Anyone else NOT reading A Dance with Dragons yet?

[Lara Amber]

I feel like the only person not running to get a copy RIGHT NOW. After waiting this long, I'm just going to wait for the series to finish before going back. Anyone else holding off?

[[deleted user]]

I'm only holding off because I haven't read any of the books yet. One of these days I'll get started but for right now I'm concentrating more on Sci-Fi rather then fantasy.

[Jon]

I never moved beyond the first novel and don't plan to.

[Snail in Danger (Sid)]

Lara - I started the first book 7-8 years ago and didn't care for it. I gave the book away without ever finishing it. The widespread excitement makes me think that maybe I'll go back to it ... but only after the series is finished. (Also, I read recently that Martin has complained repeatedly that J.K. Rowling has his Hugo. It irritates me when genre authors take shots at JKR, even though I'm at most a lukewarm fan of the HP books. But more to the point, it makes me less inclined to pick up a Martin book.)

[Crusader]

I still have books 2-3 to finish, so I'll hold out till it's available in paperback and all the hype dies down.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon]

I'm not. I haven't read any of them. Honestly, it's not really my cuppa tea, but I might read them eventually just to see what all the fuss is about, but I'll definitely wait until the series is done.

[Valerie]

I still have to get through the rest of my re-read, and my copy hasn't shipped yet. I am going to read it, just not immediately.

[Katy]

I am trying to hold off now. I have all the others in paperback and want a copy to match. And besides I've got so many other books already lined up to read. Of course, I will probably succomb to temptation and end up in a bookstore and will have to get it then. Of course, my dear husband knows I'm waiting to read it, so he might just pick it up and surprise me. :)

[Genia]

I'm not really all that eager. I remember not particularly enjoying the series at the time, so before I tackle this book I plan to see whether I like the first one better.

[[deleted user]]

Blasphemers, the lot of yas!

:P

[Jon]

Ala wrote: "Blasphemers, the lot of yas!

:P"

Muhahahaha!

[J.]

I'm just waiting for my Kindle to sink and the darn slow Kenyan Internet service to download the ebook. But for now, I'm NOT reading the novel. :)

[Patricia]

I quit in the middle of Feast of Crows. I think that was the one. I was disappointed because I had liked the first two, but just couldn't finish this one.

[Dawn]

I'm going to a signing of his on Thursday, so I have to wait till then to get the book! It will be worth it though :)

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon]

Ala wrote: "Blasphemers, the lot of yas!

:P"

In oh so many ways I couldn't even begin to tell you... ;)

[[deleted user]]

Colleen ~blackrose~ wrote: "In oh so many ways I couldn't even begin to tell you... ;)"

I'm curious and scared.

I think scared wins.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon]

Muwahahahaha >:)

[stormhawk]

Waiting for the Kindle price drop. And I have enough on my TBR to keep me busy for quite a while.

I liked ASOIAF, but I'm not crazy about it.

[Jeff]

I made it through one and half books, many many years ago. Going to have to start over, probably next month, but I don't feel any great urgency to get them read.

[Kim]

I'm a big fan of the books so far but it's been so long since the last one I've kind of lost interest. I wil read it but not for a while. I have others on my TBR list that I want to get through first.

[Chris]

Ala wrote: "Blasphemers, the lot of yas!

:P"

What he said....

[Sandra]

I don't plan to read it. Guess I'm a blasphemer. I read the first two... got impatient when the plot only inched forward in the second. Sure am not waiting 15 years for the series to finish!

[Phoenixfalls]

I've never read any of them. :)

[Contrarius]

Add another blasphemer to the list. I do plan to read the books eventually, but I haven't read any of em yet. I started listening to the first one -- I "read" almost all my books in audio format these days -- but I didn't much like the sound of the narrator and I wasn't really in the mood for high fantasy dialogue at that time, so I gave up after only about 5 minutes. I'll try again before too much longer....

[mark]

i still have to read Crow Feast. then, eventually, Dragon Dance. i like to pace myself with things i love.

[Catherine]

I feel like I've had my head in the sand or something. This series has flown below my radar! (or above my radar!!) Picked up the first, will make my way through all the rest of the series, then will read Dance...

[Stuart]

I need to start the series before I consider it.

[Stan]

I'll read it eventually. I've read the other books, but it's been so long since I read A Feast for Crows that I can barely remember what's going on. What I do remember is that the last book sucked so bad I thought it might have been ghost written by Robert Jordan. I liked the first three books, but that last one has left me a little hesitant to go out and plunk money down for A Dance with Dragons. Plus, it'll likely take Martin another 10 years to complete the next one, so I've got time.

[Deedee]

I've read A Game of Thrones ... twice ... once 10 years ago, and once a month or two ago. I'm getting ready to read A Clash of Kings. It will be awhile before I'm up to A Dance with Dragons.

[John]

A few years ago I tried this series, but found it was not for me. I didn't even finish the first book.

[Robert]

I haven't read it yet. But I plan to pick up the book this weekend. So I don't know if I count ;)

[Alexandria]

I'm still trying to build up the nerve to start on A Game of Thrones...

[Laura]

Patricia wrote: "I quit in the middle of Feast of Crows. I think that was the one. I was disappointed because I had liked the first two, but just couldn't finish this one."

I'm reading Feast of Crows right now and it's so disappointing compared to A Storm of Swords (which I loved)

I'll get the new one in a week or two, but I'm not running out immediately because the fourth book sucks enough that it ruined the momentum for me.

[[deleted user]]

If it helps any, think of Feast and Dragons as one book(since both appear to be happening simultaneously).

[Laura]

Ah, is that what he was doing? The complete lack of pretty much all the characters I grew to love from the first three books is so depressing.

Way too much of the Greyjoys so far.

[Michelle]

add me to the list o' blasphemers. HYOOOOGE epic fantasy just not my thing at all.

[Leland]

I'm only not reading it because I'm still working through book 3. I already bought my copy though.

[[deleted user]]

Laura wrote: "Ah, is that what he was doing? The complete lack of pretty much all the characters I grew to love from the first three books is so depressing.

Way too much of the Greyjoys so far."

Yeah. Apparently a good portion of Dance is simultaneous with Feast. The latter portion is where the timeline actually moves forward.

I read that somewhere yesterday and can't find the blasted link, argh.

[Des]

I just started on Feast for Crows earlier today and have only read about 30 pages, so I won't be reading Dance with Dragons any time soon. I'll probably take a break from George RR Martin for a bit between the two - I've basically read books 2-4 all in one long stream of reading over the past two weeks or so, and am starting to want a little change of pace in my reading list.

[Helen]

I read the first three years ago so I'd need to re-read, however, I think having waited ages so far I'm probably going to wait until it finishes - assuming it will!

[Sandra]

Ala wrote: "Laura wrote: "Ah, is that what he was doing? The complete lack of pretty much all the characters I grew to love from the first three books is so depressing.

Way too much of the Greyjoys so far."

..."

4 1/2 brick books and the plot FINALLY inches forward??? I don't think so.

[mark]

oh the plot doesn't inch forward. lots of fast-moving plot, from the very first book. a surplus of plot!

[Brad]

I haven't even started Clash of Kings yet, so Dance of Dragons can wait until paperback.

[Laura]

Sandra aka Sleo wrote: "4 1/2 brick books and the plot FINALLY inches forward??? I don't think so."

I don't think that's what was meant. Because the plot moves forward in the first four books - so much happens and it covers two or so years (not entirely sure). Ala just meant (and correct me if I'm wrong) that in the new one the first half is covering a simultaneously timeline as the fourth book (thus, it's sort of backtracking, but from different characters), and then the second half moves forward and covers all new ground.

... If that makes any sense...

[Dave]

I read books 1 and 2 many years ago and have book 3 sat on a shelve to be read. but think I'll have a re-read and will probably wait until the final book comes out.

[Sandra]

Laura wrote: "Sandra aka Sleo wrote: "4 1/2 brick books and the plot FINALLY inches forward??? I don't think so."

I don't think that's what was meant. Because the plot moves forward in the first four books - so..."

I've read 1 & 2 and in 2 the plot barely inched forward. Sooo, I'm skeptical about much plot movement. Since I already bought 3 and 4, I will probably read them at some point, but not until I've read everything else I want to read first.

[[deleted user]]

That's exactly what I meant, Laura :)

[mark]

i guess i'm just not understanding this 'plot doesn't inch forward' stuff. doesn't make sense to me.

just in the first two books:
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- ned becomes Hand
- dani gets married and becomes khaleesi and falls in love with kal drogo
- viserys gets killed
- white walkers zombie attack at the wall
- tyrion taken, put in the eyrie, escapes, gets allies, goes to battle
- robert slain
- robb goes to battle. jaime captured.
- ned slain
- arya escapes and encounters many misadventures including helping to overthrow harrenhaal
- dani wakes dragons
- dani has her own adventures in a deserted city and a city of magic
- jon has adventures outside of wall. his boss is slain. at least i think it was him
- stannis makes his move
- renly makes his move
- catelyn tries to calm things down
- poor brienne
- stannis kills renly
- tyrion is the hand and does awesome things at king's landing
- A GIGANTIC BATTLE HAPPENS IN THE LAST THIRD OF BOOK 2
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so, um, friends and colleagues....that sounds to me like the plot is doing a lot more than "inching forward". as i mentioned, there is a surplus of plot! and that's just the first 2 books. and, my God, all the stuff that happens in third book!

[Sandra]

9/10ths of that happened in book 1. I liked book 1, which is why I read book 2. I didn't feel there was much plot advancement in book 2, at least not for the characters that interest me most - Dani seemed stuck in her city of magic, the dragons grew only slightly. Arya made hardly any progress, nor did Sensa. Tyrion is not my favorite character. Poor Jon Snow is stuck at that awful wall. And yes there is a battle. We didn't even see Bran and his companions. Blah.

[mark]

well, you make some good points there sleo. there is a lot of activity going on, but little resolution. but for me, all those activities are not digressions - they are the plot. the narrative spends time with these sequences because they all entail the growth of various characters and many of these sequences switch up the deck - multiple times. and, after all, this is a 6 or 7 volume series, so i am not looking for resolution this early. im looking for growth and for action, and i'm getting it.

and, er, you are wrong about the 9/10ths part. everything after the phrase "dani...dragons" (and the one line before it) happens in the 2nd book! and i didn't even include various plot movements on the theon and bran fronts.