Rob’s Comments (group member since Jul 06, 2012)

Rob’s comments from the The Sword and Laser group.

In the US at least: https://www.amazon.com/Last-Unicorn-P...

Nevermind. That's the graphic Novel adaptation..

Tassie Dave wrote: "I'm having trouble finding an eBook copy :-(

It doesn't seem to have been adapted for that format"

I have the ebook. I think I got it from a Humble Bundle?

Veronica was parodying Boston's More than a Feeling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4QK8...

Veronica has selected The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle for June

Joanna wrote: "Scott Lynch just posted a photograph of what I assume is the finished manuscript on his tumbler: https://scottlynch78.tumblr.com/po..."

One of the tags is draftcompletemotherfuckers so there are p..."

Ah, I missed that. I updated my post accordingly. Either way hopefully this means we'll see the book sometime in next year.

Things are looking up for The Thorn of Emberlain.

Scott Lynch just posted a photograph of what I assume is the finished manuscript appears to be the finished draft on his tumbler: https://scottlynch78.tumblr.com/post/...

I HIGHLY recommend Dagger & Coin (starts with The Dragon's Path). Written by half of James SA Corey and has some the best character development I've ever read over the course of a series.

And much like Expanse one of his characters (secondary to start with, POV in later books) is an older woman. Something that seems far too rare in fantasy.

Also it's the only fantasy book I've read that focuses a lot on the economic side of power that I can really think of beyond just simple mention of taxes.


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And I really like Sins of Empire as well. I think both that and the sequel are the best books he's written to date.

The issue appears to be she left the RSVP by date as May 1st. Maybe she meant to make it June 1st?

For me I call in our reservation the Monday before, so that's when I set our invites to, but I never realized what that did I guess.

Richardya, please use spoiler tags...

Tamahome wrote: "Maybe after George puts out the two last books, someone can adapt them, lol."

You joke, but that's essentially what they did with Full Metal Alchemist. Only in that case it was a complete redo from the start, not just the new stuff.

I could see HBO making movies or miniseries based on the last two books. Except at that point it wouldnt be all the same people most likely, so maybe not.

Animation is a lot easier in that regard, although they did bring back the same voice cast.

Tassie Dave wrote: "Everything in Season 8 was too rushed."

Agreed. I feel like they should have done two 10 episode seasons instead of one final "split" season of 13.

They could have ended season 7 with the Battle of Winterfell and then had an entire 10 episodes of season 8 to wrap up the rest of the plot.

Ah well, as an anime fan, I'm used to this kind of thing by now. The anime is never as good when it gets past the manga. I'll take this over them doing filler until the books are done..

I'm glad you enjoyed the second story more. I do feel like it improves with each book.

I just finished my reread of the series and still really enjoyed it the second time through.

I think Arista becomes less stupid as it goes on, and really turns into one of my favorite characters. Thrace gets even better, although that also takes some time too.

Do you think you'll continue on, or are you stopping here? I feel like each of the first few stories are stand alone enough that it's easy to stop after each until maybe the 4th and definitely the 5th.

So I thought the ending was fine, but not excellent. I wonder how much of that is the show writers and how much is Marten.

I have to presume he told them who wins and what happens to some of the major characters.

No matter what you thought, it's the end of an era. I don't think we'll see this kind of appointment TV again. Not in the age of binging. And certainly not for a fantasy show. Even if the Lord or the Rings or Wheel of Time shows are popular, they won't be THIS popular. Neither has the kind of sex or violence that I think brought in the masses to Thrones.

This season wasn't my favorite, but I didn't hate it as much as a lot of people seemed to.

With regard to the final episode:

(view spoiler)[It was a lot happier than I expected. Only Dany dies? Bran is the new king, Tyrion his hand and most of the other major characters are part of his small council?

Arya is off to explore and Sansa is Queen of the newly independent north. And Jon is relegated back to the Night's Watch and the Wildings. Seems too neat/happily ever after considering the history of the series.

But I was honestly fearing a lot worse. I was a bit surprised Jon actually killed Dany. I didn't think he had it in him really.

Bran on the throne was an interesting choice. I'm a little shocked after Sansa didn't come on board they didn't have more people decide to declare independence.

I want a spinoff show with Arya on her adventures east..
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Awesome! It seems like announcing the monthly meetups has had a positive effect on getting new groups going. You're guys are the second new group in the last few months to get going.

Just in time for the monthly group message later this week too. Hopefully if there are others out there in the Boston area who didn't know about the poll or the meetup will find you guys.

Thanks Ronbo.

Stephen wrote: "Rob, Age of Legend is coming July 8th, really July 7 at 9 PM, but who is counting? So that means a June re-read of the First Empire series to hit the ground running. Right now I was..."

This was my first reread of any of his books. I'm not sure if I'll reread the first empire books before the final book, but probably. I have too many other things to read to do a reread before the 4th though.

I've heard the traffic is pretty abysmal. Although 5 years is a pretty long stretch and you guys do always seem to meet on weekends.

Aaron wrote: "June 2
https://www.goodreads.com/event/show/..."

Thanks!

That's odd, it looks like that event was made awhile ago, but I don't see it listed under the S&L events: https://www.goodreads.com/event/list_...

Am I just crazy? I just see SF, MD/DC/NoVA and Austin there..

Any plans for a June meetup for you guys?

Any plans for a May/June meetup? I didn't see an event listed like usual. I'm planning to send the monthly message soon. Please let me know.