tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post4243336908981541267..comments2024-03-22T12:11:58.453-06:00Comments on Michael Offutt: Reading "A Dance With Dragons"Michael Offutt, Phantom Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557969104886174930noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-41394055374917522622011-07-13T20:23:46.901-06:002011-07-13T20:23:46.901-06:00HOLY CRAP that's a long novel. I love GRRM, bu...HOLY CRAP that's a long novel. I love GRRM, but haven't read the last book, so it'll be a while till I get to this one as well. I need to do a total re-read!Trishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16927558937796802496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-86280429942990076492011-07-13T19:45:06.165-06:002011-07-13T19:45:06.165-06:002700 pages? Oh my, perhaps I'll reward myself ...2700 pages? Oh my, perhaps I'll reward myself with this series if I ever finish editing and start getting my queries out... Love long books!Deniz Bevanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-38435705659745295812011-07-13T19:01:02.300-06:002011-07-13T19:01:02.300-06:00I don't even think I could lift it let alone r...I don't even think I could lift it let alone read it. :)Ciarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15628488753277495111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-42761858234177094662011-07-13T17:23:00.838-06:002011-07-13T17:23:00.838-06:00This has nothing to do with your post; I am merely...This has nothing to do with your post; I am merely dropping by to inform you that I've responded to your implied question on my blog today.<br />:)The English Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14982031308501442156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-41238630900051659872011-07-13T12:02:46.136-06:002011-07-13T12:02:46.136-06:00Thank you. I needed a laugh. Very enjoyable post.Thank you. I needed a laugh. Very enjoyable post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-87329452818157611762011-07-13T11:04:42.443-06:002011-07-13T11:04:42.443-06:00Tyrion Lannister may be the greatest character eve...Tyrion Lannister may be the greatest character ever written, and I've only read the first two.Matthew MacNishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03264738483763244969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-58289164236593525832011-07-13T10:24:39.150-06:002011-07-13T10:24:39.150-06:00Briane P: Everything is stolen from someone though...Briane P: Everything is stolen from someone though I think. I didn't know that (thanks for pointing it out) but George's whole Point of view style of writing is stolen from Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom.Michael Offutt, Phantom Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557969104886174930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-35300410391199846282011-07-13T10:20:47.091-06:002011-07-13T10:20:47.091-06:00Hilarious dialogue -- exactly how I feel sometimes...Hilarious dialogue -- exactly how I feel sometimes about books.<br /><br />But George R.R. Martin stole that line from Jim Gaffigan, more or less. I know I risk your wrath in saying that, but I had to point it out. (Or in the prose favored by Martin's editors/Yoda, "I point it had.")Brianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01616494058636881575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-64381343294952299082011-07-13T10:17:07.131-06:002011-07-13T10:17:07.131-06:00I have to say that despite anything bad I point ou...I have to say that despite anything bad I point out about the book...I can't put it down. I'm at work right now and all I want to do is get home tonight and start reading it again.<br /><br />The fat man has got me by the jugular lol.Michael Offutt, Phantom Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557969104886174930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-14055680258416463182011-07-13T09:47:42.860-06:002011-07-13T09:47:42.860-06:00The size of that manuscript makes me think that he...The size of that manuscript makes me think that he must have a lot of time on his hands. When J.K. Rowling's first volume of Harry Potter came out I did not realize that kids would read it non stop. They not only finished one vloume, they were waiting eagerly for the second one and so on. So here as well, I am sure if the story has not finished, fans including yourself will read the following volumes no matter how much you get mad.<br />Thanks for the award. Once my mind is back in it's place I will sit down and make a list of books that I have read. I still have to tag people too:)MunirGhiasuddinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05232362559666320301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-78427335184536320362011-07-13T09:46:53.937-06:002011-07-13T09:46:53.937-06:00I let my heart break once filling it with Dragonla...I let my heart break once filling it with Dragonlance novels. After that I said no more unless the author has said how many books the series will be. I need to know there is an ACTUAL ending I'm reading towards.Steph Schmidthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00975939582442193113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-12866680527652447242011-07-13T09:23:38.137-06:002011-07-13T09:23:38.137-06:00It's even worse when you consider the material...It's even worse when you consider the material covered books 4 and 5 were supposed to be one book. 5 years ago when he hit 1500 pages (and knew he wasn't close to being finished) he called his publisher and told them he was going to have to delay because he had decided instead to put the events in the south in book 4 and the ones in the north in book 5. <br /><br />Personally I wish his editor would have taken a flamethrower to most off the fluff. No doubt there's less interesting things happening per page in his books than any other I have ever read. It's also frustrating to spend an hour reading and only see my % read go from 4% to 6%.Kevin Longhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01092721842140433268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-26151909734017222682011-07-13T09:10:09.510-06:002011-07-13T09:10:09.510-06:00-Still- not reading them. Nope. Not me. At the rat...-Still- not reading them. Nope. Not me. At the rate he's going, he's going to end up just like Jordan, dead before he finishes the series. Not for me.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-70520273853133335892011-07-13T08:18:52.732-06:002011-07-13T08:18:52.732-06:00Wow that is one massive manuscript!Wow that is one massive manuscript!Alyson Burdettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16916059117572619004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-45602684494047221962011-07-13T07:15:44.336-06:002011-07-13T07:15:44.336-06:00Yeah it's funny how all those things they tell...Yeah it's funny how all those things they tell you not to do some authors can do and become famous for it.PT Dillowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09394481476862013009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-40902527478392573332011-07-13T05:07:50.557-06:002011-07-13T05:07:50.557-06:00Uh, this was such a funny read...(wiping a tear of...Uh, this was such a funny read...(wiping a tear of laughter from ones eye). I have yet to join the ranks of George R R Martin fans - shocker, I know - but it is now on my list of things to do just so I can picture you slowly turning into Gollum...lolDRChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03352970077497112668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-73963769081491179162011-07-13T02:24:27.603-06:002011-07-13T02:24:27.603-06:00Great post! I love that you are *so* honest about...Great post! I love that you are *so* honest about hating the book! ;)<br /><br />I know what if feels like to be riveted to a terrible book! You have my condolences. Not that I think the book will be terrible, though.Theresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08027229777663171623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-12123797464500372132011-07-13T02:08:30.331-06:002011-07-13T02:08:30.331-06:00That last line is insanely funny. Tyrion (cool nam...That last line is insanely funny. Tyrion (cool name btw)seems like my kinda guy. But I don't know if I can read a book that long; I have a very low attention span and I am super lazy. <br /><br />Oh gosh, I'll make a fine husband someday, won't I? :/ <br /><br />My future wife: "Get your lazy, ungrateful ass off that couch and help me with your son!"<br /><br />Me: "But he smells like shit."T.D. McFrosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12923335522993845076noreply@blogger.com