A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE

I read so many bad books it really and truely shocks me when one is actually GOOD!!!

I mean wow this is like Anita Blake before it got all crappy with the the werewolf sex

I have read 1 and still have 10 more to go, fantastic!!!

Is anyone else a fan?

Ok, it's fucking miles away, but how many thinking of going over to the 2008 worldcon?

Mandy and Stubby asked for a list. No division into Definite/Probable/Possibles. I might do that one day ........ or maybe never. mwah mwah ETA No i can't be arsed

ETA - The Zollock did it for me

Definite
George and Parris
Stego and Lady Stego
Xray and Mr X
Isis
needle and Zak
Zollo
Ser Sean and Silanah
dajamieson and GoN
Lany Cassandra
Bronn Stone
Lugalirra
Aoife
Padraig
Kat
Ser Stubby (aka Santa) and Laoise
Ghosts Companion
Tomfoster
Trebla
Teri
Dracarys
Ser Knight Somerville
LacyinTX
Alchemist
Maltaran
Greg
Michael Jon Snow
BlueRose
Jon Targaryen
Rakehell and Mrs. Rakehell
Regina and Fenryng
beniowa
Iceman of the North

Probable
Tenalpia
Mormont
Paddy
FrankenGregor
Myrddin
Raidne
Mandy
Red Templar
Trey Greyjoy
Ser Elgernon
Snowleo
SerMelT
Lucky Pierre
Lady Cheesevillage
Luzifers Right Hand
West
Watcher
Bazzlebane
Aratan
RaceBannon
Sophelia
Caress of Cersei
AutumnEvenings
Ztemhead

Possible
Silent Rider
Pebble who hides
Mich
Starkess
Kel
Balefont
Penandink
Jaxom74
Chataya
potsherds
Lyanna and Joski
Ser Greguh
Phix
Werthead

Unlikely
DJ Donegal

Extremely unlikely
Idol Warship

Harry lives; Hermione dies.

Thoughts?




(I think this belongs in this forum, as Harry Potter is a cultural event and not just a book)

So, is there any particular scene in a book that just made you want to tear your eyes out in frustration, disgust or anger? Perhaps a fight scene that left you with a bad taste on the mouth, or a sex scene that made you want to throw up? Share them!

I particularly have one scene that I still can't get out of my mind. It's voted, IIRC, as one of the worst sex scenes of 2006 (and no, it's not Goodkind):

"Ignoring him, Mary lay back on the bed and pulled away at the sagging corrugations of her body until she was able to locate her sex. - Ah've nae cream tae lubricate this. Ye'll huv tae use spit. Howk it up, she commanded. ...
Work it in, Mary urged, as Skinner took his thick green slime and spread it like a chef might glaze some pastry, at the same time slowly breaching and exploring. A ludicrously distended clitoris popped out from nowhere like a jack-in-the-box, the size of a small boy's penis, and disconcertingly strangulated groans coming from the bed told Skinner that he was hitting the spot. After a while she gasped, - Pit it in now ... pit it in ..."

Mmmm. Phlegm as lubricant.

Because it's time for a new freaking thread.

New book, new thread. It is known.

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