A Song of Ice and Fire Series (Books) *Spoilers* - Page 2

Swan · 07-09-2012, 09:25 PM

Man, I fucking hated in the fourth book, where Jon Snow discovers a mystic portal to an unknown place, and he goes through with Ghost, and they end up in 1970's New York.

Acebot44 · 07-10-2012, 01:04 AM

^Which reminds me, finished the Dark Tower series not too long ago as well. Apparently the movie/hbo plan is back in action!

ZebraRampage · 07-10-2012, 04:07 PM

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^Which reminds me, finished the Dark Tower series not too long ago as well. Apparently the movie/hbo plan is back in action!

That would be pretty awesome, and probably much easier to do since it has less plot lines and less characters. I'm currently on the 6th book, Song for Susannah, so I'm really close to the end, and really excited to get there.

Back to ASOFAI though.

How do you feel about A Storm of Swords so far? The part you spoke of really does make the most sense for the finale of the third season on HBO though, and I the end of the book should also be a good finale as well.

How many people have read the whole series as it is? I know Ginkasa, DarkMaster, and Angrist have.

DarkMaster · 07-10-2012, 09:09 PM

Season 3, episode 9 will be the Red Wedding, I have no doubt in my mind. The very last scene of the season, in episode 10, will be Joffrey getting got at his wedding, as a way to reconcile basically the most dramatic betrayal ever seen on TV. This seems pretty legit to me right now. Man I can't wait to see that shit go down on television.

I'm also extremely excited to see Ramsay Sno... er I mean Bolton! He's the best villain in the series so far, I think. He has the potential to seriously take the villainy in this show to the next level. People I know who haven't read the books are always telling me how much they hate Joffrey, and I'm like... maaaan you don't even know, there's another villain on the way.

I also can't wait to see the Brave Companions, I really hope they're as terrible and gruesome as they should be. I would love to see a leeching scene with Roose cause that shit was disturbing as hell. God damn season 3 is going to have some moments.

I'm currently re-reading through the series, am about 3/4 through Clash of Kings. Reading the books for the second time is even better, I think, knowing all the houses and having a better grasp of the lands and where everything this. Loving it.

Acebot44 · 07-12-2012, 07:22 PM

After finally getting to that part (damnit DM haha), I think that the last scene may very well be Cersei accusing my main man Tyrion of the deed, and him getting carried away while Sansa disappears.

The frantic crowd, the unknown cause of death, and the desire to find out what happens next to sooooo many characters after such a scene would be a devilish cliff hanger...and sell A LOT of books...or give a Wiki of Ice and Fire plenty of traffic

Oh and as for SoS, I love how every chapter towards the end seems finish with quite a bit of suspense. Too much attention is often given to whatever people are eating and wearing, at least to my like, but appart from that I am really enjoying it.

Not sure whether I'll read the next books in the "Chronological" mishmash mentioned earlier. It would be cumbersome carrying both books around...

DarkMaster · 07-12-2012, 08:34 PM

Actually now that I think about it more, given that the last two seasons have ended with a supernatural, expensive CGI scene, I'm pretty confident that the last scene of next season will be from the epilogue of the book... ya'll know what it is I speak of. Plus it would tie back into the red wedding. Yea.... shiiit.

ZebraRampage · 07-13-2012, 08:40 PM

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I would love to see a leeching scene with Roose cause that shit was disturbing as hell. God damn season 3 is going to have some moments.

I don't think we'll see that scene. Wasn't Arya still at Harrenhall when it happened? It seems like the HBO series has sent Bolton up north already, instead of him residing in Harrenhall first. I might be wrong, but I thought he was there at the end of A Clash of Kings, or just at the begining of A Storm of Swords.

DarkMaster · 07-15-2012, 09:41 PM

Yea he's not at harrenhal in the show, but they could still do a leeching with him, at some place, wherever he ends up. He was there in book 2 and I think he's still there when Jamie comes by in book 3? something like that.

Acebot44 · 07-18-2012, 12:11 PM

I've decided to read books 4 and 5 in the suggested chronological order posted earlier. AFFC via paperback, and DwD on my iPhone. Lessdoit!

Angrist · 07-18-2012, 12:41 PM

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I've decided to read books 4 and 5 in the suggested chronological order posted earlier. AFFC via paperback, and DwD on my iPhone. Lessdoit!

Awesome! Let us know how you liked it. Also, where did you find the list?
Oh and have you read the books before or not?

Acebot44 · 07-18-2012, 01:05 PM

Here is the list, posted earlier by Ginkasa.

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Here's a chronological list of the chapters in A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons. Its not from GRRM so its not "official," I guess, but I don't think there has been an official list released by him. Also, a brief disclaimer, I haven't read the books according to this list (and probably won't), so I can't vouch for its effectiveness. Its there, though, if you want to read it that way instead of as published.

And I haven't read them before, but after letting my eyes drop down to the Amazon reviews on AFFC, I decided that I couldn't bear reading a whole book without knowing what happens to Jon, Tyrion and Dany. Also, having around 25% of AFFC dedicated to Cersei is NO BUENO.

Ginkasa · 07-18-2012, 02:22 PM

Despite what I said earlier about probably not following that list, I've changed my mind and probably will whenever I do another readthrough of the series, so I'm interested to see how you like it.

ZebraRampage · 07-19-2012, 08:37 PM

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Despite what I said earlier about probably not following that list, I've changed my mind and probably will whenever I do another readthrough of the series, so I'm interested to see how you like it.

I'll be reading the series again when the The Winds of Winter is closer to coming out, so I'll probably read AFFC and ADwD in this fashion as well. You'll probably get a better opinion of how it is from people who have read it before.

Acebot44 · 07-23-2012, 11:20 PM

I'm liking mixing up the chapters....I'm liking it alot.

Angrist · 07-26-2012, 12:12 PM

Nice. I downloaded that list and read the explanation. What kind of spoilers would book 5 have that are chronologically detailed before they happen in book 4? Unless it's maybe talk (in book 5) about a plot to kill somebody... who would eventually die (in book 4).

Oh I'm just wondering about the general concept, I don't want to hear the spoilers of course.