Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
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There was much rejoicing when Kaglaaz How'ler said this:
Very good. GRRM will be crowing about it on his webpage I'm sure. He can crow all he wants so long as he gets is large ass writing the Winds of Winter...
I have no idea how people can curse and spit at GRRM and then wonder why he takes so long writing his books.
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Mr. Parcelan came out of the closet to say:
I have no idea how people can curse and spit at GRRM and then wonder why he takes so long writing his books.
I don't think the cursing and spitting began in earnest until he wrote in "Meanwhile, Back on the Wall" in Feast that the next book would "be along next year", and then several years later it hadn't shown up yet.
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Drysart put down Tada! magazine long enough to type:
I don't think the cursing and spitting began in earnest until he wrote in "Meanwhile, Back on the Wall" in Feast that the next book would "be along next year", and then several years later it hadn't shown up yet.
I think he's said that that particular passage is the worst thing he's ever written.
And the main reason ADWD took so long was that he had to figure out the correct order for everyone to show up in Mereen, looking for Dany. He had essentially everything written, but it took him years to get that right.
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
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Peanut butter ass Shaq Karnaj booooze lime pole over bench lick:
I think he's said that that particular passage is the worst thing he's ever written.And the main reason ADWD took so long was that he had to figure out the correct order for everyone to show up in Mereen, looking for Dany. He had essentially everything written, but it took him years to get that right.
He should have crowdsourced. He could have passed out a few galleys to his most vitriolic fans and in a few hours they'd have long winded forum posts meticulously detailing exactly who showed up when, whose side they were on, and what they had for breakfast.
People are hoping he doesn't pull a Jordan and keel over before he's finished it all. "The Mountain That Doesn't Write" was his nickname from some the truly rabid fans. I'll admit to using it a few times myself. Yes, ADWD has been worth the wait, it's just with the TV series out now, he doesn't really have a great deal of time before he'll need to have finished the books.
Meanwhile, I have the Blu-Rays to watch and can't wait until April 1st.
For those of you that haven't read the books yet. Amazon has a nice Kindle edition of the first 4 books for $29.99 (individually they're $8.99) and then A Dance With Dragons is $14.99.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
quote:Check the reviews on those. When I was first looking at picking up the GoT series last summer, I read the reviews. Everyone who picked up the Kindle bundle was pissed. Everyone who picked up the paperback box set was thrilled.
Kaglaaz How'ler really knows where their towel is...
For those of you that haven't read the books yet. Amazon has a nice Kindle edition of the first 4 books for $29.99 (individually they're $8.99) and then A Dance With Dragons is $14.99.
Vallo, the Second Coming fucked around with this message on 03-10-2012 at 01:08 PM.
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This one time, at Bloodsage camp:
This just makes me all that much happier I threw in the towel after 2 or 3 (I don't remember) books. Frankly, I thought he'd just run out of characters to kill or maim before getting this far.
This is one place where we're in complete agreement.
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`Doc had this to say about Pirotess:
Check the reviews on those. When I was first looking at picking up the GoT series last summer, I read the reviews. Everyone who picked up the Kindle bundle was pissed. Everyone who picked up the paperback box set was thrilled.
I did the Kindle Edition myself and had no issues with it. But then I was rereading the whole thing while waiting for ADWD. I had borrowed the books from a friend before. About halfway through the 4 books I got an e-mail from Amazon that said I could download the update for free that had a working Table of Contents. I didn't need it at the time and when I finished with the four books, I downloaded the updated version with working TOC. That was the ONLY issue I was aware of. I'm not slogging through 800+ reviews, busy with work.
(I'm now a retired Master Mechanic and gone back to working full time as an MIS for a data authentication company)
Mainly because I didn't have "Meanwhile, Back on the Wall" to throw me off.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
GoT: "What the fuck?"
CoK: "WHAT the FUCK?!"
SoS: "WHAT THE FUCK!?!?!?!!?!??!?!"
FfC: "what"
