I posted a link to the first chapter a few weeks ago -- I think it looks fantastic.
Mom! Dead people are talking to you. Do the math!
Buffy ,'Showtime'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Amy - Jul 07, 2011 10:53:22 am PDT #15611 of 28296
Because books.
Polter-Cow - Jul 07, 2011 10:59:59 am PDT #15612 of 28296
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I read a review in EW and it did sound pretty cool.
sumi - Jul 07, 2011 11:19:49 am PDT #15613 of 28296
Art Crawl!!!
Waterstone's in Glasgow's ADWD display (From GRRM's lj)
GRRM says that the book has already gone back for its 6th printing.
Toddson - Jul 07, 2011 11:35:42 am PDT #15614 of 28296
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
A review from SMTB with the unforgettable phrase "unexpected zombies." (snerk)
Rayne - Jul 07, 2011 12:04:04 pm PDT #15615 of 28296
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire
I started reading "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" but stopped about a third of the way in. It just bored me which was surprising. I went into it not realizing it was a young adult book. And it's definitely a young adult book. I didn't really care for the main character I guess. And if I don't like the main character, I have a hard time liking the book. Plus I just came off another book that bored me - Robopocalypse, so I was short on patience.
Has anyone read the Kingkiller Chronicle books by Patrick Rothfuss? I keep hearing really good things and I'm considering giving them a try after ADWD.
Polter-Cow - Jul 07, 2011 12:05:45 pm PDT #15616 of 28296
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I have, Rayne! They're really good. I don't read much epic fantasy, but it was pitched to me as "epic fantasy for people who don't read epic fantasy," so that worked.
sumi - Jul 07, 2011 1:17:50 pm PDT #15617 of 28296
Art Crawl!!!
Elio and Linda (from Westeros.org) talk about character parallels that GRRM has set up in A Song of Ice and Fire.
Spoilers for all 4 books and the sample chapter of ADWD that was published in the paperback edition of AFFC. (That's the other reason to still get the paperback edition of ADWD - a sample of WoW.)
Liese S. - Jul 07, 2011 1:27:35 pm PDT #15618 of 28296
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
GRRM is doing a book signing on the north side of town next Saturday. Do I want to go? It'll be super crazy, and I'll hate all the people, right? It's a wealthy, busy area of town on a normal day. But it'll be insane for that kind of event, right?
Strix - Jul 07, 2011 2:02:35 pm PDT #15619 of 28296
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Rayne, I have also read the Rothfuss books, and I liked them very, very much! BIG recommend!
I DL'd the sample chapter of "Miss Peregrine's..." and really wanted to like it...and didn't.
sumi - Jul 07, 2011 4:19:09 pm PDT #15620 of 28296
Art Crawl!!!
I'm sure it will be crazy. . .