FCP Bob 1,312 Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 'Game of Thrones' casts major season 4 role: Oberyn the Red Viper Read more at ONTD: http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/79127125.html#ixzz2XYFGI2bi Link to post Share on other sites
timwakefield 68 Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 According to Martin, this is what the iron throne should look like: http://grrm.livejournal.com/327569.html Link to post Share on other sites
BigDMcGee 3,352 Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 Game of Cakes.. Link to post Share on other sites
InternetExplorer 2,609 Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 for the book readers http://www.reddit.com/r/asoiaf/comments/1iwfc1/spoilers_all_the_grand_northern_conspiracy_parts/ Link to post Share on other sites
Theraflu 1,035 Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 God damn it tumblr is blocked at work. edit: god bless those redditors, epubs and pdfs just sitting right there in the top comments. thanks Stratty. Link to post Share on other sites
FCP Bob 1,312 Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Link to post Share on other sites
The Machine 210 Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 All the deaths bookmarked. Link to post Share on other sites
SuitedAces21 2,722 Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 what a waste of time. Link to post Share on other sites
NickCave 194 Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 what a waste of time. OH THE IRONY 1 Link to post Share on other sites
timwakefield 68 Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 1 Link to post Share on other sites
timwakefield 68 Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 14-minute preview of season 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5iS3tULXMQ Also, I finally started reading the books. On book 2 now. They good. Link to post Share on other sites
BigDMcGee 3,352 Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Also, I finally started reading the books. On book 2 now. They good. You'll see. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
FCP Bob 1,312 Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 The actor who plays Bran looks like he's about 20 now. Link to post Share on other sites
timwakefield 68 Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Another, even better trailer for season 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2ZNaLQD60Y You'll see. I'm not quite sure what you meant by this, but maybe you shouldn't tell me. I adored the first book, and the second one which I'm halfway through is great too although a little slower at times (but having seen the show I also know it's gonna pick up). Little Finger often bores me, on the show too, but at least on the show he's surrounded by titties. But Arya just gave Jaqen her first name, and their relationship is one of the highlights of the whole series. Mild book spoilers, in case others are planning to read them: The first season followed the first book almost exactly, with very few significant differences or even significant scenes completely missing that I can remember. The main one I can think of is the white walkers coming alive at Castle Black. That didn't happen on the show, did it? The 2nd book has more differences so far, and frankly now I kind of wish I'd read the books before seeing the show. I'm gonna try and get up to date and ahead of the show before watching season 4. The show is still on book 3 to some extent, right? Also I accidentally saw some spoilers for book 4 (some chapter titles) but tried as hard as I could to forget them. Link to post Share on other sites
Theraflu 1,035 Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 BigD would just tell you to stop reading after book 3. The characters and settings keep expanding, mostly Dorne, with more than a couple unsuccessful storylines that drag out over books 4+5. Aren't the chapter titles just character names? There's been a lot of discussion of the books in the forum, but its spoilers galore, so you probably shouldn't read it. Link to post Share on other sites
timwakefield 68 Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Aren't the chapter titles just character names? Yeah but it's a spoiler in a sense because you see who the major characters are gonna be and you might notice some omissions as well. They also weren't what I was expecting them to be, which maybe gets to your point about the series going off the rail after book 3. Disappointing to hear, but I'm not totally shocked. I heard him say somewhere that he had to whittle his last book down from 1800 pages, which is a little insane and which explains some of why he doesn't just bang them out. Link to post Share on other sites
BigDMcGee 3,352 Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 BigD would just tell you to stop reading after book 3. Exactly. I enjoyed the first 3 but its goes off the rails. That he cut it down so far is exactly the problem. The guy is making the series endlessly complex without advancing the plot. Not complexity in making it difficult to follow, complex in that he continues to add storylines and characters, almost all of whom are unnecessary and many are uninteresting. Many scifi - fantasy fans see this sort of thing as a mark of quality. I see it as a mark of complete self indulgence. The hubris of thinking that grrm's every idea is worth reading. They are not, IMO. I will not read the next book Link to post Share on other sites
timwakefield 68 Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 One good thing about the way they are chapterized is that it seems to me you might be able to easily skip over or skim over the parts and characters that aren't that interesting, but that might not be very fulfilling either. You guys have read all 5 books so far? Link to post Share on other sites
FCP Bob 1,312 Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 One good thing about the way they are chapterized is that it seems to me you might be able to easily skip over or skim over the parts and characters that aren't that interesting, but that might not be very fulfilling either. You guys have read all 5 books so far? I've read all 5 books and while the last 2 are messy and go off into directions that aren't needed and detract from the flow of the story I still enjoyed them. Link to post Share on other sites
BigDMcGee 3,352 Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Here's the problem with that. 1) book four only has stuff going on in the southern 7 kingdoms. No dany. No north. No wall. Most of the plotlines I care about aren't even in the book. 2) the ones I do care about in four and five, basically are in holding patterns. Very little happens to advance the overall story. The story is expanded but not advanced. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
FCP Bob 1,312 Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Here's the problem with that. 1) book four only has stuff going on in the southern 7 kingdoms. No dany. No north. No wall. Most of the plotlines I care about aren't even in the book. 2) the ones I do care about in four and five, basically are in holding patterns. Very little happens to advance the overall story. The story is expanded but not advanced. Oh I agree with you but the problems didn't make the books unreadable for me or take away all my enjoyment. Link to post Share on other sites
timwakefield 68 Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 1) book four only has stuff going on in the southern 7 kingdoms. No dany. No north. No wall. Most of the plotlines I care about aren't even in the book That was what I guessed from the chapter titles, but I was also a little afraid that he'd killed off like everybody worthwhile. At least that's not the case, but it's definitely disappointing to know cuz I get kinda bored already at some of the repetitive intrigue involving lesser characters. Link to post Share on other sites
hank213 1,823 Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 when i finish book 5 all i thought was that grrm had jerked off onto a stack of paper and i just read the jizz stains. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
timwakefield 68 Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 So I'm about 1/3 through book 3, I wanna finish it before the season starts but that shouldn't be difficult. It's still excellent, although also still kinda boring at times. I like it better than the previous book, although not as much as the first one. Dany just bought the Unsullied, which is almost as good a scene in the book as it is on the show (it's a really fucking good scene or series of scenes on the show). Also, I haven't actually been "reading" the books as such - I've been listening to the audiobooks. They're pretty excellent, read by Roy Dotrice who has the perfect knightly British accent. He does little voices for many of the characters, most fairly subtle but some are pretty in your face. Usually they're quite successful. Any of you guys listened to them? Each book is about 40-45 hours. Link to post Share on other sites
SuitedAces21 2,722 Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 no, i can actually read. 4 Link to post Share on other sites
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