H-Dreamer Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Well I am about 100 pages into the book and one of the biggest riddles might already have been solved. So only people who read to the first chapter with Ser Davos should read further.;)[spoiler=spoiler]The Lord of the sisters tells Ser Davos that it was in deed Ned Stark who fathered a bastard son with the daughter of a fisherman who saved his life. He might be misinformed, so a rest of doubt remains, but still a huge bit of information dropped in a otherwise unimportant sentence. On a different note, loved the beheading of Janos Slynt by Jon, some revenge for Ned finally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4_4 Posted July 13, 2011 Author Share Posted July 13, 2011 Well I am about 100 pages into the book and one of the biggest riddles might already have been solved. So only people who read to the first chapter with Ser Davos should read further.;)[spoiler=spoiler]The Lord of the sisters tells Ser Davos that it was in deed Ned Stark who fathered a bastard son with the daughter of a fisherman who saved his life. He might be misinformed, so a rest of doubt remains, but still a huge bit of information dropped in a otherwise unimportant sentence. On a different note, loved the beheading of Janos Slynt by Jon, some revenge for Ned finally. gah i read the tag think you were talking about earlier books. i'm a dumbass but that's cool, i'll still enjoy reading that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Dreamer Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Maybe I should have made it clearer that I was talking about "DwD", but I though with me raving about getting the book for two days, all of you would know by now. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4_4 Posted July 13, 2011 Author Share Posted July 13, 2011 Maybe I should have made it clearer that I was talking about "DwD", but I though with me raving about getting the book for two days, all of you would know by now. :D it was at the top of the page. i should have looked back. totally my bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 I'm back...and disappointed the book hasn't arrived yet :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Dreamer Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 Guys you have to get the book and read quicker, damn it! I want to talk about this, especially about what happened around pages 230-240. [spoiler=Read only, if you have reached page 240 of Vol.5]The son of Rhaegar Targaryen is alive! Dany has a nephew! I find this really stunning, cause there was no hint to it at all in the previous books and all assumed the boy was killed by Gregor Clegane like his mother and sister, when he was a baby. So to speak of succession, this would make him the rightful heir I'd say, even before Dany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 I'm hoping I'll find it waiting for me when I head home from work today...by tomorrow at the latest it should be mine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Dreamer Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 (edited) Well, I'd say around page 592 the timeline of "Dance with Dragons" is past the point where "A feast for crows" ended,[spoiler=small spoiler] as Arya and Jaime return with their chapters. Nice to see that we don't have to miss them for some more years, like it was with Jon and the others in the last Volume. don't read the Spoiler if you haven't read at least Vol. 4. ;) For those who have it is just an observation and not spoilering content from Vol. 5. Edited July 15, 2011 by H-Dreamer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Dreamer Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Finished the book today and totally did not like the climax at the end. :( Still a great book though and much to look forward for, when "The Winds of Winter" arise.....hopefully earlier than 5 1/2 years from now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 I'm about 50 pages from finishing Game of Thornes. Fully expect to start Clash of Kings by Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 I'm at page 220 of book 5...will do some more reading later tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Dreamer Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 To get back to the TV show for a moment, I found out that George RR Martin wrote in his blog a while ago that Gwendoline Christie has been cast to play Brienne of Tarth. Well, being 6'3 probably makes her fit that part, though her looks are quite unfitting, but for that there is also a way, this is TV. :D http://pics.livejournal.com/grrm/pic/000gx6d3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 To get back to the TV show for a moment, I found out that George RR Martin wrote in his blog a while ago that Gwendoline Christie has been cast to play Brienne of Tarth. Well, being 6'3 probably makes her fit that part, though her looks are quite unfitting, but for that there is also a way, this is TV. :D http://pics.livejournal.com/grrm/pic/000gx6d3 Needless to say, that is not how I envisioned that character to look like at all :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Dreamer Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Talking about unfit actressess. Natalie Dormer from "The Tudors" has been casted to be Margaery Tyrell. I don't know, but weren't we past the point were 20-somethings play Teenagers? Mrs. Dormer is 29 and will be in her mid-30s by the end of the series (if all books get filming that is) and Margaery is only 16... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Yes, but if the ages of all the characters were to be followed exactly, the series would be full of kid and teenager actors. In response to your spoiler on page 240 of volume 5, that was the last thing I was expecting at this point, and the way things are going that should set up something really exciting later on. P.S. Tyrion Lannister is awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Dreamer Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 (edited) Somewhat true but [spoiler=Content of Vol.4]with her marrying Tommen later on, that marriage gets reaaally creepy now.Don't you think? And yeah didn't expect that either. [spoiler=Content of Vol.5]I at first was thinking the boy would be Rickon, which wasn't even possible, cause Young Griff is 18, while Rickon is what now? 6? 7? But how old the kid was, was somewhat lost in translation for me. :D I really have to improve my english. So have you reached the first "Reek" chapter and the return of one of our "favorites" as well? :D Edited July 17, 2011 by H-Dreamer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Dreamer Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 (edited) And we have two more actors. Stannis Baratheon will be played by Stephen Dillane http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Dillane and Melisandre of Asshai, the Red Witch as I call her, will be played by Carice van Houten http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carice_van_Houten So we will have a dutch one on board for Jules. :D Btw. nice bus you have in NYC: http://pics.livejournal.com/grrm/pic/000h090s/s640x480 Edited July 19, 2011 by H-Dreamer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siddious Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 I dunno why but I imagined Stannis to look more like Gimly from LOTR except not a dwarf and with black hair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Stannis doesn't look like that from the book description. He looks like the guy playing him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siddious Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 I either haven't gotten up to the description yet or I simply don't remember it since it has taken me about a month to get through half of the book. But I can totally see that guy playing him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 He's described in detail at the start of Clash of Kings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siddious Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Ahh yea haven't started it yet so that explains it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 (edited) Carice van Houten in Game of Thrones is truly fabulous. She's far and away the best Dutch actress in a long time. And she's not quite ugly, really. Very unique look, a bit mysterious. http://www.celebs101.com/gallery/Carice_Van_Houten/365793/Carice_van_Houten_Picture.jpg http://www.celebs101.com/gallery/Carice_Van_Houten/365781/Carice_van_Houten_Picture.jpg Edited July 21, 2011 by Jules 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 "Stannis Baratheon, Lord of Dragonstone and by the grace of the gods rightful heir to the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, was broad of shoulder and sinewy of limb, with a tightness to his faith and flesh that spoke of leather cured in the sun until it was as tough as steel. Hard was the word men used when they spoke of Stannis, and hard he was. Though he was not yet five-and-thirty, only a fringe of black hair remained on his head, circling behind his ears like the shadow of a crown. His brother, the late King Robert, had grown a beard in his final years. Maester Cressen had never seen it, but they said it was a wild thing, thick and feirce. As if in answer, Stannis kept his own whiskers cropped tight and short. They lay like a blue-black shadow across his square jaw and the boney hollow of his cheeks. His eyes were open wounds beneath his heavy brows, a blue as dark as the sea by night..." Pretty much just like the renderings you find in Google Images: http://winter-is-coming.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/stannis.jpg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siddious Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 haha yea i dunno why i pictured him the way I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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