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Annes
20 Jul 2009, 4:25pm
...for the A Song of Ice and Fire series on HBO.

http://grrm.livejournal.com/95840.html

I am more than a little excited about this.

But still, man, finish the damn books!
Thrax
20 Jul 2009, 4:36pm
WRITE THE FUCKING BOOK, DICK
Gnome Queen
20 Jul 2009, 7:38pm
WRITE THE FUCKING BOOK, DICK
ardichoke
20 Jul 2009, 7:45pm
Are they that good? REALLY? Like... should I go out to Barnes and Noble and pick up the book immediately?
Thrax
20 Jul 2009, 8:38pm
Yes.
Grimnoc
20 Jul 2009, 9:16pm
I've never read them but I've thought of picking them up on more than one occasion. I'm pretty picky with my fantasy books (as most flat-out suck), but I've heard the Song of Fire and Ice ones are pretty solid.

Has anyone read any of the Malazan Book of the Fallen series? It's very good, probably the last fantasy series I got into that I thought wasn't just a complete rip-off of someone else's work. The first book is pretty dicey as far as the writing is concerned, but he (Steven Erickson) gets a bit better as the books go on. I mean, it's not fantastic blow your socks off writing (I'm speaking writing in the technical sense) but it is fantastic blow your socks off as far as the storyline and the characters go.
QCH
20 Jul 2009, 9:47pm
With all my Sci-Fi (or is it scyfy... :mean:) readingand I've not heard of this guy. So, how good is he when compared to Raymond Feist, Robert Jordan, David Eddings, Mercedes Lackey, and Stephen R. Donaldson?
Thrax
20 Jul 2009, 9:48pm
It's Syfy. You know, like the STD.
Grimnoc
21 Jul 2009, 1:20am
With all my Sci-Fi (or is it scyfy... :mean:) readingand I've not heard of this guy. So, how good is he when compared to Raymond Feist, Robert Jordan, David Eddings, Mercedes Lackey, and Stephen R. Donaldson?

Who, Steven Erikson (btw, that's the correct spelling. I bungled it last time)?
Gnome Queen
21 Jul 2009, 1:40am
Do yourself a favor, and don't read The Song of Fire and Ice. Then you'll end up like the rest of us, bitter and angry over the fact that it'll be at least 35.82 years before we see the end of the series- and that's if we're lucky. Wait till he's finished it up, then delve into it. (That might involve you mentioning this thread in some sort of time capsule you bury in the near future)
Grimnoc
21 Jul 2009, 2:01am
How many books does he have left to write before ending the series?
primesuspect
21 Jul 2009, 3:19am
Are they that good? REALLY? Like... should I go out to Barnes and Noble and pick up the book immediately?

NO.... Wait until they're finished, cause there's a reasonably good chance GRRM will turn to stone before he finishes them, and then you'll be bitter like us.
Koreish
21 Jul 2009, 5:49am
How many books does he have left to write before ending the series?
Thrax
21 Jul 2009, 6:54am
Nobody knows.
Koreish
21 Jul 2009, 7:16am
So then we should just go out and get them and be bitter with the rest of you? Least we die before it finished.
Thrax
21 Jul 2009, 8:08am
Now. Go now. There is nothing wrong with living a bitter life.
Annes
21 Jul 2009, 3:36pm
Nobody knows.

I'm pretty darn sure that there are supposed to be 7 in the series which means 3 more to go. But like everyone else here, I expect it never to be completely.

You may end up bitter, but I don't regret it for a second.
ardichoke
22 Jul 2009, 1:08am
I'll add it to my list of books to buy. Thought I'm not rushing out RIGHT now given that I have about 5 books that I've purchased in the past few months and not finished.
Annes
7 Oct 2009, 12:54pm
THREAD REZ! Woo!

Throughout the past few months GRRM has been consistently posting exciting casting info in his LiveJournal "Not a Blog (http://grrm.livejournal.com/)." I will most certainly be watching this series when if it ever comes to fruition.

But that's not what I'm here to talk about.

I'm here to talk about this (http://grrm.livejournal.com/113041.html). He's writing A Dance With Dragons again. It's at 1100 manuscript pages. A little flame of hope has risen within me. Don't let us down, Mr. Martin!
Thrax
7 Oct 2009, 1:38pm
Book or gtfo.
primesuspect
7 Oct 2009, 2:23pm
Book or gtfo.
Koreish
7 Oct 2009, 3:39pm
Book or gtfo.
Gnome Queen
7 Oct 2009, 5:23pm
Book or gtfo.
ardichoke
8 Oct 2009, 12:27am
Cook or gtfo.
Seriously, I'm hungry, someone make me a sammich.
Koreish
8 Oct 2009, 3:55am
I demand that you delete your post under Thrax's quote and then this post gets deleted. Can't you see we're on to something special here?