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  Registered Member #107 Joined: Thu Jun 10 2010, 03:39AMPosts: 43 | In 2005 I discovered an award-winning series of epic fantasy novels by American novelist and screenwriter George R. R. Martin called A Song of Ice and Fire. By then there was already 4 books in the series which I think I must have read all within one week because I just couldn't put them down. The story of A Song of Ice and Fire takes place in a fictional world, primarily upon a continent called Westeros but also on a large landmass to the east, known as Essos. Most of the characters are human but as the series progresses other races are introduced, such as the cold and menacing Others from the far North and fire-breathing dragons from the East, both races thought to be extinct by the people of the story. There are three principal storylines in the series: the chronicling of a dynastic civil war for control of Westeros between several competing families; the rising threat of the Others who dwell beyond an immense wall of ice that forms Westeros' northern border; and the journey of Daenerys Targaryen, the exiled daughter of a king who was murdered in another civil war fifteen years previously (War of the Usurper) and now seeks to return to Westeros and claim her rightful throne. As the series progresses, all three storylines become intensely interwoven and dependent on each other. There are still meant to be 3 more books in the series to finish the story. The problem is it is already 2010 and still the 5th book hasn't been written which I find very frustrating. It's the last time I start a book series until all the books have been written. The first volume of the series was written in 1996, so it took him 9 years to write four books, so to finish of the series it will take him another 10 years.  | ||
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   Registered Member #105 Joined: Sat Jun 05 2010, 03:14AMPosts: 161 | Sounds really interesting Rolst. Hmm a work in progress.  | ||
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Force No Friend, Fear No Foe  Registered Member #2 Joined: Mon Oct 19 2009, 11:51PMPosts: 417 | Yeah sounds good Rolster might have to have a look for it at some stage  "Master Snipers - You can run, but you'll just die tired!" | ||
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 Registered Member #42 Joined: Tue Dec 15 2009, 02:40AMPosts: 128 | This series wasnt too bad, i had a friend who absolutely loved the series and he raved about it, i didnt really like the character mortality rate as he killed one of the characters i liked in the second book so i lost some interest in the series, and i bet bet he pulls a robert jordan and dies before he finishes it anyway.  | ||
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