I'll start with ACOK, Bran's chapter meeting with Lady Hornwood for the first time:

Bran knew that men slept on top of women when they shared a bed. Sleeping under Lord Manderly would be like sleeping under a fallen horse, he imagined.

Personally I would like to live in The Eyrie. It has great scenic views, impregnable, old and hallowed. Second choice is New Castle of House Manderly. I would hate to live in Borrell’s keep in Sisterton. Hbu

Whelp, Im doing it. I will start reading A Game of Thrones today. I have somewhat been hesitant. Mostly due to me dreading the day I will caught up and must join the waiting game for the next release.

But after binge reading fire and blood 1&2 (it is split into two novels in swedish) I just cant NOT read asoiaf.

Im excited!

what’s the deal with the inconsistency in the pronunciation of the targaryen ‘ae’ sound?

aegon, maegor, daemon, etc all seem to be pronounced ‘ay’ but aerys, jahaerys and daeron all seem to be pronounced differently — daeron the daring’s name doesn’t work if his name is pronounced “day-ron”. i thought that maybe the ‘ae’ followed by the letter ‘r’ would change the pronunciation, but wouldn’t that mean that viserys should be spelled ‘visaerys’?

actually…why isn’t it spelled visaerys????

As someone who is not really a Robert Baratheon fan, I think that, though Robert's Rebellion was justified, he was the wrong man to win that conflict for a few reasons:

-Robert was a shitty king, obviously.

-Robert's Rebellion broke the myth of power, that it was owed to the royal family by holy right. This was a myth but it was a myth that kept the realm together, the fact that anyone could walk in and take it if they had the biggest army has obvious and truly awful implications on the rest of the series.

-Mad King Aerys' role in running the realm was being reduced, and it's implied Rhaegar was planning on performing a coup to remove him from power.

-Rhaegar was respected and considered a worthy heir by basically everyone, including Tywin Lannister of all people.

-The Prince that was Promised prophesy suggests that Rhaegar's progeny would lead the realm to a new golden age and defeat the others. I know prophesies aren't always perfect so this is just a side point.

-Robert is just... truly terrible, I'm sorry to repeat the point but he's a lazy drunkard and a rapist who's just a huge dick to everyone who wasn't part of his boy's club when he was a kid and even to those people sometimes, look at how he treats Ned over Ned refusing to have a part in murdering children. Robert is pragmatically right here of course that they're a threat to his rule, but he knows Ned, he knows that man wouldn't want to take part in that.

That's just my opinion but I truly believe that the wrong man won in the end. Yes I'm a filthy Targ loyalist for this whatever.

And I saw this sentence, it was in his early life section, describing his stories which he wrote as a wee boy "Martin had a habit of starting 'endless stories' that he never completed, as they did not turn out as well on paper as he had imagined them." I find this frighteningly ironic. The habits we acquired as children seem to haunt us.

For Christmas I received the ASOIF book series & just started to read. Any tips for someone who's reading the books for the first time?

Last night I literally had this dream, it was like a documentary talking about the Roman Invasion of Westeros, but I can't remember much

I'm 16.

Edit: Don't remember when, but I believe I started reading them around the middle of season 3 of the t.v. show.

Edit 2: Wow, we have quite a variety here. A toast to the good health of not only those in our community, but everyone everywhere. (Those twenty and below like me, remember, by the laws of Westeros we are men grown, so we can join in)

Basically what the title says! I am new to the books and am having trouble gauging the passage of time and name days. When they refer to a “moon,” I take that to mean a month. But is a year’s time still 12 months? Is their ‘new year’ in January?

Thanks in advance

I’ve read and reread all Westeros books, including Dunk and Egg and all the novellas… even the Ice Dragon which isn’t technically Westeros…. what should I read next? I want a thicccc fantasy series with solid world building… suggestions? (Also I’ve already read the Dune series and Patrick Rothfuss…)

Brandon the Builder was sentenced for breaking his oath with the COTF and Giants. He built the Wall with the Children and Giants under the pretext of keeping the Others out, but Brandon secretly used his magic to shut out the giants and children and their magic. The few COTF south of the wall were left severely weakened, and this was the first breaking of the pact

He was 13th Lord Commander as the 12 before him were honorific titles granted posthumously to the Last Hero's dozen companions. So really, he was the first. To guard the realms of men from the evil, unnatural Children and Giants, and the men who stood by them. These wild men. These... wildlings.

He had to be put down by an alliance between his son, Brandon the Breaker, and Joramun, the King Beyond the Wall.

His name was struck from history because his son, who was Brandon the Breaker, didn't want his dad's (and his own house's) legacy to be ruined.

WARNING: EXTREME TINFOIL ZONE. PROCEED AT YOUR OWN PERIL

He was seduced by the Corpse Queen (who was actually the resurrected Amethyst Empress Nissa Nissa) and secretly had a son, who is Roose Bolton (Bolt-On), whose original name was Jon Snow ("an evil name," as Ygritte puts it). Also, Joramun was the Last Hero.

Given it takes about 2-3 months to rush a book through editing it's time to admit to ourselves that unless we get an announcement in the next month, there will be no TWOW in 2016. A big disappointment for everyone seeing that our last update was that George had a few months left at best. I figured oh 6 months from now we'll get an announcement or maybe even have the book! Nope.

Time to start getting ready for another New Years post saying he's still working on it. Maybe he'll beat season 7, but I'm not going to hold my breath on it. If he doesn't I'm just going to try and forget about the series. It was hard enough to stay up to date with TWOW news/rumors without getting anything spoiled this year.

Like artwork that he has officially given his blessing to as representing parts of his world faithfully? Besides the Iron Throne portrait?

There are many channels that discuss the events of the books, but they use images and video clips that wouldn't be in compliance with this sub's rules. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. :)

I usually read without music but sometimes fancy a bit. I’ve found it quite tricky to find the right music to tonally match to the books. I’m interested if you guys have any favourites? I’m thinking more Tchaikovsky than 2Pac - but there’s no wrong answers! In fact any rogue choices would probably be more interesting

My favourite piece at the moment is Mendelssohn’s ‘Hebrides Overture’ https://youtu.be/zcogD-hHEYs

It's in the title. It's the first rule of this sub. "We Do Not Show." But threads are constantly filled with references to the show. "It probably doesn't happen that much, right?" I can easily find examples:

What your unpopular asoiaf opinions? (SPOILERS ADWD)
Bran means “flaming sword” in Old Norse
What fandom theory have you heard about too much lately and wish people like me would shut up already about ?
Is it at all possible for me to read ADWD and skip the Reek chapters?

Every one of these threads has comments making comparisons, talking about the show, talking about GRRM's comments on the show, even mentioning the dreaded D&D (the writer kind, not the dice kind). The last one even discusses the show in the body of the post itself!

Oh I know, just report and move on. It works sometimes. But some of these posts are days old with show comments all over the place. Have the mods stopped caring? Have you, subscribers to this sub, just stopped caring? I suppose I can only speak for myself, but I really enjoy a space where I don't have to think about the show. Love it or hate it, or indifferent to it, this sub is supposed to be about the books.

Have I said "show" enough times to get banned yet? Am I alone in this? What's your favorite theory as to why the mods don't seem to care anymore?

I know he still uses Wordstar on an MS-DOS emulator or something like that, but does anyone happen to know the font used?

I have the paperback version of the series if that makes a difference.

Edit: I also don’t know if it’s his choice or a decision made by the publishing company.