Anyone is reading this series and watching the movies also? I am currently on book 4



Let's discuss anything regarding GRRM's epic work here!

I've just started Dance of Dragons. It's a fantastic series and a incredible TV series too. But according to reviews Dance of Dragons is supposedly not as good as all the books before it. But we'll see.

Is it good? I have too many series to finish and can't afford to start another epic fantasy.
The way of kings
King killer chronicles
The first law
Wheels of times
And other Pitter patter of little fantasy series

I am enjoying the tv shows now n hate to spoil it by comparing the show to the book.

This post has been edited by reveur: May 16 2012, 11:28 AM

It's not good. IT'S EPIC. I would say it's the best fantasy book I've ever read (not that I've read many actually). It's like the LOTR of our generation. But don't take my word for it, it's been topping the bestseller lists for awhile now and it's TV adaption has one of the highest budgests for a HBO series. Go and read A Game of Thrones, it's beyond worth making time to read.

Reading book one. GOT is actually my first fantasy read and it's good.

I am really happy to see people getting into ASOIAF. I read it ages ago, and I don't have time to reread them. Which I should, as there are so many things I cannot remember. I haven't read Dances of Dragon yet, and already I lost track of a number of people (Brom anyone?) Nothing is sacred in GRRM's world, really gritty stuff. Fantastic as I loved political intrigues.


Honestly, the 'bad guys' have more depth than the 'good guys' at this point. It could be GRRM's intention though. I really wonder how he will wrap up all the threads.

HBO did a fantastic job on translating the series to the silver screen. As there are length dialogues and many parallel storylines, the pacing suffers badly though, through no fault of the production team. Just my 2 sens.

I'm finishing up The Clash of Kings. So intrigue but unfortunately can't dedicate the time to finish it up! Urgh

Contemplating buying A Dance With Dragon.Thing is, I read Bk 1 about 10 years ago. I think I need a read through to enjoy (and recall) the stories and characters in detail. But time is a factor! I have a feeling I will just fork out the money the next time I am in a bookstore - lol. I wish the gap wasn't so huge between the books.

Jean.lim - do continue the series! It gets better. I remember literally raising my eyebrows at parts in A Storm of Swords.

Purchased the 4 books box-set yesterday at MPH after finished watching the tv series. I'm loving it. Gonna start reading book 1 tomorrow.

reading Storm of Swords now...
many claim it's best of the series

I am still contemplating whether to pick this series up or not... It seems to be very thick, very concentrated and very heavy for my likings. Haven't really started reading real, heavy fantasy novel, don't know if you should start with this one....

This post has been edited by happy_berry: Jul 22 2012, 10:06 PM

Reading A Dance with Dragons now.... Am lost with the minor characters. I think i'll have to reread the previous books again

Ahaa, I saw some new fans here

Can't wait for 2013 tho, the next season of their series.

While for the book, I haven't read book 5 yet, I think I will wait til year end of early next year, so I can warm up for the TV series.

Definitely this series will top my favorites of all time

Reading Book4 currently... 1/4 into it...
found it a bit hard to swallow after the magnificent Book3
the introduction of many minor characters POV and lack of few major characters also contribute to the factor...

Seems like it's the only book so far I'm forcing myself to finish compared to previous 3 which is always "one more chapter before I close the book".

lets hope the plot gets better soon


Btw... i flipped to the last page and read about GRRM explains the reason behind the lack of major characters, and initially planned to release book5 a year after book4
and that was in 2004, took him almost 7 years to come out with book5

Will it be another 7 years wait for Book6?
and more for the concluding saga for Book7?
just hope he won't pull a Robert Jordan stunt

Book 1-3 is fantastic and interesting

Book 4-5 makes me feel a bit sad. Things are happening at such a snail pace, I just skip and get ... it's like a different author continued the story...

Read that George RR Martin actually planned to skip 5 years ahead after book 3. He really should have done so, I felt really upset with Book 4 &5. So much filler... I keep asking myself, where is the meat, when is something interesting going to happen.

I have no idea how the producers of the TV series on HBO will handle Book 4 & 5. It's going to be very hard to translate Book 4 & 5 into a TV series... Probably they'll streamline the mess in the books.

This post has been edited by agewisdom: Aug 23 2012, 10:34 PM

Heard that book 6 will come somewhere 3 years later from now. GRRM is kinda busy involved in the series as well.

I've read all 5 and completely disagree with those who say a Dance with Dragons is not as good as previous books. I believe the people who say this are fans of specific characters who don't show up much in book 5 because its timeline is parallel with that of the characters in book 4.

People should see book 4 and 5 as two parts of the same book. They are indeed very good books which involves less fighting and more politics than previous books.

PS: v0ltage, I'm supposed to pass book 5 to you.

I love it. but I need to open the wiki of ice and fire while reading. too many places and too many characters.

"King killer chronicles"

as in patrick rothfuss masterpiece?

u are now officially a fren of mine.

Lol, there are those that love his book immensely and there are those that just dont get it.
Sometimes I just want to smack those that are standing on the Fantasy Aisle and wondering what book they should read.

GET THE KINGKILLER CHRONICLES YOU HALFWIT!

That said, any other book that you are reading that you can recommend? I find that those that read Kingkiller generally have the same taste in terms of authors and genre.

What ive read
1. David edding's work. His work is one of the best. Recommended reading - redemption of althalus
2. Raymond e feist' work. Love his magician's apprentice work.

Thats my must read list though.

Check this out guys, awesome work!

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/menu.aspx?menu=2822

totally agree with you....cant wait for the 3rd book...

while waiting you can try..

brandon sanderson....the stormlight achive series ( really good!!!!! )
peter v brett.....demon cycle series
ken scholes.... psalm of isaak series
j v jones....sword of shadows series

the really thing i hate is waiting for the next book....
still waiting for wheel of time to conclude after 25 yrs already......
same goes with janny wurts the wars of light & shadow....20 yrs already....
j v jones sword of shadows ....12 yrs already
of course our george rr martin....16 yrs already....

p/s.....if u like firefly type of stories..
chk out chris wooding.....tales of jetty kay series...funny & gooding!!
also he hv fantasy series which is quite good.....braided path series.

alar i though you mean this 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2VSfb-v-0k

WoT series is concluding next year january in hard cover and a couple of months later on Ebook. So its not that long of a wait. Assuming of course, nostradamus was wrong about 2012. Then it will be Oh Shit.

I know wot ending early next yr but i started reading this series since 1986.....
i stopped reading since book 10 altho i still buy the books tat come out cos i reread the earlier books countless times...so will wait for final book b4 reread the whole series again.
same goes with song of ice n fire...i stopped reading at book 3....

This post has been edited by pskk: Sep 20 2012, 08:16 PM

I watched the series first before reading the book! Hehe. I just started reading the 1st book

Since there's a lot of Kingkiller fans here...anyone interest in Wise Man's Fear 1st edition hardcover? willing to trade for paperback of both book 1 and 2.

Reason selling: Was among the first at Big Bad Wolf. Found it, couldn't believe my eyes that it was a 1st edition and there were only 3 there. Took 1. But I don't like hardcovers and I haven't even read the first book -.-"

jst finished downloading 4books and am plannign to start...but jst to be sure..is it worth it? i see many ppl talking about it, like 50 shades of grey famous, but how is it? wanna know from the horse's mouth.

and btw, i am into fantasy like Salvatore's Drizzt or Raymond E Fiest's saga..so will this be good? on par? or..?

It is definitely worth reading but be warned, it's not your typical fantasy.

In fact, most readers will tell you that there's so little 'magic' that it's almost not fantasy. It's more political fiction.

The characters are grey, a lot of foreshadowing and death is as common as life.

In terms of the way the characters are built, I'd say it's a lot like the First Law trilogy (if you've ever heard of it).

Also remember that this is an Epic Fantasy which means the books might go on for a while (although GRRM said only two more books, I don't believe him). Robert Jordan died before he could finish WoT. Tolkien eventually got bored of fantasy after taking 20 years to write the Silmarillion (which he didn't finish). DO NOT expect these to be 'quick reads'.

Well..magic or not doesnt worry me so long as the story's gooding.
Still, thanks for the headsup..i needed books like such once a while.

Just started the 1st book...now on page 17 or so...it's pretty...captivating!

Though i still dunno wat are those Others they kept referring to yet...hopefully will be revealed soon.....

and btw, it's quite fresh to see the first 3 chars get wiped out so fast in a fantasy novel..i expected at least 1 to live and tell the tale and to last until the following book..or at least to the mid or so...

Keep reading.... You'll see a trend

ya man..it's quite good so far til page 17..can only read after work, hahaa..

thanks again!

eh..i might have missed it..but King Killer Chronicles are written by whom?

And what's the name of the book? 1st book, 2nd book and etc? So i know which one to buy 1st..

Patrick Rothfuss.

1. The Name of the Wind
2. The Wise Man's Fear

Only two books so far. And you can take your time reading this series; like GRRM, Rothfuss is a slow writer.

Some writers are really fast like Joe Abercrombie and Brandon Sanderson. Others like GRRM and Rothfuss tend to take their time writing.

Edit: grammar.

This post has been edited by highbury1913: Jan 10 2013, 05:07 PM

BTW, you might find it interesting to watch some of these writers' interviews on Youtube.

Abercrombie and Rothfuss are hilarious people.

GRRM is semi-funny and Sanderson comes across as very serious about his work.

5 books out so far (6 if UK edition). 7 books planned.

Books are almost always better than the shows. This is no different.

Alright!! On half of book 2 now..very interesting read!! Every free minutes i have, would whip them out and start reading...very very engrossing!

Btw...any other author that is as good as GRRM besides Patrick Rothfuss u mentioned above? Coz i foresee i will finish all 5 books before GRRM could release the 6th...need interesting books to fill my empty braincells..

And thanks again!

Tolkien

well..apart that of course....

jst found this..for those that doesnt know yet..it's pretty awesome!

i always like to refer to map whenever i read...but so far for the likes of raymond e feist or salvatore, they provide map.....except this GRRM..so here go..the map for it....now i can get a sense of where every location is...

if only i can look for someone to print this out A2 size for free...kekeee....

http://www.sermountaingoat.co.uk/map/versi...ulative_map.jpg

I don't know which version of the books you're reading, but all the editions I've seen has a map.

Serious!

Then guess the enovel version's a bit different....mine doesnt come with map.

Had a 1hour read at Kinokuniya the other day. His style of writing is great. Though, I'm only gonna get the boxset after the final book has released. Though the RM240++ boxset looks so tempting to buy! Comes with a poster-map inside too..

This post has been edited by lovehatesmisery: Apr 4 2013, 06:53 PM

What RM240 box set? I've never seen it before.

PS: Yes, I agree on boxed sets. It is generally best to get them after the series has finished if you're a collector.

RM240++, found one in Borders Berjaya Times Square. Cool looking boxset (big too) with the family insignias printed on the box. 6 books total, with two split into Part 1 & 2.

Is it this? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Song-Ice-Fire-Volumes/dp/0007477155

If so, there's nothing special about it besides the fact that it is the UK Harper Voyager version which splits book 3 and book 5 up into two parts; thus making 7 books.

Funnily enough, Harper Voyager also has a Dance in Dragons in 1 book as an 'option'. This alternative wasn't available for UK edition readers when book 3 was released.

In my collection, I have book 3 in 2 parts and I have book 5 in one part. I prefer the Voyager version over the Random House ones because fonts are bigger and the paper is of a slightly better quality. It annoyed me greatly when Random House released their international paperback before Voyager. I had to buy the RH version, read it, 'gift' it to a friend then buy the Voyager version so my books match on my shelf

This post has been edited by highbury1913: Apr 4 2013, 10:47 PM

Yup that's the one. So it's 7 books, thought it was 6. Was so tempted to get it, but I've finally made it a point to wait til' the story comes full circle.

Well, in the mean time you could just buy book 3 and book 5 US version. That will save you some money and still allow you to read the books.

is this book only available in English version at here ?

what other language you expected?

malay or mandarin

http://www.amazon.com/Storm-Swords-Song-Fi...k/dp/7229050979

http://www.amazon.com/Song-Ice-Fire-Chines...s/dp/7229047218

ok thanks

Just found this amazing thread for superb song of fire and ice series! Love this series to bits, hands down the best i've ever read and George RR Martin should be knighted!
Started reading this series just a year ago but stopped at book 4 to sync it with the tv series, but the book is still 1000x better than the telly series
I love the way mr martin tells the story with very specific details till i can imagine out each scene (thanks to telly series i can put faces to each character), and when he kills off characters, my favorite, as not many authors kills off their book characters easily, thus putting a good spin to this series!