Game of Thrones

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New sample chapter!

http://georgerrmartin.com/if-sample.html

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NSFW

What It's Like To Read the Game of Thrones Books (NSFW)

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Sounds about right

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Interesting theory for book readers. It's concerns the forging of Lightbringer.

http://www.reddit.com/r/asoiaf/comments/1ds3j0/spoilers_all_brienne_and_the_forging_prophecy/

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Digby, did you notice this pattern in the prologues of the ASOIAF?

Book one: Character is a NW member, location beyond the Wall, death by Others/wight
Book two: Character is a Maester, location Dragonstone (a place we've never seen before), death by poison
Book three: Character is a NW member, location beyond the Wall, death by Others/wight
Book four: Character is a novice Maester(a place we've never seen before), location Oldtown, death by poison
Book Five: Character is wildling, location beyond the Wall, death by Others/wight

Taken from: http://www.reddit.com/r/asoiaf/comments/1dt00t/spoilers_all_a_hope_for_a_quiet_prologue_for_twow/c9tknv5

Seems to reason Book 6 with me will be from a Maester's POV.

[AdmiralDigby]

Digby, did you notice this pattern in the prologues of the ASOIAF?

Book one: Character is a NW member, location beyond the Wall, death by Others/wight
Book two: Character is a Maester, location Dragonstone (a place we've never seen before), death by poison
Book three: Character is a NW member, location beyond the Wall, death by Others/wight
Book four: Character is a novice Maester(a place we've never seen before), location Oldtown, death by poison
Book Five: Character is wildling, location beyond the Wall, death by Others/wight

Taken from: http://www.reddit.com/r/asoiaf/comments/1dt00t/spoilers_all_a_hope_for_a_quiet_prologue_for_twow/c9tknv5

Seems to reason Book 6 with me from a Maester's POV.

I hadn't noticed
Interesting

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So if Roose and Ramsey die, who takes the Dredfort?

Found this on Reddit and I like it.

Lord Rickon Stark, Lord of the Dreadfort. First of the Dredstarks.

http://www.reddit.com/r/asoiaf/comments/1eykhb/spoilers_all_who_is_heir_to_the_dreadfort/ca536j8

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The Hedge Knight graphic novel is back in print and available for pre-order.

http://www.amazon.com/Hedge-Knight-Graphic-Novel-ebook/dp/B00DH07FAS/

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http://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars/2013/11/george-r-r-martin-the-winds-of-winter

George R. R. Martin Needs Some Space from Game of Thrones Fans If They Ever Want to See The Winds of Winter

HBO is not the only entity pressuring grizzled sea captain George R. R. Martin to finish his planned seven-novel fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire, the source material for Game of Thrones. Legions of bloodthirsty fans have been riding the G.O.T. creator to complete the remaining books—and now Martin is telling those hordes of insistent Game of Throne–ers, in the nicest way possible, to please back off for the time being.

In a new interview with The Sydney Morning Herald, the self-proclaimed slow writer begs fans to stop harassing him about finishing his sixth novel in the Song of Ice and Fire series, The Winds of Winter. "It is great that so many people are eager for the next book and certainly these are the people who are paying my bills and allowing me to have a house across the street from my other house," Martin begins, referring to his writing office, which is across the street from his home in Sante Fe, New Mexico. "But at the same time, sometimes I just wish they would stop pressuring me about it. It will be done when it's done. I'm working on it. I don't know what else I can say: I'm a slow writer, I've always been a slow writer, and these are gigantic books."

As the HBO series, which has already begun shooting Season Four, closes in on the books that have inspired it, the author says that he has tipped off Game of Thrones creators on "where I am going, so I think they know the ultimate destination, but I have to not allow them to catch me."

Apparently G.O.T. fan pressure and disruptions are relegated not just to message boards, though—some fans actually stop by the author's home, which Martin says "is a little annoying." "Mostly they are fans and lovely people, but some of them show up with six-packs of beer, and they just want to sit down and shoot the gao se with me—which is nice, but if I am kicking off work every day to have beer with the fans, that's not so good," he told the Herald.

So, fans, in the interest of a Winds of Winter release date this decade, let's please give Martin some space to get into the dark, murderous mindset necessary for killing off the rest of our beloved characters. (But if he wants to incorporate our idea of cuddly Dire Kittens, we support it.) In the meantime, we will patiently await the end of Martin's writing process by keeping our six-packs and G.O.T.-plot prodding to ourselves.