Kindle Million Club - George R.R. Martin

kennyc · 10-01-2011, 05:45 AM

Just read this in this month's Locus magazine:

GEORGE R.R. MARTIN is the tenth member of the ‘‘Kindle Million Club,’’ having
sold one million copies of his books for the popular e-reader. He joins other
popular authors including Charlaine Harris, James Patterson, and Suzanne
Collins.

frahse · 10-02-2011, 03:29 AM

Hear, hear for GRR.

I like his books. I love his series on TV: "Game of Swords"

Next year the dragons come.

tothepoint · 10-02-2011, 10:52 AM

How do these people do it? :-)

kennyc · 10-02-2011, 10:59 AM

Probably the same way you have 100000 karma and six posts

frahse · 10-02-2011, 11:01 AM

We all try hard.

George has been at it longer, and does much better than most.

DiapDealer · 10-02-2011, 11:12 AM

Quote:

I like his books. I love his series on TV: "Game of Swords"

Game of Thrones
Storm of Swords

frahse · 10-02-2011, 11:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Game of Thrones
Storm of Swords

Thanks. That is called something besides confusion, but it doesn't come to me right away. I have got to get more sleep.

carpetmojo · 10-03-2011, 11:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frahse

Hear, hear for GRR.
I like his books. I love his series on TV: "Game of Swords"
Next year the dragons come.

I do hope you are talking about the TV series - you'll be lucky to see book 6 this decade.........

frahse · 10-03-2011, 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by carpetmojo

I do hope you are talking about the TV series - you'll be lucky to see book 6 this decade.........

I have only read book 1 (of the series) because I am enjoying the TV show and don't want spoilers.

I have the rest sitting in my cache, the last is book 5.

Remember George is very busy, doing lots of things besides finishing up his signature series.

I can testify (on a much smaller scale of course) that it is hard to keep plugging away on the "great universal theme." You need breaks.

Besides George himself has been a bit snippy to those who protest too much about his work methods. We don't want him mad at us.

seajewel · 10-03-2011, 06:51 PM

The author of my favorite series. I'm glad to hear his books are doing well, they are so worth reading.

Lazybones · 10-03-2011, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by frahse

Remember George is very busy, doing lots of things besides finishing up his signature series.

I can testify (on a much smaller scale of course) that it is hard to keep plugging away on the "great universal theme." You need breaks.

Besides George himself has been a bit snippy to those who protest too much about his work methods. We don't want him mad at us.

Sure, but he's gone to two years between books for the first three, to five (for book 4) and six (for book 5). I am a big fan of the series but Martin is not a young man... and I'm afraid he's going to do another Robert Jordan.

seajewel · 10-03-2011, 07:20 PM

I got one of my friends hooked on the series recently, and he commented that he's been getting so much attention for carrying around a copy of A Feast for Crows. I said that I'm going to have to skin my Sony Reader with a A Game of Thrones skin or cover so that I can get other fans talking to me also! (maybe this is veering off topic).. but I think I'm going to look into that. While I love my Sony PRS-505 and would never skin over its beautiful metal case, a skin on the new T1 would basically negate the biggest con of buying a T1 that I can think of now that Amazon's 3G looks to be gutted.

frahse · 10-04-2011, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by seajewel

I got one of my friends hooked on the series recently, and he commented that he's been getting so much attention for carrying around a copy of A Feast for Crows. I said that I'm going to have to skin my Sony Reader with a A Game of Thrones skin or cover so that I can get other fans talking to me also! (maybe this is veering off topic).. but I think I'm going to look into that. While I love my Sony PRS-505 and would never skin over its beautiful metal case, a skin on the new T1 would basically negate the biggest con of buying a T1 that I can think of now that Amazon's 3G looks to be gutted.

Gee, "skinned," "gutted" sounds like you are prepping venison and fish instead of a bunch of crows.

Oh! Feast "for" Crows, not "of" Crows.

frahse · 10-04-2011, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Lazybones

Sure, but he's gone to two years between books for the first three, to five (for book 4) and six (for book 5). I am a big fan of the series but Martin is not a young man... and I'm afraid he's going to do another Robert Jordan.

Good authors shouldn't die.
Robert Jordan could really dawdle (pot boil) at times getting out those pages and pages and pages but when he set his mind to it and got going, he was the very best at writing. Lord, I wish I was that good. A great loss.

Soldim · 10-13-2011, 03:06 AM

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Originally Posted by frahse

I like his books.

I started reading book 1 of the Game of Thrones series after all the positive acclaim, but so far I have been terribly disappointed. Especially the 'bad' characters seem rather thin and predictable so far. Whereas it makes the plot easy to follow, it's rather unsubtle until now.

I will probably make the effort to finish the first book, but if there's no improvement I will probably skip the rest of the series.

10-01-2011, 05:45 AM	#1
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,930 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2 & PW, Onyx Boox Go6	Kindle Million Club - George R.R. Martin Just read this in this month's Locus magazine: GEORGE R.R. MARTIN is the tenth member of the ‘‘Kindle Million Club,’’ having sold one million copies of his books for the popular e-reader. He joins other popular authors including Charlaine Harris, James Patterson, and Suzanne Collins.

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10-02-2011, 03:29 AM	#2
frahse occasional author Posts: 2,315 Karma: 2064403292 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Wandering God's glorious hills, valleys and plains. Device: A Franklin BI (before Internet) was the first. I still have it.	Hear, hear for GRR. I like his books. I love his series on TV: "Game of Swords" Next year the dragons come.

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tothepoint Writer Posts: 42 Karma: 122944 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: Kindle	How do these people do it? :-)

10-02-2011, 10:59 AM	#4
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,930 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2 & PW, Onyx Boox Go6	Probably the same way you have 100000 karma and six posts

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frahse occasional author Posts: 2,315 Karma: 2064403292 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Wandering God's glorious hills, valleys and plains. Device: A Franklin BI (before Internet) was the first. I still have it.	We all try hard. George has been at it longer, and does much better than most.

10-03-2011, 06:51 PM	#10
seajewel Fanatic Posts: 589 Karma: 1451235 Join Date: Jun 2008 Device: Sony PRS-505, Sony PRS-950	The author of my favorite series. I'm glad to hear his books are doing well, they are so worth reading.

10-03-2011, 07:20 PM	#12
seajewel Fanatic Posts: 589 Karma: 1451235 Join Date: Jun 2008 Device: Sony PRS-505, Sony PRS-950	I got one of my friends hooked on the series recently, and he commented that he's been getting so much attention for carrying around a copy of A Feast for Crows. I said that I'm going to have to skin my Sony Reader with a A Game of Thrones skin or cover so that I can get other fans talking to me also! (maybe this is veering off topic).. but I think I'm going to look into that. While I love my Sony PRS-505 and would never skin over its beautiful metal case, a skin on the new T1 would basically negate the biggest con of buying a T1 that I can think of now that Amazon's 3G looks to be gutted.