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The Official Game of Thrones [A Song of Ice and Fire] Thread (includes spoilers)

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Chris said the same thing last year. Afraid he'll be wrong again. Naturally I'm hoping for the best.
 
Well, the more important question is seven books, or eight? Nothing official, but the statements that have been made a sufficiently uncertain that I think it would take eight books to finish the story,

And there 's a good shot that 8th book would never get finished.
 
Timely manner? Since when is like 5+ years a "timely manner?" I don't recall saying the same thing last year, it was probably me hoping, but what I didn't realize was that Season 5 barely moved the plot along, whereas Season 6 will have no choice but to go ahead full steam. Thus, I think Martin is going to pump the book out at some point in the next 7 months.

Which would put it right around the time Season 6 airs. In fact, it'd be pretty brilliant for him to release it right before the new Season. You know, marketing and all that shit. #justsayin

Not sure if this is true but some guy who is a friend of Martin apparently said in an interview that the book is planned for 2016. I seriously think the book is closer to being finished than we think and they want to coincide it with the TV show's sixth season.
 
The Human Q-Tip said:
Well, the more important question is seven books, or eight? Nothing official, but the statements that have been made a sufficiently uncertain that I think it would take eight books to finish the story,

And there 's a good shot that 8th book would never get finished.
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He should have been able to tell by now if it would take 7 or 8. If he hasn't said anything yet, then I'm gonna assume its still 7.
 
Rich said:
He should have been able to tell by now if it would take 7 or 8. If he hasn't said anything yet, then I'm gonna assume its still 7.
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Well, not really. He's been uncertain about that for awhile because there's a pageax for a single book, and he doesn't know if the amount of story can be crammed into one.

He'll probably know after finishing this book, but maybe not even then.
 
I definitely wouldn't rule out eight books. Martin still has a ton of story to get through, and his books certainly don't seem to be getting any shorter at this point. He's never been an author who was terribly good at being concise, either.
 
He's never going to finish the books. At this point I'm convinced he might die before he even releases the next one.
 
I have a theory as to how he may be resurrected.....

The Night's Watch will burn his body for the funeral, like they always do. However, this is when it's revealed that he is part Targaryan, through his mother, and the fire resurrects him.
 
I.K.W.T said:
I have a theory as to how he may be resurrected.....

The Night's Watch will burn his body for the funeral, like they always do. However, this is when it's revealed that he is part Targaryan, through his mother, and the fire resurrects him.
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That would kind of contradict Martin's quotes about how Targs aren't immune to fire, though. He's on record as saying what happened to Dany was a miracle and not indicative of an inherent fire immunity among the Targaryens. Further, a bunch of them died in the huge fire at Summerhall, and I'm pretty sure one died drinking wildfire.
 
Jack Brickman said:
TV in general is pretty weak right now too. That certainly helps.
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Meh, there's some pretty solid stuff on now. Not mid 2000's great, but really good.

Sidebar, while people are waiting for the next book to come out, I can't recommend Abercrombie's First Law trilogy enough. @Jack Brickman got me hooked on it. I'm almost exactly halfway through it and can't put it down. It's not Martin, but it's pretty close. You can really feel the influence without it feeling like a ripoff.
 
theSTEREO. said:
Meh, there's some pretty solid stuff on now. Not mid 2000's great, but really good.
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Well, with Breaking Bad over, the title of "Best Show on TV" pretty much became up for grabs, and while I agree there's plenty of solid stuff on the air, there's really nothing that feels as significant as Breaking Bad or The Wire did when I was watching them the first time. Game of Thrones has never quite reached that peak for me, probably because I've always generally known what would happen next. Maybe it's different this season, provided Martin doesn't somehow manage to get the sixth book out beforehand.

theSTEREO. said:
Sidebar, while people are waiting for the next book to come out, I can't recommend Abercrombie's First Law trilogy enough. @Jack Brickman got me hooked on it. I'm almost exactly halfway through it and can't put it down. It's not Martin, but it's pretty close. You can really feel the influence without it feeling like a ripoff.
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Abercrombie's Shattered Sea trilogy is excellent too, although I'd recommend reading Best Served Cold, The Heroes, and Red Country first after finishing up First Law, as they take place in the same universe. Shattered Sea is its own thing, although the novels are much brisker than the First Law stuff.

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While we're on the subject, here are some other fantasy authors you guys might check out:

Daniel Abraham - His Long Price Quartet is fantastic, and has a unique Asian flair on fantasy that I can't recall seeing before. He's also finishing up his Dagger & Coin series, next year I believe, which is also really good.

Robin Hobb - I've read her Farseer trilogy and her Tawny Man trilogy, along with the first two books of her Fitz & the Fool trilogy (third isn't out until next year). Her books can be slow at times, but generally she's a very good author who really makes you care about her characters, which is important because literally everything bad happens to them. I'm midway through the first book of her Liveships Traders trilogy right now and am really enjoying it. I actually think I might end up liking this series better than the Fitz books, Fitz having been the main character in all the previous Hobb books I've read. If you decide to read Hobb, start with the Farseer trilogy and go from there.

Brandon Sanderson - He's the most productive author out there. Not the best, certainly, but I've enjoyed basically everything I've read from him. His Mistborn trilogy is great, and he's about to release the first and second books of a second Mistborn trilogy (he also released a novella set in the universe a year or two back that is really fun). I also really enjoyed the first two books of his Stormlight Archive series, which are big, epic fantasy books. I can't wait until he gets back to work on this series (I think he said he's shooting for 2017 for the next release). And they're young adult, but his two Reckoners books are a lot of fun too.

Scott Lynch - I've read all three of his Gentleman Bastards books. He's a lot like Martin in that he takes for fucking ever to release books, but they're pretty good. The first two were excellent. The third was merely good, but I still burned through it really quick. They're like fantasy heist novels, involving lots of scams and fake identities, so they're pretty unique in the genre.

Glen Cook - The Chronicles of the Black Company is one of my favorite fantasy series. It takes some getting used to, as it's written in a very different style from most fantasy book, but I really took a liking to all the unique characters. I've also read a couple of his Garrett, P.I. books and they are enjoyable, focusing on a private eye in a fantasy universe.

Luke Scull - Grim Company was a solid debut novel. I bought the sequel but haven't read it yet.

That should keep you fuckers busy.
 
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