Today was a good day. A long wait seemingly came to an end ( going by history, though, I won't celebrate until the news gets more definite but yes, there is definite cause for cheer) - GRRM finally announced a publication date for ADWD, the 5th in the Iceand Fire series. YAAAAAAY! The 6-year wait has finally come to an end ( GRRM, you sly con, you ( Read more... )

Phew! Finally, I'm back to blogging. I don't know if anyone else has felt this way but every time in the last few months that I decided to post about something, an enervating lethargy would creep over me [ Picture Keanu Reeves in the Matrix, soon after he takes the pill, as the metallic silver fluid engulfs him just before he is yanked out of the ( Read more... )

Yaaaay! Just read this blog by a Time reviewer imploring HBO to pick up Game of Thrones for telecast, if only as a mini-series. I can't wait to see the works of G.R.R.Martin ( hailed as the modern Tolkien) on screen. Gray characters -check, abrupt turnarounds - check, lack of deus ex machina for primary characters to escap every situation - check!  ( Read more... )