narrative exegesis of the rules of his homebrew D&D campaign. Everyone should read Sanderson. At least Warbreaker (it's free on his website) and Stormlight Archives, which has book 3 coming out next year and will likely be a finished series (10 books total) before ASOIAF is completed by GRRM.
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Jul 7, 2016 04:09
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Ron Jeremy posted:So what I'm getting out of this is...no book yet? I'm sure he's hard at work... staring off into oblivion.
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Jul 7, 2016 04:19
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HELLO LADIES posted:Have you considered reading Sanderson instead? Honest question. Shitdick though he is, GRRM's not writing a narrative exegesis of the rules of his homebrew D&D campaign. tbh im really not one for the fantasy genre. The only fantasy I ever remember liking was this and a David Eddings book I read. I dont even remember why I started liking this series, maybe because it was like historical fiction but as the series got more fantasy I liked the books less. Then the show came out and rekindled my interest probably just to see it through to the conclusion. I am probably one of the few people who read the books before the show but actually enjoy the show more. Anywhoo, im just trying to piece together what the show has revealed about the Others and it seems to conflict a lot with what has been written about the world. Having GRRM calling plot holes just an unreliable narrator when there is no real precedent for it in either books or show is lazy to me.
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Jul 7, 2016 04:19
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TommyGun85 posted:Anywhoo, im just trying to piece together what the show has revealed about the Others and it seems to conflict a lot with what has been written about the world. Having GRRM calling plot holes just an unreliable narrator when there is no real precedent for it in either books or show is lazy to me. You mean plot holes like Pliny the Elder or the medieval chronology of world history?
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Jul 7, 2016 04:48
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TommyGun85 posted:tbh im really not one for the fantasy genre. The only fantasy I ever remember liking was this and a David Eddings book I read. I dont even remember why I started liking this series, maybe because it was like historical fiction but as the series got more fantasy I liked the books less. Then the show came out and rekindled my interest probably just to see it through to the conclusion. I am probably one of the few people who read the books before the show but actually enjoy the show more. It doesn't conflict with anything.
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Jul 7, 2016 06:48
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TommyGun85 posted:tbh im really not one for the fantasy genre. The only fantasy I ever remember liking was this and a David Eddings book I read. I dont even remember why I started liking this series, maybe because it was like historical fiction but as the series got more fantasy I liked the books less. Then the show came out and rekindled my interest probably just to see it through to the conclusion. I am probably one of the few people who read the books before the show but actually enjoy the show more. It doesn't conflict with anything: The age of heroes and all the other legends are several times called out as being unreliable in the books.
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Jul 7, 2016 08:50
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It's right there in the name, "Children", they're loving stupid. That's why they made some zombies, Brain saw it in his tree vision .mpeg.
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Jul 7, 2016 12:53
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Dr. Video Games 0112 posted:It's right there in the name, "Children", they're loving stupid. That's why they made some zombies, Brain saw it in his tree vision .mpeg. this makes sense it rhymes
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Jul 7, 2016 12:56
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Pls don't read Sanderson if you like GRRM for the usual reasons. Read Bakker instead, it's the only thing that makes sense IMO. Reading Sanderson is like drinking alcohol-free hand sanitizer.
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Jul 7, 2016 13:23
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Dr. Video Games 0112 posted:It's right there in the name, "Children", they're loving stupid. That's why they made some zombies, Brain saw it in his tree vision .mpeg. The series ends when the Adults of the forest returns. Turns out ASoIaF was just a game all along and now the children have to clean up and go to bed.
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Jul 7, 2016 13:39
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mcustic posted:Reading Sanderson is like drinking alcohol-free hand sanitizer. Eh. I appreciate a fantasy author who doesn't do sex scenes. Fantasy authors are generally the type of people who should not be discussing sex, period. You get weirdo rape fantasies like GRRM.
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Jul 7, 2016 13:40
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Atreiden posted:The series ends when the Adults of the forest returns. Turns out ASoIaF was just a game all along and now the children have to clean up and go to bed. the adults are gonna step on hella legos this may not end well
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Jul 7, 2016 13:54
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TequilaJesus posted:Eh. I appreciate a fantasy author who doesn't do sex scenes. Fantasy authors are generally the type of people who should not be discussing sex, period. You get weirdo rape fantasies like GRRM. I'm not even griping about the lack of sex scenes. His writing style is rather bland, the characters indistinguishable and his worlds lack a certain brutality I like in GRRM's and Bakker's works. Even Robert Jordan made his bad guys discomforting and creepy enough to make them feel like a real threat, unlike Sanderson. (Opinion based on Mistborn and Way of the Kings)
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Jul 7, 2016 14:18
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Atreiden posted:The series ends when the Adults of the forest returns. Turns out ASoIaF was just a game all along and now the children have to clean up and go to bed. I think there's a Star Trek episode like that
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Jul 7, 2016 15:18
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Sure he's an rear end in a top hat, but  https://twitter.com/voxday/status/751064837657096192
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Jul 7, 2016 16:18
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i'd prosecute her and then retire
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Jul 7, 2016 16:22
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Woke but broke posted:Sure he's an rear end in a top hat, but Just looked at that guys twitter, he is going to be pissed next season in the battle of the 5 queens or whatever when Dany steamrolls Westeros with an army of castrated soldiers and her war council of 3 castrated men and a half man with her Iron born salt wife by her side.
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Jul 7, 2016 17:51
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Mujaji posted:Just looked at that guys twitter, he is going to be pissed next season in the battle of the 5 queens or whatever when Dany steamrolls Westeros with an army of castrated soldiers and her war council of 3 castrated men and a half man with her Iron born salt wife by her side.  never realized that. I wonder if it's intentional or a happy accident that Queen Empowerment is surrounded by castrated men.
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Jul 7, 2016 18:07
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Jul 7, 2016 18:29
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Plus Jorah whenever he gets back
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Jul 7, 2016 18:49
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Intel&Sebastian posted:Plus Jorah whenever he gets back he gets a replacement pimp hand too
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Jul 7, 2016 18:56
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I Own Soulz posted:I just finished BOTNS and don't have a clue what I just read. that's the correct reaction, the followup (Uth of the New Sun) sorta helps it make more sense (and Gene Wolfe said what happens in Urth is supposed to be able to be puzzled out from BOTNS, which tells you what he expects of his readers ((inhuman textual analysis ability))). syscall girl posted:he gets a replacement pimp hand too they had best give him a volcano arm. the show's cut so many things that could be great (or unbelievably cheesy) visually already, just gimme that drat lava fist and I'll be happy. robbed of the Yellow Whale being a whale...robbed of Daario's blue hair...robbed of Darkstar...throw me a bone with the volcano arm
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those scenes of tyrion and jorah were great though we got to see a little of essos and damnit someone tell me what episode that was syscall girl fucked around with this message at 20:43 on Jul 7, 2016 |
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Jul 7, 2016 20:39
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo8cS5Sq7Gg e: n/m
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Jul 7, 2016 20:42
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my bony fealty posted:that's the correct reaction, the followup (Uth of the New Sun) sorta helps it make more sense (and Gene Wolfe said what happens in Urth is supposed to be able to be puzzled out from BOTNS, which tells you what he expects of his readers ((inhuman textual analysis ability))). Worst of all robbed of Strong Belwas.
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Jul 7, 2016 22:17
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Intel&Sebastian posted:Plus Jorah whenever he gets back KellyC castrated him already, so that works.
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my bony fealty posted:
The admiral of the navy in One Piece has volcano arms. He uses them to punch through people and shoot magma bombs in the air. If Joramun did that I'd be so happy
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Jul 8, 2016 01:15
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Atreiden posted:Worst of all robbed of Nimble Dick Crabb.
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Mujaji posted:Just looked at that guys twitter, he is going to be pissed next season in the battle of the 5 queens or whatever when Dany steamrolls Westeros with an army of castrated soldiers and her war council of 3 castrated men and a half man with her Iron born salt wife by her side. He seems to have written a fantasy book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00I6H0J7S/
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Jul 8, 2016 04:22
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Atreiden posted:Worst of all robbed of Pretty Pig
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vseslav.botkin posted:He seems to have written a fantasy book: from an amazon review "Frequent readers of the author's blog, or his articles at [...] know that A THRONE OF BONES was in fact written as a direct response both to the specific flaws of Martin's latest "Song of Ice and Fire" novel, A DANCE WITH DRAGONS?"
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Jul 8, 2016 16:48
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"This hefty tome has a scope and grandeur rivaling George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire, but instead of mocking heroic ideals, Day celebrates them." In some dark twist of Escher-esque physics the exact opposite of GRRM somehow also sounds terrible.
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Jul 8, 2016 21:28
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Atreiden posted:The series ends when the Adults of the forest returns. Turns out ASoIaF was just a game all along and now the children have to clean up and go to bed. The series makes so much more sense when you imagine it as just a bunch of kids on a playground pretending to be in medieval times and trying to one up each other. Imagine Ramsay as that one kid that claims bullets can't kill him, since he has a golden force field or something.
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Jul 8, 2016 21:41
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Intel&Sebastian posted:"This hefty tome has a scope and grandeur rivaling George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire, but instead of mocking heroic ideals, Day celebrates them." I tried reading it - amazon has a bunch of chapters online, and the first two were ok interesting - but I think like each of the first 8 chapters are all different POVs and I lost interest. Seems not that great tbh.
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Jul 8, 2016 23:32
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mcustic posted:Pls don't read Sanderson if you like GRRM for the usual reasons. Read Bakker instead, it's the only thing that makes sense IMO. agreed bakker is the closest
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kcroy posted:I tried reading it - amazon has a bunch of chapters online, and the first two were ok interesting - but I think like each of the first 8 chapters are all different POVs and I lost interest. Seems not that great tbh. This guy has nominated HIMSELF for Hugo awards three years in a row came last or close to last and calls himself a "Five-time Hugo Award nominee"
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Jul 9, 2016 14:47
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why do all fantasy authors have to have some huge grand scale story
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Trabandiumium posted:why do all fantasy authors have to have some huge grand scale story Because most of them come up with a fictional world first, and the story second. So naturally they tailor the story to cover as many of their cool, super unique aspects of the world as possible.
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Trabandiumium posted:why do all fantasy authors have to have some huge grand scale story Garrett, PI series doesn't.
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