ellstaysia Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 when the release date is announced I'll start reading the other books from the beginning in anticipation. I work alot so won't speed read it but it should only take me a week or so anyways, then I'll check out the forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Free Folk Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Probably won't do midnight release but will pick it up on the first day. Definitely staying away from the forums - already made that mistake with aDwD and the spoiling of Jon's 'death'. And the first weekend after it's released, I am making sure I have nothing planned as I will binge-read that weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantasmas Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 The Harry Potter releases taught me much. If TWOW comes out in the near future, I'll definitely avoid social media for a week or so and pick up the book when I can. After marathoning it, I'll return to the internet. Unfortunately, I don't think avoiding potential spoilers will be as simple as it was during the early-mid 2000s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarkofWinterfell Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 I am hoping I get it as a gift but as for reading it, I plan to do it like I did with ADWD and lock myself away from the world and read cover to cover. I read ADWD in a little more than a day, straight reading the whole time so I probably can repeat that with TWOW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alienarea Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 I'll read it when I retire in 2032. If it has been written and published in the meantime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarkofWinterfell Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 I'll read it when I retire in 2032. If it has been written and published in the meantime. You're in for a surprise! Announcement coming August 8th! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomUser191 Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 You're in for a surprise! Announcement coming August 8th! ha? what do you mean by that? source? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarkofWinterfell Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 ha? what do you mean by that? source? http://en.yibada.com/articles/46413/20150718/winds-winter-release-update-game-thrones-author-george-r-martin.htm "The boys of summer better take heed -- winter is coming to Staten Island on August 8. And where there is winter, there are direwolves." I am hoping that this is a TWOW announcement! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHammeredDog Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 It appears that GRRM is meeting with publishers etc on August 8th, so we could have an update on progress or whatever around that time. I doubt we'll get a release date announcement though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomUser191 Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 http://en.yibada.com/articles/46413/20150718/winds-winter-release-update-game-thrones-author-george-r-martin.htm I am hoping that this is a TWOW announcement! thanks for the info. it DOES sound like some good news. we'll just have to wait and see what these news are though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not a kneeler Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Isn't anyone planning to bake lemon cakes the day before, lay in some tasty, easy to eat meals, throw a few bottles of champagne and/or Arbor Gold in the fridge and some bottles of Arbor Red as a stand-by? This is going to be a major event. Let's celebrate with the right stuff. Hang our house banners, get out our action figures, drink out of our GOT mugs. Oh, and let's not forget our GOT' s wine glasses. Even if it comes at Christmas I'm putting out my stuff side by side with the Christmas decos. It will keep me from losing my mind the week before the book comes out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Human Abstract Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 We will likely learn nothing whatsoever on August 8th and when he is done he will immediately say so on his blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ravenstark Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 It will more or less like this: by the time I leave home and buy the book... there will be already people who read the whole book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SerDoublePost Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 I havent waited years like may of you, I read them all last fall. So from my perspective I'll re-read certain end chapters from feast and dance, buy the e-book (i find physical books too cumbersome now), and read it at whatever speed my schedule allows, should be finished well within a month, the only thing that might pressure me to do faster is if season 6 is already airing by then. Like most I'll avoid all the internet that can be avoided, specially this board until I'm done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aderyn Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 I live in such a small place so chances are there isn't going to be a midnight release... So I'll probably pre-order it, anything to get my hands on it as soon as possible. I can't see how there's a way to visit the forums and not get spoiled so I'll stay away from this place until after I've finished. Discussion can wait. When I read the book for the first time all I want is to enjoy the story and get carried away by it so I don't want to think too much about what's coming and I don't want to get other people's ideas inside my head... Plenty of time for that later. I think I'll start rereading from Game the moment I hear about a release date. Three months or so should be just enough for me to finish with Dance, so I'll be warmed up for Winds... Once I start reading, I'll probably read like there's no tomorrow but I'll still start to enjoy the story as much as possible, knowing that with every page I turn I'm that much closer to the end... and another long wait. Depending on how much real life duties I have with exams and college papers and whatnot, I'll probably finish in three days. Possibly even faster. Cause there's no way that book is going to leave my hands before I'm done with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenInTheNorth221 Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Hi All, When TWOW is released, I'll probably pre-order it, or pick it up at the bookstore. if there is midnight release, I'll probably go to that too. I usually like to savor the experience of reading, so I will read it one chapter a day. And of course, stay off the forum and internet until I finish it :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annarkie Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 http://en.yibada.com/articles/46413/20150718/winds-winter-release-update-game-thrones-author-george-r-martin.htm I am hoping that this is a TWOW announcement! That was about baseball, alas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low Born Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 I'll start a reread of everything when they announce a release date. Probably going to take at least a day off work to start it and should be done in about a week. Definitely going to avoid the forums until I'm completely finished too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Human Abstract Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 I'll start a reread of everything when they announce a release date. Probably going to take at least a day off work to start it and should be done in about a week. Definitely going to avoid the forums until I'm completely finished too. Ditto on the first. I am not going to rush read it, though. It takes 5 years for the next. I think the last one I managed to hold out to a whole week and a half before I finished it. I'll try to savor it at least that much and stay off Westeros. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unitron Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 I was considering buying the hardcover when/if it comes out instead of waiting for the paperback, the way I did for a year or 2 with ADwD, after getting the first 4 paperbacks all at once, but by the time it gets released I'm wondering if the show won't have overtaken it to such an extent that there won't be any huge urgency. I've never watched any of the show and have no near term plans to do so, but it's pretty hard to avoid tripping over any mention of what happens on it since people refer to it without warning on all sorts of forums. Probably be easier to avoid finding out who wins the next Superbowl for a month or 2 after it gets played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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