Cool to see other George R. R. Martin fans, read A Storm of Swords yet?Alucalb said:It's not the most action-packed (I think of it as a murder mystery) but it's quickly paced and the character development is great. In the second book, A Clash Of Kings, things really pick up.
Yeah, and been waiting for AFfC ever since. Going on sale next month or so, but it got split into two books and the other one is still in writing *whine, whine*. So we only get half the POV's.Wah wah wah said:Cool to see other George R. R. Martin fans, read A Storm of Swords yet?
Wah wah wah said:Cool to see other George R. R. Martin fans, read A Storm of Swords yet?
Book 11 is coming out soon, and 12 is the last, so it`s going to be finished soon(relatively speaking). For those complaining that Jordan never resolves any plots, I`ve heard that 11 will solve many of those plot-lines, and I`ve also heard it`s going to have the same pace as the first books, and not as slow as the later books(personally I don`t understand this pace-stuff since I like all the books but to each his own, I guess)Aazealh said:Dude, that picture of you with a Heineken on your site... Otherwise yeah, I've stopped reading the Wheel of Time years ago, it's just ridiculous. If it's ever finished I'll start reading it again.
Khorne said:I`ve heard that 11 will solve many of those plot-lines
Aazealh said:It's going to be 2000 pages? Anyway, I'm not buying any of these books before someone reliable has read the last one and told me it's good.
The pace in the first book is justified. Jordan was establishing characters that had to have a strong background to support the next 8000+ pages of "development." Now, to me, there's no justification to why after there's already a strong background to work with, Jordan still manages to make his characters and situations boring.darkbane said:I still think book 1 is the slowest tho, I mean practically nothing happened for the first 100 pages.
No doubt about that."Griffith No More!" said:< Howard/Conan
Walter said:The pace in the first book is justified. Jordan was establishing characters that had to have a strong background to support the next 8000+ pages of "development." Now, to me, there's no justification to why after there's already a strong background to work with, Jordan still manages to make his characters and situations boring.
You'd rather Jordan jumped in guns a blazing with static characters in Book 1? Starting it off slow gives Jordan time to "develop" (which, in my opinion he hasnt capitalized on). Book 1's slow pace and elaboration on farming, to me, gives the culture shock of Lan and Moirane coming into town that much more oomph. Plus, it's just suspenseful to loom this big, adventerous world over our heads, while subjecting us to crop farming.darkbane said:You mean that for the farmer-turned-savior plotline we need to see in detail just how much of a farmer he is? -_-;
Walter said:Anyway... it's pointless for me to try and defend it. I don't enjoy the series. But I will defend Book 1's initial slowness to the grave.
Walter said:"Ah the things I do for love *shove*.".
Trench said:In the middle of reading Clash of Kings. 400 or so.... Plots starting to unfold. I like how Arya and Jon are developing as characters. At least they haven't died yet!