alguien Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Good to meet folks in person last night!Also, all of the writer's panels I've attended since have been excellent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablonohablo Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Do we know the room number for the Friday night party? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted August 31, 2012 Author Share Posted August 31, 2012 3276. East Tower. Astor Suite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theMountainGoat Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 The suite for our party is awesome. A little bigger than what we had in Montreal and all on one floor.Party starts at 9.00. The time of the Rat Cook.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHedgeWizard Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Partay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toft Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 One hour left...! The room looks brilliant. Just waiting impatiently for the party to kick off :-p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebus Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 My stomach is feeling weird, BWB grog and party should hopefully fix that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywolf2375 Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Any pictures for those of us crying that we aren't able to attend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted September 1, 2012 Author Share Posted September 1, 2012 Anyone else ambulatory? Leigh Bardugo (Hedgerow) has a reading at 9:30 AM in Addams on the Silver level of the West Tower.I just spied Harry Turtledove reading a mass market copy of ASOS.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted September 1, 2012 Author Share Posted September 1, 2012 For those who don't know the business meeting is just pas registration in Columbus CD. We're goingto be voting on the amendment to add the YA Novel hugo and the Graphic Novel hugo. I you can make it, come. We start a 10:30 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophelia Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Gah - GRRM is so popular now that all the seats were already taken up for the interview session - some bros got seats, most were standing. I gave up - too many people, and waiting outside all I could hear was laughter and applause (go George!). Still, I think there were plenty of people who squeezed in who might be able to piece together a report on it. (I'm not doing too much today because tired - hard to get to sleep - asked to be in the quiet tower but ended up on a party floor *grumbles*. At least the parties were fairly quiet).Will have another go trying to see a panel with George in later today. *crosses fingers* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Good luck on getting into the panel.... and yeah, looking forward to the report on the interview! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifersonofthemornin Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Is anybody filming this ?It's done, please tell me someone has filmed this ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouse Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 I was lucky enough to be in the second row for the panel - I'd attended the prior panel in the room and just moved up to the front between panels. Yes, it was packed!Ran, no one asked any of the questions you had suggested. The audience questions were (in my opinion) pretty lame - along the lines of, "How did you come up with X character?!" and "What HBO show actor plays the character the closest to how you imagined?" But the rest of it was really interesting, although perhaps not entirely new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 So it goes!Maybe at the Q&A, if there is one after the reading. :)I did read one report that notes that GRRM discussed changes from the books. He cited several things that are budgetary -- the chain, the bridge of boats, the trebuchets all had to be cut from "Blackwater" -- but then there's this bit from the reporter: "Apparently Martin also has not so much influence on the show which is another big reason for the changes."Anyone able to expand on that? This could be linking things together that GRRM himself didn't link together, but I'm curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arantius Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 GRRM's answer to one audience question re changes was along the lines of "Well, you'd have to ask Dan and Dave that." Maybe that's what the reviewer in question was referring to. There is a lot of stuff that George doesn't have control over and that's his way of saying 'don't ask me why they made those decisions' even if he does know what their answers would be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouse Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 So it goes!Maybe at the Q&A, if there is one after the reading. :)I did read one report that notes that GRRM discussed changes from the books. He cited several things that are budgetary -- the chain, the bridge of boats, the trebuchets all had to be cut from "Blackwater" -- but then there's this bit from the reporter: "Apparently Martin also has not so much influence on the show which is another big reason for the changes."Anyone able to expand on that? This could be linking things together that GRRM himself didn't link together, but I'm curious.I think that's a reasonable interpretation, but it's certainly not something George said.He did talk about the Blackwater episode and budget concerns, e.g., being told, "We can't have the chain." "That's understandable. But at least we'll have the bridge of boats!" "Uh, no, no bridge." "Hmm. But we'll have the Antler Men being flung from the trebuchets!" "Yeah, no." However, I interpreted this more as pragmatic/practical (no different than his past anecdotes from television writing - "You can have horses, or you can have Stonehenge, but you can't have horses AND Stonehenge."), and not as George saying he has no or limited say.My own personal read on things was that people were looking for George to say something negative about choices made in the show, and that George was being very careful not to cross any lines on that. But, again, just my read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arantius Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 from the meet & greet thread...Don't make any plans for Sunday night. Just saying....The "I'm Not Special Enough, I Didn't Even Win A Raffle Prize (or I Think My Prize Was Shit, I Couldn't Even Give It Away), George Blocked My Cock" Post Hugo Last Ditch Drinks will be held at the hotel bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theMountainGoat Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 George is reading from The World of Ice and Fire book. Aegon's Conquest. I believe it is the same reading from Bubonicon last weekend. Very interesting history even if it has put some of the late night partiers to sleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItIsKnown Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 I didn't win a prize - I might need to drink away my sorrows :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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