Game of Thrones Season 3 (aka A Storm of Swords)

[DrJones]

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TL: DR, your signature is definitely wrong when it comes to this.

I certainly hope so.

[jeremym480]

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George R.R. Martin was on Conan last night. It was a pretty decent watch. There maybe some mild spoilers for those who watch the show and may want to read the books eventually, but nothing major, IMO.

http://comicbook.com/blog/2013/06/06...-conan-obrien/

[ManiacMatt1782]

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The Soprano's only ran 6 seasons. With the 3rd book taking 2 seasons, GOT will likely go longer.

[Curahee]

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[Steven20]

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The Soprano's only ran 6 seasons. With the 3rd book taking 2 seasons, GOT will likely go longer.

GoT would have to go longer even without splitting ASOS. There are going to be 7 books*.



*unless the fat man dies

[st67]

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Im conditioned to expect the most ****tiest thing possible to happen to every like-bale character.

Ditto - I saw some interview with him on Conan that my wife recorded. He said he wants the reader to fear turning the next page... He didn't like how in most stories you knew the hero would make it because he's the hero.

The thing is that he's created the same problem, but in reverse. I now expect nothing good to happen and I'm waiting for people to die; so it takes away from the dramatic effect of it in many ways.

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Like when Arya was getting so close to seeing her family again - the entire time he was bringing her back to her mother, I was waiting for the bad thing to happen. There was absolutely no 'wow, she's going to finally going to get back to her' thought in my mind; I was literally just trying to think of who was going to die to stop this from happening; because nothing good can happen to any characters.

So while it's great that he likes his books to be dramatic and he wants the readers to fear what's going to happen - he's created the exact effect he's tried not to; which is that the reader (in my case, the viewer - because I only watch the show) is expecting something bad to happen and knows someone is going to die to stop the good thing that's on the horizon; it's the exact same as knowing the hero isn't going to die in any other story.

[Steven20]

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Luckily for me he hasn't killed off anyone likeable yet.

[MachoMyers]

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Luckily for me he hasn't killed off anyone likeable yet.

Um, I couldn't disagree more.

You clearly have forgotten.

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[Hiro1]

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Ditto - I saw some interview with him on Conan that my wife recorded. He said he wants the reader to fear turning the next page... He didn't like how in most stories you knew the hero would make it because he's the hero.

The thing is that he's created the same problem, but in reverse. I now expect nothing good to happen and I'm waiting for people to die; so it takes away from the dramatic effect of it in many ways.

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Like when Arya was getting so close to seeing her family again - the entire time he was bringing her back to her mother, I was waiting for the bad thing to happen. There was absolutely no 'wow, she's going to finally going to get back to her' thought in my mind; I was literally just trying to think of who was going to die to stop this from happening; because nothing good can happen to any characters.

So while it's great that he likes his books to be dramatic and he wants the readers to fear what's going to happen - he's created the exact effect he's tried not to; which is that the reader (in my case, the viewer - because I only watch the show) is expecting something bad to happen and knows someone is going to die to stop the good thing that's on the horizon; it's the exact same as knowing the hero isn't going to die in any other story.

So when good things happen to the "good guys" it makes it that much more satisfying which makes GRRM's work so great. Crazy how many pages this thread has added on ep 9 alone.

As a book reader I love how the show nods to book readers in some episodes then back hands them in others to keep us on our toes by shutting down theories.

[JohnnytheSkin]

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As a book reader I love how the show nods to book readers in some episodes then back hands them in others to keep us on our toes by shutting down theories.

Talisa =/ Jeyne Westerling

Book Spoilers:

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Blackfish spiriting the secretly pregnant Jeyne away FTW! Sybell Spicer is a descendent of a mage (Maggy the Frog anyone?) and made a pregnancy tea, not a birth control brew. The King in the North has a son and will rise again! Suck that, Jamie!

Seriously though...

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Jeyne's not pregnant, her Mom was the bitch she seemed, and her story is dead.

[LionsFanNJ]

HOLY CRAP.

TONIGHT EPISODE SPOILER

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I've seen stills from tonights episode and they're going to show Robbwind. I wasn't sure they would.

SPOILERED IN CASE ANYONE WANTS TO NOT SEE IT AHEAD OF TIME

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My gods its creepier than I imagined in the book.

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[N51_rob]

HOLY CRAP.

TONIGHT EPISODE SPOILER

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I've seen stills from tonights episode and they're going to show Robbwind. I wasn't sure they would.

SPOILERED IN CASE ANYONE WANTS TO NOT SEE IT AHEAD OF TIME

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My gods its creepier than I imagined in the book.

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Hats off to them for staying true to the book on that one.


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[CMH]

My dislike in the series going longer than the book is Martin essentially writing the last books to fit the story of the series.


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[N51_rob]

My dislike in the series going longer than the book is Martin essentially writing the last books to fit the story of the series.


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But he has stated many times that he knows how it all ends he just hasn't put it to paper. The Producers know what is in his head should something happen to him, but I would hope that prior to season 5 He will have finished "Winds of Winter".


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[CMH]

But he has stated many times that he knows how it all ends he just hasn't put it to paper. The Producers know what is in his head should something happen to him, but I would hope that prior to season 5 He will have finished "Winds of Winter".


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Things change once you start writing. That's my concern.


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