Jᴀᴄᴜʀᴜᴛᴜ - Tʜᴇ Cᴀsᴛ Oᴜᴛ

That was actually only the third D&E story, Rob. He's currently writing the fourth (no title yet), which will appear in an anthology next year and in the D&E collection thereafter.

HBJ

It's finally here! Wow, this book is huge.

Mandy wrote:It's finally here! Wow, this book is huge.

I discovered small lint balls orbiting my copy.

I finished A Feast For Crows last night/this morning. I should be getting started on A Dance With Dragons sometime today.

I really wish I'd reread A Storm of Swords. I've forgotten so much, thankfully the wiki of Ice and Fire is pretty helpful.

Mandy wrote:I really wish I'd reread A Storm of Swords. I've forgotten so much, thankfully the wiki of Ice and Fire is pretty helpful.

This is where having an ereader really comes in handy. I have all of the books on my Kindle and it was so easy to quickly go back and read the last POV chapter for certain characters prior to ADwD.

What is the link for that wiki? Is it on the westeros.org website?

There's a few little things I'm finding I forgot, but I read all the books within this year so it's not too bad, even with my horrible memory.

I'm trying very hard to catch up so we can discuss this!

Spicelon wrote:

Mandy wrote:I really wish I'd reread A Storm of Swords. I've forgotten so much, thankfully the wiki of Ice and Fire is pretty helpful.

This is where having an ereader really comes in handy. I have all of the books on my Kindle and it was so easy to quickly go back and read the last POV chapter for certain characters prior to ADwD.

What is the link for that wiki? Is it on the westeros.org website?

http://awoiaf.westeros.org/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

It's been several years since I read the other books, and then I gave them away. I had no idea I'd have to wait 6yrs!

Mandy wrote:

Spicelon wrote:

Mandy wrote:I really wish I'd reread A Storm of Swords. I've forgotten so much, thankfully the wiki of Ice and Fire is pretty helpful.

This is where having an ereader really comes in handy. I have all of the books on my Kindle and it was so easy to quickly go back and read the last POV chapter for certain characters prior to ADwD.

What is the link for that wiki? Is it on the westeros.org website?

http://awoiaf.westeros.org/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

It's been several years since I read the other books, and then I gave them away. I had no idea I'd have to wait 6yrs!

I think you would love an e-Reader! Go get one! You're on a roll! First broadband, now this! And get a cell phone too while you're at it!!! OMG!!!!

Some asshole posted a very big spoiler on another forum

Main reason I've been avoiding any DwD stuff online besides this forum. Didn't get to read very much on vacation, so I'm only about halfway through.

Yeah, I trust the people here, other than that I steer clear of any discussion of this.

on a side note, which e-reader do you use Spice? I have a Nook Color but its rooted and I really don't use it for an e-reader, even though I have all the ASOIAF books on it.

Ampoliros wrote:on a side note, which e-reader do you use Spice? I have a Nook Color but its rooted and I really don't use it for an e-reader, even though I have all the ASOIAF books on it.

What does "rooted" mean, Amp?

Omphalos wrote:

Ampoliros wrote:on a side note, which e-reader do you use Spice? I have a Nook Color but its rooted and I really don't use it for an e-reader, even though I have all the ASOIAF books on it.

What does "rooted" mean, Amp?

Rooting a device basically means cracking or removing the proprietary OS and installing something else, preferably something open sourced. This is really popular with phones, but I didn't know it could be done to an e-reader.

I have a Kindle 3G, and I really like it. I'm thinking of getting my daughter a Nook Color for her 16th birthday, though.

Well, I finished this book, and now I wish I'd gone through it a little slower. I wonder when the next one will come out? I hope Mr. Martin takes care of himself. Like Omphalos said, the guy looks like he's one chimichanga away from having a massive heart attack. I hope not.

I know this is off-topic, but KJA fans are kind of lucky in that they can enjoy his shit writing, and the guy always has a book on the way.

JustSomeGuy wrote:I know this is off-topic, but KJA fans are kind of lucky in that they can enjoy his shit writing, and the guy always has a book on the way.

Shut your mouth!

JustSomeGuy wrote:I know this is off-topic, but KJA fans are kind of lucky in that they can enjoy his shit writing, and the guy always has a book on the way.

That's not off topic. That's off kilter. You nuts boy.

I have a rooted Nook Color running CM7 (Android 2.3) and I love it. I have the Nook app and the Kindle app, as well as the ezPDF app and NETFLIX.

the base nook system is nice enough, but I wanted a cheap android tablet and a rooted nook can benchmark alongside the first generation tablets that cost $500.

I only use it for pdf's though, I don't like reading on the LCD screen. I prefer the physical book for reading still. I'll admit i do have a bit of a bias towards the nook though.

In a perfect world I'd have a XOOM tablet...

One of the reason I went with Kindle was because the Nook came off as a poor man's tablet. I want a tablet, but I want a REAL one. And I absolutely cannot stand having a touch screen on a device designed for heavy reading. All reviews said the Kindle was still the best pure e-reader, and my test driving of both confirmed that. But man, I had to think pretty long and hard about it. And at this point, should I want a new e-reader, I'm not 100% sold on Kindle.

As to e-readers in general, I'm not looking back. If a book is special enough I'll buy the real McCoy (Like Dance with Dragons) but basically I am done with paper - it's so 2009!!

what do you think of the nook simple touch? its a bare-bones e-reader. for me it came down to what I use it for, which is pdfs. I didn't want to buy an ipad even though I love my ipod touch. I might upgrade to a xoom tablet or an asus transformer. Ironic, because the i/os is still the king for loading large pdfs fast.

e-ink tech is starting to get pretty impressive, look up the color e-ink and full motion video tech displays. Within 10 years I wouldn't be surprised to see HD e-ink screens marketed as computer monitors and home video screens.

Heck, within 10 years we probably won't even need screens.

as to the nook being a poor man's tablet, the only feature my rooted nook doesn't have are the physical navigation buttons and a camera. I will say this: it totally depends on if you like to tinker or not. if you hate tinkering, buy an ipad. if you love tinkering, android all the way.

I'm not android-savvy, and rooting/updating is pretty easy, in fact its so easy I know what to do and how to do it without knowing what it is I'm doing, if that makes sense.

It will be very interesting to see what Amazon does to counter the Nook Color. I'd almost suggest that they don't bother doing an lcd tablet and stick to improving on the basic kindle. Do you like the physical buttons? One of the main complaints about the nook was the touchscreen interface seems excessively laggy when mixed with first gen e-ink hardware.

maybe we need a tech discussion so we can keep this one to DwD...

Finished the book this morning. I have mixed reviews for the whole thing, some chapters were great, and some were almost boring and tedious. I hope GRRM has his shit together now, and can get on with it!

I'm not quite at the halfway mark yet, loving it all. Definitely some boring stuff, but I'll trust it's all necessary set-up for later plot.

I doubt the last 2 books will be more than 2 years after the previous book, that's my hope anyways.

OMG!!! I JUST FINISHED THIS BOOK, AND THE BUTLER TOTALLY DID IT!!!!!!!!