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My friend who works at Barnes has an advance copy of Feast for Crows in his hands as we speak.

Amazon.com says "This title will be released on November 8, 2005. You may order it now and we will ship it to you when it arrives. Ships from and sold by Amazon.com."

And yet I still can't bring myself to believe it's actually done and printed and ready for my eyes. It's been so long, dare I hope that this time tomorrow I'll be reading it?!?

zomg I'm already sucked in! For a second there I thought your name was Davos. Viva le onions!

I'm not going to buy the book before its out. It would just be my luck that it would be held back yet again. I think I'll just run my butt off to B&N in a couple days instead.

Pikko, Is that baby Pikko?? If so she is getting so Big!! What a darling!

Hey Redyne! Haven't seen you in so long! Yep, that's her. She'll be only 19 months old when the new tot arrives. +_+

She was a flower girl on Saturday! :D

From Amazon -




Not that I don't have faith in Martin to tell his story in a superb fashion - just an interesting set of facts to note before we start reading.

Sadly I'm holding off 'til Christmas for this one - I feel like I should give my folks the option of giving me something other than Best Buy gift certificates. I think it depresses my mother. (`You don't want presents?` "No, mom. Gift certificates are fine. They get all my money anyway.")

I think Stannis (with his sorceress-***** in tow) made it up to the Wall around the end of book 3, shortly after Jon had been voted head chief high muckity muck whatever to take over for the recently deceased Lord Mormont.

But it's been awhile since I've read it.

Yeah, IIRC, he'd just been named Night's Watch Commander and there were hints that he is the real savior that guy with the flaming sword is pretending to be, though I didn't catch that when I first read the book. I meant Davos though, was he with Stannis up at the wall? Or was Stannis' appearance seen through Jon's eyes? I seem to remember something about Davos being imprisoned for trying to kill Melisandre and trying to save Edric Storm.

I have it, but have only read two lines. Will be taking it to work and ditching my lunch group this week. :D

/echo DSD

Tyrion -is- one of the best characters to read. I don't know about the rest of you, but I get pretty damn tired of reading stories about the pretty people. It's a given that we're to be surrounded with 'em since the books cover members of the aristocracy of that particular world - Tyrion makes a nice counterpoint. He's still upper crust, but he's deformed; intelligent, but bitter; from a powerful family, but an unwanted child, no recognition from his father until the favored son was thought dead, etc.

Watching him find his breaking point in the third book was delicious - in particular his rejection of Jaime's explaination of what really really happened with his first wife. Cognitive dissonance and a rejection of family - our spiteful dwarf has gone psycho for us. Lovely! His chapters will be a joy to read, whenever Martin gets back to them.


Assuming, of course, that he continues to live as part of this series. I've had trouble getting attached to characters as Martin makes a point of killing ones I'm fond of. I seem to recall an interview where Martin was talking about book six; he said that at this rate it would likely be a thousand-page description of snow blowing across graves.

I agree Tyrion is by far one of the best characters. I really liked how I hated Jamie so much but came to enjoy his chapters and sympathize with him. We'll see how that goes with Cersei. I may just spit on her chapters for now.

Overall though I've always loved Arya the best. Valar morgulis. (or however you spell it)

Um, just go buy one. :P It came out yesterday.