bengraven
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UNMARKED SPOILERS! Same as the book thread - anything up to the end of Dance is fair game. Tag Winds of Winter preview chapters! Again, SPOILERS!
With Winds of Winter coming (possibly) before Season 6, we thought now is ripe for a re-read of the series. We've spent so long living HBO's version that I think it's time to freshen up our knowledge of Kettleblacks, Patchfaces, and Moonboy for all I know. There is no Ros here, but Manderlys, Damphairs, and crippled heirs. Time to say valar morghulis to Ros and the Karl Fooking Legend Tanner and "not today" to Mance, Val not Morghulis and Dalla.
Currently I'm looking at covering about a chapter a day, or 7 chapters a week. This could increase or decrease depending on several factors, including and not excluding the release date of Winds announcement, the speed in which we are advancing, the increase/decrease in participating members, the ethics of journalism in gaming, and whether it's just not realistic enough.
UPDATES WILL BE ON SUNDAY NIGHTS. What the hell ELSE are you going to do until March/April of 2016?
KEEP TV DISCUSSION TO A MINIMUM. Consider this a book thread. While comparing the books and shows is important and will happen regardless, let's try and keep discussion about the show in general down. This is NOT another thread to complain about an actor's ability or why this person was added or most importantly, what major headlines making controversy is going on. There are several threads for both book and TV talk combined. Much like the Book Thread, we prefer to stay away from these things. Again, comparing the books and show and even criticizing decisions = okay. Kit Harrington's hair or someone getting sexually assaulted on the show should either go in it's own thread or in the TV aimed threads.
WE ENCOURAGE TINFOIL.
NOTE: this is only v.1. I'm human and a dad and work sometimes, so keep that in mind as well.
HERE IS THE CALENDAR OF OUR READING SCHEDULE (up to the end of Storm).
FOR THIS RE-READ we are keeping in mind that some of you prefer the combined Feast and Dance books. Before we get to those books, please let us know if we should be posting one of the mixes, the other mix, a combination of all mixes plus whichever book we would be on if we were following them in published order and then please give me a drink for making me do all that work. I like those apple beer things.
A Ball of Beasts
All Leather Must Be Boiled
SITES
A Wiki of Ice and Fire
Westeros.org
Wikipedia
http://www.reddit.com/r/asoiaf
Pure A Song of Ice and Fire Subreddit - no book talk
Amazon
Amazon Kindle
Barnes and Nobles/Nook
WEEK 8: CLASH - AH AHHHHH!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS4_Z84-rRE
ACOK 1: Prologue - Maester Cressen attempts to poison Melisandre, but she is unaffected, and he only succeeds in killing himself.
ACOK 2: Arya I - Arya travels north with Yoren and a bunch of recruits bound for the Wall.
ACOK 3: Sansa I - Sansa attends a tournament held for King Joffrey's name day. Tyrion finally arrives at King's Landing.
ACOK 4: Tyrion I - Tyrion presents himself to Cersei and is confirmed as Hand of the King.
ACOK 5: Bran I - Bran thinks about the comet and the Walders and enters Summer as a warg.
ACOK 6: Arya II - Yoren's group is accosted by gold cloaks looking for Gendry.
ACOK 7: Jon I - Lord Commander Mormont tells Jon about how Maester Aemon's vows were tested to see Jon's resolve to keep his own vows.
ACOK 8: Catelyn I - Robb gives Ser Cleos Frey peace terms to take to Cersei. Catelyn decides that Robb must treat with Renly.
ACOK 9: Tyrion II - Tyrion sends Lord Janos Slynt to the Wall.
ACOK 10: Arya III - Yoren takes his party off the kingsroad in an effort to avoid pursuit.
Again, HERE is the calendar of our reading schedule so far.
It's been that long.
