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The white on black color scheme in Kindle for Android is pretty easy on the eyes in low light situations. I've read many a book with just my phone. (smoke breaks, taking a poo poo, etc.) The only downside I've had is when I read on the phone too long, I get horizontal zebra stripes in my field of vision for a little bit.
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Veg posted:Im about 150 pages into A Feast For Crows. Everyone says its boring but Im loving it. Its pretty much the same kind of political style as AGoT was, which I was hoping it would be after the actionfest of ASoS. I just started it and the first chapter with Aeron Greyjoy owns so loving hard.  Sing to me in the language of leviathan, that I may know his name.
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Yeah, I'm currently up to the first Victarion chapter and I'm still enjoying the book pretty greatly. I dunno, I really like reading all the worldbuilding that's going on. It's really cool to learn about Dornish and Ironborn laws and happenings. I also really enjoy Jamie's chapters, and am surprised that I like Cersei's as well. I like watching her plunge into drunken insanity. I also really like Brienne, and now that Podrick has joined her, they're better. I'm sure I might get tired of it after a whole book, but, for now, I'm enjoying it. It's just different.
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Jan 11, 2012 05:11
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GonSmithe posted:Yeah, I'm currently up to the first Victarion chapter and I'm still enjoying the book pretty greatly. I dunno, I really like reading all the worldbuilding that's going on. It's really cool to learn about Dornish and Ironborn laws and happenings. I also really enjoy Jamie's chapters, and am surprised that I like Cersei's as well. I like watching her plunge into drunken insanity. I also really like Brienne, and now that Podrick has joined her, they're better. Well you just described a very huge chunk of what most people hate about AFFC so I think you'll enjoy it just fine. I was the same way.
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Jan 11, 2012 07:18
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ruddiger posted:I just started it and the first chapter with Aeron Greyjoy owns so loving hard. All the Greyjoys are fabulous tbh. They might be my favorite family in the series now that I think about it.
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Jan 11, 2012 10:15
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Joramun posted:All the Greyjoys are fabulous tbh. They might be my favorite family in the series now that I think about it. Absolutely. A little farther into Dance With Dragons, I can't believe what they did to
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Jan 18, 2012 20:39
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Is this a good series to check out if I've never read anything in the fantasy genre before?
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Jan 18, 2012 22:24
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actionjackson posted:Is this a good series to check out if I've never read anything in the fantasy genre before? I would say so. It is heavy on War and Houses and not as Heavy on crazy Species/Animals and Magic. I think it is easier to get into than Lord of the Rings (Although I prefer that story/world)
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Jan 18, 2012 22:45
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actionjackson posted:Is this a good series to check out if I've never read anything in the fantasy genre before? absolutely. I didn't read ANY fiction prior to discovering this series through the HBO show. Goons here are always discussing "world-building" and while I can't compare it to other series, I'd say GRRM does a good job of balancing the extensive details of the world its set in with plenty of action, sex and pithy dialogue.
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Jan 18, 2012 22:47
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Alright. I just wanted to make sure there wasn't too much crazy old English talk or whatever. I've heard these are relatively easy to read, more so than the Tolkien books. Are the books so long because they give the perspectives of so many characters? How much is "finished" within one book and how much transfers over to the next?
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Jan 18, 2012 23:07
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actionjackson posted:Alright. I just wanted to make sure there wasn't too much crazy old English talk or whatever. I've heard these are relatively easy to read, more so than the Tolkien books. Are the books so long because they give the perspectives of so many characters? How much is "finished" within one book and how much transfers over to the next? He does use a bit of ye ole english. I am new to fantasy too though so you pick it up quick enough. 'Portcullis' was the hardest bit.
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Jan 18, 2012 23:09
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Veg posted:He does use a bit of ye ole english. I am new to fantasy too though so you pick it up quick enough. 'Portcullis' was the hardest bit. Portcullis is a contemporary word for the wooden grille gate of a castle. It's not his fault that Americans don't know obscure english words 
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Jan 19, 2012 00:00
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Veg posted:He does use a bit of ye ole english. I am new to fantasy too though so you pick it up quick enough. 'Portcullis' was the hardest bit. edit: Also know your geography as well, because he uses terms to describe land formations that you might never have learned or have forgotten since grade school.
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Jan 19, 2012 00:05
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The fantasy novel is a very useful device for learning the anatomy of a castle.
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Jan 19, 2012 00:05
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Mr Crustacean posted:Portcullis is a contemporary word for the wooden grille gate of a castle.
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Jan 19, 2012 00:20
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He does use a bit of old English though, or otherwise very obscure words. Most of them you can figure out in context, but there's still some uncommon words in there. Which is why I love my Kindle. All I have to do is hold my finger down on a word, and bam. Definition. Examples from the last few chapters of AFFC which I've been reading: Capon Can't remember anything specific, but there's a few ship terms used in the Greyjoy chapters that I literally had no idea what they could even begin to mean. Geld; I had never heard this term before, usually just castrate. etc.
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Jan 19, 2012 04:38
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GonSmithe posted:He does use a bit of old English though, or otherwise very obscure words. Most of them you can figure out in context, but there's still some uncommon words in there. Which is why I love my Kindle. All I have to do is hold my finger down on a word, and bam. Definition. Maybe because I've played so many fantasy RPGs, but I really don't see any 'obscure' words from GRRM, barring nuncle, of course
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Jan 19, 2012 05:32
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I still don't know what the gently caress a capon is.
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Jan 19, 2012 05:51
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Capsaicin posted:I still don't know what the gently caress a capon is. I'll admit that I didn't know the specifics, but I did know it was poultry. Google tells me it's a gelded rooster, though.
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Jan 19, 2012 05:54
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I'll have my capon in the parapet thank you
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Jan 19, 2012 06:03
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I'm surprised capon threw people because its still used today. But I'm a fatty who loves food. Is nuncle a real word? I thought that was one of GRRM's made up words that look like real words(ser, maester). The one word that got me was eyrie. I have never used or even seen that word before reading these books. I assumed it was totally fiction til someone in one of these threads said something about it.
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Jan 19, 2012 07:07
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Kung Fu Jesus posted:I'm surprised capon threw people because its still used today. But I'm a fatty who loves food. Is nuncle a real word? I thought that was one of GRRM's made up words that look like real words(ser, maester). The one word that got me was eyrie. I have never used or even seen that word before reading these books. I assumed it was totally fiction til someone in one of these threads said something about it. nuncle (ˈnʌŋk ə l) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide] — n an archaic or dialect word for uncle [C16: from division of mine uncle as my nuncle ] Yeah, I didn't think it was one either until I looked it up on my kindle. Also, just found two more as I was reading: gait and suet.
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Jan 19, 2012 07:27
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GonSmithe posted:gait
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Jan 19, 2012 07:29
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:I'm sorry but you people just have no drat vocabulary. I really do have a good vocabulary (especially a fantasy one because of Magic: the Gathering), but honestly, I have never, ever heard gait ever used in a sentence before reading it. I just can't see it ever being brought up. If I was talking about how someone walks I would just say "the way he walks." I mean, yes, maybe now that I know it I'll throw it in sentences to sound smart, but seriously, there is no way that gait can be considered a common word/phrase.
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Jan 19, 2012 07:33
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GonSmithe posted:I really do have a good vocabulary (especially a fantasy one because of Magic: the Gathering), but honestly, I have never, ever heard gait ever used in a sentence before reading it. I just can't see it ever being brought up. If I was talking about how someone walks I would just say "the way he walks." I mean, yes, maybe now that I know it I'll throw it in sentences to sound smart, but seriously, there is no way that gait can be considered a common word/phrase. Gait is commonly used to describe the way animals move in documentaries and such. It isn't very commonly used for people, but it's not rare or anything.
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Jan 19, 2012 07:35
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Whenever a horse walks in any book the sentence always seems to include gait.
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Jan 19, 2012 07:59
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:I'm sorry but you people just have no drat vocabulary. My pardons but not all of us studied at Oldtown, my lord.
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GonSmithe posted:I really do have a good vocabulary (especially a fantasy one because of Magic: the Gathering), but honestly, I have never, ever heard gait ever used in a sentence before reading it. I just can't see it ever being brought up. If I was talking about how someone walks I would just say "the way he walks." I mean, yes, maybe now that I know it I'll throw it in sentences to sound smart, but seriously, there is no way that gait can be considered a common word/phrase. It's a common phrase among people who have animals like horses or the like. I've went with my aunt to some Horse shows she took part in and it was used quite often. You'll also hear it a lot in animal documentaries. Just because you haven't heard it doesn't mean it's a not a common word. Your hobbies/work/area will shape what words are common for you 
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:I'm sorry but you people just have no drat vocabulary. Yeah reading this thread and the subreddit on these books makes me think that ASOIAF must be everyone's first fantasy series or something, jesus.
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Jan 19, 2012 09:18
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Veg posted:My pardons but not all of us studied at Oldtown, my lord. Do more bookreadins
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Jan 19, 2012 09:46
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Kung Fu Jesus posted:I'm surprised capon threw people because its still used today. But I'm a fatty who loves food.
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Jan 19, 2012 11:16
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Veg posted:My pardons but not all of us studied at Oldtown, m'lord. Fixed.
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Jan 19, 2012 18:29
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ruddiger posted:Fixed.  When in my presence you will use "My Lord" if you know what's good for you! (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Jan 19, 2012 18:48
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Seriously people maybe y'all should just be reading Harry Potter
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smarion2 posted:Seriously people maybe y'all should just be reading Harry Potter quote:This term gait was used by J. K. Rowling in the Novel Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows . That example is given below: Heh. e: how would castrating a cock improve its flavor? Conduit for Sale! fucked around with this message at 21:31 on Jan 19, 2012 |
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After reading all the books I've decided that I really hate the word "jape".
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Jan 20, 2012 10:50
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I just really hate nuncle, really really hate it. Like it almost makes me want to put the book down when it shows up.
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Jan 20, 2012 14:35
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Why is that? It's just a word... How can a word invoke such hatred in you?
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Jan 20, 2012 15:52
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Because it's just really really annoying, nuncle adds nothing more than uncle would, only to make things more confusing. GRRM pulls it out of nowhere, uses it for random characters (sometimes Jaime uses, sometimes not), and then starts overusing it. I just feel like he's trying way too hard to write "ye olde" words that don't really belong.
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I agree with nuncle. It just does not sound right. The weird thing is, he uses these words or phrases over and over in one book, then its gone.
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