kuenjato Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Wert's review just got me all the more excited. Nice job, but sheesh, this is gonna be a long week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhadamanth Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Wert's review just got me all the more excited. Nice job, but sheesh, this is gonna be a long week.I tell myself I won't venture in here until after I've read the book but still I come here. It's like picking at a scab. Excellent review Wert, I am now even more excited. The next few days will be painful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edda van Heefmstra Ruston Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Orly?? Somehow I'd convinced myself that no one else was still reading on into the second series. At least of the group of board regulars that had given PoN a try. I'd be thrilled to be wrong.Nope, I can't speak for anybody else, but I read TJE and I'm just waiting for the e-book version of WLW (or to come across a hardcover second-hand, so I know where to donate it back when it's time to leave TX). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lokisnow Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 there's another review? is it spoilery? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuenjato Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 there's another review? is it spoilery?Werthead posted one over at his page. He loved it, gave it the highest rating. I'm surprised he hasn't popped into this thread to post a link. 'course, there's only like 3 or 4 bakker threads running on the board at this moment...oh, and the review is non spoilery, too. at least less that the seattle one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhadamanth Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Woohoo, Amazon shipped my copy!!! Should get it tomorrow, I'm so excited. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lokisnow Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 How interwoven are the three plot threads?Would I have anything spoiled if I went through and read all the Slog chapters skipping Momemn and the Great Ordeal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lokisnow Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 because I want to find out what happens to Akka first, and I want to see what this truth he can barely comprehend thing is. I have my doubts that they actually make it to the coffers (traditionally middle volumes are travelogues only, and you don't actually see the destination they arrive at in the final sentances of the plot thread), but if they do I want to see those too. :DAnd Bakker said he was spending time in the thousand thousand halls, so I'm at least hopeful that they do in fact get to the Coffers and finish that point off in this book. I'm worried that I won't appreciate everything going on in the Slog chapters if I'm not reading the Nanny/Momemn chapters as well, which I presume will have a good chunk of God-interference revelations, and I already presume that do to the Sorweel/Yatwer connection it'd be foolish to read those sections out of order. The Slog is otherwise fairly well divorced from the other threads, so since it is the thread of highest interest to me and potentially the most isolated, I'm anxious to finish it first. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curethan Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Can't say I felt any urges to read the full POV's out of narrative sequence, something that usually troubles me in ASOIAF. I think the overall pacing is well controlled across all threads and would recommend sticking with the intended order - there are some thematic and worldbuilding reveals that impact with each other in the seperate POV's despite their plot independance (if that makes sense). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jurble Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 THE WHITE LUCK WARRIOR HAS SHIPPED.IT IS CURRENTLY IN HARRISBURG, IT SHOULD ARRIVE AT STATE COLLEGE TOMORROW.OH.DAMN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhadamanth Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 THE WHITE LUCK WARRIOR HAS SHIPPED.IT IS CURRENTLY IN HARRISBURG, IT SHOULD ARRIVE AT STATE COLLEGE TOMORROW.OH.DAMN.I know how you feel, it's gonna be a long night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curethan Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Something for those waiting for WLW to enjoy, from the three seas forum (the work of one Sil-Inchor). 'Twas the Night Before Second ApocalypseTwas just after the womb-plagueAnd all through the manseNot a Nonman was stirringNot even their prince.The chorae were hungBy the chimney with careIn hopes that the CarapaceSoon would be there.The sranc were all nestledUp snug in their bedsVisions of obscenityDancing in their headsWhen up on EarwaThere arose such a clatterThe violent arrivalOf Man’s Darkest HourAway to the windowsThe Mandate did flyThey threw open the shuttersLight poured from their eyesAnd what did their dream-blearied orbsThere perceiveBut a towering storm shoutingWHAT DO YOU SEE?With a nimil sarcophagusSo shiny and dreadThey knew that slain LokungWas no longer Dead.More rapid than eaglesThe Consult they cameAnd He bellowed and gibberedAnd screamed out their namesON SKAFRA, ON GLORTMUND, ON HALGYS AND AURAXON BLODMYR, ON THREKLA, ON LYRNYR AND AURANGTO THE NAIL HIGH IN HEAVENTO THE GODS THERE OUTSIDEON WRACU, ON BASHRAG, TO RUIN WE RIDESo up to the skiesHis legions they flewMan-Traitors and skin-spiesThe last Inchoroi, tooThe Mandate, despairingCould not stay aloofThey burned in the firesOf the great Mog-PharauThe Men of the Three SeasWere soon overthrownTheir hearthstones all crackedAnd their great kings dethronedThe Shriah was headlessThe Emperor dead.‘Twas the Second ApocalypseThe prophets all saidBut remember, dear childrenThat though the No-God would fell usIf things really turn uglyWe can all trust in KellhusRelease of a new book is almost like christmas, yeh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jurble Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Well, that's definitely interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuenjato Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 THE WHITE LUCK WARRIOR HAS SHIPPED.IT IS CURRENTLY IN HARRISBURG, IT SHOULD ARRIVE AT STATE COLLEGE TOMORROW.OH.DAMN. I hear the No-God as well... amazon, which for a while I thought under the direction of the unholy consult, saw fit to ship my copy to day as well (after teasing me with an April 18th delivery date this morning...). Supposedly it'll get here on the 14th... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat5150 Posted April 13, 2011 Author Share Posted April 13, 2011 Off the top of my head I can't think of a glaring reason not to do this, but I don't want to be the one to endorse it either. I think you will be entertained enough by the other things going on that you'll feel less of an urge to do this once you get going. :agree: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caligula_K Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Something for those waiting for WLW to enjoy, from the three seas forum (the work of one Sil-Inchor). Release of a new book is almost like christmas, yeh?This is amazing. I hope Bakker ends the trilogy with that.300 pages in and enjoying this one a lot- definitely more than the Judging Eye even at its best. Although there is only minor interaction between the three story arcs I definitely think it's worth reading it in order; as someone else said, the revelations do build off of each other and none of the three storylines is weak enough to be worth skipping (though I do think that the Momemn and Slog plotlines are better than the Great Ordeal, so far). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Ent Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 “…unser Logistikzentrum hat den unten stehenden Artikel verschickt!” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curethan Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 “…unser Logistikzentrum hat den unten stehenden Artikel verschickt!”Sehr gut, kann Ihr buch fliegen schnell und richtig! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrathOfTinyKittens Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 IT'LL BE HERE TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Another Probability Trance made me cancel my order with Book Depository as well, as well as my Amazon order.I have just ordered from a Dutch store which already has stock. This should ensure a pre-weekend delivery.Should. The ways of the Transportation demons are varied and obscure and they operate within an Outside of their own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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