Game of Thrones - BOOKS Discussion (Spoilers) (Page 4)

The IBC is only like 2000 pages.  You can hammer that out in an afternoon and get to the good stuff.  lol

I probably have read every single page in the IBC at one time or another .  Chapter 4 MANY more times.  Unfortunately, I've probably looked at section 420 of the CBC over 100 times - the California amendments to the IBC make section 420 about 30 pages long (420 is about I-1 (hospitals))

I've got 1-5, but I'm trying to hold myself to keep pace with the show.  So I read book 1 during the first season, read book 2 after season 1, read book 3 last spring.  But that means I won't be able to read book 4 till next year lol.

Section 16 (1613) and section 12 of the ASCE/SEI have Cheeto stains from constant reference/use.

KSH - 2013-04-04 3:17 PM

4agoodlife - 2013-04-04 5:14 PM

Kido - 2013-04-04 8:41 AMI pulled the trigger.  First 5 books sitting on my Kindle.  Something like 4200 pages to read! 

Are you 200 pages in yet?

I will say this, I tend to be a skimmer. I skim for important parts. Ha! There can a lot of blah-blah-blah on some pages. So skimming can work.

The only parts I skimmed was the Dornish stuff but skimming the rest would be blasphemy

Have you started reading yet?

No, I'm being disciplined.  Not sure why I bought it other than the fact I knew I was, so why not now?

I started reading these when book 2 came out. I got tired of waiting for book 4 and so I told myself I wouldn't pick them back up until the series was finished. Now that I'm watchign the show I want to start reading them again.

The worst one for me is the Wheel of Time series. Book 1 published in 1990. I picked it up around 97. Last book came out in January 2013. What an incredibly long time to wait for an ending. Robert Jordan even died before he could finish them.

I started his series when the second book was published and the first was in paper back. At that time I did a lot of skimming/jumping through the books. I hated how each chapter was a piece of a characters story and they ended rather abruptly with long breaks between where the story picks up again many chapters later. Book 1 was tolerable because there weren't as many characters and thus stories to follow. Book 2 introduced more characters and thus I read the book by character not chapter - so, jon whole story, Arya, Tyrion etc..

At the time I wrote GRRM through a fan website and he actually wrote me an email back. He essential said he was happy I enjoyed his books however, he was upset I didn't read the story in the order he wrote them.

Since my husband started watching the HBO series I reread the first books and bought books 4/5. I haven't finished book 5 yet (about 2/3 done). It just got so tedious with all the characters and plot lines. I'll finish it eventually.

Lord Beric, and a bunch of other knights were sent to arrest The Mountain (Sandor Clegane) by Ned Stark when he was hand of the king. Because they were also being sent to arrest Tywin Lannister because he was responsible for The Mountain as the Warden of the West, they became outlaws when King Robert died and Ned was imprisoned. In the book, they appear when Arya, Hot Pie, and Gendry are gathering potatoes and the archer holds Arya at bay.

link below if you need more meat.

http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Brotherhood_Without_Banners

I couldn't remember Beric's name...  Just Thoros

Will Rickon (sp?) have any role in the ending?  He does have a direwolf, but we know nothing about his journey with the wildling woman, I can't remember her name.

When Arya returns to Westeros, will any of her remaining family recognize her?

Idle thoughts for the morning...

This is also the group that Catelyn Stark joins after the red wedding where she becomes Lady Stoneheart.

Beric dies 7 times.  The first was, IIRC, by the mountain himself.  Thoros accidently resurrected him at his funeral.  Then he's killed 5 more times, and Thoros brings him back.  Then, when he's reintroduced, he's a typical zombie - skin falling off, etc.  He dies the 7th time bringing back Catelyn, and there's not enough left for Thoros to bring back.

Thoros has the flaming sword (which I would have loved to see in the 1st season).  I agree, he looks too white, too English.  He was sent from the eastern lands to try to convert Robert to the fire god, so IMHO he shouldn't look like hes from the UK or France or Germany.  All the other easterners, except for the red priestess, look at least Mediterranean if not non-European.

Alright, I had to go back and read part of book 5 last night.  I thought Jon Snow died after rallying the troops to go to Hardhorne with (forgot his name) so he could go back to Winterfell.  He suffered at least three wounds.  I think the first was a slash to the neck, then a dagger in the gut, and then a stab in the back.  Then he blacked out and the chapter ended.  

While Jon is/was my favorite character, I'd love to see him live through it, but I can't see him living without supernatural "support".  Just now, I remembered that Lady Melissandre may be able to breath life back into him.  This completely changed my perspective on the issue.  Could Jon and Mellissandre go to Winterfell together?  Oh man, now I really can't wait to get book 6 .....

And as a one of the Faceless, how will she dispatch those left on her "list"???  One of my favorite scenes in all of the books was her watching, stalking, plotting then "coining" to death that merchant.

Same here, I don't think he will die.