Joffrey hasn't died yet??? Oooh...you have some interesting WTF surprises coming up.
I was highly spoiled because I kept skimming ahead. Martin has this annoying habit of leaving on your on a cliff-hanger regarding a character you really care about - such as say Ayra, only to find yourself greeted by a chapter of a character who isn't really doing anything. I remember counting how many chapters were between me and the next Ayra, Tyrion, Samwell and Jamie chapters. The Davos chapters drove me nuts. As did the Catelynn ones for a while.
Sometimes you want to say "You know, George, unless what happened to some old king 300 years ago actually has some bearing on the plot at hand I don't need to know!
I think he read too much Alexandra Dumas. And oh yes. Talk about overkill. It's why I actually prefer the tv series in some respects - it's faster and better paced. But it is curious what he is leaving out.
I'm post Red Wedding and I'm expecting Joffrey to die in the next few pages... so yay.
Let me know if you run into the speech Tyrion gave to Lyssa in the Espenson episode, which everyone credited to Espenson and I could swear he actually gives word for word to Cersei and Tywin and Joffrey...somewhere in that chapter or series of scenes. Something about wanking into soup and tricking his sister into drinking it. I couldn't find it - but I swear it's in Storm.
Isn't the Red Wedding the goriest thing ever?? I'm sort of hoping that the tv series decides not to show all of it. Really don't want to see some of that on TV - too Caligula or maybe Roman Polanski's MacBeth.
What happens after Joffrey's death is extremely difficult to read. I skimmed ahead because I wanted to strangle Cersei and Tywin.
I'm right there with you on Tyrion by the way. And Peter Dinklage's portrayal is just...love.
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Date: 2011-06-10 02:32 am (UTC)I was highly spoiled because I kept skimming ahead. Martin has this annoying habit of leaving on your on a cliff-hanger regarding a character you really care about - such as say Ayra, only to find yourself greeted by a chapter of a character who isn't really doing anything. I remember counting how many chapters were between me and the next Ayra, Tyrion, Samwell and Jamie chapters. The Davos chapters drove me nuts. As did the Catelynn ones for a while.
Sometimes you want to say "You know, George, unless what happened to some old king 300 years ago actually has some bearing on the plot at hand I don't need to know!
I think he read too much Alexandra Dumas. And oh yes. Talk about overkill. It's why I actually prefer the tv series in some respects - it's faster and better paced. But it is curious what he is leaving out.
I'm post Red Wedding and I'm expecting Joffrey to die in the next few pages... so yay.
Let me know if you run into the speech Tyrion gave to Lyssa in the Espenson episode, which everyone credited to Espenson and I could swear he actually gives word for word to Cersei and Tywin and Joffrey...somewhere in that chapter or series of scenes. Something about wanking into soup and tricking his sister into drinking it.
I couldn't find it - but I swear it's in Storm.
Isn't the Red Wedding the goriest thing ever?? I'm sort of hoping that the tv series decides not to show all of it. Really don't want to see some of that on TV - too Caligula or maybe Roman Polanski's MacBeth.
What happens after Joffrey's death is extremely difficult to read. I skimmed ahead because I wanted to strangle Cersei and Tywin.
I'm right there with you on Tyrion by the way. And Peter Dinklage's portrayal is just...love.