When the day comes and my big box book stores are shuttered, I can still turn to my online retailer, Amazon books,  for my real book needs.  So can you for that matter.

The waiting is the hardest part. The way-ay-ay-ting is the harrrrrrrrrrdest par-art.

I hope Martin can finish A Dance with Dragons soon, but understand that he’ll do it in his own time. But he has been working on ADWD since 1999 (it got too big, and chapters were split off to become A Feast for Crows). 11 years is a long time for a book though.

Thankfully, I know that he won’t pull a Cameron and wait over a decade to drop nature love-fest. Can you imagine James Cameron writing ADWD. Bran the cripple would warg into one of the children of the forest and fight Dany, Cersei, and all of the humans to save the world from environmental destruction. Along the way many predictable things would happen. We all know Martin doesn’t stoop to use tropes and cliches.

I tried the Wheel of Time series years ago. After everyone split up and joined the circus, I couldn’t go on. I don’t CARE what EVERY person clothes are made of. After reading Martin I can never go back to the tedium of Jordan.

With an amazingly outstanding cast, and really cool locations, and a tremendous script, we have every reason to hope that “Game of Thrones” is everything that the book is and more. I’m reading the series for the fourth time and am continually amazed at the depth of the story. How little comments by one character are so huge after you know what’s going on. This is gonna rule.

Dune is a truly epic story with so many important parts that a single movie will never be able to do it justice. I’m wondering if they can turn it into an amazing HBO series or a couple of movies.

<fingers crossed>

She seems like a perfect choice for a show that will probably last quite a few seasons. Some have commented that she doesn’t fit the part, but come on people, that’s what wigs are for. She will be a stunning blonde that will be hated for all of the mean and nasty things that she does to our heroes. Besides, she does bare a resemblance to her future co-star, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, who will play her twin brother.

More updates to come soon, and still can’t wait for next season when I’ll buy HBO and watch every single week.

Yay.

The first casting news that came down was that Peter Dinklage would play one of the key characters, Tyrion. Dinklage should do a great job and the cast should be strong with him at the head.

Next, and most exciting, is that the King in the North, Lord of Winterfell, Eddard Stark would be played by Sean Bean. Boromir himself as Ned Stark. This is most exciting because it means that HBO is serious about making “A Game of Thrones” into a key franchise for the network. You don’t typically get someone like Sean Bean to be in your series if you’re not serious about making it, and making it good.

Some of the other characters have also been cast and filming should begin in a couple of months for the first episode. Can’t wait to sign up for HBO next fall.

Do any of us wonder why book 7 is being split into 2 movies?

By show of hands, how many of us think it’s because the book is long and they don’t want to leave anything out?

Yeah I don’t believe it either.

Words cannot completely describe the excitement that is now contained in the world. Not just excitement for the awesomeness that will be in the series for the next few years, but even the excitement for each announcement over the next few months of who will play who and all of the production photos.

Yay!

“The Lies of Locke Lamora” is a tremendous first novel from a talented author. This fantasy world is instantly compelling and believable. In the tradition of Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser, Locke Lamora is a lovable rogue that begins life as an orphan, but quickly rises to be the most legendary and feared thief of Camorr.

The story rarely slows but does suffer a little from the non-linear storytelling. Locke and his fellow Gentlemen Bastards begin a daring heist to steal from the city’s nobles but soon find themselves caught in another scheme.

I’ve already bought and can’t wait to read the sequel.

Maybe they can get Sam Jackson to join in on a major roll. Do I dare say it? I dare. Mazer Rackham? Could Samuel L. pull off being a half-Maori New Zealander? I hope so.