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[luacuof]

Great, I found it! Here's the place for introductions.
Hi everybody, my name's Giorgia, I'm a 19 years old italian student. I've been reading and passionately loving these books since a few months (I'm currently reading ADwD, which hasn't been completely translated into italian yet) and finally I had to look for a forum to relieve my need to talk about ASoIaF, since none of my friends read it. Also italian forums are more deserted than Valyria, so here I am, with my wonky english...

[mermer]

Hi, my name´s is Maria and I´m spanish, I have been reading this forum for months or years, and I have even posted two or three times without knowing this thread existed. My sister has been trying to make me  read  the asoiaf books for ages (and i have been ignoring her and calling her freak) but when i saw the first chapter of the HBO tv show I knew I had to. So now I´m an addict and I´ve read the 5 books (except fort danaerys chapters of  ADWD), the sample chapters of TWoW, and reread AGoT and SoS (my favorite ones). Please feel free to point out my writing mistakes, as english is not my first languaje.
Thank you everyone for making this forum such an enjoyable place (if i can say that I mean if it really exists in engish)
Edited to correct mistakes

Edited by mermer, 26 March 2012 - 05:14 PM.

[Stubby]

Welcome everone.

Please forgive us the evil SQL errors of death.

stormborns, always good to see another Sandgroper around here.

[32156]

anyone here from australia?

Edited by shadowfax, 18 April 2013 - 11:14 PM.

[Orangutangu]

Hello!

I am a Norwegian girl currently living and studying in the UK.

I have read all the ASOIAF books before, but inspired by the HBO series (and the unbearable wait for season 2) I have just started on my second read-through. I don't know anybody else who has read the books (but many who watched and loved the series), and so I'm finding it very frustrating to not be able to discuss the stories with anyone without risking spoiling things for them!

Don't know what else to say, really, apart from that I'm a newbie and I look forward to maybe getting to know some of you a bit

[TheOldGodsAndTheNew]

Hi, I just registered with the forums.  I was turned on to the show by a friend.  After finishing it, I read all 5 books immediately.  When I realized Dance With Dragons wasn't the last book and there were so many plot threads still unresolved, I threw my head to the sky in a movie-like fashion and said "Noooooooooooooooooo!"

Anyway, I just wanted to say hi.  I registered b/c I have a lot of questions and I'm hoping some ASOIAF experts can school me.

P.S. I just saw a billboard advertisement for GoT Season 2 and it has a fist clutching a crown and the words "War is coming..."   I'm so excited I need a change of pants.

[Stubby]

shadowfax, on 27 March 2012 - 04:09 AM, said:

Hi im new,
anyone here from australia?
not much for forums, hope i get the hang of it.
looking forward to finishing got, and watching s2.
yeahhh!

Stacks of us mate!

Have a squiz at this thread...

[chapter11studios]

Hi! I'm (kind of) new here. I've been a lurker for years, but just recently actually registered. I'm excited for the new season and thought this was a good time to join in the discussion. I've been a huge fan of ASOIAF since way back--I read the first book in hardcover while looking for something to satisfy me after finishing Tad Williams' "Memory, Sorry, and Thorn" trilogy. I read somewhere, may have even been from Tad Williams himself, that "A Game of Thrones" was a worthy next book ... and the rest is history.

I'm also a fan of the Kvothe series, but other than that, ASOIAF, and the occasional Tad Williams' re-read, I haven't found too many new fantasy series that meet my interests.

I'm from Boston, Massachusetts. Glad to be a (soon to be) contributing member of the boards!

[caffeinated]

Hello, another new guy, from the desert of the southwest U.S. I enjoy the series, the world and the characters anyway. I'm not as thrilled with the pace of events or the pace of books being released, lol. But that's what brought me here. I can't just stop cold turkey after finishing this last book and wait until the next one. I read all the books beginning in February this year. I hadn't heard of the series before I saw a preview of the HBO show.

So I came here to discuss things and ask questions.
Thanks,
Steve

[Child of Storm]

Hi everyone!

I JUST discovered this show and THANK GOD I DID!!! I've been hopelessly obsessed with it for weeks. And my timing couldn't have been better, because the show's returning!!!

My favorite characters are Ned and Danny. My heart immediately went out to them. Even though it appears that Danny would be a cruel ruler, I can't help but root for her. Her story at the beginning of the season was so heartbreaking and pathetic. So, my favoritism towards her is based partially on pity.

And Ned...OH NED!!! THEY DID YOU SOOOO WRONG!!!

I can't wait to chat with you guys and share different theories and opinions with you.

See ya!

[TheOldGodsAndTheNew]

Hi everyone, thanks for the warm welcome. I look forward to discussing the awesomeness that is ASOIAF with fellow fans.

EDIT: Typo

Edited by TheOldGodsAndTheNew, 29 March 2012 - 08:41 PM.

[direwolf_soul]

Hello, i am a new girl 22 years old from Denmark. i have been a lurker a few years but now i have decided to join this forum.
I have been a fantasy fan almost my whole life, some of my favorites are The Dresden files, the dark tower, the sandman comics and of course a song of ice and fire

I discovered the books on the net in my search of something new to read. The characters and the dark feeling of the world was what really draw me into this series.

[Nephele]

Greetings, everyone!  I'm steadily working my way through the novels and have watched the first season Game of Thrones on DVD.  Can't wait until Season Two begins on Sunday.

Of all the things I love about the novels, I especially love the names that George R.R. Martin gives to his characters.  One can see in his name creations that he clearly has more than a passing familiarity with medieval names.

Names are a special interest of mine, and anagramming is my obsession.  I wonder if members here might be interested in having their names anagrammed into Westerosi names?  I do a name anagramming thing on a few other message boards, and I've been experimenting with Westerosi names.

Anyway, this looks like an interesting board!  I'm looking forward to becoming a part of the community here.

-- Nephele

[The Big Nasty Bastard]

Hey everyone, m'names Danny and i've been a perverted lurker in these forums for a while now, but i've finally considered it would only be proper for me to at least attempt to offer something back to the community.

About me: 21, live in Cardiff where i'm in my 3rd and final year of an Economics and Philosophy degree. And this degree is now suffering due to my complete addiction with the asoiaf books. Hence why i am here to discuss them while i wait for TWOW.

Cheers and see ya around

[Drogon's Personal Trainer]

Nephele - is that YOU????????  From another Forum??????? (UNRV)  If it is - remember The Augusta?

I've only just seen this thread but I've been lurking for a little while.  I'm a middle-aged, dusty old Classicist from Manchester, UK, who would never have given a nod to fantasy until my daughter bludgeoned me into watching Game of Thrones.  I resisted during the first run of the series on Sky Atlantic, and then gave in over Christmas when it was re-run over two nights.  Hooked!  Since which time I have read every book in the series one after the other and am totally in love with the characters and storylines.

Glad to be among friends....

Edited by Drogon's Personal Trainer, 31 March 2012 - 06:58 PM.

[Evergreen]

Hi everyone, I've been lurking around this forum for a while, forgot that I registered for a bit. I'm a university student in the Pacific Northwest, USA. I'm working on a polisci degree but have a keen interest in geography, especially map making. I've loved ASOIAF for years and I'm pumped that I'm going to start participating on this forum.

[Stubby]

Welcome aboard, one and all.

More folk from all over the world again, I see.  Even someone from an imaginary place.

Have fun!

[Lan the Clever]

Hi. I'm Orlando, and I'm from Azores, Portugal. I've been reading the books for years (ASoIaF's that is) and have even come to this forum ocasionally, although I never joined it...'Til now. Hopefully, I'll be able to contribute with something to this forum, even if with only some twisted theory. And that's about it, I guess.

[Chrido]

Should introduce me, too. I´m Chrido, living in Germany, always having hunger for books (and they better got to have more than 500 pages!!) and a lover of Tolkiens, Pratchetts, Rowlings and Martins writings. Unfortunately I´m reading the new german translations of ASoIaF, so I have to deal with "Jon Schnee" and "Königsmund". My favorite characters are Arya, Jon, Tyrion and Bran.
I´m glad that this forum is alive with people who are sharing the love to Westeros with me. Please read my postings patiently - my english will need it.

[Gwen Snow]

Hi! I'm here. I've been a member of other fan forums, predominantly TarValon.net and Dragonmount for Wheel of Time. I love ASoIaF and I admit, I have subscribed to HBO just so I can watch the series. Love theories and debunking theories.  I learned to crochet so I could make Aes Sedai shawls, and my goal is to make make shawls/cloaks with the Great House sigils.