Bush at War and Game of Thrones - Page 2

Kingston · 02-25-2008, 03:01 PM

Amazon has a real bargain in a bundle of the first two books in the A Song of Ice and Fire series. $6.39 for the two books.

It's a huge file over 3 megs but quite a price saver.

http://www.amazon.com/Game-Thrones-C...3969256&sr=1-2
Now I just need to find the time to read them.

Savagehumor · 02-26-2008, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by IceHand

There were too many main characters for my taste with the narrator switching back and forth.

As a previous poster pointed out, the herd of characters gets thinned quite a bit in the following books.

I agree that the back-and-forth in the first book is hard to get past, but I do love the story do far. I wish he'd get the next book done already!

As far as Tolkien, I'll admit - I love the LoTR trilogy, but the Hobbit is just impossible for me to get through.

binzer · 03-04-2008, 12:22 AM

For all you George RR Martin fans, there is a book he recently released with two other authors called Hunter's Run. It's Sci-Fi and it's had remarkably good reviews for a book written by more than one person. The e-book version is available at the Diesel store, and I'm not sure where else.

I haven't read it yet (trying to decided on an e-reader) but I love his other books! I found the large number of characters frustrating to begin with (especially since some of them have the same name) but it's definitely worth digging in because almost all of them are developed very well, and not necessarily how you would expect.

I hate books that are black and white with characters who are evil just for the sake of it, and George Martin definitely uses many shades of gray. My only frustration is that I can never decide who to root for! Some of the scenes are a certainly a little "cruder" than I prefer, but they all generally serve a purpose and Martin is most definitely worth a read for anyone who likes fantasy books at all.

Dave Berk · 03-04-2008, 12:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by binzer

For all you George RR Martin fans, there is a book he recently released with two other authors called Hunter's Run. It's Sci-Fi and it's had remarkably good reviews for a book written by more than one person. The e-book version is available at the Diesel store, and I'm not sure where else.

It's also available in the Kindle store.

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02-25-2008, 03:01 PM	#16
Kingston Addict Posts: 238 Karma: 834 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: SW Tennessee Device: Kindle, Iliad v2 & v1,Gen 3 from NAEB, Sony PRS-505, Jetbook	Amazon has a real bargain in a bundle of the first two books in the A Song of Ice and Fire series. $6.39 for the two books. It's a huge file over 3 megs but quite a price saver. http://www.amazon.com/Game-Thrones-C...3969256&sr=1-2 Now I just need to find the time to read them.

03-04-2008, 12:22 AM	#18
binzer Zealot Posts: 114 Karma: 195 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Victoria BC, Canada Device: Cybook Gen3	For all you George RR Martin fans, there is a book he recently released with two other authors called Hunter's Run. It's Sci-Fi and it's had remarkably good reviews for a book written by more than one person. The e-book version is available at the Diesel store, and I'm not sure where else. I haven't read it yet (trying to decided on an e-reader) but I love his other books! I found the large number of characters frustrating to begin with (especially since some of them have the same name) but it's definitely worth digging in because almost all of them are developed very well, and not necessarily how you would expect. I hate books that are black and white with characters who are evil just for the sake of it, and George Martin definitely uses many shades of gray. My only frustration is that I can never decide who to root for! Some of the scenes are a certainly a little "cruder" than I prefer, but they all generally serve a purpose and Martin is most definitely worth a read for anyone who likes fantasy books at all.

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