A Game of Thrones - Page 11

kerosene · 10-12-2011, 02:50 PM

Anybody read a Dance with Dragons yet? I finished it a couple of weeks ago. More dead people that I didn't want dead yet.

Happy Monkey · 10-12-2011, 03:10 PM

I read it. An enjoyable read, but I really felt a lack of plot advancement. Perhaps due to its unusual history of being half a book extended.

But when I look at the synopsis on Wikipedia, quite a lot happened and quite a lot was set up to pay off in upcoming books.

Odd.

Perry Winkle · 10-12-2011, 03:10 PM

I read all 5 in the course of a month or two. In book 3 he hit the trough that all of these long-running fantasy series run into. He sort-of started climbing out of it in book 5, but he still has a ways to go.

The deus ex machina starts to really grind. I don't know how to develop this character, I'll kill them. I don't know how to get this character out of this situation because there's no reasonable course of action that isn't waiting, so I'll have that character act completely contrary to character.

Hopefully the next one gets out of this rut.

jimhelm · 10-12-2011, 03:40 PM

oh, fucking NICE!

Roy Dotrice is back as the narrator! I just got the audiobook... just now!

yay!!!!1!!!1...

gonna download it stat!

wolf · 10-12-2011, 08:16 PM

Library lending has come to Kindle. I am on the Library's waiting list for ADWD. Last time I checked I was fourth in line.

BigV · 10-12-2011, 09:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf

Library lending has come to Kindle. I am on the Library's waiting list for ADWD. Last time I checked I was fourth in line.

omg.

talk about culture clash.

You are waiting in line to borrow a copy of an e-book for your Kindle?

Just... kill me now.

kerosene · 10-12-2011, 10:24 PM

I will send you my copy, wolf, if you don't mind a regular book. And it is a huge book.

pm me if you want it, okay?

wolf · 10-12-2011, 11:55 PM

Generally I don't mind a regular book ... but I am quite spoiled by the Kindle, especially when it comes to budgie-killing books. I may accept your offer if I can't finish the book during the check-out period, though.

Library ebook lending is kind of freaky. Each book is limited both to the number of copies the library can have, as well as the number of times the book can be checked out, supposedly to simulate the wear and tear on a physical book, at which point it is either discarded or replaced ... replaced means that the library has to pay for another license.

This is, of course, bullshit. The electrons don't wear out, and the real physical books last longer than the specified number of loans for an ebook ... but the publishers are all kinds of cranky over the new means of content provision and are trying to suck every penny out of it that they can.

jimhelm · 10-14-2011, 08:45 AM

I guess Roy didn't re-listen to his own work before recording the new book. He's using the Lord Varys' accent for Illirio the fat merchant, and Dany sounds like the Wildling that Bran and Rob captured.... forget her name.... but...still... He's the fucken best.

wolf · 10-14-2011, 02:03 PM

I am now third in line.

wolf · 10-31-2011, 08:28 AM

I have it, I have it! I got my email this morning saying ADWD was available for checkout.

So much for my doing anything productive today. Or tomorrow. Or probably for at least the next week.

Spexxvet · 10-31-2011, 08:29 AM

My box set of the books should be here any day now.

Happy Monkey · 10-31-2011, 11:13 AM

I've been playing "A Game of Thrones: Genesis". It is definitely a unique take on real time strategy (RTS) gaming. It doesn't completely gel, but I give them points for trying something new.

It really plays up political intrique. The beginning of the game is all about sending out envoys, spies, and other diplomatic or underhanded units to build up as much support from the local lords as you can before war breaks out. At that point, you have to quickly raise armies, and it becomes a regular RTS.

Unfortunately, both phases are a bit slow, and not very polished. And the Westeros-history bookends around the missions can make it seem futile. You win a decisive victory, and then a blurb pops up saying that despite that victory your rebellion was quickly quashed.

BigV · 10-31-2011, 01:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

My box set of the books should be here any day now.

Luddite.

Spexxvet · 10-31-2011, 01:32 PM

It's here. Well, it's at home.

10-12-2011, 03:10 PM	#152
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	I read it. An enjoyable read, but I really felt a lack of plot advancement. Perhaps due to its unusual history of being half a book extended. But when I look at the synopsis on Wikipedia, quite a lot happened and quite a lot was set up to pay off in upcoming books. Odd. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

10-12-2011, 03:40 PM	#154
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	oh, fucking NICE! Roy Dotrice is back as the narrator! I just got the audiobook... just now! yay!!!!1!!!1... gonna download it stat! __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

10-12-2011, 08:16 PM	#155
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Library lending has come to Kindle. I am on the Library's waiting list for ADWD. Last time I checked I was fourth in line. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

10-12-2011, 11:55 PM	#158
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Generally I don't mind a regular book ... but I am quite spoiled by the Kindle, especially when it comes to budgie-killing books. I may accept your offer if I can't finish the book during the check-out period, though. Library ebook lending is kind of freaky. Each book is limited both to the number of copies the library can have, as well as the number of times the book can be checked out, supposedly to simulate the wear and tear on a physical book, at which point it is either discarded or replaced ... replaced means that the library has to pay for another license. This is, of course, bullshit. The electrons don't wear out, and the real physical books last longer than the specified number of loans for an ebook ... but the publishers are all kinds of cranky over the new means of content provision and are trying to suck every penny out of it that they can. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

10-14-2011, 08:45 AM	#159
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	I guess Roy didn't re-listen to his own work before recording the new book. He's using the Lord Varys' accent for Illirio the fat merchant, and Dany sounds like the Wildling that Bran and Rob captured.... forget her name.... but...still... He's the fucken best. __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

10-12-2011, 02:50 PM	#151
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	Anybody read a Dance with Dragons yet? I finished it a couple of weeks ago. More dead people that I didn't want dead yet.

10-12-2011, 03:10 PM	#153
Perry Winkle Esnohplad Semaj Ton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 2,259	I read all 5 in the course of a month or two. In book 3 he hit the trough that all of these long-running fantasy series run into. He sort-of started climbing out of it in book 5, but he still has a ways to go. The deus ex machina starts to really grind. I don't know how to develop this character, I'll kill them. I don't know how to get this character out of this situation because there's no reasonable course of action that isn't waiting, so I'll have that character act completely contrary to character. Hopefully the next one gets out of this rut.

10-12-2011, 10:24 PM	#157
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	I will send you my copy, wolf, if you don't mind a regular book. And it is a huge book. pm me if you want it, okay?

10-14-2011, 02:03 PM	#160
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I am now third in line. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

10-31-2011, 08:28 AM	#161
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I have it, I have it! I got my email this morning saying ADWD was available for checkout. So much for my doing anything productive today. Or tomorrow. Or probably for at least the next week. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

10-31-2011, 08:29 AM	#162
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	My box set of the books should be here any day now. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

10-31-2011, 11:13 AM	#163
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	I've been playing "A Game of Thrones: Genesis". It is definitely a unique take on real time strategy (RTS) gaming. It doesn't completely gel, but I give them points for trying something new. It really plays up political intrique. The beginning of the game is all about sending out envoys, spies, and other diplomatic or underhanded units to build up as much support from the local lords as you can before war breaks out. At that point, you have to quickly raise armies, and it becomes a regular RTS. Unfortunately, both phases are a bit slow, and not very polished. And the Westeros-history bookends around the missions can make it seem futile. You win a decisive victory, and then a blurb pops up saying that despite that victory your rebellion was quickly quashed. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

10-31-2011, 01:32 PM	#165
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	It's here. Well, it's at home. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

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