A Song of Ice & Fire Series (Game of Thrones spoilers)

[Ser Ty Of Ross]

We can have Qyburn's experiments fight them..... zombie vs zombie action

[IanTheCool]

Qyburn is an interesting fellow. Has he been cast at all?

Okay, so how many different "resurrection" types have we seen from this series?

-There is the Dondarrion "kiss of life" which requires a red priest/priestess.
-There are the drowned men in the iron isle.
-There's Patchface, who may or may not be related to drowned men.
-There's the wights in the north, and then whatever happened to Coldhands.
-There's the warging rebirth, i.e. Varamyr
-There's whatever happened with Pate in Oldtown.
-There's whatever may be happening with Qyburn and Gergor Clegane/Robert Strong

Holw is it all going to tie in together?

[Ser Ty Of Ross]

I think it will really come down to how GRRM decides to resolve the religious differences.... I can see a scenario where the wights take control over all those who are the living dead except for maybe those kissed by fire like Cat. It would add a little more of a personal battle to the fight against the wights in some instances. I can also see a scenario where everyone has undead expect the sparrows and the sparrows suffer for it. But in the end it will all be decided by how GRRM writes the different faiths he's installed in this world and their perception of the undead.

And no I've heard no casting... or even inclusion... of Qyburn for season 3, it may be he's not introduced until season 4.

[Justin]

I'm about 600 pages into A Dance With Dragons after a long hiatus. One thing that has irritated me (and bored me) to no end is Dany's infatuation with Daario. What exactly does she find so attractive about him?

[JBond]

Ha, I complained about that as well. The schoolgirl crush on the hunky guy brings my respect for her down fast.

[PsYkOoOoO]

Dany's story line was fairly disappointing in the last book. I just hope GRRM doesn't tarnish one of his best characters. I don't remember much of what happened to her, truth be told.

[Justin]

http://io9.com/5935824/a-homemade-ga...his-is-awesome

[bbf2]

Originally Posted by Ser Ty Of Ross

And no I've heard no casting... or even inclusion... of Qyburn for season 3, it may be he's not introduced until season 4.

Originally Posted by IanTheCool

Qyburn is an interesting fellow. Has he been cast at all?

He's been cast and will appear in season three. He's being played by Anton Lesser.

http://tv.yahoo.com/photos/game-of-t...342221457.html

[stonefaced_1]

I've been away for a while but I can't get enough of this series. Martin is a modern day Tolkien. Has anyone else read his dreamsongs anthologies? The hedge knight is a great little side story in the universe. I also highly recommend the game of thrones board game for those of us with friends. Its like the best of risk, magic the gathering, and warhammer 40k in one game. The only problem with it is that with less than 6 players baratheon is almost unstoppable.

[IanTheCool]

Originally Posted by stonefaced_1

for those of us with friends.

Seriously though, the board game is awesome.

[stonefaced_1]

Yeah it really is. I hope the next iteration involves the other two continents somehow and finds a way tofairly incorporate daenerys dragons.

[IanTheCool]

Yeah, I don't know if they'll get that far. I know they plan on an expansion for Dances with Dragons which basically has new character cards and a new board set up to mirror whats happening at that point in the series.

[Justin]

Man, I wish I had a few friends that were into board games and the books. It sounds like a lot of fun.

[Justin]

On a side note, am I the only one wondering why we haven't seen a board game for Cyvasse?

[Justin]

All right, so I finally finished it. It really turned around for me. At first I thought it was just continuing the mediocrity from the past book, but now I have to say it's one of GRRM's most well-written books to date. I wasn't surprised, but it was sad to see Quentyn die.

[Dhamon22]

Glad to hear you liked it. Its my third favorite book in the series and gives me hope that the rest of the series will finish strong.

And yeah, that was unfortunate. Fun to read though..

[IanTheCool]

Originally Posted by Justin

On a side note, am I the only one wondering why we haven't seen a board game for Cyvasse?

I just assumed its chess.

[PsYkOoOoO]

Originally Posted by Justin

All right, so I finally finished it. It really turned around for me. At first I thought it was just continuing the mediocrity from the past book, but now I have to say it's one of GRRM's most well-written books to date. I wasn't surprised, but it was sad to see Quentyn die.

Just when I became invested in that character, too. I'm glad the book turned things around for you. I think ADWD gets a lot of **** for being somewhat similar to AFFC in terms of pacing and format. I mean, several characters were still wandering around and doing nothing for the most part of ADWD, but I think it did a better job setting things up for the rest of the book than its predecessor. I still rank this as the fourth best book in the series, but the gap between the fourth and the fifth is a huge gap, I must say.

[Justin]

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/30HPsK...inter-is-here/

[JBond]

Damn, I thought this was book news.

[FranklinTard]

grrm said he has 200 pages completed/edited, 400 rough pages, planning for 2014 release.

start the countdown.

[IanTheCool]

So add another 5 years to that... oh dear.

[JBond]

And consider it'll probably be 1500 pages.

[Justin]

Originally Posted by JBond

Damn, I thought this was book news.

Sorry, I should have stated that it was something as stupid as a cartoon beforehand.

[Charbz]

wow this thread has grown since i posted lol.