jonesy
A Wicked Kendragon
Are you sure of one of those?
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[July] What are you reading?
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Stumblewyk
Adventurer
Finishing Changes, then it'll be on to A Dance with Dragons (which arrives today). After that, I'll probably pick up Ghost Story and fight my wife for the right to read it first.
And as for the Brandon Sanderson mini-discussion going on upthread - I'm a much bigger fan of his continuation of the Wheel of Time than I am of his own work. I find his style sloppy and amateurish for some reason that I can't quite put my finger on. It seems like he tries *too* hard to be novel and a unique snowflake in his storytelling that it just puts me off. But when he's confined to the restrictions of writing in Jordan's footprint, he's a more than capable author.
And as for the Brandon Sanderson mini-discussion going on upthread - I'm a much bigger fan of his continuation of the Wheel of Time than I am of his own work. I find his style sloppy and amateurish for some reason that I can't quite put my finger on. It seems like he tries *too* hard to be novel and a unique snowflake in his storytelling that it just puts me off. But when he's confined to the restrictions of writing in Jordan's footprint, he's a more than capable author.
jmucchiello
Hero
I don't take your meaning. I'm sureAre you sure of one of those?
the three people I listed are dead. Are you saying one could still live? Nigh impossible. The wet nurse Wilya(?) and a few characters who have never appeared in the books AND have not been named dead still exist among those who might know the "truth" of Jon's birth. And Ned wrote a note to Varys to be given to Jon...
jonesy
A Wicked Kendragon
One of my favourite left field theories is that Lyanna isn't actually dead, and her tomb in Winterfell is empty.
AdmundfortGeographer
Getting lost in fantasy maps
I know. I just read the first book, can't wait for the next. I trust him to get it out on schedule. I expect Brandon Sanderson to finish his series before GRRM finishes the next book. You asked how long might we need to wait? It will be delayed this long.
I'm that cynical.
jmucchiello
Hero
One of my favourite left field theories is that Lyanna isn't actually dead, and her tomb in Winterfell is empty.
That's farther out than just left field. 
Starman
Adventurer
[sblock]Howland Reed also knows.[/sblock]
I know. I just read the first book, can't wait for the next. I trust him to get it out on schedule. I expect Brandon Sanderson to finish his series before GRRM finishes the next book. You asked how long might we need to wait? It will be delayed this long.
I'm that cynical.
I'm trying not to start any more extended novel style series (I'm not sure what a good generic term for this is -- a series where each book isn't a complete story and/or end with major unresolved plot elements; the Wheel of Time or A Song of Ice and Fire are extended novels, while Bujold's Vorkosigan books or Brust's Vlad Taltos books are not) where the concluding volume doesn't at least have a scheduled release date (or the cover text doesn't make it explicit that this is a trilogy -- not anything longer than that).
After finishing James Joyce's Ulysses (which took me over a month to read and still left me puzzled about large sections) I've now started reading Neal Stephenson's Anathem which will probably be more to my liking. I already immensely enjoyed reading the Glossary and 'Calca' - very promising indeed!
Crothian
First Post
I finished that about a week ago. It was a chore and a tough read.
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