Game of Thrones [SPOILERS]

[Ingmar]

I'm hearing that spoilers about book 5 are starting to leak in places, so if you're worried about that sort of thing be very careful what you're reading on the Internet for the next couple weeks.

[Teleku]

Cersi kills Dumbledore?

[Rasix]

Ugg.  I'm going to have to go into "Harry Potter release" internet mode.. again.  Yay.

[Samwise]

I just finished Feast for Crows this morning.  Good timing.    

I would be pretty goddamn pissed if I'd read the book in 2005.

[WayAbvPar]

/raises hand

2005 hardback suckers 4 Lyfe.

[murdoc]

/raises hand

2005 hardback suckers 4 Lyfe.

Just pulled out the hardback to give to my Dad who's reading the series for the first time.

[Rasix]

I still can't find my copy of Clash of Kings.  I've scoured my entire house.  I'm going to have to buy a new version of the trade paperback.. it'll probably reference the TV show on the cover.  /barf

[JWIV]

/raises hand

2005 hardback suckers 4 Lyfe.

Just pulled out the hardback to give to my Dad who's reading the series for the first time.

I'm actually torn on how I'm going to pick up Dance - kindle is super convenient, but I'm pretty sure the wife is going to want to read this when it comes out, so I might be better off just picking up the hardcover, so I don't have to buy it twice.

[Draegan]

I never read the last book back in 2005.  Just started it last night for the first time.

[Ingmar]

I'll probably buy it for real AND on the Kindle, if I know myself.

[Merusk]

I just finished Feast for Crows this morning.  Good timing.    

I would be pretty goddamn pissed if I'd read the book in 2005.

I waited for the paperback, but yeah, it's sucked.  I've given up re-reading since I don't have time and am instead re-skimming the series.

[Der Helm]

Finally saw ep10.  Excellent work, HBO.  I appreciated the gratuitous pan out of a hot, naked Dany.

Btw, did she lose her baby ? I remember something on the wiki about the dragon eggs "trading life for life".

[Merusk]

She did, but not for the reason you're thinking.

[Threash]

Anyone who complained about aging up the children should be forced to watch Falling Skies.

[Viin]

I never read the last book back in 2005.  Just started it last night for the first time.

Me neither, but I bought an autographed copy of the hardback when it came out. So I'm reading it now (just finished re-reading the prior books).

[Rendakor]

I never read the last book back in 2005.  Just started it last night for the first time.

Me neither, but I bought an autographed copy of the hardback when it came out. So I'm reading it now (just finished re-reading the prior books).

This is me too, except not autographed. I was really excited to read it until I heard none of my favorites were in there, so I put it aside until (now) Book 5 was almost out.

[WayAbvPar]

Pre-ordered ADWD yesterday, so expect the 'delayed indefinitely' announcement any day now. You're welcome.

[naum]

Pre-ordered ADWD yesterday, so expect the 'delayed indefinitely' announcement any day now. You're welcome.

http://grrm.livejournal.com/224067.html

Yes, I know, Amazon Germany screwed up big time and started shipping A DANCE WITH DRAGONS before they were supposed to. I am told that about 180 copies got out before they were made aware of their mistake and shut down shipping.

I am not happy about this. My publishers are furious.

If we find out who is responsible, we will mount his head on a spike.

Some other retailers are making noises about releasing their own stocks early, using the Amazon error as a justification. They are not supposed to do this. If you hear of anyone actually selling or shipping copies in advance of the publication date, please inform me ASAP.

I know that the 180 readers who got advance copies are happy about this, but I assure you, my publishers are not. And thousands of other readers are now getting spoiled, most quite inadverently and unwillingly, as they stumble over the spoilers cropping up everywhere on the internet. (Some of the spoilers being posted are false, by the way). Most of those "lucky" 180 are keeping mum, to be sure, but there are always a few jerkwads in any group, and those are the ones who cannot keep their mouths shut.

[WayAbvPar]

This is the same guy who told us that ADWD would be out in 2005, so I am not buying it until I get the delivery to my Kindle 

[Teleku]

Oh man, I haven't read the series in a long while, and I really wanted to reread it before getting to book 5.  Just been to busy until now to devote time to that.  Now I'm going to have to fend off god damn spoilers from this instant on as I try to read the entire series and get to the 5th book.

[Chimpy]

This is the same guy who told us that ADWD would be out in 2005, so I am not buying it until I get the delivery to my Kindle 

This is also the same guy that announced that the book was going to be released 2 weeks ago when they originally said "the book is done". They moved the date back to septamber not that long ago.

[Rendakor]

Amazon is still showing a 7/12/11 release date for ADWD; is that incorrect?

[Chimpy]

Amazon is still showing a 7/12/11 release date for ADWD; is that incorrect?

The local library shows a release date of 9/10. I have no actual clue when it will be released at this point and am waiting until I get an email saying my reserved copy is available to check out.

Of course, I could be wrong about all the release date stuff as I saw it was being released and mentioned to friends that hell was freezing over and promptly forgot about it so I may have gotten it confused with something else.

[Merusk]

The Library probably won't have funds to purchase it before that or pushed it off to 3rd quarter for other reasons (like huge demand for the book.)

Release date is still 7/12 and dealers already have it in-hand as the spoilers previously mentioned are coming from the ~7,000 people who Amazon accidentally shipped their copies to already.

[Threash]

Since it appears Camelot is not going to be renewed Eva Green is going to be free and would make a damn good Melisandre.

[DLRiley]

Since it appears Camelot is not going to be renewed Eva Green is going to be free and would make a damn good Melisandre.

Hmm.......

[Lucas]

One of the most beloved characters of the saga has been casted.

Brienne, the Maid of Tarth, will be played by british actress Gwendoline Christie (and yeah, she's TALL...6’3″):

http://grrm.livejournal.com/227044.html

[Merusk]

She's not plain and horse-faced though.  Booo!

(Not that I expected them to follow-through on that in the slightest.)

[Bunk]

I can see it. She's got a long face, just avoid the nice makeup and she'll be "plain" enough to pull it off. Never really thought of the character as that tall, but it makes sense.

[shiznitz]

She's not plain and horse-faced though.  Booo!

(Not that I expected them to follow-through on that in the slightest.)

Make-up can make her plainer.

[Lucas]

If I'm not mistaken, when we meet her in the books it is said that, beside the awkward muscular build, she easily towers  over most men.

Also, I love this description of her at the beginning of Book Four (not a spoiler, but just in case...):

[Samwise]

Fantastic casting.  Getting someone that tall will go a long way toward making her believable as a badass female knight.

[Teleku]

She's not plain and horse-faced though.  Booo!

(Not that I expected them to follow-through on that in the slightest.)

Really?  I kind of thought from the pictures I've seen that  she is freakishly tall and ugly enough to fit. 


And I mean that in the nicest way possible.  But really:



She'll do fine.

[lamaros]

She's also meant to be super flat chested. Doesn't look unattractive enough, but makeup can do stuff.

[Ingmar]

Pretty sure some prosthetic horse teeth will do about 90% of the work, it is pretty easy to make yourself unattractive otherwise just by frowning a lot, etc.