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GRRM on the reception of his new sample chapter.
I Broke the Internet
- Mar. 27th, 2014 at 3:20 PM
Sorry about that.
The upload of the new sample chapter from THE WINDS OF WINTER created so much traffic to my website and blog that the servers crashed. This is the first time I've been able to get up myself all day.
Anyway, it seems to be easing off some. And we are looking at ways to increase capacity.
The "reviews" of the chapter have been amazingly enthusiastic as well. Thanks. I am pleased that so many of you -- thousands and maybe tens of thousands, it would seem -- enjoyed "Mercy" so much.
I mentioned that this chapter had quite a history. It's true. The first draft was written more than a decade ago. Originally, it was intended to be the opening Arya chapter after the infamous "five year gap," her first appearance in A DANCE WITH DRAGONS as initially conceived. Then it was supposed to be a part of A FEAST FOR CROWS, after I abandoned the five year gap and split the books. Then it was going to be the concluding Arya chapter in A DANCE WITH DRAGONS. But it seemed more like an opening chapter than a closing one, so shortly before ADWD was published my editor and I agreed to remove it from DANCE and shift it over into WINDS. Of course, it has been revised, tightened, polished, and tweaked at every step of the way, so the version on my website has some significant differences from the "five year gap" version.
Some of you who enjoyed meeting Mercy may not have found the other sample we've put out there of late, a new Tyrion chapter. That one is live and available with the ICE & FIRE app, and can be found at
iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/george-r.-r.-martins-world/id570015223?mt=8
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.randomhouse.woiaf
Enjoy the read.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.
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FWIW, I've heard Martin has been reading other sample chapters at various events he's been at this year. So it appears he's got a lot of it written already.“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
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Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui View PostFWIW, I've heard Martin has been reading other sample chapters at various events he's been at this year. So it appears he's got a lot of it written already.I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
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Who gives a **** about the TV show? They'll finish the story regardless of if Martin dies tomorrow.“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
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Apparently this Arya chapter was written years and years ago, and was originally gonna be in book 4, then book 5, and now will be her first chapter in book 6. Maybe."My nation is the world, and my religion is to do good." --Thomas Paine
"The subject of onanism is inexhaustable." --Sigmund Freud
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Originally posted by Guynemer View PostApparently this Arya chapter was written years and years ago, and was originally gonna be in book 4, then book 5, and now will be her first chapter in book 6. Maybe.I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator Rubio
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Yeah that's the funny thing, the fact that it's 10 years old probably explains why it's so good as well as why it's done.
It was supposed to be after the 5-year timeskip too; which would make more sense, becauseSpoiler:Arya would be seducing Raff as a sexy 16 year old, not a pre-pubescent 11 year old.
It's still awesome though.
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A disturbing but good chapter. Never read it before, but I see the publishing date is january 2013.Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God.-Isaiah 41:10
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made - Psalms 139.14a
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I want a GoT Lego videogame now:
I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator Rubio
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Originally posted by regexcellent View PostHow do you make ASOIAF lighthearted enough to be a lego game?
I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator Rubio
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