Fanless Mace Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Have you ever been as fanatical about any books as much as ASOIAF? Has any other book/series inspired you to spend as much time on forums, parsing hidden meanings and missed innuendos? What other fictional literature has led you to such extreme diagnosis and debate about meaning, plot, and character? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparrow spoiler Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 absolutely not, never ever been this into any book! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julia Martell Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Harry Potter. Yes it's true. And I must say. Even thought the Harry Potter books are extremely intelligent and thought provoking, Harry Potter fandom is stupid.This fandom is much less stupid. Maybe because we're mostly grownups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meraxes of House Stark Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 I do love quite a few books and if you asked me 5 years ago what my favorite book was i would tell you either Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter. But asoiaf is totally different, mostly due to all the drama. Another reason that we all love the books is coz of the waiting time between each book, ie with each passing year we re-read all the books again and love it more each time as well as come up with more crackpot theories. So no i have never been so fanatical about any other book nor will i ever be XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DireGhost Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 The Inheritance Cycle. The Eragon books. I loved them and was a frequent forum visitor leading up to the final book. Lots of questions unanswered and people had just as ridiculous theories there as some of the theories here :cool4: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marquis de Leech Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 I like Martin, but I'm hardly a fanatic. ASOIAF isn't in my top five, though it might be in my top ten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forelver Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Great question. Yes I have, it started when I was 13 and we were assigned Hound of the Baskervilles in school and I just fell in love with the whole Sherlock Holmes series. Also the two mentioned above, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter (still), Stephen King Dark Tower series and Susan Cooper (young adult) The Dark is Rising series. None have been more exciting than this series for me though, I think I will be rereading these books for years to come and still finding new things-and there's still two more to go so even more new things to come. I also have to say this is one of the best book forums I've ever been on as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Stark-Targaryen Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Harry Potter. Yes it's true. And I must say. Even thought the Harry Potter books are extremely intelligent and thought provoking, Harry Potter fandom is stupid. This fandom is much less stupid. Maybe because we're mostly grownups. Same here. And totally agree about that fandom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good Guy Garlan Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Only Cat Harry I mean, there are many, many, books I like more than asoiaf, but none of them lend themselves to such great internet discussion as this series Harry Potter. Yes it's true. And I must say. Even thought the Harry Potter books are extremely intelligent and thought provoking, Harry Potter fandom is stupid.This fandom is much less stupid. Maybe because we're mostly grownups. Holy crap, you're right. The shipping wars were legion. But some of the crackpot theories back in the day remind me of here, like the "McGonagall is a Death Eater" theory :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chebyshov Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Harry Potter. Yes it's true. And I must say. Even thought the Harry Potter books are extremely intelligent and thought provoking, Harry Potter fandom is stupid. This fandom is much less stupid. Maybe because we're mostly grownups. Completely agree. And we only had 1 year waits in between the books for that one. Had we had longer, I bet we would have seen crackpots about Harry really being Snape's son, Scrimgeour being Voldemort's disguise, and Dudley being a secret wizard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanless Mace Posted September 29, 2014 Author Share Posted September 29, 2014 For me, it's about timing; if we'd had an Internet and forums like this for LOTR when I was a young teen in the '70s, you'd probably have to drag me out of such forums kicking and screaming. As it was, I had to read, parse, and ponder the stories on my own. Sharing the fanaticism does increase the passion, sort of like rooting for a team from the stands instead of alone on a couch at home watching on TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good Guy Garlan Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Completely agree. And we only had 1 year waits in between the books for that one. Had we had longer, I bet we would have seen crackpots about Harry really being Snape's son, Scrimgeour being Voldemort's disguise, and Dudley being a secret wizard. :eek: All of those did exist, for reals! Well, I think it was that Scrimgeour was Imperioused by Voldy, but still. Harry being Snape son was particularly resilient, no matter how many times per book characters remarked how alike Harry and James looked :dunno: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chebyshov Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 :eek: All of those did exist, for reals! Well, I think it was that Scrimgeour was Imperioused by Voldy, but still. Harry being Snape son was particularly resilient, no matter how many times per book characters remarked how alike Harry and James looked :dunno: Oy. If only James had a sibling, then we could have explained his looks but still given him different parentage. Any other character have green eyes? Secret Evans! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparrow spoiler Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Farseer Trilogy and Tawny man Trilogy. Pretty Epic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light a wight tonight Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 ASoIaF is a unique series of books, hard to compare it to other works, even in the Fantasy genre because of its rejection of standard hero and villain roles. It's one of my favorites because of all the subplots, unstated facts, and offbeat characters, among other things. I do have other favorites, though. Turtledove's Darkness series is a great read, though not nearly the literary work. Vance's Demon Princes and Lyonesse books are also among my favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion of the West Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Never, and I doubt I shall find something else to be fanatical about either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaime4Brienne Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Yes, the Harry Potter series. I even wrote Harry/Draco slash. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lopsang Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Nope! I do like myself a good book though. I could talk about 1984 and Brave New World like this too. Or Fevre Dream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Reckoner Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Malaz. I suspect that, like Malaz, ASOIAF will be immensely rereadable once its finished. I've already caught some small details that eluded me previously, like a vow Cat makes early on in AGoT that might explain her coming back as Stoneheart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liaraeyne Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Harry Potter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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