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11-01-2011, 02:45 PM | #3 |
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I read up to Dances with Dragons (2-3 years ago). Got burned out with the story line, how everyone gets killed and the story just creeps forward. I've walked away and not too sure I will go back.
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I never made it through to the end of Jordan's stuff. I lost the will to live quite early on.
This though, I dunno. I had the audiobooks and couldn't gel with them. I think I'd probably have liked the reader more had I not seen the tv series first. I intend to get them in paperback. The high death count doesn't really put me off. I made it through the first two chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever. I have stamina :p
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The death count isn't an issue other than all the main characters are being axed. Quite the opposite, the higher the better (Joe Abercrombie). I have not thought about Thomas Covenant in a very long time... I read only the first book, back in the mid 1980s.
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Love Abercrombie. The First Law Trilogy was one hell of a debut.
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11-01-2011, 05:03 PM | #7 |
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I have struggled my way to 39% of ADWD. It's rough going, nothing happens. I mean stuff happens, but its happened already, I'm just getting filler. I hear that at some point I'm going to exceed the timeline of the last book.
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11-03-2011, 05:53 PM | #9 |
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Yeah, it was pretty slow for a while. I got bored with the Sunspear prince story line and found myself skipping a page here and there..."get on with it, already."
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Dammit, when will Season 1 be released on DVD and thus be available on Netflix?? I mean I've read the books, I know what happens, but I want to see it. [/whine]
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The Game Of Thrones Begins On DVD March 6th
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01-31-2012, 04:39 PM | #13 |
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Thanks, classic!
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01-31-2012, 06:22 PM | #14 |
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I am going to either need to come over to someone's house every week, or, if someone with HBO is willing to trust me with their passwords to HBOgo, I'll watch online.
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02-02-2012, 10:42 AM | #15 |
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I just watched Game of Thrones (season 1) on HBO on Demand and I'm HOOKED like the geeks and nerds that come here are hooked.
!! That said, wolf, you're welcome to come hang out with me for a few days if you wanna - that old bedroom that son #2 was stinking up? It's a beautiful guest room now! You're welcome to come on over to Ohio anytime!
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