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I can't stand nothing dull
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"Bible, Wrath of Khan, what's the difference?"
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Game of Thrones...might contain spoilers.
He's not wrong though....
He's not wrong though....
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I've never read a page/watched a second of that series and I feel I have missed nothing!
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My thoughts on ASOIAF.RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:I've never read a page/watched a second of that series and I feel I have missed nothing!
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Are you saying the the story should pick up the pace, or that GRRM should get the books out quicker? Both would have merit.
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No. It's not in Japan.
Spider-Man Statue Removed From South Korean Playground Because It Has A Gigantic Boner
After erecting a statue of Spider-Man in a South Korean shopping center, artist Eunsuk Yoo met stiff resistance from the people who run it. It seems they took a long, hard look at the spectacular piece after suspicions were aroused about its suitability. The statue has now been yanked off, despite being impressively hung on that wall for almost a year. Yoo may feel he got the shaft, but one hopes he understands the thrust of the mall’s decision.
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Yeah there is no real direction in the show aside from there is no character shield for anyone. There is hunts but that is still far into the future.
The point of the books is everything has consequences and no one is safe from it.
The point of the books is everything has consequences and no one is safe from it.
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"Bible, Wrath of Khan, what's the difference?"
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Never watched the show, and have only read one of the short stories in the ASOIAF milieu; having issued that caveat, one really should read GRRM to some extent because he's that good, and the Haviland Tuf stories may be the best place to start rather than ASOIAF.Captain Seafort wrote:My thoughts on ASOIAF.RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:I've never read a page/watched a second of that series and I feel I have missed nothing!
I can't stand nothing dull
I got the high gloss luster
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I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer
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It'd be interesting if a story were to emerge at some point, but by and large my impression of series (the last three books in particular) is that lots of stuff happens, but very little progress is made.Nutso wrote:Are you saying the the story should pick up the pace, or that GRRM should get the books out quicker? Both would have merit.
No, he isn't. His writing is pretty good, but huge swathes of the books seem to have originated with the thought "wouldn't it be cool if..." rather than with any specific objective in mind. Even if he eventually gets to so sort of point, he's taken so long to do so everyone will have forgotten where they started from.Mikey wrote:having issued that caveat, one really should read GRRM to some extent because he's that good
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That's because you know nothing! (Nice one! Think everyone here missed it )RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:I've never read a page/watched a second of that series and I feel I have missed nothing!
That being said, I love GoT...cannot really understand the complains about not going on and lack of story.
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Generally considered one of the hallmarks of a good writer, AFAIK.Captain Seafort wrote:His writing is... good
That's not really an indictment. A) That's not always a bad thing for someone who both wrote for television and created the first fantasy realpolitik stores, and B) it is absolutely untrue. Saying that it is is only an indication that you haven't read the Haviland Tuf stories or the Wild Card stories, or the very pointed and thematic -and darkly sarcastic - stories like "Sandkings."Captain Seafort wrote: huge swathes of the books seem to have originated with the thought "wouldn't it be cool if..."
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One of the hallmarks. Another is having a plot, rather than just things that happen. ASOIAF is the latter.Mikey wrote:Generally considered one of the hallmarks of a good writer, AFAIK.
That might be the problem - he's thinking of it as a TV series rather than a novel.A) That's not always a bad thing for someone who both wrote for television
Hardly. At the very least The Winter King was published a year before AGoT. In any event 's a difference between "wouldn't it be cool if..." in the sense of coming up with interesting concepts and in the sense of stuff happening for the sake of having stuff happen.created the first fantasy realpolitik stores
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I haven't. So what? It may be that he's demonstrated better grip in some of his other stories, but not in ASOIAF.Saying that it is is only an indication that you haven't read the Haviland Tuf stories or the Wild Card stories, or the very pointed and thematic -and darkly sarcastic - stories like "Sandkings."
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