Victarion Chainbreaker Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 I've absolutely become more of a fan of Ice and Fire than any other books. Before this, my favorite books were Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle, but they don't have nearly as many layers of depth as Ice and Fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissMatchedEyes Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 I thought at first, "what the fuck? Is that a new book??" :lol:Ha! Yeah, bad typing on my part! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unitron Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 I had no idea Donaldson had cranked out another 4 Thomas Covenant books on top of the first 6. Maybe they can help me fill the time waiting on George. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Flandrensis Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Years ago in school I was fanatical about LOTR. But nothing since then had taken up so much of my life. It's also helpful to have this forum, the tv series and my friends and family to supplement my obsession. And feed my habit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stannis's birthright Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 The Wheel of Time series and The Sword of Truth series .... Both I loved .. I truly hope Asoiaf ends better then they did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyFitzRandolph Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 I like historical novels and have never read much fantasy but have become completely obsessed with ASOIF. I've never joined a forum before and started as a show watcher and then started lurking around here which led to starting the books. I'm so glad I did. GRRM is great with world building which is really something that is important to me. So yes, I've never been this obsessed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankbuster Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 My ASOIAF madness is eclipsed by my Tolkien madness. I could debate Arda for days on end, and to imagine what Valinor and the first age would have been like. ME transcends the difference between the imaginary and the real. To think that each story, and substory in the Silmarillion would be bigger than LOTR, and linked to each other via songs and characters reminiscing about the glory of days past......And the people of the east and the south, with stories of their own to tell, their own histories and tales and the songs. The songs. OMG Oh, god I wanna go to ME and lie there forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unitron Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 My ASOIAF madness is eclipsed by my Tolkien madness. I could debate Arda for days on end, and to imagine what Valinor and the first age would have been like. ME transcends the difference between the imaginary and the real. To think that each story, and substory in the Silmarillion would be bigger than LOTR, and linked to each other via songs and characters reminiscing about the glory of days past...... And the people of the east and the south, with stories of their own to tell, their own histories and tales and the songs. The songs. OMG Oh, god I wanna go to ME and lie there forever. First make sure they have indoor plumbing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheZone Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Yup me as well, Im a part of the Harry Potter generation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jondacon Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Absolutely not, this series just never gets old. Always something new to discover or contemplate. Just so incredibly rich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrion Hand of the King Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 No nothing has come remotely close to ASOIAF for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon's Queen Consort Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 JRRTolkien's books will always be my no1 fandom. Nothing comes even close to them ASOIAF is in the top5 tho. JRRTolkien's books..................everything else (Harry Potter, Star Wars novels, ASOIAF and lately DrWho novels) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmyn Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I love the asoiaf series, but i think what makes me actually want to join a forum and theorising is the fact that the series isnt yet complete, and there is so much material in the series and lots of characters!At 10 i was reading Agatha Christie and sir Doyle then at 14 i was reading non stop "Les Misérables" ( 5 times in a row, if i remember well). Then i got to Tolkien, then the HP series, and The Belgariad. They are all in my favorites, and i like to read each of them depending of the kind of mood i am in. For a smile, the belgariad, even if sometimes reallt cheesy, is always nice.I like big books with lots of characters, add mysteries and lots of conspiracies, and i think this is why asoiaf is so great to me.Edit: typing on a phone is hard. Meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen.Sansa.Lannister Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I don't think it's possible for me to be as fanatic about anything, to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hos the Hostage Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I've been a die-hard Sherlock Holmes fan since I first read the books, and it remains so.Also a Harry-Potter fan, but recent press releases about the books made me like it less. (There were hundreds of news items which called a Pottermore exceprt a "new Harry Potter short-story". WTF?). Was not active in discussions as here. Learned the word 'shipping' from there, though. 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.Actually, I have seen Harry being Snape's son theory. Even after all seven books were published. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizz-The-Smith Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I was introduced to the show at the beginning of season 3, and after watching the first 2 seasons in a weekend, and subsequently S3, I was hooked. The wait for season 4 was too much, so I bought the books. Finished the books in roughly six weeks, and this confirmed I was definitely hooked. Then searching for some info I stumbled across the massive fandom on the net and I haven't looked back since ! I've never been a member on a forum such as this before Asoiaf, and it's safe to say I have never spent so much time on a series of books. Hardly a day goes by without me checking out this forum, also other forums / podcasts. It's safe to say I've definitely got the bug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankbuster Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 First make sure they have indoor plumbing. I shall make my own plumbing. With Blackjack. And Whores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiemal Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Quite a few. Anything by Gene Wolfe, Tad Williams, Roger Zelazny, Terry Pratchett, Christopher Moore, Stephen R. Donaldson, and quite a few others automatically makes my must-read list.I originally encountered GRRM's work in Wild Cards, and TBH I was hesitant to begin ASOIAF for a while because I just didn't believe he could pull off great High Fantasy -blush-I have since become pretty fanatical about the series, both because of the delight of the slow-reveal through multiple threads that he does so well and the series' cultural saturation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samsaptakas Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Jaya: The epic of Mahabharat. I'm fanatical about it. Currently, I'm reading the fourth version of it. I want to read all version of this epic that exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oberyion Martennister Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 as a kid I loved the Redwall books by Brian Jaques and had every single one I could get my hands on, but nothing comes close to ASOIAF for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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