American Gods': Bryan Fuller and Loretta Ramos

We went to House on the Rock last week ‘cause that’s a big part of the book. David Slade is so technologically precise. If you haven’t been to House on the Rock and you have a weekend, seriously, it’s the coolest thing I’ve done on this continent. It’s in Wisconsin, and it’s a weekend trip. You fly in on Friday night, stay at the House on the Rock Resort, and then you spend all day Saturday at the House on the Rock. You’ll be glad you did. You will not have any other experience like it. I went to one room where they have the largest inside carousel in the world and my eyes were stinging ‘cause it was such a primal childhood joyous experience. You’re inside imagination, in such a great way. The house was built by this guy who got money from his family. He would basically get high every day and say, “I’m going to build a giant whale wrestling with a squid,” and it’s there and you can go see it. So, take a weekend and go. You’ll love it. We were there and David was photographing it to figure out how to photograph it for the show.

GRRM missed all his deadlines, The Winds of Winter won't be out until after the new season of GoT.

GRRM missed all his deadlines

He may not be my bitch, but he's making me feel very bitchy.

Javi

There is something weirdly phildickian about george r. r. martin's current predicament. his life has become a public dramatic narrative about his race to complete a public dramatic narrative that - though clearly intensely personal and individual - is simultaneously being worked on in another medium by a competing team of writers who may complete it before he does, even though he himself has not fully discovered it yet.

I'm in that set of people that have read the books, but not yet watched the series. In my concept of completeness I thought I would finish the book series first. Oh well, I would have preferred that Martin had finished his work before the televised series even began, but they failed to ask me.

My only concern about that is being spoiled for the books by the TV show, but there has been enough divergence that I am not worried about that. George can take his time, no need to rush on my account.

Phildickian is a great adjective.

That said, I did enjoy the "ask him what George RR Martin is doing right now" bit on iZombie.

Sometime right after the Red Wedding I felt that the TV show began diverging enough from the books that they started to feel like two different (but related) stories. So now, I enjoy them both for what they are and it is not bothering me all that much that the TV series is going to outpace the novels. That said, I would love for Martin to get off the stick sometime soon!

Elmore Leonard started to embrace "Justified" canon.(and Raylan got more Olyphant, because who doesn't love Tim Olyphant? Although maybe Walton Goggins was the one truly blessed, getting to come back from the Great Beyond several times.)

I did not go far enough back in this thread to see if it has previously discussed, but "Da Vinci's Demons" was fucking awesome. Twistory of course but what Twistory. Leonardo Da Vinci, young Machiavelli and Dracula teaming up against the Ottoman empire to take back Oranto. (Note: Vlad Tepes actually was involved in taking back Oranto from the Ottomons.) Yet, in spite of its cractastic nature, including battling hidden mystical societies with actual magic power, it was an intelligent series: witty dialog convincing characters. The plot is absurd, but the execution makes it worthwhile. The worldbuilding is convincing, and (to repeat myself) characters you can believe, dialog that is usually riveting and always entertaning.

I wish I could have enjoyed it, but the series straightwashing Leonardo in a symbolically offensive manner while having the nerve to tell the gay press we'd all be thrilled with how they dealt with the issue really put me off it. I only tuned in for the Dracula episodes after that.