Game of Thrones - BOOKS Discussion (Spoilers) (Page 2)

Ding Ding.

Lyanna was Ned Stark's Sister, she was betrothed to Robert Baratheon and he loved her dearly.  Rhaegar stole her and married her and then she died somehow (sickness I think).  That's why Robert and Ned went to war against the Mad King, that's how Robert became King.  He took over and Lyanna still died. 

Remember Robert visiting her at Winterfell in the very first episode?

That's why he didn't like Cersei and he whored-around.  Lyanna was his one true love and she was taken from him.

 ETA- the one Littlefinger killed was Lysa (Katelyn's sister, John Arryn's wife, Lady of the Vale). 

This is the books thread man not the show

I read the first 10 chapters of 1, jumped to 3, 4, 5.

Did I mess up Robert and Cersei?

Oh, The books not the show on Robert visiting the crypt at Winterfell.  Right.  My bad. 

But the Red Wedding was before Joffrey's Wedding.  Remember Joffrey was laughing about it when Tyrion entered the room and saw Tywin and Cersei in there.

I think you'll have both.  But maybe for the sake of the show, they'll merge the two to happen at the same time?

I wonder if they'll show Grey Wind's head sewn on Robb Stark's body.  That's so Shakespearean. 

I'm sort of speed reading this thread as I don't want any spoilers.  But I was planning to get the 5 book set.  I'm a hearing correctly that the story doesn't wrap up by the end of the books?  There are more to come?

PLEASE don't let it be like the Gunslinger books from Stephen King that took like 15 years to finish.

Have you seen this:

http://www.amazon.com/Lands-Ice-Fire-Game-Thrones/dp/0345538544/ref=la_B000APIGH4_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1365011046&sr=1-5

I've only read through book 3, so I can't theorize on that stuff, but, as I brought up in the other thread, I'm siding with the Red Wedding the cut off point.  It is the middle of the book.  It's a decent split between battles between the north and south, it also makes the spot when Ayra leaves the brothers/Thoros (who you don't see again till the epilogue/introduction of zombie Catelyn), and a break between what will Stannis do and him showing up to save the wall.

I think Joffery's wedding either ends 4th season or is the penultimate episode, and the 4th season ends either with Ayra boarding the ship to Braavos or Catelyn's reveal.  OK, the more I think about it, I'd wager on the 2nd - leave the last episode for all those other stories (Ayra, Sansa, Danerys deciding to rule instead of invading) and Tyrion's "trial by combat" and what he does to Tywin.  All that might take two episodes though...

It was supposed to be a trilogy.  Now it's supposed to be 7 books.  Book 1 was published in 96, so it's already been 17 years, and he's only writing the 6th book now .

He's got the plot worked out to write the 7th book (he told it to the HBO guys in case he dies before finishing it), but it seems to take him about 5 years to write each book (#3 in 2000, #4 in 05, #5 in 11)

Bah...  Guess it's good that I start now...

I just looked it up.  The first Gunslinger book was 1982 and the last was 2004!  And Stephen King almost DID die with the hit and run...

For a time, I thought that was the best series of books ever written.  Amazing storyline.  I don't think of it quite as fondly as I did, but it's still good.  I may read the series again.  I was a bit disappointed with the ending.  It was thought provoking, but left me wanting...

He has said he is shooting for end of 2014 beginning of 2015. I read somewhere that book 6 will be at least 1400 pages and he has 600 done and 200 more hes smothing out.

I thought Aegon was fireproof.  Didn't he try to steal the dragons, or am I confusing something here?

Regarding the horns - My theory is that the obsidian horn is for the white walkers.  It could be for the wall, but I bet it will be a WMD for the walkers.  Obsidian blades kill the white walkers.

Now the dragon horn, I think it has something to do with Dragonstone.  It might awaken the massive stone dragons at the castle.  Does anyone remember what was said about the existence of dragons still at Dragonstone?  Was it Stannis, or someone else?

Bah, I can't remember the details anymore....

Was the broken horn made of obsidian, or just found with the knives and arrowheads?

There was something about a rumor that there is still eggs there but I don't remember what it was exactly.

The horn was auroch’s horn and was found with obsidian wraped in a knights watch cloak.

dork

yep.

That's name calling... Banned for a month!!!

Back to the story.  I think the most satisfying thing i've read thus far has got to be Tyrion finally killing Tywin on the crapper.  That and shooting "Shae the funny wh-re" after she helped to convict him... 

Yes! IMO A storm of swords was the best book with soooo many great parts but the best line of all time is:

"Lord Tywin Lannister in the end did not sh1t gold"

Not if he agrees.

I have had my finger over the "buy now" button on Kindle for the 5 book set.  I just need to finish up studying over the next couple weeks or I will be distracted.