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[Rogues] [By: George R. R. Martin;Gardner Dozois;Neil Gaiman] [January, 2015]
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George R.R. Martin
1,503 books120k followersGeorge Raymond Richard "R.R." Martin was born September 20, 1948, in Bayonne, New Jersey. His father was Raymond Collins Martin, a longshoreman, and his mother was Margaret Brady Martin. He has two sisters, Darleen Martin Lapinski and Janet Martin Patten.
Martin attended Mary Jane Donohoe School and Marist High School. He began writing very young, selling monster stories to other neighborhood children for pennies, dramatic readings included. Later he became a comic book fan and collector in high school, and began to write fiction for comic fanzines (amateur fan magazines). Martin's first professional sale was made in 1970 at age 21: The Hero, sold to Galaxy, published in February, 1971 issue. Other sales followed.
In 1970 Martin received a B.S. in Journalism from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, graduating summa cum laude. He went on to complete a M.S. in Journalism in 1971, also from Northwestern.
As a conscientious objector, Martin did alternative service 1972-1974 with VISTA, attached to Cook County Legal Assistance Foundation. He also directed chess tournaments for the Continental Chess Association from 1973-1976, and was a Journalism instructor at Clarke College, Dubuque, Iowa, from 1976-1978. He wrote part-time throughout the 1970s while working as a VISTA Volunteer, chess director, and teacher.
In 1975 he married Gale Burnick. They divorced in 1979, with no children. Martin became a full-time writer in 1979. He was writer-in-residence at Clarke College from 1978-79.
Moving on to Hollywood, Martin signed on as a story editor for Twilight Zone at CBS Television in 1986. In 1987 Martin became an Executive Story Consultant for Beauty and the Beast at CBS. In 1988 he became a Producer for Beauty and the Beast, then in 1989 moved up to Co-Supervising Producer. He was Executive Producer for Doorways, a pilot which he wrote for Columbia Pictures Television, which was filmed during 1992-93.
Martin's present home is Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is a member of Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (he was South-Central Regional Director 1977-1979, and Vice President 1996-1998), and of Writers' Guild of America, West.
http://us.macmillan.com/author/george...
Martin attended Mary Jane Donohoe School and Marist High School. He began writing very young, selling monster stories to other neighborhood children for pennies, dramatic readings included. Later he became a comic book fan and collector in high school, and began to write fiction for comic fanzines (amateur fan magazines). Martin's first professional sale was made in 1970 at age 21: The Hero, sold to Galaxy, published in February, 1971 issue. Other sales followed.
In 1970 Martin received a B.S. in Journalism from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, graduating summa cum laude. He went on to complete a M.S. in Journalism in 1971, also from Northwestern.
As a conscientious objector, Martin did alternative service 1972-1974 with VISTA, attached to Cook County Legal Assistance Foundation. He also directed chess tournaments for the Continental Chess Association from 1973-1976, and was a Journalism instructor at Clarke College, Dubuque, Iowa, from 1976-1978. He wrote part-time throughout the 1970s while working as a VISTA Volunteer, chess director, and teacher.
In 1975 he married Gale Burnick. They divorced in 1979, with no children. Martin became a full-time writer in 1979. He was writer-in-residence at Clarke College from 1978-79.
Moving on to Hollywood, Martin signed on as a story editor for Twilight Zone at CBS Television in 1986. In 1987 Martin became an Executive Story Consultant for Beauty and the Beast at CBS. In 1988 he became a Producer for Beauty and the Beast, then in 1989 moved up to Co-Supervising Producer. He was Executive Producer for Doorways, a pilot which he wrote for Columbia Pictures Television, which was filmed during 1992-93.
Martin's present home is Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is a member of Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (he was South-Central Regional Director 1977-1979, and Vice President 1996-1998), and of Writers' Guild of America, West.
http://us.macmillan.com/author/george...
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December 19, 2024
Total: 120/210 = 0.57 * 100 = 6
**These are all rated based on one another rather than being based off of other books.
- Tough Times All Over (5/10): I like how we're switching characters often as the item gets passed around. At the end the original first rogue gets the item back and continues her journey. Good enough ending. A good introduction story to rogues.
- What Do You Do/The Grownup (4/10): The beginning bit is genuinely hilarious but overall this story is shit. Does a good job in making the house feel ominous but I feel like nothing happened.
- The Inn of Seven Blessings (6/10): This is really good compared the rest. Nothing special but the story has everything you need to be entertaining. The god's magic is fun and the ending is satisfying and happy. *THIS IS AN AUTHOR I WILL BE CHECKING OUT but this man does not know how to write women.
- Bent Twig (6/10): A campy southern (Texas) dude bro book where 2 cool ass dudes hit one liners and take the law into their own hands cause the cops are useless. Dudes are so cool the cops let them go and support them behind the scenes. Leonard (gay black dude) is probably the best dude bro ever. Unintentional racism and Leonard's are very funny. Two dude bros loyal to their friend shop. Leonard is bad cop who'll get his hands dirty Hab is the good cop who breaks. Great duo.
- Tawny Petticoats (5/10): it's solid. World is cool with zombies and post apocalyptic, but overall just barely above mid. The three main characters were cool.
- Provenance (5/10): the twist though predictable was entertaining. The middle (movement of the painting) was boring but Max/Heinrich was a good rogue.
- Roaring Twenties (6.5/10): Fun story. Starts off a bit annoying though. I don't agree that its a thrilling story but its good enough to pass the time.
- A Year and a Day In Old Theradane (7/10): I love the world building and the unconventional methods Amarelle uses to technically steal the street. A thief so accomplished she stole the sound of the rising sun. I want more, I want to see how they obtain freedom back into the world by defeating all the wizards Ivovandes included. I want to see this world fleshed out. I love it and I WILL DEFINIETELY CHECK OUT THIS AUTHOR!
- Heavy Metal (5/10): I like the slight mystery and how it leads to an amalgamation between religion and Lovecraftian but its mid and not memorable. Shit I don't even remember it after Diamonds From Tequila.
- The Meaning of Love (7.5/10): Asa saying she doesn't want to be a champion of love because who you're referring to when thinking of love changes is poetic. The prince's love being so fickle while hers being so steady is beautiful. His reluctance to believe she knows the true meaning of love. His easily shiftable mood when he hears Asa fucked the girl and how his mood 180's back when she lies that it was a joke was perfect. Not a story with depth but a good story nonetheless.
"Love is like a pigeon shitting over a crowd... Where it lands hasn't got much to do with who deserves it." ~ Asa
Probably not that good a story but stories of a love like this are my weakness. Her sending him away was very sad. Sad that as a reader I'll never know what happened to Asa. I hope she found happiness lol and a career with the Chancellor Mage. AN AUTHOR I WANT TO CHECK OUT!
- A Better Way to Die (5/10): This was incredibly boring. The ideas felt cool but maybe post work i was too tired to pay attention.
- Ill Seen in Tyre (5/10): Mid. Boring. Basic. About the dudes who wanna go invisible or whatever.
- A Cargo of Ivories (5/10): It's aight. Short and passes the time well enough. Future Jag: I can't remember this story for shit.
- Diamonds From Tequila (4/10): Obvious ending. Glad MC could take advantage of the situation and I like how it was like I was reading a movie script. He basically plays his character and uses that character to get through the situation.
- The Caravan to Nowhere (6/10): Decent low fantasy that starts off very slow but picks up the pace and turns out to be pretty good by the end. I MIGHT CHECK OUT THE AUTHOR!
- The Curious Affair of the Dead Wives (6/10): Its okay. Its not bad. Well written enough to keep my attention. Wasn't expecting what I read but it wasn't horrible.
- How The Marquis Got His Coat Back (7/10): 6 if not written by Neil Gaiman. Its the weird zany world with hive mind brainwashing outer gods that makes it interesting. Kinda funny. The Mushroom and how being infected adds you as apart of the hive mind. The Shepard's flock and how you become a worker bee drone. The marquis being obsessed with the coat.
- Now Showing (4/10): This feels like a 45-year-old man who was home schooled writing about how he thinks what high school romances are like in the early 2000s. Dialogue is annoying and angsty. So many that give this vibe: "oh my god can you believe it?", "Woe is me". This girl is so fucking stupid and somehow Jack is like this magically cool smart guy. Movie names are just being thrown in as metaphors. Feels like I'm reading an angsty teen romance movie from 2005. But the characters are adult college students. When I'm reading this I feel just like the MC. Annoyed and feeling like its unfair. Also waw massive robo conspiracy. I don't care cause everything before it was ass.
- The Lightning Tree (9/10): Its really good. The set up and build up to the conclusion is really well done. The break in continuity, the misdirection with Rike's mom, the subtle hints to intercourse off screen, and Bast's role in the village was done wonderfully.
- The Rogue Prince, or, The King's Brother (8/10): Not bad but as I've only watched the show and not read the books I was a bit confused. Obviously I knew of Aegon and some of the children as well as the king. It had been too long since I last watched the show to remember all the historical character's and their names. Nor how they played their parts in the song of ice and fire.
**These are all rated based on one another rather than being based off of other books.
- Tough Times All Over (5/10): I like how we're switching characters often as the item gets passed around. At the end the original first rogue gets the item back and continues her journey. Good enough ending. A good introduction story to rogues.
- What Do You Do/The Grownup (4/10): The beginning bit is genuinely hilarious but overall this story is shit. Does a good job in making the house feel ominous but I feel like nothing happened.
- The Inn of Seven Blessings (6/10): This is really good compared the rest. Nothing special but the story has everything you need to be entertaining. The god's magic is fun and the ending is satisfying and happy. *THIS IS AN AUTHOR I WILL BE CHECKING OUT but this man does not know how to write women.
- Bent Twig (6/10): A campy southern (Texas) dude bro book where 2 cool ass dudes hit one liners and take the law into their own hands cause the cops are useless. Dudes are so cool the cops let them go and support them behind the scenes. Leonard (gay black dude) is probably the best dude bro ever. Unintentional racism and Leonard's are very funny. Two dude bros loyal to their friend shop. Leonard is bad cop who'll get his hands dirty Hab is the good cop who breaks. Great duo.
- Tawny Petticoats (5/10): it's solid. World is cool with zombies and post apocalyptic, but overall just barely above mid. The three main characters were cool.
- Provenance (5/10): the twist though predictable was entertaining. The middle (movement of the painting) was boring but Max/Heinrich was a good rogue.
- Roaring Twenties (6.5/10): Fun story. Starts off a bit annoying though. I don't agree that its a thrilling story but its good enough to pass the time.
- A Year and a Day In Old Theradane (7/10): I love the world building and the unconventional methods Amarelle uses to technically steal the street. A thief so accomplished she stole the sound of the rising sun. I want more, I want to see how they obtain freedom back into the world by defeating all the wizards Ivovandes included. I want to see this world fleshed out. I love it and I WILL DEFINIETELY CHECK OUT THIS AUTHOR!
- Heavy Metal (5/10): I like the slight mystery and how it leads to an amalgamation between religion and Lovecraftian but its mid and not memorable. Shit I don't even remember it after Diamonds From Tequila.
- The Meaning of Love (7.5/10): Asa saying she doesn't want to be a champion of love because who you're referring to when thinking of love changes is poetic. The prince's love being so fickle while hers being so steady is beautiful. His reluctance to believe she knows the true meaning of love. His easily shiftable mood when he hears Asa fucked the girl and how his mood 180's back when she lies that it was a joke was perfect. Not a story with depth but a good story nonetheless.
"Love is like a pigeon shitting over a crowd... Where it lands hasn't got much to do with who deserves it." ~ Asa
Probably not that good a story but stories of a love like this are my weakness. Her sending him away was very sad. Sad that as a reader I'll never know what happened to Asa. I hope she found happiness lol and a career with the Chancellor Mage. AN AUTHOR I WANT TO CHECK OUT!
- A Better Way to Die (5/10): This was incredibly boring. The ideas felt cool but maybe post work i was too tired to pay attention.
- Ill Seen in Tyre (5/10): Mid. Boring. Basic. About the dudes who wanna go invisible or whatever.
- A Cargo of Ivories (5/10): It's aight. Short and passes the time well enough. Future Jag: I can't remember this story for shit.
- Diamonds From Tequila (4/10): Obvious ending. Glad MC could take advantage of the situation and I like how it was like I was reading a movie script. He basically plays his character and uses that character to get through the situation.
- The Caravan to Nowhere (6/10): Decent low fantasy that starts off very slow but picks up the pace and turns out to be pretty good by the end. I MIGHT CHECK OUT THE AUTHOR!
- The Curious Affair of the Dead Wives (6/10): Its okay. Its not bad. Well written enough to keep my attention. Wasn't expecting what I read but it wasn't horrible.
- How The Marquis Got His Coat Back (7/10): 6 if not written by Neil Gaiman. Its the weird zany world with hive mind brainwashing outer gods that makes it interesting. Kinda funny. The Mushroom and how being infected adds you as apart of the hive mind. The Shepard's flock and how you become a worker bee drone. The marquis being obsessed with the coat.
- Now Showing (4/10): This feels like a 45-year-old man who was home schooled writing about how he thinks what high school romances are like in the early 2000s. Dialogue is annoying and angsty. So many that give this vibe: "oh my god can you believe it?", "Woe is me". This girl is so fucking stupid and somehow Jack is like this magically cool smart guy. Movie names are just being thrown in as metaphors. Feels like I'm reading an angsty teen romance movie from 2005. But the characters are adult college students. When I'm reading this I feel just like the MC. Annoyed and feeling like its unfair. Also waw massive robo conspiracy. I don't care cause everything before it was ass.
- The Lightning Tree (9/10): Its really good. The set up and build up to the conclusion is really well done. The break in continuity, the misdirection with Rike's mom, the subtle hints to intercourse off screen, and Bast's role in the village was done wonderfully.
- The Rogue Prince, or, The King's Brother (8/10): Not bad but as I've only watched the show and not read the books I was a bit confused. Obviously I knew of Aegon and some of the children as well as the king. It had been too long since I last watched the show to remember all the historical character's and their names. Nor how they played their parts in the song of ice and fire.
February 24, 2025
Great collection of short stories
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