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Btw, GRRM posted another chapter of Winds of Winter today (obvious, SPOILERS):
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“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.”
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Giggity"My nation is the world, and my religion is to do good." --Thomas Paine
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Can't imagine why someone from Apolyton would find that interesting.Originally posted by Guynemer View Post"In the beginning was the Word. Then came the ******* word processor." -Dan Simmons, HyperionComment
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“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)Comment
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That chapter is really, really ****ing good. It's funny, it's cool, it's got Arya in it.Comment
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Mmmmmmmmhmmm. I'm beginning to think The Bride from Kill Bill was modeled on Arya."My nation is the world, and my religion is to do good." --Thomas Paine
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It creeped me the **** out though. It says something about GRRM that I had to get halfway through beforeSpoiler:If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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The whole point is that it's
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The REALLY COOL parts:
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Oh yeah and it has the word "rape" a total of 8 times. GRRM's at the top of his game here.
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It was actually set up rather nicely.
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It's awesome. I can't wait to see the whole book.
(I'll be bald by then.)"My nation is the world, and my religion is to do good." --Thomas Paine
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I just hope he doesn't die before it is done. Assuming he doesn't stroke out then he'll eventually finish it though taking 20 years (so far) to finish 6/8ths of the series is pretty bad, worse, he said he was thinking about making the last book into two books and that would mean he's only 2/3rds done. I'm still mad that I'll never get to finish reading Steig Larsson's Millennium book series.Originally posted by Guynemer View PostTry http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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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.Comment
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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)Comment
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The TV show is relieved.Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui View PostI 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)Comment
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