A Dance with Dragons - $20 dollars - Page 4

ProfCrash · 07-15-2011, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by AnemicOak

He's been saying it'll be seven books for quite a while now, but has been quoted lately as saying he's not sure he can wrap everything up in seven and it might end up being eight. He won't be starting the next book until sometime in 2012. It may be 10-15 years before it's all done.

So it will be nine books and book 6 will be released five years from now if we are lucky.

shibamistress · 07-15-2011, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by brooks.williams

Anyone else notice that A Dance with Dragons doesn't seem to have page numbers like other Kindle books?

I don't actually know how to make the page numbers show up in any kindle books, so I hadn't noticed, but this is one I do want to know what page I'm on!

DiapDealer · 07-15-2011, 03:08 PM

Usually you have to leave the wireless on for a time so that the companion "page" file will be downloaded (I think... I could be full of it, there). That's IF such a file exists for the book. Not all Kindle books have them... and this books was rushed to "print" very quickly after receiving the the last portions that need to be finished. It's very likely that the "page" file was just overlooked. It may come along later.

Rainmaker · 07-15-2011, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by DiapDealer

GRRM uses lots and lots of words in his books, but there's very few that are expendable.

Who are you? Horatio Caine?
Why the shades? D:

DiapDealer · 07-15-2011, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Rainmaker

Who are you? Horatio Caine?
Why the shades? D:

No. There there would have been a full, 30-sec pause before the delivery of the "but there's very few that are expendable" bit if Horatio said it.

I'm more like John Belushi.

TimW · 07-15-2011, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Usually you have to leave the wireless on for a time so that the companion "page" file will be downloaded (I think... I could be full of it, there). That's IF such a file exists for the book. Not all Kindle books have them... and this books was rushed to "print" very quickly after receiving the the last portions that need to be finished. It's very likely that the "page" file was just overlooked. It may come along later.

Under the book product details, it will list the "Page Numbers Source ISBN" if it has page numbers. This book doesn't have it (yet).

SamuraiXSendai · 07-17-2011, 08:09 AM

Had to get the hardcover to go along with my other first editions. Otherwise, I would have only got the ebook.

thinkpad · 07-17-2011, 09:35 AM

Even though I read book 4 very recently I still have trouble remembering some of the family connections but so far I enjoy this book better.

whitearrow · 07-18-2011, 02:04 PM

I bought it. It was less than the hardcover, I got it on release day, and I don't have to schelp the bloody huge book around.

For me book prices are not about absolute limits but about value, and in this case, it was a good value for me.

wyndslash · 07-18-2011, 08:34 PM

i'm considering reading this series but meh...sounds like too many fillers for me, plus some of the GR reviews have put me off on it. still, lots of fans here...

DiapDealer · 07-18-2011, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by wyndslash

i'm considering reading this series but meh...sounds like too many fillers for me, plus some of the GR reviews have put me off on it. still, lots of fans here...

Some parts are great. I can't deny it. But don't let anyone convince you that there's going to be 7, 8, or 9 doorstopper-sized books worth of great. There's more "milking" going on in this series than goes on at a dairy-farm. Martin's just better at keeping that milk from curdling than most other practitioners.

nimblem · 07-18-2011, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

There are no pages in an ebook.

Two out of three of my ereaders show page numbers.... Silly goober

Kurt · 07-19-2011, 07:48 AM

the "milk" from GRRM tastes better (and is more nutritious) than 99% of the rest of the fantasy field

yummy

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Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Some parts are great. I can't deny it. But don't let anyone convince you that there's going to be 7, 8, or 9 doorstopper-sized books worth of great. There's more "milking" going on in this series than goes on at a dairy-farm. Martin's just better at keeping that milk from curdling than most other practitioners.

ProfCrash · 07-19-2011, 07:53 AM

I don't know, The Mist Born Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson was pretty darn good. There is some great fantasy work out there. I liked the first three books in GRRM series but I don't think it is that much better then anything else. I tend to think that the series is over hyped. If his editor had any balls he would be helping GRRM cut down the page count and getting the books out in a timely fashion. I think that GRRM has bought into his own hype and it is not helping his series out.

DiapDealer · 07-19-2011, 09:17 AM

I couldn't get into Mistborn, but it's much more reasonably sized (overall series). Too much "world-building" and time spent explaining the allomancy magic system. I'm not big on "brick by brick" world-building in fantasy. It feels like the authors who practice it (I'm looking right at you Tad Williams) are micro-managing my reading experience. Like they can't trust my imagination with regard to their vision. I may get something wrong. I like authors who world-suggest and trust me (the reader) to do my own world-building. I do wish more authors in the genre were as prolific as Sanderson, though. The guy's a writing machine! I'm still hoping that someday, he'll write something I can love.

I agree that that by today's standards, Martin's series may be a tad bit over-rated, but when A Game of Thrones came out in 1996?? Nothing in the genre really compared. It was simply ground-breaking. But yeah... time marches on and the series has taken a bit of dip in quality since A Storm of Swords, and I'm running a little thin on "what have you done for me lately." Plus I don't have a lot of patience for series' that go beyond two - three books anymore. It's like the entire genre (reader, writer, publisher) is scared to death of "The End." I love "the end." So much so, that I'd prefer every book I read to have some semblance of one.

07-19-2011, 09:17 AM	#60
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 27,553 Karma: 193191846 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	I couldn't get into Mistborn, but it's much more reasonably sized (overall series). Too much "world-building" and time spent explaining the allomancy magic system. I'm not big on "brick by brick" world-building in fantasy. It feels like the authors who practice it (I'm looking right at you Tad Williams) are micro-managing my reading experience. Like they can't trust my imagination with regard to their vision. I may get something wrong. I like authors who world-suggest and trust me (the reader) to do my own world-building. I do wish more authors in the genre were as prolific as Sanderson, though. The guy's a writing machine! I'm still hoping that someday, he'll write something I can love. I agree that that by today's standards, Martin's series may be a tad bit over-rated, but when A Game of Thrones came out in 1996?? Nothing in the genre really compared. It was simply ground-breaking. But yeah... time marches on and the series has taken a bit of dip in quality since A Storm of Swords, and I'm running a little thin on "what have you done for me lately." Plus I don't have a lot of patience for series' that go beyond two - three books anymore. It's like the entire genre (reader, writer, publisher) is scared to death of "The End." I love "the end." So much so, that I'd prefer every book I read to have some semblance of one. Last edited by DiapDealer; 07-19-2011 at 09:23 AM.

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07-15-2011, 03:08 PM	#48
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 27,553 Karma: 193191846 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Usually you have to leave the wireless on for a time so that the companion "page" file will be downloaded (I think... I could be full of it, there). That's IF such a file exists for the book. Not all Kindle books have them... and this books was rushed to "print" very quickly after receiving the the last portions that need to be finished. It's very likely that the "page" file was just overlooked. It may come along later.

07-17-2011, 08:09 AM	#52
SamuraiXSendai Addict Posts: 229 Karma: 1234 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Earth Device: Kindle 1. Kindle 2. IPAD. KDXG. Kindle 3.Fire	Had to get the hardcover to go along with my other first editions. Otherwise, I would have only got the ebook.

07-17-2011, 09:35 AM	#53
thinkpad David Posts: 1,808 Karma: 8916183 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Norway Device: Kindle, E.Edge (sold), Irex Iliad (retired)	Even though I read book 4 very recently I still have trouble remembering some of the family connections but so far I enjoy this book better.

07-18-2011, 02:04 PM	#54
whitearrow Guru Posts: 808 Karma: 2260766 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: Kindle Oasis 2	I bought it. It was less than the hardcover, I got it on release day, and I don't have to schelp the bloody huge book around. For me book prices are not about absolute limits but about value, and in this case, it was a good value for me.

07-18-2011, 08:34 PM	#55
wyndslash Wizard Posts: 2,951 Karma: 3000001 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle 3 wifi, Kindle Fire	i'm considering reading this series but meh...sounds like too many fillers for me, plus some of the GR reviews have put me off on it. still, lots of fans here...

07-19-2011, 07:53 AM	#59
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	I don't know, The Mist Born Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson was pretty darn good. There is some great fantasy work out there. I liked the first three books in GRRM series but I don't think it is that much better then anything else. I tend to think that the series is over hyped. If his editor had any balls he would be helping GRRM cut down the page count and getting the books out in a timely fashion. I think that GRRM has bought into his own hype and it is not helping his series out.

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