tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post6471420925940082650..comments2024-03-17T00:00:13.417+00:00Comments on The Wertzone: Robert Jordan bigging up A GAME OF THRONES in 1997Adam Whiteheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11383677312079611311noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-59159710989623265382013-07-11T22:17:30.572+00:002013-07-11T22:17:30.572+00:00It makes me wonder how both series would have been...It makes me wonder how both series would have been if they were forced to be the trilogy format. Maybe they could have done a dual trilogy but having the first have some major closure. I have to be honest and say both series dragged on much farther than necessary especially with the length of time per novel and the rather lacking meat of the story from all that waiting. <br />Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06998931714568216400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-90806122109420258172013-07-10T18:15:00.221+00:002013-07-10T18:15:00.221+00:00I actually got in to the books in the opposite dir...I actually got in to the books in the opposite direction from most that are on here. I had been into young adult SFF when I was a kid, but through high school and college got away from it. Then soon after college a friend of my recommended A Game of Thrones. After tearing through all the books that were out at that time, I was hungry for more, so I did a google search and turned up an interview with GRRM where he mentioned Robert Jordan, and so on, down the rabbit hole. Mike Bonsierohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828417279641199171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-66113429118900020672013-07-10T06:20:53.701+00:002013-07-10T06:20:53.701+00:00Sad he died without seeing the end of the saga.Sad he died without seeing the end of the saga.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-77239848832253148462013-07-09T21:06:16.717+00:002013-07-09T21:06:16.717+00:00This is awesome sauce! Fanboy, indeed!This is awesome sauce! Fanboy, indeed!Julie https://www.blogger.com/profile/01670155947411449802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-88317890123963525142013-07-09T19:32:40.999+00:002013-07-09T19:32:40.999+00:00That's exactly why I picked up Game of Thrones...That's exactly why I picked up Game of Thrones. I got Legends to read New Spring, and GRRM is one of the authors I started reading after WoT.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-16288986754845412013-07-09T17:48:19.067+00:002013-07-09T17:48:19.067+00:00And here we are 16 years later and GRRM is now try...And here we are 16 years later and GRRM is now trying to shoehorn his story into 7 books.<br /><br />I wonder what RJ would think, now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-31541793656267076482013-07-09T14:51:40.333+00:002013-07-09T14:51:40.333+00:00I bought the book when I graduated from college in...I bought the book when I graduated from college in June 1997 and just before I went to grad school. I was specifically looking for "more adult level fantasy novel" and randomly pulled a paperback from the shelf and found A Game of Thrones with the Jordan quote (who at the time was my favorite author) on the cover. Read the back blurb and took it to the counter. Ok, gotta give this a try. Little did I know...<br /><br />So a mighty posthumous thank you to Mr. Rigney!Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00597752073018893253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-40938965571853083382013-07-09T13:55:23.427+00:002013-07-09T13:55:23.427+00:00Sir Robert of Tor knew of what he was talking.
Al...Sir Robert of Tor knew of what he was talking.<br /><br />Alphabet soup of the day: NdinwatJesper Haglundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09464743323148603957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-63038253791780130372013-07-09T13:40:36.771+00:002013-07-09T13:40:36.771+00:00I probably should have given a link to the actual ...I probably should have given a link to <a href="http://blogs.cofc.edu/thetruesource/2013/06/21/i-enjoyed-a-game-of-thrones-very-much/" rel="nofollow">the actual blog post</a>. The "enjoyed <i>A Game of Thrones</i> very much" bit was old news, but RJ writing to Bantam asking for an autographed copy like a fanboy...that's new. And funny. I can't wait to go to Charleston and dig through this stuff; maybe the librarians will let me help them digitize the collection. :) If not, I'm sure I'll find something to do.Terezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12417142245785029171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-54305532152036608532013-07-09T13:26:44.374+00:002013-07-09T13:26:44.374+00:00That's kind of awesome!That's kind of awesome!Raquelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17181855641076360454noreply@blogger.com