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I agree he is Lyanna and Rhaegar's son. He will be one of the 3 heads of the new Targaryen dragon <3

Hmm I'm assuming his latest work has finally reached the stores?
Then I guess I'll be able to read it in 3 months orso, lazy translators :(

Anyway, to shift the discussion to the author, he is slow :(
Good but slow :"(

the HBO pilot looks awesome so far as well, but I dont like that they picked a short guy to be robert Baratheon, the whole point of his character is that he is massive and not small.

Who's gonna be the third head of the new targaryen dragon? :o

Who else thinks he will die long before he finishes the series?  Since the first book released, its taken 13 years for the next 3 volumes.  Hes been promising the fifth book will be done "in a few months" for the last 2-3 years.  He also doesn't exactly look like hes at the peak of physical condition.

First book 1996, second book 1998, third book 2000, fourth book 2005, fifth book ????.  Hes obviously slowed down.  Why?  Is his mind eroding?  Is the story just getting way too complex as it near completion? Or is he just dragging this out to build a fanbase?  If he finished the series, less people would be interested in it surely.  Meanwhile he is making money on little figurines and all the other stuff involved with people being nutty over a book series.  Plus, by dragging the series out, it gave someone time to read the books, pitch the idea to HBO and make a series about it.  Perhaps he will wait until about the time the HBO series kicks off before he releases the next book to push sales?  I have heard that he still goes around and does readings of random chapters of the new book, so it makes me wonder what degree of complete it is.

I don't know what the cause is of the delays, but its been so long between books anymore that I almost no longer care.  I used to look forward to the next book and read updates about it, then I decided id just read it when it comes out, now....even if it was out today I doubt id get around to reading it for a few months.  I've even pondered just waiting it out until the series is over so I can read them all in succession.....assuming he survives that long.

Path, I was bugging him that he waited so that it would build anticipation and boost sales but realistically he is doing well enough. I think he is jsut enjoying the money he has now but I hope he doesnt pull a robert jordan. I did tell him to his face that he needs to quit going to so many nerdcons until the book is done, he just laughed. it is by far my favourite series but if you need something to read in between check out the malazan Book of the fallen. by steven erickson.

Thats why you should always, always start reading a series when its completed :)
Currently reading a serie of 11 or 13 books, can't remember, which is, thank god, completed :) Now I've got the powah :D

The Sword of Truth, there's also a tv series based on it. Its pretty good. Basicly I love the story and ideas and all that, I just sometimes dislike the dialogue, he makes people say things I could never imagine them saying it without at least being interrupted by the other :P

And look what I found:
The developers have cited 'realistic' fantasy fiction such as George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire and fantasy paintings by artists such as Frank Frazetta as inspiration for the game.

It's from this game called Dragon Age Origins, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Age_Origins . The quote stands on the lower of plot. Coïncidence? I think not :)

A Dance with Dragons should be complete. It is basically the parallel book to A Feast for Crows. - they were both one big book when George R R Martin finished writing them and he decided to "split them into half", the first book for which was A Feast For Crows. 

After A Dance with Dragons, I read that there are a maximum of two books left in the series. One of the "definite" things that will happen is the return and rise of the Targaryens :P

Other than Jon's "status".... I am actually more curious about two things. Firstly, Rhaegar's 'deeper' character. Secondly, who is going to be the new Sword of the Morning, LOL!

I bet Jon will end up with Margaery Tyrell <3

TBL , thats what I think as well, it would join the Lion with the dragon as well as the north. lol Nerds.

mr targaryen here is a reading list, btw if you like Martin I know you will like erickson, Trust me. the two series are in my top 5 with black company and wheel of time, sword of truth series by goodkind was good until he got to overtly preachy about capitalism. the Black company by glen cook is about a mercenary company that works for evil empires lol its a neat twist.

"also who do you think jon will end up with?"

The very fact that you are thinking that he must end up with someone by the end of these books is baffling to me.  That is very traditional storytelling.  All the characters pair up "and they all live happily ever after". 

Now, Im not saying this won't happen, but having read these books....I've come to expect the unexpected.from him.  That said, I hope he doesnt cave and have such an ending to this series.

This guyis a good author but he is bloody slow as buggery... The wait between books is painful.

lol path you are right. its more of me trying to ponder the third head is all. I am just curious you know? plus if he becomes one of the targaryens id hope hed carry on his lineage is all. wishful thinking ;p. btw which of you hopes brianne or w.e doesnt die when she is hanged? i loved her character, the complete opposite of what society called for, i also feel bad for grayjoy and hope he will end up turning things around. his character dissapeared for awhile.

Ya the hound was one of those guys who once you get to know him, you know for a fact that he is a good guy. I think itd be real kool if the hound ended up being a friend of the man of a 1000 faces or someone close to arya. that would be a twist. Also it quirked me off when sam and arya met but they didnt recognize each other.

just bought all those books you guys recomended ill start reading them after i finish my current novel. btw any other recomendations as well? I like dark fantasy books that portrays a weak lead who gains strength over time. i love it when they actually go from being innocent to wise like Jon in the song of ice and fire. Same with Rand from robert jordans wheel of time.

Kool ill get them after school tommorow as well and thank you.

I have some of them and i am still reading some. Hard for me to start a new novel and im waiting till xmas for the new WoT novel. Its killing me.