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Ross posted:Gaah this is going to happen (someone is going to dragon-warg) and it's going to be so stupid I don't think its possible to have dragons and "warging" in the same story and not have it happen eventually.
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Ross posted:Gaah this is going to happen (someone is going to dragon-warg) and it's going to be so stupid I've always maintained that Bran is going to dragon-warg eventually. That's what Bloodraven means by "you will never walk again, but you will fly". Bran is going to overwrite Drogon's rear end in a top hat personality (or Victarion's dragon horn mind wipe of him), and that's how Dany will finally gain control over him. Or desert shits, whatever.
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Dany is going to ride Bran. There's your song of ice and fire.
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TommyGun85 posted:Dany is going to ride Bran. There's your song of ice and fire. Pack it up boys, we're done here
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Shageletic posted:I forget, did that happen. Can't remember much from that book. Not yeeeet... TommyGun85 posted:Dany is going to ride Bran. There's your song of ice and fire. Boom!
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Lycus posted:I don't think its possible to have dragons and "warging" in the same story and not have it happen eventually. I'm sure there are some fans who are just salivating at the prospect and the absolute fucker knows this. Hopefully this means he won't do it or will 'subvert' it by making it just horrible. Or perhaps, not write at all?
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TommyGun85 posted:Dany is going to ride Bran. There's your song of ice and fire.
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Feb 25, 2015 12:46
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The Absolute Fucker has decided to edit another short story anthology. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Venus
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Intel&Sebastian posted:Jon is going to Dragon Warg permanently and punish the 7 kingdoms with his angst lol I think Winterfell's been established as being located where it is because it's right on top of hot springs, and Witnerfell itself predates Aegon the Conqueror so claiming it's heated due to a sleeping dragon would be such a blatant retcon for no goddamn reason.
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The only thing that actually makes sense to me about the warmth beneath Winterfell is that we were also recently introduced to another very warm subterranean world in the freezing north (the Childrens' endless warm, warded caves where Bloodraven is) and both places happen to be situated under weirwoods, and both locations seem to have magical properties of ones sort of another. And it makes some sense given the alliance between the First Men and the Children, and the mythology surrounding the construction of Winterfell and The Wall. And the Winterfell crypts are also clearly connected to this whole thing somehow, and I do still think there's something significant about it given all those foreshadow-y dreams from Stark kids.
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P_T_S posted:The Absolute Fucker has decided to edit another short story anthology. Gotta do something to fill the time between con appearances and the NFL season.
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P_T_S posted:The Absolute Fucker has decided to edit another short story anthology.  more like Old Penus
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kcroy posted:
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P_T_S posted:The Absolute Fucker has decided to edit another short story anthology. He can concentrate more on side projects now because WoW is really, honestly almost done.
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Feb 26, 2015 11:33
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OhYeah posted:He can concentrate more on side projects now because WoW is really, honestly almost done. Martin doing nothing but play WoW for the last decade would explain a lot.
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Feb 26, 2015 13:27
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P_T_S posted:The Absolute Fucker has decided to edit another short story anthology. Holy poo poo that cover... http://www.somethingawful.com/news/erotic-scifi-stories/
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ShaqDiesel posted:Holy poo poo that cover... At this point huge letters saying "Edited by Gurm" on the book cover is the best warning not to loving buy this book under any circumstances.
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It sounds likely that Dozois (who can probably edit anthologies in his sleep at this point) does most of the footwork and Martin contributes mostly his name/clout.
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I'm not compelled to read that Dangerous Women collection, but I'm not going to spend a loving cent on a short-story collection that's published in three separate instalments for no loving reason barring greed. Is it just readers in the EU who are being screwed by this practice?
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Inspector Gesicht posted:I'm not going to spend a loving cent on a short-story collection that's published in three separate instalments for no loving reason barring greed. I assume since you're posting in this thread your only hang up is that the stories are short instead of interminably long?
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Feb 27, 2015 22:58
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No, it's because these installments are only 200-250 pages long apiece and are sold at the same price and on the same shelf as Martin's regular 900 page bricks. I've never read nor heard of a short-story collection that's divided for publication before.
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Feb 27, 2015 23:06
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Inspector Gesicht posted:No, it's because these installments are only 200-250 pages long apiece and are sold at the same price and on the same shelf as Martin's regular 900 page bricks. I've never read nor heard of a short-story collection that's divided for publication before. Did they split that Princess & Queen story by GRRM into three parts to spread between the anthology installments?
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savinhill posted:Did they split that Princess & Queen story by GRRM into three parts to spread between the anthology installments? Nope, it was all fit into one anthology. It was fairly short at ~100 pages give or take 20 but as far as I know that was the whole thing.
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Feb 27, 2015 23:59
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Inspector Gesicht posted:No, it's because these installments are only 200-250 pages long apiece and are sold at the same price and on the same shelf as Martin's regular 900 page bricks. I've never read nor heard of a short-story collection that's divided for publication before. Seems like you have this the wrong way around, since the Dunk and Eggs stories have been published years and years apart in different collections, and just now are being put into a collected paperback by themselves. Technically they're novellas, since they're ~100 pages. They're loosely connected, and apparently (ie, never), are going to continue in a few more installments charting out the life of those kids.
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Inspector Gesicht posted:I'm not compelled to read that Dangerous Women collection, but I'm not going to spend a loving cent on a short-story collection that's published in three separate instalments for no loving reason barring greed. Is it just readers in the EU who are being screwed by this practice? Quite a bit of the not Gurm stuff in Dangerous Women is surprisingly decent.
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why do they call him Ned, his name isnt Neddard? ...serious question....
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Yeah and what's will Bill Clinton? Is it short for Billiam or something?
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TommyGun85 posted:why do they call him Ned, his name isnt Neddard? There are a ton of names, especially English ones where the short version has very little resemblance to the long one. It [Margaret] has a large number of diminutive forms in many different languages, including Maggie, Madge, Maisie, Marge, Meg, Megan, Mog, Rita, Daisy, Greta, Gretel, Gretchen, Magee, Marg, Margot, May, Molly, Peggy and Peg.
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TommyGun85 posted:why do they call him Ned, his name isnt Neddard? There was a medieval times practice of shortening a name and rhyming it to create nicknames. Bob = Rob = Robert, Dick = Ric = Richard, Bill = Will= William, Ned = Ed = Eddard
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DARPA posted:There was a medieval times practice of shortening a name and rhyming it to create nicknames. thanks. I always wondered about this. didnt know about the rhyming.
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I remember someone in one these threads a long time ago posting that it's commonly understood that Ned has originated from "Mine Ed" -> 'my ned' -> ned. http://www.behindthename.com/name/ned
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SaviourX posted:Seems like you have this the wrong way around, since the Dunk and Eggs stories have been published years and years apart in different collections, and just now are being put into a collected paperback by themselves. Technically they're novellas, since they're ~100 pages. They're loosely connected, and apparently (ie, never), are going to continue in a few more installments charting out the life of those kids. The existing Dunk and Egg stories have been available in one collection for some time now. Just not in English.
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Are Dunk + Egg worth reading? I've never bothered with them but now that they are evidently available all in a dedicated single volume I might give them a look.
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I used to rent from a Ted whose name was actually Edward. How did we get Jim out of James, or Jack from Jonathan? Or Kazuhira out of McDonnell?
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Blade_of_tyshalle posted:Or Kazuhira out of McDonnell? Wasn't he half Japanese? Maybe he just took that name to use with that side of his family.
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Inspector Gesicht posted:I'm not compelled to read that Dangerous Women collection, but I'm not going to spend a loving cent on a short-story collection that's published in three separate instalments for no loving reason barring greed. Is it just readers in the EU who are being screwed by this practice? They're not published anymore, are they?
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Ross posted:Are Dunk + Egg worth reading? I enjoyed them. You will get some background on Dance stuff with Aegon. I don't know how much the collection is selling for but if it's as much as a full novel with no new art or anything I don't know if they were that entertaining.
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bartlebyshop posted:I enjoyed them. You will get some background on Dance stuff with Aegon. I don't know how much the collection is selling for but if it's as much as a full novel with no new art or anything I don't know if they were that entertaining. Thanks
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Ross posted:Are Dunk + Egg worth reading? I bought the comic book versions and thought they were decent enough.
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TommyGun85 posted:why do they call him Ned, his name isnt Neddard? Ser Jerome of Sein Field, House words are "These neeps are making me thirsty"
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