There are characters who never made it onto the screen at all, and others who died in the show but still live in the books… so if nothing else, the readers will learn what happened to Jeyne Poole, Lady Stoneheart, Penny and her pig, Skahaz Shavepate, Arianne Martell, Darkstar, Victarion Greyjoy, Ser Garlan the Gallant, Aegon VI, and a myriad of other characters both great and small that viewers of the show never had the chance to meet. And yes, there will be unicorns… of a sort…
Aah, now that´s nifty, George. D&D took care of the primary and secondary characters, you will handle the tertiary characters. Certainly that will be different from the show. Ye sure 3000 pages enough for that? I mean, that barely scratches the surface.
I share your anguish about the fate of Crunch (????)
I hate to break it to you, but Crunch is dead. I just reread that chapter. The Ghiscari love eating dog (and also unborn puppies on a stick, apparently). His head is seen on a stick at one point... Tyrion keeps it from Penny and is annoyed that she is worried about her animals. Pretty the pig is not confirmed dead but Tyrion seems to think she is.
but at least i will be able to finally get off the anti-depressants once i know what ever happen to Shakaz The Shavepate....
I can't make myself care about any of the Ghiscari characters. I'm just waiting for Dany to move on, and for them to go away.
“In Qohor he is the Black Goat, in Yi Ti the Lion of Night, in Westeros the Stranger. All men must bow to him in the end, no matter if they worship the Seven or the Lord of Light, the Moon Mother or the Drowned God or the Great Shepherd. All mankind belongs to him... else somewhere in the world would be a folk who lived forever. Do you know of any folk who live forever?”
The Ghiscari love eating dog (and also unborn puppies on a stick, apparently). His head is seen on a stick at one point... Tyrion keeps it from Penny and is annoyed that she is worried about her animals. Pretty the pig is not confirmed dead but Tyrion seems to think she is.
The slavers are seen with a dog's head on a stick. Could be any dog!
but at least i will be able to finally get off the anti-depressants once i know what ever happen to Shakaz The Shavepate....
I was re-reading not long ago. The scenes with Selmy and Skahaz are actually pretty good. Could be a buddy cop spinoff. The Brazen Beasts are constantly going off-book and wrecking the city, and Selmy has to call the Shavepate into his office. BUT HE GETS THINGS DONE!
George, errh, I understand - you are trying to make things better. But...
As for finishing my book… I fear that New Zealand would distract me entirely too much. Best leave me here in Westeros for the nonce. But I tell you this — if I don’t have THE WINDS OF WINTER in hand when I arrive in New Zealand for worldcon, you have here my formal written permission to imprison me in a small cabin on White Island, overlooking that lake of sulfuric acid, until I’m done. Just so long as the acrid fumes do not screw up my old DOS word processor, I’ll be fine.
George, errh, I understand - you are trying to make things better. But...
As for finishing my book… I fear that New Zealand would distract me entirely too much. Best leave me here in Westeros for the nonce. But I tell you this — if I don’t have THE WINDS OF WINTER in hand when I arrive in New Zealand for worldcon, you have here my formal written permission to imprison me in a small cabin on White Island, overlooking that lake of sulfuric acid, until I’m done. Just so long as the acrid fumes do not screw up my old DOS word processor, I’ll be fine.
George, you are a true poet when you keep your fingers off the keyboard...
Okay, GRRM... are you really promising next summer?
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If not, we'll treat you just like you treated Cersei and Margaery and butcher your beard and repeat "shame, shame, shame" at you until you are finished!
Lots of fawning over the cast and crew follow. I enjoyed this:
And me? I’m still here, and I’m still busy. As a producer, I’ve got five shows in development at HBO (some having nothing whatsoever to do with the world of Westeros), two at Hulu, one on the History Channel. I’m involved with a number of feature projects, some based upon my own stories and books, some on material created by others. There are these short films I am hoping to make, adaptations of classic stories by one of the most brilliant, quirky, and original writers our genre has ever produced. I’ve consulted on a video game out of Japan. And then there’s Meow Wolf…
Hilarious. Remember when GRRM said he was going to cut back on distractions and focus on the Son of Kong?
"I can see it. You have more of the north in you than your brothers."
I can't make myself care about any of the Ghiscari characters.
you are not alone in this one; i never quite got into that diversion in the story.
"Arya did not dare take a bath, even though she smelled as bad as Yoren by now, all sour and stinky. Some of the creatures living in her clothes had come all the way from Flea Bottom with her; it didn’t seem right to drown them."
Not promising, but creating a tremendous headache for New Zealand authorities; they have to ready that volcano for Martin´s stay now...
perhaps they can lock him up in Hobbiton with large posters of Tolkien with his finished books all over the place.
"Arya did not dare take a bath, even though she smelled as bad as Yoren by now, all sour and stinky. Some of the creatures living in her clothes had come all the way from Flea Bottom with her; it didn’t seem right to drown them."
I was re-reading not long ago. The scenes with Selmy and Skahaz are actually pretty good. Could be a buddy cop spinoff. The Brazen Beasts are constantly going off-book and wrecking the city, and Selmy has to call the Shavepate into his office. BUT HE GETS THINGS DONE!
Please stop it before you rekindle my interest and i have to go down to the cellar to disinter my books!
However, perhaps that is the best way to read this part of the story, by itself.
"Arya did not dare take a bath, even though she smelled as bad as Yoren by now, all sour and stinky. Some of the creatures living in her clothes had come all the way from Flea Bottom with her; it didn’t seem right to drown them."
I don't know who Shavepate is supposed to be but if I am not wrong he was the biggest advocate of change for Mereen he has so much to lose in the absence of Daenerys. Why do I not learn the faith of Daario instead? Sigh. If that book isn't out until July 2020 I will say fuck it better read a series with an ending.
I was re-reading not long ago. The scenes with Selmy and Skahaz are actually pretty good. Could be a buddy cop spinoff. The Brazen Beasts are constantly going off-book and wrecking the city, and Selmy has to call the Shavepate into his office. BUT HE GETS THINGS DONE!
Sure. For me, the problem is that I don't particularly care what happens to Meereen or the characters that came with it. I can't keep them straight, they eat dogs and locusts and in their free time enjoy watching slaves, dwarves and old women butcher each other in the fighting pits. I can't identify with these characters in any way whatsoever. So I don't care what happens to them or their city.
I feel much the same way about the rest of Dany's followers. IDK why GRRM never gave us a POV from any of them. It would really help to humanize them and help the reader understand where they're coming from and what they want.
Not promising, but creating a tremendous headache for New Zealand authorities; they have to ready that volcano for Martin´s stay now...
Let's start a Go Fund Me account for the purpose of installing an air filtration system to keep his computer safe. The opportunity to lock up GRRM and force him to finish TWOW should not be wasted!!
“In Qohor he is the Black Goat, in Yi Ti the Lion of Night, in Westeros the Stranger. All men must bow to him in the end, no matter if they worship the Seven or the Lord of Light, the Moon Mother or the Drowned God or the Great Shepherd. All mankind belongs to him... else somewhere in the world would be a folk who lived forever. Do you know of any folk who live forever?”