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Message: <blockquote data-quote="King_Stannis" data-source="post: 616872" data-attributes="member: 324">I am rereading the series now, and if it's possible, I'm enjoying them even better the second time around.  Although I find myself getting sick in the stomach as I approach the part of the book where Spoiler.../////////////Ned is imprisoned in the dungeons below the red keep. I am warming up my arm for the first *official* book toss of the second reading of the series <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Seriously, though, I know it might not be for everyone - but Martin's writing skill is just eons ahead of some of these hacks writing fantasy nowadays. The story so far is simply wonderful, and I hope it doesn't run out of steam. I, too, am worried about a Jordan-type milking, but doubt it's going to happen. Martin grudgingly wrote this current book as the "extra", as it was going to be told via flashback in "A Dance With Dragons". He came to the conclusion that too much was going on in the 5 years he intended to skip, so to avoid confusion, he gave the period its own book (A Feast for Crows). You can at least tell that Martin has a plan to end this thing, and that's fine with me. Hopefully, he'll go out while it's still good - and then start writing "Dunk and Egg stories".As for there being no heroes, Mistwell, I disagree. Jon is almost a "classic" hero, and if you can't root for him than you probably can't root for anyone. Dany is also very strong. She's done some things that make you scratch your head at times, but generally she is a "good guy" - so far.  I think Martin intends you to identify the saga through their eyes. I, of course, identify the series through The Lord of Dragonstone and True King of Westeros......(points down to sig) <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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