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Who is in? Anyone want to lead the discussion? Reading schedule will be posted, we will start around May 1st.
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For sure. I have wanted to get to this.
I am in and I already read it twice. I promise I will be good and not leak any spoilers.
I'm in! I have been wanting to read this!
I'm reafing the second, at a slow speed. If you hpgo on...
I am definitely in. Although I don't want to lead the discussion, I will do so if no one else raises their hand. I feel obligated since I nominated it.
LOL Irene, if no one else raises their hand we can do it together, how does that sound?I will say that I started watching the series on TV and it is incredible! Can't wait to start reading. As soon as I find a copy I will do the reading schedule.
We are reading just Book One is that correct? The entire set is like $400
I'm not participating, but I did want to drop a comment. I don't see how you came up with $400. Each book is less than $10 each on Amazon. But my guess is that you should take it one book at a time.
yeah take it one book at a time. If everyone wants to move on to book 2 for the next one we can vote then. There whole series is worth reading because you will want to know what happens next. There are also "surprises" as well.
I've been torn about wanting to read this. On the other hand I've heard it's amazing, but on the other, that there is so much rape (and graphic rape, that is), that I'm not sure I'll be able to stomach it. But I think I'll try it with you, maybe I'll be positively surprised :) Haven't watched the show, so I don't really know anything about the series (except what I've read in reviews).
We are glad to have you. You can always skip ahead when you come to a scene that is too much, I have done that many times.
Anna wrote: "I've been torn about wanting to read this. On the other hand I've heard it's amazing, but on the other, that there is so much rape (and graphic rape, that is), that I'm not sure I'll be able to sto..."Really? I don't recall there being graphic rape... Hm... well, maybe one scene now that I think about it some more; don't think there's that much of it. But it was nothing compared to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
Viola wrote: "Really? I don't recall there being graphic rape... Hm... well, maybe one scene now that I think about it some more; don't think there's that much of it. But it was nothing compared to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. "This is good news to me :) As I said, it's just what I've heard. I did like The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and don't actually remember there being much of that either. Well, the book was very different and I think there it was one of the major point as the original name is Men Who Hate Women. But I'm glad if my information is incorrect. And of course it depends on the reader what is too much for whom. Looking forward to reading with you :)
There really isn't any rape. There are sex scenes but there isn't any rape and if your first experience with Game of Thrones is the show, it can seem like there is alot of those scens but there really isn't.
I would love to participate with this group. I have the box set, but haven't found the motivation to sit down with it. Have been watching the HBO series, too.
We would love to have you Sally
Meg have you found a copy of the book yet? If not try amazon or ebay, or ask around. I got the whole set for $15 (used) at a yard sale.
Amazon was pretty costly, so far I have a library copy but can't keep it forever!
Amazon has a boxed set of the first 4 books for $19.78.
READING SCHEDULEBefore May 5 read 115 pages up to Sansa
May 5 - discuss 115 pages read up to page 210 Eddard
May 12 - discuss up to page 210 read up to page 316
May 19 - discuss up to page 316 read up to page 418
May 26 - discuss up to page 418 read up to page 506
June 2 - discuss up to page 506 read up to page 610
June 9 - discuss up to page 610 finish book
June 16 - Discuss whole book
Happy reading!
Let the game begin.
Can you specify the reading schedule according to chapters? I have the kindle book (set of 5), and I have no idea of pages...
Love your excitement Jamie.
I will, the first two readings are up to the start of that chapter, unfortunately some have the same names.
There aren't any chapter numbers, just p.o.v names. Can we compare the show with the book as well. Just sticking to season 1.
Ha ha you read my mind, I was planning on it. The series was terrific
I mean you kinda have to because ppl will want to.
Did you watch all season 1 Meg? I better get on it.
I love the show.
I stayed in all last weekend and am caught up to Season 3, it really is well done. I can't wait to compare it to the book.
Interested to know how much each DVD covers of the books?
Each season is one book. I think though they might have to break up book 3 into season 3 and part of 4. We will have to see.
Wikipedia's Biography of Martineorge R. R. Martin was born on September 20, 1948, in Bayonne, New Jersey,[5] the son of longshoreman Raymond Collins Martin and his wife Margaret Brady Martin who also had two daughters, sisters Darleen and Janet. The family lived in a federal housing project near to the Bayonne docks. Being poor, the young Martin lived in his imagination and began writing and selling monster stories for pennies to other neighborhood children, dramatic readings included. He also wrote stories about a mythical kingdom populated by his pet turtles; the turtles died frequently in their toy castle, so he finally decided they were killing off each other in "sinister plots."[6] Martin attended Mary Jane Donohoe School and then later Marist High School. While there he became an avid comic book fan, developing a strong interest in the innovative superheroes being published by Marvel Comics.[7] Fantastic Four No. 20 (Nov 1963) printed a letter Martin wrote to the editor, the first of many (e.g., FF #32, #34, and others from his family's home at 35 E. First Street, Bayonne, NJ). Other fans wrote him letters, and through such contacts Martin joined the fledgling comics fandom of the era, writing fiction for various fanzines.[8] In 1965 Martin won comic fandom's Alley Award for his prose superhero story "Powerman vs. The Blue Barrier," the first of many awards he would go on to win for his fiction.
In 1970 Martin earned a B. S. in Journalism from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, graduating summa cum laude; he went on to complete his M. S. in Journalism in 1971, also from Northwestern. Eligible for the draft during the Vietnam War, to which he objected, Martin applied for and obtained conscientious objector status;[9] he instead did alternative service work for two years (1972-1974) as a VISTA volunteer, attached to the Cook County Legal Assistance Foundation. He also directed chess tournaments for the Continental Chess Association from 1973-1976. Then from 1976-1978 he was an English and journalism instructor at Clarke University (then Clarke College) in Dubuque, IA, becoming Writer In Residence at the college from 1978-1979.
Martin began selling science fiction short stories professionally in 1970, at age 21. His first story, "The Hero," sold to Galaxy magazine and was published in its February, 1971 issue; other sales soon followed. The first story of his nominated for the Hugo Award[10] and the Nebula Award was With Morning Comes Mistfall, published in 1973 by Analog magazine. A member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), Martin became the organization's Southwest Regional Director from 1977-1979; from 1996-1998 he served as its Vice President.
In 1976, for Kansas City's MidAmeriCon, the 34th World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), Martin and his friend and fellow writer-editor Gardner Dozois conceived of and organized the first Hugo Losers Party for the benefit of all past and present Hugo-losing writers, their friends, and family the evening following the convention's Hugo Awards ceremony. Martin was nominated for two Hugos that year but ultimately wound up losing both awards, for the novelette "...and Seven Times Never Kill Man" and the novella "The Storms of Windhaven", co-written with Lisa Tuttle.[11] The Hugo Losers Party became an annual Worldcon event thereafter, its formal title eventually evolving into something a little more politically correct as both its size and prestige grew.
Although much of his work is fantasy or horror, a number of his earlier works are science fiction occurring in a loosely defined future history, known informally as 'The Thousand Worlds' or 'The manrealm'. He has also written at least one piece of political-military fiction, "Night of the Vampyres", collected in Harry Turtledove's anthology The Best Military Science Fiction of the 20th century.[12]
The unexpected commercial failure of Martin's fourth book, The Armageddon Rag (1983), "essentially destroyed my career as a novelist at the time", he recalled. It began his career in television, however,[6] as a result of a Hollywood option on that novel that then led to him being hired, first as a staff writer and then as an Executive Story Consultant, for the revival of the Twilight Zone. When the CBS series ran its course, Martin then became a producer on the dramatic fantasy series Beauty and the Beast. In 1989 he became the show's co-supervising producer. During this same period, he also worked in print media as a book series editor, overseeing the development of the lengthy Wild Cards series, which takes place in a shared universe in which a small slice of post-World War II humanity gains superpowers after the release of an alien-engineered virus. In Second Person Martin "gives a personal account of the close-knit role-playing game (RPG) culture that gave rise to his Wild Cards shared-world anthologies".[13] Martin's own contributions to the multiple-author series often feature Thomas Tudbury, "The Great and Powerful Turtle", a powerful psychokinetic whose flying "shell" consisted of an armored VW Beetle. As of June 2011 21 Wild Cards volumes had been published in the series; earlier that same year, Martin signed the contract for the 22nd volume, to be called Low Ball when eventually published by Tor Books; the following year, in early 2012, he signed another Tor contract for the 23rd volume, High Stakes.
Martin's novella, Nightflyers, was adapted into a 1987 feature film of the same title; he was not happy about having to cut plot elements for the screenplay's scenario in order to accommodate the film's small budget.[
Background: Book and HBO (from wikipedia)A Song of Ice and Fire
Main article: A Song of Ice and Fire
In 1991 Martin briefly returned to writing novels and began what would eventually turn into his epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire (reportedly inspired by the Wars of the Roses and Ivanhoe), which will be seven volumes. The first A Game of Thrones was published in 1996. In November 2005 A Feast for Crows, the fourth novel in this series, became The New York Times No. 1 Bestseller and also achieved No. 1 ranking on The Wall Street Journal bestseller list. In addition, in September 2006, A Feast for Crows was nominated for both a Quill Award and the British Fantasy Award.[15] The fifth book, A Dance with Dragons, was published in July 2011, quickly becoming a huge international bestseller, including a No. 1 ranking on the New York Times Bestseller List and many others; it remained on the NY Times list for more than a year. The series has received critical praise from authors, readers, and critics alike. In 2012 A Dance With Dragons made the final ballot for science fiction and fantasy's Hugo Award, World Fantasy Award, Locus Poll Award, and the British Fantasy Award; the novel went on to win the Locus Poll Award for Best Fantasy Novel.
[edit]HBO series production
For more details on this topic, see Game of Thrones.
During completion of A Dance With Dragons and other projects, George R. R. Martin was also heavily involved in the production of a television series adaptation of the A Song of Ice and Fire books named after the first book, A Game of Thrones. Martin's involvement included the selection of a production team and participation in scriptwriting; he is listed in the opening credits as an executive producer of the series.
HBO Productions purchased the television rights for the entire A Song of Ice and Fire series in 2007. HBO began airing the fantasy series (titled "Game of Thrones") on their U.S. premium cable channel April 17, 2011; it ran weekly for ten episodes, each approximately an hour long.[16] The series was renewed shortly after the first episode aired. The first season was nominated for 13 Emmy Awards, ultimately winning two, one for its opening title credits and for Peter Dinklage as Best Supporting Actor. The second season of ten episodes, based on the second Ice and Fire novel A Clash of Kings, began airing on HBO in the U.S. April 1, 2012; the second season was nominated for twelve Emmy Awards, including another Supporting Actor nomination for Dinklage. It went on to win six of those Emmys in the Technical Arts categories, which were awarded the week before the regular televised 2012 awards show. The first season of 10 episodes was also nominated for a 2012 Hugo Award, fantasy and science fiction's oldest award, presented by the World Science Fiction Society each year at the annual worldcon; it went on to win the 2012 Hugo for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form, at Chicon 7, the 70th World Science Fiction Convention.
Viola wrote: "I'm not participating, but I did want to drop a comment. I don't see how you came up with $400. Each book is less than $10 each on Amazon. But my guess is that you should take it one book at a time."
I was looking at the hardcover sets
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I have never seen the TV series, and don't think I want to check it out until I have read the whole book. I know many are probably going into this having already seen the TV series, but is there anyone else that is going to be a book only reader? :o)
I have read the first book twice through and seen the first and second seasons and the first episode of the third so I am not going to be rereading for a third time but I will participate in the discussion.
Jayme you should be the discussion leader, you are the expert!
Sheila- ME!!! I haven't seen the show. I want to but I am going to wait until I have read at least the first book.
Sheila wrote: "So is anyone else going to just read the book (no checking out the show) on this one? "Me! I mean I think I will check out the series, but as Kristen, I want to read at least the first book first. I did watch the first episode at some point, but at the time I wasn't convinced (which might not be fair, since it was just one episode). But if I like the books, I'm pretty sure I'll be interested in the series.
Meg wrote: "Viola wrote: "I'm not participating, but I did want to drop a comment. I don't see how you came up with $400. Each book is less than $10 each on Amazon. But my guess is that you should take it on..."
Meg -- Ah! I see now. It's going for $480 on Amazon. Yikes! BUT, I will say that it is a rather impressive looking set to have on a bookshelf.
I love collecting books too, it is very tempting
Meg wrote: "Jayme you should be the discussion leader, you are the expert!"I had thought about it but I haven't read the first book in three years. I can fill in information if someone has questions.
I am going to read the book and then watch. I am doing the same for Les Mis.
Sheila wrote: "So is anyone else going to just read the book (no checking out the show) on this one? I have never seen the TV series, and don't think I want to check it out until I have read the whole book. I k..."
If its ok with you, count me in..
But please be patient with me... I tend to read other books in between.. when the story gets to start boring.
Thanks,
M
Sheila wrote: "So is anyone else going to just read the book (no checking out the show) on this one? I have never seen the TV series, and don't think I want to check it out until I have read the whole book. I k..."
Only going to read. Don't even have cable. At this point, I have no intension of watching the adaption.
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