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Something I lamentably seemed to have overlooked when reading the books, that the TV series makes plain to see, is the use of juxtaposition. For example, in Game of Thrones, even early on, we have: 1. marriage: Sansa in grey Winterfell excited about being betrothed to Joffrey; juxtaposed to...

Forgive me if this is an old question for you all. What doyou think is the one word Brienne says to Catelyn at the end of FFC and will it save her life? I am betting on Sansa which may be the only thing to save her. I look forward to hearing your answers!

Thanks to HBO we have the first map of the Free Cities, a mere fifteen years after people first read A Game of Thrones and went, "Where the heck is Pentos?" :) Awesome. That's not all of the Cities though. Volantis and the River Rhoyne are off to the east a bit, whilst Qohor and Norvos are...

Does anyone know what cover A Dance with Dragons will use? Amazon has a cover that doesn't match my book covers from the earlier books of A Song of Ice and Fire. I personally prefer the minimalistic covers that I have to this cover shown on Amazon. Are there any certainties as to what cover...

Am I really the first one to post this? Am I going insane? Please tell me I'm not... Am I awake? Please tell me I am... So, so, so happy.

Okay, so I've heard loads of rumors about Sandor Clegane. Did he really die? I hope not, he's a close favourite of mine :D driven purely by hate and all. The Elder Brother hints to the reader that The Hound still lives. Any views?

Ok I am running things through my head. I got this idea...maybe, I havent read everything on this forum, Jon Snow is actually the prince who has been promised! Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Starks kid... Follow my reasoning...tower of joy battle....Lysanna tell Ned to promise promise...

I read a "A Game Of Thrones" several months ago, and because I sometimes suffer from series ADD, moved on to several other books/series since then. I recently knocked out Magician:Apprentice and Master for something lighter. While waiting to get "Silverthorn", I picked up my copy of "A Clash Of...

I will still read it one way or another but I’m not going to buy it. Please here me out… To preface my argument I’d like to let you know a little of where I’m coming from. First, I am not upset with GRRM at all. Secondly I feel as though he has the right to live his life anyway he wants...

SPOILER ALERT... If you've not read ASOS nor AFFC you should stop reading now! I was reading Tyrion's first chapter in ACOK today and a couple of crazy ideas popped into my head. I looked for a Shae thread but did not find one. So here goes... What if Shae is Sarella? Yeah, I know that...

It appears that theres going to be a 3 headed dragon. However, what if Jon isn't one of the three and in the end he with the assistance of his supporters/followers end up sitting the Iron Throne (which i believe will be either resurected or will be somewhere different) He definately has the...

I was in my usual re reading of ASOS, and when both Jamie and Brieene were in the bathtub together, Jaimie pretty much opened his heart to everything he's done. Now i know it may not have anything to do with the one "word" she is going to say, but unless i'm mistaken that was the first time...

This is inspired by all the recent talk about when GRRM will announce ADWD is complete. The rules- 1- You must pick an exact date. It can be any time in the future. 2- Closest to the actual announce date wins. 3- If you turn this into a "bitch about how GRRM will never finish" thread...

If A Dance with Dragons comes out in fall 2010, it'll be a decade since we last read new stories from the lives of Jon, Tyrion, Dany and Bran, and half a decade since anything from Arya, Sansa, and Sam. During this time there has been lots of speculation, anticipation, and merciless, fiery...

Nice. Took this from a Civ4 forum where someone had said they felt the existing size for Westeros - GRRM has said it's the size (or length, rather) of South America - was unbelievably vast so he'd scaled the continent down to a more believable size. Of course, he hadn't realised that GRRM's...

I've been re-reading some chapters. And somehow it came to me that Coldhands may be Benjen Stark, and the three-eyed Crow Brynden BloodRaven Rivers. Thing is i have nothing to really back it up. Except perhaps how BloodRaven was once a Lord Commander on the Wall, and that there where rumours of...

Which Arya will be a POV charecter in the Dance of dragons. The reale Arya or the fake on. Arya Stark is my favorite charecter and all, but the she would be the only POV charecter to have chapters in all the books. So can we be certain that the real Arya will be in the new book? I hope she is...

In this thread, as the name suggests will be spoilers, so for those of you who have not read AFFC, BEWARE and PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK. Ever since The Red Wedding, I have been wondering about the fate of Bran and The North, and their role in Westeros, if Dany takes The Iron Throne...

All right, I was chastised for bringing this up in another thread so I figured I should do the right thing and throw out there for everybody. In the process of confidently asserting that The Wall has got to come down at some point, I felt it would be prudent to remind myself of some of the...

Last two on the right. Made by user 'Tear' on the Cartographer's Guild website. Very nice, I have to say. Probably the best map of Westeros to date.