A Song of Ice and Fire books

[Buford The Sly]

Originally Posted by AndThePickles

Alrighty, you two carry on

Just my opinion man, I don't fault anyone for prefering one to the other.

[AndThePickles]

Lady! And yeah, I get it, people in this thread clearly LOVE the author, and that's cool. If I published books I would hope that my fans would feel the same way about me. Just silly to argue as I'm not trying to get anyone to change their mind

[Spidey-Bat]

If you still aren't liking A Game of Thrones, just read the remaining Catelyn and Tyrion chapters and start A Clash of Kings.

[Buford The Sly]

Originally Posted by AndThePickles

Lady! And yeah, I get it, people in this thread clearly LOVE the author, and that's cool. If I published books I would hope that my fans would feel the same way about me. Just silly to argue as I'm not trying to get anyone to change their mind

My mistake

[El Bastardo]

Originally Posted by Buford The Sly

Just my opinion man, I don't fault anyone for prefering one to the other.

Of course not - neither do I. It's just, there's a difference between liking stuff and understanding the quality of stuff.

Originally Posted by AndThePickles

Lady! And yeah, I get it, people in this thread clearly LOVE the author, and that's cool. If I published books I would hope that my fans would feel the same way about me. Just silly to argue as I'm not trying to get anyone to change their mind

Yes, of course I love GRRM, on basis that he's one of the best writers still alive, and one of the best American authors to have come along.

Don't get me wrong. I love Tolkien, too. LotR was the first fantasy I ever read, way back seventh grade, and LotR and video games are the primary reasons why fantasy is the big majority of what I read today, and what I prefer to write.

Martin's writing is just better, though, all enjoyment put aside. Saying otherwise is like saying Peter David is a better writer than Grant Morrison. He's just not, despite my thinking both of them are just swell.

[Colossal Spoons]

I'd read a David comic over a Morrison book

[AndThePickles]

Originally Posted by El Bastardo

Of course not - neither do I. It's just, there's a difference between liking stuff and understanding the quality of stuff.

It is possible to dislike something without undermining the "quality" of it.

[El Bastardo]

Yes, and?

[AndThePickles]

Perhaps I assumed the wrong thing from your statement. You know what they say, never assume, it just makes an ass out of u and me

[El Bastardo]

I don't even know what to say.

...

Wait! Hey! I know what you're trying to do! Don't you dare! Bad Pickles! If anyone's making an ass out of anyone here, it's me.

[Spidey-Bat]

I got to the chapter where the Reeds tell Bran the story of the Knight of the Laughing Tree. Is it possible that Barristan Selmy may know who Jon's mother is if it Lyanna?

[Buford The Sly]

Originally Posted by Spidey-Bat

I got to the chapter where the Reeds tell Bran the story of the Knight of the Laughing Tree. Is it possible that Barristan Selmy may know who Jon's mother is if it Lyanna?

I don't know how to answer that without spoilers but you find out more about that in Dance. However

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I don't think Barristan knows who Jon's mother is. Unless it's Ashara Dayne and Brandon Stark which is a possibility now.

[Crockett]

I'm finally starting to read ADWD, I'm a few chapters in, really great stuff.

[El Bastardo]

Originally Posted by Spidey-Bat

I got to the chapter where the Reeds tell Bran the story of the Knight of the Laughing Tree. Is it possible that Barristan Selmy may know who Jon's mother is if it Lyanna?

I think the only person still alive who possibly knows the reality of Jon Snow's parentage is Howland Reed.

Originally Posted by Crockett

I'm finally starting to read ADWD, I'm a few chapters in, really great stuff.

[Spidey-Bat]

Originally Posted by Buford The Sly

I don't know how to answer that without spoilers but you find out more about that in Dance. However

Spoiler!!! Click to Read!:

I don't think Barristan knows who Jon's mother is. Unless it's Ashara Dayne and Brandon Stark which is a possibility now.

Hmm...interesting. Look forward to reading that in ADWD.

Originally Posted by El Bastardo

I think the only person still alive who possibly knows the reality of Jon Snow's parentage is Howland Reed.

No doubt he is, which I'm sure means he will die.

I thought Selmy might know since he was with Rhaegar at the Trident and doesn't seem the kind who would be oblivious to it if it were true.

[El Bastardo]

Originally Posted by Spidey-Bat

I thought Selmy might know since he was with Rhaegar at the Trident and doesn't seem the kind who would be oblivious to it if it were true.

If it were common knowledge, I don't think Selmy would be oblivious. But I don't think Selmy was so much a close confidant of Rhaegar as he served him and thought well of him. If he had been a close confidant, he would have been present at the Tower of Joy.

Dayne was such, however, and he, Hightower, and Whent knew who they were guarding, and most likely knew the why of it, too. And I don't think it's mere coincidence that the Tower of Joy is found in the Prince's Pass, either.

[Buford The Sly]

Originally Posted by El Bastardo

I think the only person still alive who possibly knows the reality of Jon Snow's parentage is Howland Reed.

Ah, but I think with what was revealed in Dance

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Bran could probably find out the answer to that big mystery.

[El Bastardo]

Originally Posted by Buford The Sly

Ah, but I think with what was revealed in Dance

Spoiler!!! Click to Read!:

Bran could probably find out the answer to that big mystery.

Well, maybe.

Spoiler!!! Click to Read!:

It depends on how that develops. He's currently stuck to watching through the Weirwoods, and sticking mostly with Winterfell.

[Spidey-Bat]

Originally Posted by Buford The Sly

Ah, but I think with what was revealed in Dance

Spoiler!!! Click to Read!:

Bran could probably find out the answer to that big mystery.

I'm most fascinated by Bran chapters. Somehow, he's the only POV I haven't been spoiled on, most others I know what happens.

Even though being spoiled can suck, I do like that I can pick up on the hints earlier. Like when Tywin referenced the potential issue of dealing with Balon Greyjoy being resolved on it's own and the old woman that tells the BWOB about her dreams.

[Spidey-Bat]

Well, I got to the Red Wedding chapters. Even though I knew what was coming, I was still tense. It's a shame Walder Frey only has one head to have cut off.

[BatJakz]

Sorry if I missed this earlier in the thread. I'm looking for funny books that will make me laugh. I know comedy is subjective, but what books would you recommend for a laugh? Thanks.

[ChickenScratch]

Wrong thread, nothing funny here.

[El Bastardo]

Originally Posted by Spidey-Bat

Well, I got to the Red Wedding chapters. Even though I knew what was coming, I was still tense. It's a shame Walder Frey only has one head to have cut off.

Yep. I threw my book. And then, because I hate books that look beat-up, I went to it, I picked it up, and coddled it like a loving father. And then came anger. And a refusal to read for about thirty minutes.

[Buford The Sly]

Originally Posted by ChickenScratch

Wrong thread, nothing funny here.

What? Tyrion, Pod, and Dolorus Edd are a riot. But yeah, dude's in the wrong thread for comedy books.

[Spidey-Bat]

Originally Posted by El Bastardo

Yep. I threw my book. And then, because I hate books that look beat-up, I went to it, I picked it up, and coddled it like a loving father. And then came anger. And a refusal to read for about thirty minutes.

I read 2 chapters after that since I'm trying to finish it before I go back to school. Cat should have just stabbed Walder Frey. It's the one thing she could have done right in the entire book, yet she kills a fool. And poor Grey Wind. I think that makes me sad the most