tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1758815004886180861.post5069490337638484632..comments2024-03-29T10:09:36.736+01:00Comments on The Nerdstream Era: Supreme Court of Westeros, ruling 133Stefan Sassehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03504751435668017553noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1758815004886180861.post-16498589588610524702016-06-25T23:24:07.259+02:002016-06-25T23:24:07.259+02:00I think George said the HBO work was taking 3-6 we...I think George said the HBO work was taking 3-6 weeks per year from him, I don't think that's equivalent.Amin Javadihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17300696436429361140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1758815004886180861.post-87991795829658205592016-06-11T14:17:41.042+02:002016-06-11T14:17:41.042+02:00I would say the pilots and teleplays George wrote ...I would say the pilots and teleplays George wrote in the early 1990s are nicely balanced by the work he did for GOT in the early 2010s.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1758815004886180861.post-28339893668011566782016-06-11T07:37:45.658+02:002016-06-11T07:37:45.658+02:00GRRM was only able to write part time on AGOT from...GRRM was only able to write part time on AGOT from 1991 to I believe about 1994.Amin Javadihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17300696436429361140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1758815004886180861.post-74141343588796773402016-06-10T23:00:03.996+02:002016-06-10T23:00:03.996+02:00Agreed. I think if you just look at the publicatio...Agreed. I think if you just look at the publication dates of the main series books, you get the impression that he was working very fast and then slowed way down. But I don't think that's the case at all. stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671149904524000827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1758815004886180861.post-32805849271725555062016-06-10T17:42:19.529+02:002016-06-10T17:42:19.529+02:00All in court. All in court. Stefan Sassehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03504751435668017553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1758815004886180861.post-17758533682744175232016-06-10T17:39:16.333+02:002016-06-10T17:39:16.333+02:00I think Euron used the egg to pay for the FM to as...I think Euron used the egg to pay for the FM to assassinate Balon, m'self. And WOIAF makes it pretty clear that the Drowned God is Lovecraftian. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13682911382925649555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1758815004886180861.post-14012456730839967072016-06-10T16:26:47.685+02:002016-06-10T16:26:47.685+02:00Consider George's output in terms of page numb...Consider George's output in terms of page numbers. If you add the pages of the published ASOIAF five novels and the Dunk & Egg novellas, you get about 4,600 pages. Divide this by the twenty years he's been working on them (1991-2011), and you get about 230 pages per year. I think it's hard to deny that's a very respectable amount for any serious writer. Most published books are between 200 and 300 pages long, so in a way George has written one book per year for the last two decades.<br /><br />Also, George's pace hasn't slowed down as much as people think recently. Assume TWOW is published in 2017 and is about 900 pages. Adding the amount of pages of TWOIAF, the average is about 210 pages per year.<br /><br />George is a prolific writer. His real problem is not his writing speed, but rather his great optimism about meeting deadlines and poor management of expectations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1758815004886180861.post-11018541619812426232016-06-10T14:35:04.062+02:002016-06-10T14:35:04.062+02:00It must be a lot easier for someone born a slave t...It must be a lot easier for someone born a slave to give up their identity than someone born a Lord's daughter. I wonder if the Faceless Men take that into account when recruiting.<br /><br />Also, I don't think GRRM wrote the first three books as fast as everyone thinks. He started writing around 1991, and AGoT wasn't published until 1996. And when he started, the first book was supposed to cover events all the way up to the Red Wedding, so he was basically writing all three at the same time.<br /><br />So with ASoS published in 2000, it essentially took him 9 years to write what was projected to be the first volume in what was supposed to be a trilogy. The 11 years it took to write AFfC and ADwD (which would've been the second volume in the original plan) doesn't seem so much slower in that context.stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671149904524000827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1758815004886180861.post-78087044898004773842016-06-10T14:10:39.556+02:002016-06-10T14:10:39.556+02:00Unless you're talking Merlings. Cause if that...Unless you're talking Merlings. Cause if that comes true, I'm out!Heartsbane of Hornhillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1758815004886180861.post-13183552212583201792016-06-10T14:00:50.493+02:002016-06-10T14:00:50.493+02:00I just haven't seen enough to believe that a C...I just haven't seen enough to believe that a Cthulhu-like being is in the works. I personally like the idea of the Dragon Egg Euron threw overboard coming back in the form of a second Sea Dragon, Nagga reborn if you will. <br />I don't know if he did enough to hatch the egg when he threw it overboard, but the sacrifice he is preparing for tWoW brings me right back to Danny's sacrifice for her dragons. Child/Lover/and a holy woman. <br /><br />It would also serve the dual purpose of bringing back another member of the Age of Heroes Nagga (one of the few who hasn't been reintroduced at this point). <br /><br />The only pause I have is Patchface. He clearly experienced something under the sea, so something is going on down there that has nothing to do with a dragon. <br /><br />But for Iron born lore The sea dragon makes more sense to me than a squid god. Heartsbane of Hornhillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1758815004886180861.post-91869169084031462002016-06-10T10:11:24.782+02:002016-06-10T10:11:24.782+02:00Hi! What do you think of the "stone beast, br...Hi! What do you think of the "stone beast, breathing shadow fire" Undying prophecy? Most theories (JonCon, Marwyn, literal stone dragons) fail to keep into account the "slayer of lies" part. Only guess I havem is that Daenerys will slay Melisandre's lies... but I'm hazy on the details. Thoughts?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05515418748844244895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1758815004886180861.post-83997663627989282952016-06-10T09:55:17.497+02:002016-06-10T09:55:17.497+02:00Definitely willing to bet Tom O'Sevens told Ed...Definitely willing to bet Tom O'Sevens told Edmure to pass on to the Blackfish where he could find the Brotherhood. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13682911382925649555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1758815004886180861.post-73917534023595614832016-06-10T09:53:09.179+02:002016-06-10T09:53:09.179+02:00Some questions that desperately need answering:
-...Some questions that desperately need answering:<br /><br />- How will Tyrion react if he learns he is Aerys' son?<br /><br />- What is the best name for the ASOIAF world: Planetos, Terros, Earthos, Grrth, the Known World, simply Earth, or something else?<br /><br />- What will be the role of the scrolls with dragonlore Tyrion wrote on the Shy Maid?<br /><br />- What are Ned's broken promises? What promises (more than one, apparently) did he break exactly?<br /><br />- What does Martin get wrong about medieval culture in the books? What is the biggest anachronism?<br /><br />- Martin has said there is a method behind the madness of his alternative chapter titles (e.g., 'The Prophet', 'The Princess in the Tower'). What could this method be?<br /><br />- What did Tom O'Sevens tell Edmure after Jaime left them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1758815004886180861.post-2418114066822489712016-06-10T09:22:44.050+02:002016-06-10T09:22:44.050+02:00I mean, people made this same "it'd be a ...I mean, people made this same "it'd be a distraction" argument about Euron himself, for years, and then "The Forsaken" happened. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13682911382925649555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1758815004886180861.post-87281085580751462672016-06-10T09:20:14.559+02:002016-06-10T09:20:14.559+02:00C'thulhu's return remains, to my mind, the...C'thulhu's return remains, to my mind, the moment that's been coming for Damphair all along, and "The Forsaken" only ramps that up: the revelation that his god is not, in fact, a benevolent omniscient humanoid out to protect him, but a monster who couldn't care less about him. ("Oh, he thought. Then he began to scream.") Really, I think that's so thoroughly congruent with the themes of his story, and Euron's, and the Ironborn in general. If I couldn't root this theory in character, it would be tinfoil. But I can. <br /><br />I'd also like to point out that there's precedent for this. Bloodraven was introduced in the D&E novellas, and so those of us who'd read those had our MINDS BLOWN when he turned out to be the three-eyed crow. But if you hadn't? It was still awesome. Same deal here vis-a-vis WOIAF and the black oily stones. <br /><br />Finally, I'll just say that reducing magic in ASOIAF to fire v. ice and saying all else would be a distracting sideshow is a misread. The story is in part about ALL magic returning (last hurrah?), starting with the dragons. Quaithe straight-up tells us this. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13682911382925649555noreply@blogger.com