deathrey Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 (edited) I never could either, it's a skill I aquired via GoT Edited June 17, 2016 by deathrey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 the books are worth a read, but you can skip large chunks of it. Â As an example, the overall story is very good but you'll get several paragraphs of "and then he walked into the room, and he wearing a golden doublet made of the finest....etc etc." which goes on for aaaages. Every minute detail about what the people are wearing/eating/smelling, which you can pretty much skip past once you realise there isn't anything important until somebody starts speaking. Sounds like American Psycho, which has about 3 interesting, readable pages in a sea of shit lists of what people are wearing and eating. At least in that, it was ostensibly to satirise the yuppie obsession with material things. In RR's books, presumably it's just masturbatory world-building? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted June 17, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted June 17, 2016 (edited) Heh, I was thinking of American Psycho when I read that post too. Trust me, the Thrones books don't go into anywhere as much mundane detail as that book does and at least the detail actually contributes to the story. American Psycho is around 80% describing the shoes some bloke in an upmarket restaurant is wearing. Yet I still love reading it. Edited June 17, 2016 by PunkStep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted June 17, 2016 Moderators Share Posted June 17, 2016 I loved American Psycho; thought it was a fantastic book. Â All the description bollocks works because it's all in Patrick's voice, and that's the point of the book and the key difference I think (I say I think, because obviously I haven't read the GOT books, so correct me if I'm wrong). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted June 17, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted June 17, 2016 Did you ever have to put the book down for a bit, because some of it got a bit...errr...graphic? I used to read it on my commute and on a few occasions just had to stop reading it and take a break. I'm not someone that would normally be affected by something like this, so I think that's saying something. I mean, the rat chapter... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted June 17, 2016 Moderators Share Posted June 17, 2016 (edited) Often whilst reading the book, I laughed out loud whilst reading that on the train. And then I felt bad for laughing and wondered what people would think of me. Â The bit about feeding Evelyn the urinal cake is one of the funniest things I've ever read. I was gutted when it didn't feature in the film. Â The rat bit was pretty grim though. I don't remember if I laughed then, but if I did it was probably as a defense mechanism / out of shock. Edited June 17, 2016 by Chest Rockwell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Bifkin Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 I enjoyed the overlong descriptive passages in both GoT and American Psycho.  With the GoT books I think they are really tight page turners up to the fourth book, which is an absolute slog that I nearly abandoned several times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathrey Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 You enjoyed the second book?! I've read more interesting instruction manuals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted June 17, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted June 17, 2016 The second was alright, the third was the best. Easily. The fourth...meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted June 17, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted June 17, 2016 The fourth was a terrible slog, but then I read Dance which was ample reward. Kept piling on the "oh, shit." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted June 17, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted June 17, 2016 Just for you non book readers, the "fat pink mast" reference I made earlier was how George RR Martin describes Sam's cock. Yes there is a brutally graphic description of the Sam/Gilly sex scene. He sucks milk out of her tits while she wanks him off. It's fucking rancid to read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted June 17, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted June 17, 2016 In stark contrast, pun intended, to Cersei's dalliances with Lady Merryweather, which were a joy to one-handedly read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted June 17, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted June 17, 2016 I forgot about Lady Merryweather, pure sex. I bet she's a right sort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Sergio Mendacious Posted June 18, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted June 18, 2016 Just for you non book readers, the "fat pink mast" reference I made earlier was how George RR Martin describes Sam's cock. Yes there is a brutally graphic description of the Sam/Gilly sex scene. He sucks milk out of her tits while she wanks him off. It's fucking rancid to read. Â Book wankers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d-d-d-dAz Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 Bit of something fanmade to get the blood flowing to all the right places, chaps; https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=rHlN3ur8ilg  Genuinely feels like this could be a landmark, monumental piece of television. Super excited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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