Kevin's Watch

GRRM and his editor confirmed he's finished. The 7/12 publication date is now firm barring some disaster at the publishers.

WO-HOOO!

<a faint glimmer of hope stirs>

aliantha,

I take it you will not believe it until the book is in your hands? You "booker".

SerScot wrote:aliantha,

I take it you will not believe it until the book is in your hands? You "booker".

You are 100% correct, Ser! Altho if his publisher is confirming receipt, then 7/12 sounds a little more plausible than it did a few weeks ago.

Aliantha,

Bah, you bookers are always throwing up objections.

Yay, only 2 more books to go... hope George lives another 10 years so we can read them

Akasri,

I'm hoping he's going to have an easier time with the remaining two books. That we are on the downhill slope storywise.

Halle-fracking-lullieh!

Unfortunately this book won't have the Davos chapters. It was either turn it in this year or wait, and he chose to wait no longer...

So how does that work? Is he going to skip them entirely, or let this mean the next book has to be at least partly concurrent with the last two to let that storyline catch up (thus pushing everything back again)?

SerScot wrote:Akasri,

I'm hoping he's going to have an easier time with the remaining two books. That we are on the downhill slope storywise.

I am hoping that the HBO series will give him a kick in the pants to get the final two books done. No idea if it will or not, but I can hope

Lord Foul,

Lord Foul wrote:Unfortunately this book won't have the Davos chapters. It was either turn it in this year or wait, and he chose to wait no longer...

Bullshit. I've seen discussion of a Davos chapter GRRM read at a con. The real question, given what happened in AFFC, is whether Davos makes it to the next book at all.

I'm waiting for the Winds of Winter and A Dream of Spring ... dies anyone know release dates?

I know the TV series intentionally departs from the books in a number of story lines .. I kinda like that .. cos I get surprised .. and I'm loving the surprises

Even GRRM doesn't know the dates...

--A

Avatar wrote:Even GRRM doesn't know the dates...

--A

I've stopped caring. The series is 10x better than the books anyway.

The series left too much stuff out, and changed too much other stuff.

Maybe if I'd never read the books...but I have...so for me, that's the story. Not the series.

--A

dlbpharmd wrote:

Avatar wrote:Even GRRM doesn't know the dates...

--A

I've stopped caring. The series is 10x better than the books anyway.

I love the series too.. Av I don't know the reasons for leaving Catlin Stark out / as in Lord of Light resurrected Catlin Stark .. would've made for an interesting story line - it does in the books. But her resurrected state is kinda creepier than say Jon or that other dude that's now paired up with the Hound.

Nevertheless it is what it is ... a damn good production, no expense spared and does great justice to the books. But I read an interview with producers and GRR and they did say the TV series would not strictly follow the books. I guess so as to seperate the production from the books .. I can see why this would be an attractive approach

Meh. In the books,the Hound is dead.

--A

I like that he's not dead in the series! He's a bastard but he's awesome!

The series is awesome!