Game of Thrones begins....

[Razgovory]

You know, I would have enjoyed the book more if Martin actually focused a bit more on the monsters in the North.  The preview sets us up for a supernatural threat, but through out the 700 page book very little happens on that front.  While I do like the politicking and war, if you are going to set up a monstrous threat in the prologue you really should try to follow through with it.


Also, what the fuck do the wildlings eat?  They live in a land where it's always snowing!

The Sami, Canadian and Siberian natives manage.

Only the Inuit live in perpetual snow, and they had a stone age society of hunter-gatherers.

Inuit do not in fact live in perpetual snow.  There is a brief arctic summer.

Some of the places where they live the sea doesn't unfreeze in the summer.  At least not every year.  I'd call that perpetual snow.  Or at least Ice.

[grumbler]

Yeah, I have always said that the books read like something from an author who started as a game master. You create this rich world with lots of interesting characters and an open-ended plot and then lose interest in the middle of it and fuck off to play Vampire the Masquerade.

[Faeelin]

I caved and bought a Targaryen shirt at the HBO store, since it's 3 blocks from me. 

[garbon]

I hope that's like 3 avenues.

[Faeelin]

I hope that's like 3 avenues.

Duh. Some of us are cool enough to live in Hell's Kitchen.

[garbon]

I guess cool is one word for that.

/3 avenues away doesn't put you all that close.

[Faeelin]

I guess cool is one word for that.

/3 avenues away doesn't put you all that close.

To the store? I guess, but compared to Brooklyn it's a hop skip and a jump. (Not that I would ever go to Metropolitan).

[garbon]

I wouldn't ever go to the Metropolitan. There are enough dive bars in Manhattan. Although I suppose that most don't have patios.

[CountDeMoney]

You create this rich world with lots of interesting characters and an open-ended plot and then lose interest in the middle of it and fuck off to play Vampire the Masquerade.

lol too true.

[CountDeMoney]

At least Charles Dance will be in the vast majority of episodes.  He's cool as shit.

Alas, Julian Glover's only in 2 episodes.  His agent chose...poorly.

[Josquius]

What particularly annoys me about the series not being finished is that what is taking him so long is the Dorne plotline. Freaking Dorne. I hated that part. So dull.

Isn't the Iron Island itself also getting invaded? There's some sort of ruckus there.

What I like about the whole setup is that it would work marvelously as a setting for an RPG or a whole series of books. He's created a wonderfully rich world and if he was the kind of guy who actually wrote, there could come good things out of it.

Erikson has a similarily large number of concurrent plotlines but he manages to tie them off in an entirely different manner.

Erikson?

I caved and bought a Targaryen shirt at the HBO store, since it's 3 blocks from me. 

I have set the Targaryen sigil as my wallpaper. Its just so pretty. Shame the others aren't so cool.

[CountDeMoney]

I have set the Targaryen sigil as my wallpaper. Its just so pretty. Shame the others aren't so cool.

Horde is cooler.

[Martinus]

At least Charles Dance will be in the vast majority of episodes.  He's cool as shit.

I think Lannisters, in general, are perfectly cast (at least the adults). Peter Dinklage will steal every scene he is in, the way Tyrion did in the books, and the twins are very well chosen too.

I think the only characters I have seen so far that made me go somewhat WTF, cast-wise, are the Tully sisters, especially Lysa - it was a while ago when I read the books, but wasn't she supposed to be a chubbo?

[11B4V]

Which network is going to make RuneQuest II?

Or Elric.

Elric would be nice, but probably not.

[Slargos]

What particularly annoys me about the series not being finished is that what is taking him so long is the Dorne plotline. Freaking Dorne. I hated that part. So dull.

Isn't the Iron Island itself also getting invaded? There's some sort of ruckus there.

What I like about the whole setup is that it would work marvelously as a setting for an RPG or a whole series of books. He's created a wonderfully rich world and if he was the kind of guy who actually wrote, there could come good things out of it.

Erikson has a similarily large number of concurrent plotlines but he manages to tie them off in an entirely different manner.

Erikson?

I caved and bought a Targaryen shirt at the HBO store, since it's 3 blocks from me. 

I have set the Targaryen sigil as my wallpaper. Its just so pretty. Shame the others aren't so cool.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malazan_Book_of_the_Fallen

Since Jordan died, he's currently my favourite Living author.