The Glade 4.0

Dammit Khross! I can't wait to finish all the books...this thread better still be here because I am going to come back and read every single spoiler!!!

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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

None of my spoilers contain anything that could possibly be construed as a spoiler.

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Taking a week off to coincide with the next book's release. =) A day to read it, another to re-read the good parts and generally geek out, then some time to catch up on sleep and geek out with friends and discuss theories and stuff as they finish reading. =)

I'm not calling your bluff. I'll read them next year.

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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

LK -- I'm pretty sure that you've read further than Khross has, by now. His spoiler at the end of the last page will explain why I'm certain of that. Also, I know he hasn't read the third book with 100% certainty.

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

Khross pre not liking it tells me I will love it.

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"It is true that democracy undermines freedom when voters believe they can live off of others' productivity, when they modify the commandment: 'Thou shalt not steal, except by majority vote.' The politics of plunder is no doubt destructive of both morality and the division of labor."

Care to elaborate? I haven't watched or read anything yet.

I'm a little weary of fantasy authors that create 12 book series that I have to follow for a decade before completion or they die before they can finish or I'll die before they finish. Seriously, is their contracts forcing them to make a gajillion books? Start thinking of wrapping that **** up around book two at least.

Discworld has a lot of books, but you don't have to read one to understand another.

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"...the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?" -Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

I'm almost finished with the second book. Sooooooooo awesome! I can already tell I'm going to be really bummed when I finish all the books and there is no more.
And I'm not reading ANY spoilers because I'll wind up clicking on all of them!

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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

This why I read just a chapter day. I am only half way through Game of Thrones. I figure I'll be done around 2020 with all the books... well at least through the 5 written up to this point. I will extend the life of the joy I feel each and every day anticipating the next one to be read.

Slow = better.

Take a slow ride, take it easy.

Shoulda started with the first one

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Holy shitsnacks!

I downloaded the sample of Game of Thrones on my iPhone and the first bit seemed to follow the TV series well enough, so I skipped reading it. (I hate hearing the same story twice...especially so close.) I know I'm missing some subtleties or whatever by not reading the first book, but at this point I don't care, haha, I'm just ready to find out what happens!!
And Odom Leah, I thought about doing what you're doing but the books are too good...I have no self-control. About the best I can do is drag it out a week but that's it.

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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

One more week!



Gonna spend over an hour total driving to get this, since book stores no longer exist here... and it will be an eager drive the whole way.

Just downloaded a torrent of the first 600 pages that got leaked, which I think is about perfect...I should be able to stretch that to keep me busy until Tuesday when I can pick up my pre-order and finish the rest of it. =)

Saw a story EW ran regarding new casting...the picture's a bit of WTFery though:

But there are a great many subtle little inside jokes that you catch if you do read them all...

I remember borrowing a book from Moose and asking him dude, what was this reference... and because he KNEW I would see that he already had the follow up book ready lol.

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Darksiege
Traveller, Calé, Whisperer
Lead me not into temptation; for I know a shortcut

First 600? How many total?

Not sure, but GRRM has said it's just a hair shorter than Storm of Swords which is like 1100 some pages in paperback.

Still waiting for LK to give her reactions to certain events in the books.

She just got there yesterday and wasn't happy.

VERY NOT HAPPY!!! I've been wanting to discuss it on here, but then I would have to put it in spoilers, which is fine, but then ya'lls responses would have to be in spoilers as well but some of you might put in info that I haven't gotten to yet and I'm already VERY NOT HAPPY about certain events in Storm of Swords so far....so yeah, I wanna talk about it but I'm afraid someone will spill the beans about something and I've already decided the safest course is to just not read ANYTHING in spoiler tags in this thread!!!
FWIW--I wanted to throw the dang book across the room. Injustice!!!!

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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

Don't worry. Nobody talks about A Feast for Crows, anyways...

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

Why not? Oh wait...*backs away from the baited hook*

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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

It's just considered a weak book on it's own. I think it's still a great read but it kinda suffers for following a Storm of Swords and having no Jon, Tyrion, or Daenarys.

I'm just over 300 pages into Dance with Dragons now though and it makes Feast feel more "complete" I think.

Holy **** Coren, thanks alot! Jon and Tyrion and Daenarys die?? ****** could have put that **** in spoilers. ****.

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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades