Balerion's Whiskers Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Really? If I had to bet within half an hour of it hitting the shelves the first spoiler topic will pop up as soon as someone skims to the end. Order the Kindle version and stay away from anything but my most essential internet. My job is internet based...but there will be no spoliers there...I'll just have to stay away from everything else. I'll re-read the whole series as soon as a publication date is officially announced by GRRM...timing it to be finished just as tWoW is available. Read through the whole thing in about 3 days...then go back and re-read carefully...then and only then, will I visit any place that may be discussing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadows and dust Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Yea, I tell myself I will try and prolong the satisfaction. One chapter per day.And then I don't. :dunce: Hopefully life intervenes and I have work/family stuff in the way that will force me to a slower pace. I will pre-order the book and read it when it shows up. Normally I'd root for a summer release, bc I very much enjoy reading on my backporch and getting some sun, but as I don't want to wait until next summer, I'll be happy reading it when it's cold. edit: I'm taking that leisure stroll through the books currently, as I start my re-read. It's been quite pleasent getting into the routine of a chapter a night, life permitting. The tough part, obviously, is keeping that up when I don't know what happens next. heh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nevets Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 I will probably start a re-read when it is announced. Pick up a hardcover on the day of release.. I like them better, and anyway it's easier to flip back and forth to the maps and appendix (very useful with ASOIAF). I'll flip through about the first half, checking out the chapter titles, hoping to see the words "Jon" and Arya" (I don't mind mild spoilers). Then I start reading, probably finishing in about a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gar Weg Wun Sygerrik Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 I'll get an e-format, and I'll take vacation. I'm obsessive and will probably have trouble sleeping even if I manage to put it down, and I don't want to be making mistakes at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebevan91 Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 If I have vacation days left when it's released I'm taking vacation to read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DireWolfSpirit Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 I will get the paperback of WOW when our neighborhood bookstore has it in stock provided its timely (this isn't a heavily populated are). If they are late getting it in stock, i'd probably go down to Green Bay for a copy but I don't feel any need for a midnight release excursion. Although that could be fun if people are going to wear costumes and every thing, it would have to be on a wknd for me to make it.I have the hardcopy of the World of Ice and Fire (what a fantastic book that is too) just paperback for the 5 books so it will be same for WOW. Don't have a Kindle and don't anticipate picking one up either. I will also avoid the forums till I finish it (probably 1 to 2 weeks). Definitely no show 6th season before reading WOW either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Visenya Stark Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 I'll buy the book and finish it in about 2 days. I'll definitely be avoiding the forums until I'm done reading TWOW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walda Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Kindle edition. I'll probably have it read in about a week (DwD took four days, but two of those were a weekend), but I won't take time off work to do it. Be too busy reading to spend any time on the internet, though.I'm not sure any of the book-stores in my area would open at midnight, unless WoW is released in the week before Christmas (I hope they release it at least a week before or after Xmas. I'd like my family to think they come first with me, but I'm not sure my behaviour would reflect that, if I had an unread copy of WoW handy. Plus, I have unsullied in the family. It was really difficult to keep FtW to myself last Christmas.) Where you guys that have been waiting for the next book to come out since 1996 managed to find the patience, I don't know, but I am grateful for the care taken with spoilers, regard it as a tradition to be maintained with pride, so I'll probably be here pretty much as soon as I've inhaled the book, not so much to post as to see how others feel about their favourite theories being ignored by GRRM, and of course to hear their revised theories. Nobody I know IRL cares in as much detail as you guys, and I trust you not to drop spoilers, more than I trust myself. ETA: Nevets, how long is it between the announcement and the release?I've started a slow re-read of the SoIaF (a chapter every day or so) just to stay sane prior to the announcement. It won't be more than two or three months between the announcement and the release, will it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frey Kings Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 rock out with my duck out all week long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonisHenryTudor Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 I will buy it online and have it shipped. No way in hell am I waiting in a line for a book. I have a kindle fire, but I prefer hard copies. If I order on Amazon, and I probably will, I believe that I will also get an ebook copy as well. 1. Skim to find the first Jon chapter. In the event that there is no Jon chapter, I will throw the book at least once. Maybe twice. 2. I am a historian (official in the next few months anyway) so I am always at my desk. When I need a break, I will read. 3. I will probably post on here after about half way through, unless people begin topics that are chapter oriented. So let's say Bran I. With my luck I may be forced to make a difficult choice as I did last time. I received both Wise Man's Fear and DwD at the same time...so...the choices...Though there could be worst things in life ;). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wefollowthecomet Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Will buy it at the midnight release. Living in NZ sometimes we get things released early thanks to the time zone. Sometimes things are released late. Hopefully its the former.Will read it, re-read the Dany chapters, then come to the forum to discuss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanF Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 I'll spoil myself by reading the end chapters first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOne-EyedHound Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Midnight release, read probably 5 chapters that night. I'll probably re-read the book 3 times in that year(hopefully next year.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nevets Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Kindle edition. ETA: Nevets, how long is it between the announcement and the release? I've started a slow re-read of the SoIaF (a chapter every day or so) just to stay sane prior to the announcement. It won't be more than two or three months between the announcement and the release, will it? Dance was released four months after announcement. It was 1510 pages manuscript, which became 1040 pages (with appendix), about 960 without appendix. There were 73 chapters. Storm was 1521 pages, 991 hardback, 82 chapters. (Info from wikipedia) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The others guy Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 I'll spoil myself by reading the end chapters first. You monster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonisHenryTudor Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 I'll spoil myself by reading the end chapters first. No you won't. :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Lannister Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 I'll spoil myself by reading the end chapters first. So you're the guy who reads the last chapter, then jumps onto the forums to start proactively titled threads right away? :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltonsBastard Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 My family owns a condo in Palm Springs. I rarely use it. I am boring, dont drink or party. The second this book comes out I am taking 4 days off and reading it in complete silence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWhiteWalker Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 When WOW is released, I will buy from Amazon. The day I get it, I will stop all work I am doing, and read it non-stop. Probably won't sleep that day :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithras Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 A quick, explosive read in the Kindle. Then, slow rereads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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