Rock On

[grrm]

So we were watching Dennis Leary's rock comedy SEX&DRUGS&ROCK&ROLL t'other night. The plot of this episode involved Gigi firing her band, the Assassins, and bringing on a new band of younger musicians to take their place

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[ext_3699691]

Is it purely coincidence that both you and Tolkien use the same middle initials?

[grrm]

yes

[aj_the_raven]

On the topic of JRR Tolkien, how do you feel when people compare him to yourself? I'd be honoured, personally, but I do think that your writing styles, themes and topics differ quite significantly, perhaps even beyond comparison.

[grrm]

I am always honored by the comparison, but certainly I recognize that Tolkien's work is very different from my own.

Love it

[evinou_art]

The Rag rules man. Really happy I gave it a spin.

1983

[writing_mombie]

Good year, I was born then 😉 This book sounds awesome, I will check right now if it is available in Germany! 😆

[ext_3305513]

I enjoyed Fevre Dream a lot. I especially love the first scene where Abner Marsh meets Joshua York.

I guess it was written way before you started AGOT. But even then I could see glimpses of your trademark writing style.

While York & Marsh are having their midnight supper, I was half expecting a "grease ran down his chin & he wiped it with his sleeve." :D

Thank you for creating such memorable characters. You've changed the way I read.

Perchance will you write a sequel to Fevre Dream? Or a prequel may be. Please write about Abner Marsh's life before he lost his boats in that fateful winter. ( Winter comes in all your books, doesn't it?)

Related... Kinda...

[ext_2934769]

Since you brought up the fictional band Red Wedding, I wanted to point that you are also in World of Warcraft. They have a quest called "A Dance With Dragons."

Re: Related... Kinda...

[sdschaffer]

Crusader Kings 2 has several, as well, even outside of the Game of Thrones mod. There's an event that can pop up when you're raising a young girl which allows you to teach her how to fight, with the option to do so reading something like '[Girl] was supposed to work on her embroidery, but she clearly favors another kind of Pin.'

I've never seen it personally, but there's also apparently an event to have a young child catch you in the act if you're engaged in an illicit love affair, with the option to either kill the kid or let him/her go and cause the affair to be exposed. The option to kill the kid reads 'The things I do for love...'