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KING LITERATE, LORD OF READING wrote: »

Just finished AGOT after several, several months (stupid school...). How would you all describe the second book? (non-spoiler please).

I'll read it as soon as I'm done with Wolves of the Calla..

Good?

Like A Game of Thrones but more better

captaink

KING LITERATE, LORD OF READING wrote: »

captaink wrote: »

Way better than Wolves of the Calla.

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Rushing is hardly Wolves of the Calla's problem though. What a slog.

KING LITERATE

captaink wrote: »

KING LITERATE, LORD OF READING wrote: »

captaink wrote: »

Way better than Wolves of the Calla.

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Rushing is hardly Wolves of the Calla's problem though. What a slog.

Love the series and the characters so much that I'm willing to overlook the flaws.

I feel like a battered housewife O_o

captaink

KING LITERATE, LORD OF READING wrote: »

captaink wrote: »

KING LITERATE, LORD OF READING wrote: »

captaink wrote: »

Way better than Wolves of the Calla.

BLABLABLALASTTHREEBOOKSINSERIESPALESINQUALITYTOFIRSTFOURBLABLAKINGRUSHEDTHEMOUTDUETOFEAROFDYINGBEFOREFINISHINGTHEMBLABLA

Rushing is hardly Wolves of the Calla's problem though. What a slog.

Love the series and the characters so much that I'm willing to overlook the flaws.

I feel like a battered housewife O_o

I mean, I liked it, but I liked Clash of Kings a lot more.

SkankPlaya

Spoiler:

Is Arya permanently blind? That shit bothers me.

Kwoaru

SkankPlaya wrote: »

Spoiler:

Is Arya permanently blind? That shit bothers me.

All signs point to definitely not in the long run, but maybe for a couple of her chapters when we see her next

End

Kwoaru wrote: »

SkankPlaya wrote: »

Spoiler:

Is Arya permanently blind? That shit bothers me.

All signs point to definitely not in the long run, but maybe for a couple of her chapters when we see her next

I'm curious how we have some idea of this.

Are there hints in preview chapters or something?

I mean,

Spoiler:

temporary blindness seems rather unsurprising, but I don't know of any specifics that would indicate that it would be.

SimBen

End wrote: »

Kwoaru wrote: »

SkankPlaya wrote: »

Spoiler:

Is Arya permanently blind? That shit bothers me.

All signs point to definitely not in the long run, but maybe for a couple of her chapters when we see her next

I'm curious how we have some idea of this.

Are there hints in preview chapters or something?

I mean,

Spoiler:

temporary blindness seems rather unsurprising, but I don't know of any specifics that would indicate that it would be.

Arya isn't showing up again until The Winds of Winter, so no, we don't know.

Balefuego

uh pretty sure George confirmed awhile ago that we would indeed be getting some Arya and Bran chapters

Rolo

We'd better be getting some Bran chapters!

SimBen

I thought the idea was to split the POVs between Feast and Dance. Arya was in Feast, so she shouldn't be in Dance. Right?

Solar

Yeah I am looking forward to what happens with Bran

The Stark children really are in the thick of it

SimBen

We're definitely getting Bran, Jon, Daenerys and Tyrion.

Aside from that, almost certainly

Spoiler:

Theon, Davos and Stoneheart

And then I'd really like to see

Spoiler:

Sandor and Jorah

Balefuego

SimBen wrote: »

I thought the idea was to split the POVs between Feast and Dance. Arya was in Feast, so she shouldn't be in Dance. Right?

that idea is like 5 years old

part of Dance is concurrent with the events of Feast but it extends beyond it too.

In early 2010, Martin noted that his intent for A Dance with Dragons was for the first 800 manuscript pages to cover the alternate characters in the same time span as A Feast for Crows, and that "Everything that follows is post-Feast, so that's where some of the cast from the last book start popping up again."[2] Stating that "I wanted to resolve at least a few of the cliffhangers from Feast,"

Kwoaru

End wrote: »

Kwoaru wrote: »

SkankPlaya wrote: »

Spoiler:

Is Arya permanently blind? That shit bothers me.

All signs point to definitely not in the long run, but maybe for a couple of her chapters when we see her next

I'm curious how we have some idea of this.

Are there hints in preview chapters or something?

I mean,

Spoiler:

temporary blindness seems rather unsurprising, but I don't know of any specifics that would indicate that it would be.

Arya is too cool for that

Balefuego

Confirmed POVs for Dance are:

Spoiler:

Jon
Tyrion
Dany
Davos
Quentyn Martell
Bran
Asha
Reek (Theon)
Arya
Melisandre
Cersei

SimBen

Balefuego wrote: »

SimBen wrote: »

I thought the idea was to split the POVs between Feast and Dance. Arya was in Feast, so she shouldn't be in Dance. Right?

that idea is like 5 years old

part of Dance is concurrent with the events of Feast but it extends beyond it too.

In early 2010, Martin noted that his intent for A Dance with Dragons was for the first 800 manuscript pages to cover the alternate characters in the same time span as A Feast for Crows, and that "Everything that follows is post-Feast, so that's where some of the cast from the last book start popping up again."[2] Stating that "I wanted to resolve at least a few of the cliffhangers from Feast,"

Oh that's actually awesome!

Spoiler:

Please resolve Brienne please resolve Brienne please resolve Brienne

Rolo

Spoiler:

Brienne said "HURRRRRRRRK" and died.

The end.

SimBen

Balefuego wrote: »

Confirmed POVs for Dance are:

Spoiler:

Jon
Tyrion
Dany
Davos
Quentyn Martell
Bran
Asha
Reek (Theon)
Arya
Melisandre
Cersei

Spoiler:

Oh wow Melisandre? I really didn't expect us to ever be in her head. That's awesome.

I still want Sandor and Jorah chapters.

FirmSkater

I haven't read all weekend.

I could have probably finished Feast by now

But I don't care about the dude in this chapter at all!

Solar

Rolo wrote: »

Spoiler:

Brienne said "HURRRRRRRRK" and died.

The end.

I hope this isn't the case

It very well might be

But I hope it isn't

SimBen

FirmSkater wrote: »

I haven't read all weekend.

I could have probably finished Feast by now

But I don't care about the dude in this chapter at all!

Let me guess. Aeron Damphair?

Balefuego

the best Greyjoy is The Reader

I forget what his actual name is

Balefuego

I probably forgot it because it's not Greyjoy

Rodrik Harlaw

The best Iron Islander then

World as Myth

I need bran chapters to keep me regular

YaYa

WaM I laughed way harder at that than I should have

Solar

Me too

Damn you WaM

Legba

Dance of Dragons cover released:

Spoiler:

Rolo

It A Dance with Dragons, Legba.

Spoiler:

Legba

Not the first time shoddy research has ruined a joke!

Balefuego

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLKVJr7QHjM

chromdom

That's just fuckawesome

FirmSkater

SimBen wrote: »

FirmSkater wrote: »

I haven't read all weekend.

I could have probably finished Feast by now

But I don't care about the dude in this chapter at all!

Let me guess. Aeron Damphair?

No I love that guy this is the dude who

Spoiler:

Is supposed to be protecting Myrcella, and in the last chapter decided he was going to make her queen or whatever.

I can tell its going to get better - when the conflict actually begins. But right now its like... I can't make myself care.

SimBen

FirmSkater wrote: »

SimBen wrote: »

FirmSkater wrote: »

I haven't read all weekend.

I could have probably finished Feast by now

But I don't care about the dude in this chapter at all!

Let me guess. Aeron Damphair?

No I love that guy this is the dude who

Spoiler:

Is supposed to be protecting Myrcella, and in the last chapter decided he was going to make her queen or whatever.

I can tell its going to get better - when the conflict actually begins. But right now its like... I can't make myself care.

Oh! Arys Oakheart. Yeah, he's one of the less memorable POVs.

Alucard6986

That chick he's banging must be pretty hot though.

Rolo

Arys Oakheart isn't so bad, I especially like the bit where he gets

Spoiler:

chopped in two with an axe.

bwanie

all i remeber is rockhard giant nipples from those POV's

and what a dumb bunch of cunts they are.

TurnpikeLad

The whole post shouldn't be a spoiler tag, so.

Spoiler:

About the Qyborg, if you read back to Bran's dream in GoT you'll find this passage:

There were shadows all around them. One shadow was as dark as ash, with the terrible face of a hound. Another was armored like the sun, golden and beautiful. Over them both loomed a giant in armor made of stone, but when he opened his visor, there was nothing inside but darkness and thick black blood.

Especially in proximity to Sandor and Jaime, there's only one great warrior in Westeros who fits that last description... at least now that he's been beheaded and made into a giant fucking zombie tank. Kind of cool to see these events foreshadowed in the first book.

Balefuego

bwanie wrote: »

all i remeber is rockhard giant nipples from those POV's

and what a dumb bunch of cunts they are.

except Doran


Doran is a boss

SimBen

Images yay!

Spoiler:

http://winter-is-coming.net/2011/02/artists-cvs-reveal-info-about-vfx-work-include-first-image-of-three-eyed-crow/#more-5691