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  • winds of winter.. soon

    From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to All on Fri Jul 9 22:16:00 2021

    George RR Martin released an exerpt of the upcoming conclusion
    to the Song of Ice & Fire [Games of Thrones] series, The Winds
    of Winter.

    https://georgerrmartin.com/excerpt-from-the-winds-of-winter/

    I like the way he talks about what's coming:

    " At Guadalajara International Book Fair 2016, Martin gave some
    clues about the dark nature of The Winds of Winter: ... "I've
    been telling you for 20 years that winter was coming. Winter is
    the time when things die, and cold and ice and darkness fill
    the world, so this is not going to be the happy feel-good that
    people may be hoping for. Some of the characters [are] in very
    dark places. .... Things get worse before they get better, so
    things are getting worse for a lot of people. "

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  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Richard Miles on Fri Jul 16 20:17:00 2021
    Hello Richard!

    ** On Friday 16.07.21 - 19:24, you wrote to me:

    Thanks for the link. Will have to check it out. Have been
    a big fan of the books for the last two decades and while
    I enjoyed the show I was disappointed when it passed the
    books.

    The excerpt does nothing for me. It's probably because the
    teaser is so out of context that it feels plucked from thin air
    and therefore unimpressive. But, it gives a feel of GRRM's
    inventiveness of the names and of some of dialog in the story.

    I thought it was extremely unusual that the tv-show
    extrapolated the storyline on its own (no doubt with GRRM's
    blessing) ..but the ending seemed rushed and nonsensical in
    some places. Maybe the film-people could have released each
    season every OTHER season to buy time for GRRM to catch up.

    At some point prior to it's release I'll have to go reread
    them all just to refresh my memory.

    I cheated. I started with the film version, and only referred
    to the books when I wanted "more to the story". But as the
    film version progressed, it started to deviate more from the
    written version. But the books remain the best as you get
    into the heads of the characters and can understand their
    motives more.

    But Winds of Winter may not be the last one either. I think
    GRRM is toying with the idea of having yet another volume
    (Dream of Spring) to conclude the story.

    As a book seller, I usually get notifications of release dates
    far in advance. But Winds of Winter is not on the radar, yet.

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    ../|ug

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