tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post3252678433177701238..comments2023-09-29T06:58:20.125-07:00Comments on Badtux the Snarky Penguin: Yes, I'm still alive...BadTuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-2149076463214720772011-06-29T14:07:10.191-07:002011-06-29T14:07:10.191-07:00Actually, it's NOT implied that Lyanna died in...Actually, it's NOT implied that Lyanna died in childbirth. I inferred it.<br /><br />JzBJazzbumpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337490817307473659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-69557985540108234522011-06-29T08:48:31.647-07:002011-06-29T08:48:31.647-07:00A song for Lya is on of my most favorite stories e...A song for Lya is on of my most favorite stories ever - I read it when it was new, and a few times since. Just did "Tough Voyaging" a couple of years ago. "Dying of the Light" is also very good and very strange.<br /><br />As for advancing age, GMMR will be 63 in Sept. Hell, I'm older than that.<br /><br />I'm on Pg 674 of GoT, and it's magnificent. The HBO series is superb, also. I've only seen parts of a few episodes, but it is really top-notch stuff. <br /><br />The mystery I wonder about is the parentage of Jon Snow. I'm convinced that Eddard's dead sister Lyanna is the mother. I'm not convinced Eddard is the father, though it could be - it also be his dead brother Brandon. It's implied that Lyanna died in childbirth, but that might not be right. Any thoughts on that topic?<br /><br />As far in as I am, the whole time line of the events leading up to the overthrow of the Targaryans 14 years earlier is unclear. Crown Prince Rheagar had the hots for Lyanna, as did Robert Baratheon. Mad King Aerys had Brandon strangled to death. What's that all about? Does any of that get cleared up?<br /><br />Cheers!<br />JzBJazzbumpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337490817307473659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-30869515923995134702011-06-29T08:00:07.406-07:002011-06-29T08:00:07.406-07:00A Dance with Dragons, the 5th volume, is available...<i>A Dance with Dragons</i>, the 5th volume, is available for preorder on Amazon and will be shipped on July 12, 2011. Whether the 6th volume, <i>The Winds of Winter</i>, will ever happen given the 5 year gap between volumes and George R.R. Martin's advancing age, is unknown. I suspect the 7th volume, <i>A Dream of Spring</i>, shall remain vaporware forever.BadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-92163303735098362742011-06-29T07:37:50.565-07:002011-06-29T07:37:50.565-07:00I thoroughly enjoyed the first three volumes of th...I thoroughly enjoyed the first three volumes of the Thrones work but my unsolicited advice is to never venture into the fourth volume and I doubt the fifth and final volume will ever be done. However, I repeat, the first three volumes are great fun!Joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18358221091547826321noreply@blogger.com