June 26, 2015 at 11:26 am
Brandie Tarvin (6/26/2015)
In regards to Game of Thrones, aside from the food issue, what are the tangents that bug you the most? (The subplots that some disagree are actual subplots).
SPOILERS. Stop reading if you give a darn and haven't read all the books.
One example would be the guys who come to marry Denarys (sp? who cares) then attempt to steal the dragons only to become crispy critters. That did nothing for the plot. It didn't develop characters. It was just a story tossed in there that filled a bunch of space. There are more, but I'd have to think about the books and I really don't want to.
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June 26, 2015 at 1:14 pm
jasona.work (6/26/2015)
OK, I've tried to make out the title of the Shadowrun book on the shelf, and had no luck. I *know* it's one of the older ones, but I can't zoom in enough to make it out...
Will check them when I get home. It's a 3-part series.
Looks like you're a primarily fantasy reader, with a smattering of SF?
If you looked at my kindle books, you'd think the other way around. Depends on my mood, sometimes I want sci-fi, sometimes fantasy. But yes, I think fantasy makes up the majority of my books.
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June 26, 2015 at 1:36 pm
More on my opinion about Games Of Thrones....
While his books were bloated with in-depth descriptions....it kept me involved. I had trouble putting his books down as he drew me into the story lines. That's why I have an issue with him killing off certain characters, I got to know them and was rooting for them. I would yell at characters while reading the tales....I would try to get warn them of things they were going to do/run into.... Kind of like seeing a horror movie and you know the character is going to do something foolish...sometimes you just want to yell out and warn them. That made it a great series for me - I was drawn into his world.
However, the later books would focus on one character or part of the world and I wondered what was happening elsewhere. Less bloat would have allowed him to take me to the rest of the action.
I believe the bloat is also what is keeping the next book from coming out...I've heard it will be split into two books.
The other issue I have again deals with me being drawn into the tale and is my biggest issue. There's no end in sight as to when the next book will ever come out. And no clue as to if he will finish the series before he dies. I've lost the interest in the series and have no desire to read any of the future books.
For the author....his delay in getting the rest of the series out means the GoT show will probably finish and then everyone will compare his books to the show. I can't imagine anything worse for a writer than people saying "but that's not what happened in the movie/show" when the author is the one who created the series. Or "the movie/show was better."
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June 26, 2015 at 1:56 pm
SQLBill (6/26/2015)
For the author....his delay in getting the rest of the series out means the GoT show will probably finish and then everyone will compare his books to the show. I can't imagine anything worse for a writer than people saying "but that's not what happened in the movie/show" when the author is the one who created the series. Or "the movie/show was better."-SQLBill
That is an excellent point...he might end up with the first author with that distinction.
June 26, 2015 at 2:21 pm
Congrats to everyone speaking at the 2015 Summit.
If you didn't make it, don't give up. Keep submitting
June 26, 2015 at 2:28 pm
jasona.work (6/26/2015)
OK, I've tried to make out the title of the Shadowrun book on the shelf, and had no luck. I *know* it's one of the older ones, but I can't zoom in enough to make it out...
The three shadowrun books (one on the shelf you quoted, two behind the cat) are:
Never deal with a Dragon (Secrets of Power 1)
Choose your Enemies carefully (Secrets of Power 2)
Find your own Truth (Secrets of Power 3)
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June 26, 2015 at 2:39 pm
Jack Corbett (6/26/2015)
Why no submission this year, Gail?
Ask me over coffee sometime, somewhere.
Are you going to be there?
I don't know. Company won't pay for me to go since I'm not presenting. I'll see what I can beg out of them in terms of concessions for PASS and MVP summit. I don't have enough leave to take 2 weeks off, especially as I may need to take leave for the Fridays for the three local SQLSaturdays, and the vet bills put a dent in my savings.
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June 26, 2015 at 8:22 pm
jasona.work (6/26/2015)
Looks like you're a primarily fantasy reader, with a smattering of SF?
It struck me that way too. In fact after seeing it (and in particular the fat Stasheff omnibus) I was wondering why no James Schmitz - it looked like a set of bookshelves that ought to have at least the Witches of Karres on it.
But I have to wonder where the boundary between SF and fantasy is. I'm not sure I can tell the difference any more, there some are extreme cases where there's no doubt which the book is, but most stuff is less clear.
Tom
June 27, 2015 at 9:29 pm
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jasona.work (6/26/2015)
OK, I've tried to make out the title of the Shadowrun book on the shelf, and had no luck. I *know* it's one of the older ones, but I can't zoom in enough to make it out...The three shadowrun books (one on the shelf you quoted, two behind the cat) are:
Never deal with a Dragon (Secrets of Power 1)
Choose your Enemies carefully (Secrets of Power 2)
Find your own Truth (Secrets of Power 3)
So, the first three mass-market paperbacks...
I think I might still have mine somewhere, although it's also very possible I donated them before we moved a year ago.
Of course, I did keep all my RPG books for Shadowrun (first ed!)
June 29, 2015 at 12:54 am
Hi Guys - anyone fancy reading an article on resource governor that I am close to finishing? I would then like to submit it to Steve (SCC).
I would be very grateful.
June 29, 2015 at 2:46 am
Grant Fritchey (6/25/2015)
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SQLBill (6/25/2015)
GilaMonster (6/25/2015)
I found a photo of my Siamese.*sniff*
Okay, so how many looked at the cat and then looked at the books and thought "I have that one, don't have that one....I wonder which titles those ones are"?
-SQLBill
Guilty.
Plus spitting and cursing at all the George RR Martin books. I've grown to really dislike that author.
I really did some cussing out of him while reading the books. I'd get into a character and suddenly they were dead. What the f....? My wife would hear me and say....so he killed off another one of your favorites? And now it's taking way too long for the next book to come out. I'm thinking about just ignoring the series and just dream of the ending I want.
-SQLBill
I'm just watching the TV show. It's better. They have a good editor, which Martin desperately needed. No more books for me. I read through the series to this point, and I hated, I mean HAY TED, the last book. I finished it out of utter spite, just so I could curse with knowledge. Won't read any more, ever.
+1
I just watch the TV show. At some point I may have considered reading the books (like I did with LOTR), but now that I have read the comments I probably never will.
I heard somewhere that GRM told his ending to the TV show producers, so that if he dies they can still finish the series. Not sure if that is true.
Killing of main characters doesn't really disturb me. It's at least realistic that in his wars good people die as well. Problem is that a lot of the real bastards don't die but instead keep going on (i.e. the Boltons). Ah, they will get what they deserve in the end I presume?
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June 29, 2015 at 4:41 am
GAH. I am such a breakfast person. But this morning, no food. Fasting bloodwork test in 95 minutes.
Someone pass the internet cookies. They don't affect bloodwork, right?
Bleargh. Feed me, Seymour.
June 29, 2015 at 6:11 am
Brandie Tarvin (6/29/2015)
GAH. I am such a breakfast person. But this morning, no food. Fasting bloodwork test in 95 minutes.Someone pass the internet cookies. They don't affect bloodwork, right?
Bleargh. Feed me, Seymour.
It does however, make the breakfast that immediately follows the test taste so much better.
June 29, 2015 at 6:41 am
BrainDonor (6/29/2015)
Brandie Tarvin (6/29/2015)
GAH. I am such a breakfast person. But this morning, no food. Fasting bloodwork test in 95 minutes.Someone pass the internet cookies. They don't affect bloodwork, right?
Bleargh. Feed me, Seymour.
It does however, make the breakfast that immediately follows the test taste so much better.
FOOOOOD, Glorious FOOD!
What wouldn't I give for...
June 29, 2015 at 6:42 am
Brandie Tarvin (6/29/2015)
BrainDonor (6/29/2015)
Brandie Tarvin (6/29/2015)
GAH. I am such a breakfast person. But this morning, no food. Fasting bloodwork test in 95 minutes.Someone pass the internet cookies. They don't affect bloodwork, right?
Bleargh. Feed me, Seymour.
It does however, make the breakfast that immediately follows the test taste so much better.
FOOOOOD, Glorious FOOD!
What wouldn't I give for...
Eating right now, BTW. Nom. Nom. Nom.
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