G.R.R. Martin

Vilya · 03-04-2004, 12:52 PM

Has anyone been reading the "Fire and Ice Series"? If so I was wondering what the opinions are/were? It has been a popular topic of discussion with some friends of mine.

Melko Belcha · 03-04-2004, 02:57 PM

Love it, next to Tolkien's work and Tad Williams Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire is one of my favorite reads, fantasy or otherwise. I can not wait for A Feast for Crows.

Vilya · 03-04-2004, 07:46 PM

Speaking of " A Feast for Crows" have you heard a relese date other than Spring 2004? I am dying for it to come out.

Melko Belcha · 03-05-2004, 10:14 AM

His website still says Spring 2004. But there is a sample chapter at hiis sight.

Vilya · 03-06-2004, 12:11 PM

Coool, thanks for the info. I really can't wait for it to come out. I want to know where Jon goes from here. Do you think Rob's efforts to have him legitimized will have worked?

Arcala · 03-08-2004, 05:25 PM

I just finished A Storm of Swords, and really have to agree with Melko Belcha about the series. Er, Vilya, what do you mean about Jon and Rob getting him legitimized?

Vilya · 03-08-2004, 07:04 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Arcala
I just finished A Storm of Swords, and really have to agree with Melko Belcha about the series. Er, Vilya, what do you mean about Jon and Rob getting him legitimized?

Oops, bad form on my part. I can't tell you or I have to kill you. But in all seriousness I can't tell you because I'll ruin the other books for you. However I will say that they are very interesting, and that I enjoyed them very much.

Millane · 03-11-2004, 03:28 AM

i am loving this series it is ****ing incredible, it wont touch Tolkien in my mind (but nothing will) definately the second best world ever... ive got about 150 pages to go in Blood and Gold and im about to go finish it soon. Gregor just killed the Red Viper

im hoping Gregor wont die so he will have to face Doran

sorry i wont be able to put spoilers everywhere im just too lazy, firstly Lysa is a whore much like Sansa but Arya is sick, prefer Tyrion to Jaime and Sandor to Gregor unlike my friend... Martin is a genius and his characters just rock, i love the way the book is set out with Character chapters, i could go on and on. We bought my friend the Game of Thrones board game which also rocks (mainly coz i always get the Starks

) and where gunna order some cards this weekend (i also get the Stark deck yay)
enough for now but im sure ill have plenty more to say for later

Vilya · 03-11-2004, 11:05 AM

Nothing is as good as Tolkien in my mind. But this is some of the best stuff written that I have read in the past few years. What's this boardgame? Where did you get it? etc....

Lenya · 10-22-2005, 06:06 PM

You know, I feel really stupid. I started a thread without knowing of this one and now there are two of the same threads. How idiotic. Someone should merge them.

Millane · 10-24-2005, 07:02 AM

ohhhh its ssoooooo good, dont wait BoP, **** exams

im only about 350 pages into it, and i wont say to much about it but ill spoilerise it anyway...

its a bit wierd to start off with, a lot of chapters from characters who havent had chapters before, and not so many from older characters arya and sansa have had 2 and Cersei's had a couple and Brienne, but thats about it. There have been some awesome chapters, the Kingsmoot to see who will replace Balon, a nice prologue in Oldtown, and my favourites of all, Arya in Braavos becoming a faceless man!!!!! Wish thered been a bit more Tyrion in the story though, theres been nothing except for Cersei bitching about him, and since when has Cersei been madly in love with Rhaeger?

anywho ill finish the book and then write a bit more...

BeardofPants · 10-24-2005, 03:04 PM

Last time I did that, I almost failed... It'll be my reward for all this crap work. Which reminds me, better get back to it.

Falagar · 10-24-2005, 03:10 PM

At least you got it, BoP.

Still a week until I can even think of affording to get myself a copy. :-/ Must...resist...spoilers...

Curubethion · 12-27-2006, 01:21 AM

Aha! Found you, elusive GRR Martin thread! And only for the sole purpose of saying...

I'VE READ THE FIRST BOOK, AND I LOVE IT!!

brownjenkins · 12-27-2006, 11:39 AM

It's an awesome series with the potential to be the best among modern fantasy series. A talented writer with the ability to self-edit in a way you don't find too often among even good writers. Very few dull moments.

Falagar · 03-11-2004, 11:15 AM

I've been considering reading that series for some time now, a lot of people have reccomended it..

Vilya · 03-11-2004, 11:37 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Falagar
I've been considering reading that series for some time now, a lot of people have reccomended it..

Everyone I know really enjoyed it and I would definitely recommend giving it a try.

Falagar · 03-11-2004, 11:48 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Vilya
Everyone I know really enjoyed it and I would definitely recommend giving it a try.

Then you can be the person that finally convinced me to try.

Mark of Cenla · 03-11-2004, 01:59 PM

I am reading the third one right now. I really like his style and am really enjoying the story. Peace.

Arcala · 03-11-2004, 05:28 PM

Well, I've finished all three and I still don't understand your meaning, so if you could explain? Sorry, I'm a little dense.

03-04-2004, 12:52 PM	#1
Vilya Hobbit Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 21	G.R.R. Martin Has anyone been reading the "Fire and Ice Series"? If so I was wondering what the opinions are/were? It has been a popular topic of discussion with some friends of mine. __________________ Forged in fire, made of steel.

03-04-2004, 02:57 PM	#2
Melko Belcha Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Behind the Walls of Night Posts: 286	Love it, next to Tolkien's work and Tad Williams Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire is one of my favorite reads, fantasy or otherwise. I can not wait for A Feast for Crows. __________________ "....rapturous words from which ultimatley sprang the whole of my mythology" - JRR Tolkien Hail Earendel brightest of angels, over middle-earth sent unto men Crist by Cynewulf (lines 104-5)

03-04-2004, 07:46 PM	#3
Vilya Hobbit Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 21	Speaking of " A Feast for Crows" have you heard a relese date other than Spring 2004? I am dying for it to come out. __________________ Forged in fire, made of steel.

03-05-2004, 10:14 AM	#4
Melko Belcha Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Behind the Walls of Night Posts: 286	His website still says Spring 2004. But there is a sample chapter at hiis sight. __________________ "....rapturous words from which ultimatley sprang the whole of my mythology" - JRR Tolkien Hail Earendel brightest of angels, over middle-earth sent unto men Crist by Cynewulf (lines 104-5)

03-06-2004, 12:11 PM	#5
Vilya Hobbit Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 21	Coool, thanks for the info. I really can't wait for it to come out. I want to know where Jon goes from here. Do you think Rob's efforts to have him legitimized will have worked? __________________ Forged in fire, made of steel.

03-08-2004, 05:25 PM	#6
Arcala Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Eating WAY too much peanut butter... Posts: 274	I just finished A Storm of Swords, and really have to agree with Melko Belcha about the series. Er, Vilya, what do you mean about Jon and Rob getting him legitimized? __________________ "When I wake up early in the morning Lift my head, I'm still yawning When I'm in the middle of a dream Stay in bed, float up stream (float up stream) Please, don't wake me, no, don't shake me Leave me where I am - I'm only sleeping Everybody seems to think I'm lazy I don't mind, I think they're crazy Running everywhere at such a speed Till they find there's no need (there's no need) Please, don't spoil my day, I'm miles away And after all I'm only sleeping..." -from the Beatles' I'm Only Sleeping

03-11-2004, 03:28 AM	#8
Millane The Dude Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: at the altar of my ego Posts: 1,685	i am loving this series it is ****ing incredible, it wont touch Tolkien in my mind (but nothing will) definately the second best world ever... ive got about 150 pages to go in Blood and Gold and im about to go finish it soon. Gregor just killed the Red Viper im hoping Gregor wont die so he will have to face Doran sorry i wont be able to put spoilers everywhere im just too lazy, firstly Lysa is a whore much like Sansa but Arya is sick, prefer Tyrion to Jaime and Sandor to Gregor unlike my friend... Martin is a genius and his characters just rock, i love the way the book is set out with Character chapters, i could go on and on. We bought my friend the Game of Thrones board game which also rocks (mainly coz i always get the Starks ) and where gunna order some cards this weekend (i also get the Stark deck yay) enough for now but im sure ill have plenty more to say for later __________________ Ill heal your wounds, ill set you free,

03-11-2004, 11:05 AM	#9
Vilya Hobbit Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 21	Nothing is as good as Tolkien in my mind. But this is some of the best stuff written that I have read in the past few years. What's this boardgame? Where did you get it? etc.... __________________ Forged in fire, made of steel.

10-22-2005, 06:06 PM	#10
Lenya Elentári Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: South Africa Posts: 727	You know, I feel really stupid. I started a thread without knowing of this one and now there are two of the same threads. How idiotic. Someone should merge them.

10-24-2005, 03:04 PM	#12
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Last time I did that, I almost failed... It'll be my reward for all this crap work. Which reminds me, better get back to it. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

10-24-2005, 03:10 PM	#13
Falagar Death of Mooters and [Entmoot] Internal Affairs Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 2,870	At least you got it, BoP. Still a week until I can even think of affording to get myself a copy. :-/ Must...resist...spoilers... __________________ Fëanor - Innocence incarnated Still, Aikanáro 'till the Last battle. Last edited by Falagar : 10-24-2005 at 03:12 PM.

12-27-2006, 01:21 AM	#14
Curubethion Fenway Ranger, Lord of Red Sox Nation Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College! Posts: 1,976	Aha! Found you, elusive GRR Martin thread! And only for the sole purpose of saying... I'VE READ THE FIRST BOOK, AND I LOVE IT!! __________________ Adventure...betrayal...heroism... Atharon: where heroes are born. My wife once said to me—when I'd been writing for ten or fifteen years—that I could always go back to being a nuclear engineer. And I said to her, 'Harriet, would you let someone who quit his job to go write fantasy anywhere near your nuclear reactor? I wouldn't!' (Robert Jordan)

12-27-2006, 11:39 AM	#15
brownjenkins Advocatus Diaboli Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Reality Posts: 3,767	It's an awesome series with the potential to be the best among modern fantasy series. A talented writer with the ability to self-edit in a way you don't find too often among even good writers. Very few dull moments. __________________ Your reality, sir, is lies and balderdash and I'm delighted to say that I have no grasp of it whatsoever.

03-11-2004, 11:15 AM	#16
Falagar Death of Mooters and [Entmoot] Internal Affairs Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 2,870	I've been considering reading that series for some time now, a lot of people have reccomended it.. __________________ Fëanor - Innocence incarnated Still, Aikanáro 'till the Last battle.

03-11-2004, 01:59 PM	#19
Mark of Cenla Elven Warrior Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: central Louisiana Posts: 105	I am reading the third one right now. I really like his style and am really enjoying the story. Peace. __________________ Mark Wellman ><>

03-11-2004, 05:28 PM	#20
Arcala Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Eating WAY too much peanut butter... Posts: 274	Well, I've finished all three and I still don't understand your meaning, so if you could explain? Sorry, I'm a little dense. __________________ "When I wake up early in the morning Lift my head, I'm still yawning When I'm in the middle of a dream Stay in bed, float up stream (float up stream) Please, don't wake me, no, don't shake me Leave me where I am - I'm only sleeping Everybody seems to think I'm lazy I don't mind, I think they're crazy Running everywhere at such a speed Till they find there's no need (there's no need) Please, don't spoil my day, I'm miles away And after all I'm only sleeping..." -from the Beatles' I'm Only Sleeping

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