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A Song of Ice and Fire -- **Unmarked Spoilers For All Books including ADWD**
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Basileus777
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Puddles said:
I suppose it takes time to scan a book that big and run OCR software on it. There will probably be an epub up by Monday. It took about a week for the last two WOT books to get put online.
Harry Potter
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I'm getting pretty stoked for it. I'll be doing the audio book. I won't be getting much work done. Hope no one notices.
I thought Feast was incredible. Provides insight into a lot of interesting places and characters that were absent from the first three. Yes, some of the people you've grown to know over the first three books are absent, but the stuff that is in AFFC is still necessary when it comes to Martin fully fleshing out the world and conflict of the series.Paradoxal_Utopia said:
PhoenixDark
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Paradoxal_Utopia said:
AFFC mainly takes place in the south and east, so many of the more popular northern characters aren't there. So don't expect a bunch of answers to ASOS cliff hangers - those should be addressed in a couple weeks in ADWD.
AFFC is very good. Martin opens up the world and introduces a host of new characters and locations. Plus you get one of the absolute best POVs in the entire series
ZephyrFate
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Dude, watching her self-destruct is incredible.bengraven said:
PhoenixDark said:
I actually really like most of the POVs in AFFC except for the Ironborn which I believed could have been done with only having the Drowned Prophet have his initial POV chapter and maybe cut out one of Victorian's chapters. I do like Victorian's last chapter though and the character of Crow's Eye fascinates me.
The Dorne chapters I think are a bit underrated mostly b/c 1) Areo is a badass and 2) The payoff makes it all worth it.
Cersei, Jamie, Arya, Samwell, and Sansa's are all really solid.
some venting regarding the ADwDs spoilers...so don't blame me for your morbid curiosity if you decide to highlight this text and spoil yourself...what a troll GRRM
would be if
would be if
Jon is really dead at the end of dance, or if he's not really dead and/or he's going to be resurrected or healed by Mel to be revealed to be the real Azor Ahai. here is the prophesy spoken of before in previous books "when the red star bleeds and the darkness gathers, Azor Ahai shall be born again amidst smoke and salt to wake dragons out of stone." This will occur after a long summer when an evil, cold darkness descends upon the world. It is said that The Prince that was Promised, wielding Lightbringer once again, will stand against the Others and if he fails, the world fails with him." so kinda of lame that Jon get's done in by brothers of the Nights Watch Julius Caeser style. And to leave off the novel on that cliffhanger when there is good chances that another novel may never come, i mean come the fuck on.
bengraven
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ZephyrFate said:
The first time. You almost think she's in control the first time you read the first three books. But then you read Feast and realize she's insane with power. She's so desperate to keep her own goons around her and in places of power, but she fears intelligent men who might undermine her: she she weakens the kingdom by putting morons that are loyal to her in the Small Council.
Okay, that does sound cool....
but I hate her so badly I can't enjoy it.
I will not go looking for leaks. I will not go looking for leaks. I will not go looking for leaks.
However, I am not buying the HC (not worth the $18 in my mind, especially since I got the first four for the 3.99 deal a few years ago). And I am 18th in line at my local library.
However, I am not buying the HC (not worth the $18 in my mind, especially since I got the first four for the 3.99 deal a few years ago). And I am 18th in line at my local library.
Help Me! said:I will not go looking for leaks. I will not go looking for leaks. I will not go looking for leaks.
However, I am not buying the HC (not worth the $18 in my mind, especially since I got the first four for the 3.99 deal a few years ago). And I am 18th in line at my local library.
not worth 18? you serious right now? how are you going to come in a thread with a ton of huge asoiaf fans and act like 18 is too much for the 5th book in the series. I've bought 5 books in the Sword of Truth series, shit was a waste of money but I still wouldn't have gotten the PDF's off the internet without purchasing the real book later on.
C'mon man.
bengraven
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Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck
meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
I just read the first two or three words of yacobod's spoiler on accident (fucking smart phones!).
I'm going to go hang myself now if it's true.
edit: I don't even want to read it now. Fucking a, why the hell did I come into this thread on a smart phone. Why the hell did he start his spoiler off with the actual meat of the spoiler immediately. and why the fuck would martin do that after setting up so much shit unless it's either a fake or it's another "brienne/davos" situation where they're probably not really dead.
meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
I just read the first two or three words of yacobod's spoiler on accident (fucking smart phones!).
I'm going to go hang myself now if it's true.
edit: I don't even want to read it now. Fucking a, why the hell did I come into this thread on a smart phone. Why the hell did he start his spoiler off with the actual meat of the spoiler immediately. and why the fuck would martin do that after setting up so much shit unless it's either a fake or it's another "brienne/davos" situation where they're probably not really dead.
Regarding that spoiler:
I can't see how Jon would really be dead. I'm assuming that the 100 men Cersei sent to the Wall would be responsible. That would just be poor storytelling if so. Cersei sends people to the Wall to kill Jon, we know about it way in advance, they go to the Wall, and... they actually succeed in killing him. That's way below the caliber of storytelling I've come to expect from GRRM.
PhoenixDark
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Help Me! said:I will not go looking for leaks. I will not go looking for leaks. I will not go looking for leaks.
However, I am not buying the HC (not worth the $18 in my mind, especially since I got the first four for the 3.99 deal a few years ago). And I am 18th in line at my local library.
If you can't spend $18 on a book, gtfo. Seriously, step your fiances up
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Alright I'm done with this thread. I'm afraid I'll do the same thing bengraven did. See everyone on the otherside!
sooperkool
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I have
1 eBook, 1 hardcopy, 1 paperback and one Audiobook of every novel.
1 eBook, 1 hardcopy, 1 paperback and one Audiobook of every novel.
shit real spoilers are here now? i'm outtie
get a job
Help Me! said:I will not go looking for leaks. I will not go looking for leaks. I will not go looking for leaks.
However, I am not buying the HC (not worth the $18 in my mind, especially since I got the first four for the 3.99 deal a few years ago). And I am 18th in line at my local library.
get a job
ULTRA MEGA SPOILER WARNING
A review has been posted by a guy who got his copy early. The review isn't a professional review by any means but its stupidly spoiler heavy.
I'll link it if people are interested but for now I won't.
I will say that there's gonna be a lot of bitter tears when people finish reading this book.
A review has been posted by a guy who got his copy early. The review isn't a professional review by any means but its stupidly spoiler heavy.
I'll link it if people are interested but for now I won't.
I will say that there's gonna be a lot of bitter tears when people finish reading this book.
Awesome Animals
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So we aren't putting like a one week buffer after aDwD comes out where no discussion is allowed? Hmm...
PhoenixDark
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bluemax said:
Seriously bro, you've been waiting for years to read the book. I don't understand your logic here, of spoiling the entire book for yourself.
cubicle47b
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PhoenixDark said:
Spoilers don't bother me. Knowing what happens doesn't make me less interested in what I'm watching/reading and can actually make the first read better as I don't get annoyed waiting 100 pages for next chapter told from that PoV.
What was posted wasn't really a review. It was a detailed summary of the book followed by a few thoughts about it.
bengraven said:
I don't read it for the surprise. I care a lot about these characters.
I'm in no way comparing the quality of these books to Ultimate Spiderman here, but, as an example:
I've been reading Ultimate Spidey for 11 years. Bendis is a great writer. I fucking love Peter Parker.
The latest arc is called Death of Spiderman. I've known he was going to die for awhile, but when it happened, I was still shocked at my reaction. There's a pic of Uncle Ben holding Peter by the shoulder saying, "You did good, kid." and I just about choke up. I knew he was going to die. How it happened mattered more than what happened.
I still shake my head at Ned Stark's death. It makes me sad every time. Knowing that it happens doesn't change my feelings. I can understand people who want it fresh going in. But I don't care, at all.
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