George and Bill

[Jeff]

I wanted to remind Amanda and Chad of this:

www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0553801503/qid=1131365113/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/103-3468111-6595069?v=glance&s=books

It will be available tomorrow. Since Justin will be out of town this week, I thought Amanda might be especially interested.

Also, I wish I was rich enough to give good Christmas presents... or really any Christmas presents... to the people I think about every day. If I were, at least one member of this group would get this: www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0740748475/qid=1131365073/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-3468111-6595069?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

An interesting article about John C. and Thomas H., no no no: www.slate.com/id/2129373/

[amanda mcbride]

Oh my holy heck, it's finally being released! Fantastic. Now I just have to skim the summary chapters from the previous books so I can remember what's going on.

Are you picking up a copy, Jeff?

[Jeff]

I got a little scratch from Rose on my birthday. I am going to do two things with it: 1) Get AFfC and 2) take the girls to see the new Harry Potter movie on the 18th (for Emmie's birthday).

I probably won't have any time to read AFfC until after Thanksgiving break. Maybe I can finish it by Christmas. That way I could hand off my copy to someone else, as I've done in the past.

[amanda]

Ugh. I've started the monumental task of going back through the chapter summaries. I can't believe how much I've forgotten! Unfortunately, it looks like I'm not ready to delve into the new book because I can't remember all the ins and outs of the previous ones. I'll still most likely make the trip over to B'ville this week to snag a copy.

[amanda]

Meanwhile, other familiar faces—notably Jon Snow, Tyrion Lannister and Daenerys Targaryen—are glaringly absent though promised to return in book five.

Dammit. Tyrion is one of my favorite characters!

[Jeff]

Jon and Tyrion are my favorites. Daenerys is my least favorite.

A book of middling characters. Oh well. Beggars can't be choosers.

[Tyler]

Who the hell was Jon Snow again?
Daenerys was the dragon-mother wife of Ghengis Khan, right?
Also, the Queen was undead at the end of the last book, right?

[amanda]

*winces* Tyler, not everyone who is interested in the series has read that far. . . You might put up a warning for possible spoilers if anything regarding the previous books is discussed.

[amanda]

Wikipedia entry for Song of Ice and Fire:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire

Houses:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houses_from_A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire

Westeros:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westeros

List of characters:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_characters_in_A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire

Entry on Jon Snow (for Tyler):
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Snow_%28A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire%29

[Jeff]

Again, chapter summaries: members.aol.com/vbkorik27/main.html

Since we're in the reading thread, I might share all the new books I was able to order today. They are the first I've bought in about 6 months. It is almost worth being a year older!

1. Twentieth-Century Religious Thought

www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1563383675/ref=pd_ecc_rvi_cart_3/103-3468111-6595069

2. Christian Theology: An Introduction

www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0631225285/ref=pd_ecc_rvi_cart_1/103-3468111-6595069

3. A Feast for Crows

www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0553801503/ref=pd_rhf_p_6/103-3468111-6595069?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance

4. The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot

www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0895261715/qid=1131428275/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/103-3468111-6595069?v=glance&s=books