A Song of Ice and Fire

[Razmatus]

lol all this talking about waiting... y know what, my wait was, is and will be zero seconds lol, and why? because I have tons of books to get me over that time... by the time he releases next book, there will be the show made for all five I suppose, and while they have some changes from the books, for those who read the series and remember the crucial things, they might serve as reminder what the hell happened before

so yea, I'm reading Erikson right now, then I got complete Poe, Lovecraft and a good selection of Blake at hand, and then (a very long list of books I bought and havent read yet, and still growing :D) I got enough other books to keep me entertained... as long as the next book delivers, especially given the awesome set-up he has given us with AFFC and ADWD combined, I dont mind "the wait"

[Lianne]

Ohh, the wait xD Part of me would love it if the next book comes out sometime in the next few years (so many questions that needs answering, lol) but part of me is okay with the wait since I really need to re-read AFFC and ADWD back-to-back again anyways before event thinking about the next installment in the series. So if anything I'm impatient for the fifth book to come out in paperback (end of August!) so that I can get going on that re-read, lol =D

[Katy]

Razmatus wrote: "lol all this talking about waiting... y know what, my wait was, is and will be zero seconds lol, and why? because I have tons of books to get me over that time... by the time he releases next book,..."

Oh yes, I am pretty sure all of us have plenty to read while we wait. I sure don't waste my time with just waiting. But for me half of the fun is the anticipation -- it is like waiting for Christmas -- except I know when Christmas will be here.

[Razmatus]

Lianne wrote: "Ohh, the wait xD Part of me would love it if the next book comes out sometime in the next few years (so many questions that needs answering, lol) but part of me is okay with the wait since I really..."

it has already come out in paperback in English, Harper Voyager has released an A-sized paperback, one volume, with a preview chapter from TWOW... also, there are two kinds of sets out, one with the one volume edition of ADWD and one which has it divided into two volumes :)

[Razmatus]

Kathy wrote: "Razmatus wrote: "lol all this talking about waiting... y know what, my wait was, is and will be zero seconds lol, and why? because I have tons of books to get me over that time... by the time he re..."

exactly, as long as he delivers (and I am not one waiting in negative anticipation like oh my gee what will he eff up; or the kind of ppl who raise some kind of expectations, either sky high or so specific as to be impossible to meet, so they can bash the book afterwards) I dont mind the wait :)

[Mach]

I want to get my hands on that preview chapter... who's pov is it?

[mark]

everyone's favorite, Theon.

[Razmatus]

Nicki wrote: "Is it the same chapter that's up on GRRM's website?"

as a matter of fact, yes, it is... besides, I think it is one of those chapters that were said to be cut out of ADWD for use in TWOW, so it wasnt a big deal for them to make it public I guess, since it was already written

but still a nice extra for ppl :)

[Mach]

What's up on GRRM's website is not long enough to be called a chapter.

[Razmatus]

well, in that paperback it is like 16 pages or so

[Lianne]

Razmatus wrote: "it has already come out in paperback in English, Harper Voyager has released an A-sized paperback, one volume, with a preview chapter from TWOW... also, there are two kinds of sets out, one with the one volume edition of ADWD and one which has it divided into two volumes :)"

Thanks for the heads up! =) I'm actually waiting for the Bantam (or is it Random House?) edition to come out (to match my other paperbacks--not that they're really matching since the covers have been changing every several years or so). I remember seeing the paperback edition you mentioned that was divided into two volumes--very sleek =)

[Mach]

16 pages hmm it don't seem like more then three book pages for me.

[Razmatus]

Lianne wrote: "Razmatus wrote: "it has already come out in paperback in English, Harper Voyager has released an A-sized paperback, one volume, with a preview chapter from TWOW... also, there are two kinds of sets..."

I really like the job Harper Voyager did with the brand new paperbacks that I bet they released to match the 2nd season of the show on HBO... by that I mean the two new box-sets released, the two different editions of ADWD, and of course all new 2012 paperbacks that, even though 2011 paperbacks still look damn great, the new ones look even classier - more textured covers, some neat glittering letters, darker tinge to colors, me likey!

but I gotta admit that Bantam did one hell of an awesome job with the Malazan book covers for their paperbacks <3