A FEAST FOR CROWS

[rusty_halo]

A FEAST FOR CROWS!!!

I'm incoherent with delight. It feels like I've been waiting forever for the announcement of this book's publication.

GRRM is going to split it into two novels by character and location. We'll end up with two complete stories, which I definitely prefer over him chopping it down the middle and giving us two halves of a story. Of course, my delight is probably mostly because Jaime will almost certainly be in the first one. More Jaime!! Squee!!

If you haven't read this series yet, seriously, catch up. Plenty of people are starting now; I just got drujan and 10zlaine to read them, too. :)

So yeah, aside from that, I had a pretty good weekend, actually. jaydk and I spent the day together on Sunday and did a double feature: Revenge of the Sith and Kingdom of Heaven. My obsession (Star Wars) and hers (Orlando!).

It was my third time seeing Revenge of the Sith--very cool to see it on the huge screen at Lincoln Square--and once again it made me cry. Luke and Leia's theme music, and Alderaan, and Luke's house, the twin suns, OMG.... *sob* And, also, it helped that I've been reading the novelization--it answers a lot of questions, so that you can more easily sink into the story. (Although the novel is terribly written and its intro to Padme is grotesquely offensive: being a senator doesn't matter at all, because she's all "completely defined by her husband," as if this is a GOOD, ROMANTIC thing, ugh, give up your identity for your husband, so obviously written by a man, and reason #54788514 why I will never get married, and seriously, let's get George Lucas some gender studies lessons, k?....)

Kingdom of Heaven was a lot better the second time. Plus, seeing it right after Revenge of the Sith definitely made me appreciate its sparseness and subtlety. It's beautifully filmed, and I love the minimalism of the dialogue. And I really thought Orlando Bloom did a good job portraying a character who is defined by his actions rather than by his words. (Although we had to run all over the city to see it, and ended up at a 10:20 showing, because the first one we tried was apparently the only sold out showing of that movie in the world.)

Um, and then on Monday I read Veronica Mars fanfic and played Dr. Mario on my NES Emulator. It was a holiday. :P

So tonight I'm going to try to see Chuck Palahniuk, because he's doing a talk at the Barnes & Noble at Union Square. And then on Friday I'm going to try to meet George R.R. Martin at Book Expo America. *crosses fingers*

Comments

"Just a fleshwound"

[meko00.livejournal.com]

If you haven't read this series yet, seriously, catch up
Ok, ok... all four are actually in one of my bedroom's bookcases. Will try to find time this summer.

I quite liked Kingdom of Heaven for the reasons you give and for Jeremy Irons, Liam Neeson, David Thewlis and Edward Norton. Gah, voices. And Orlando wasn't bad at all. Plus, he's really, really pretty. My friend thought he's almost too pretty to take seriously. Poor Orlando ;-) I just think it could have been a much better film with less bloodshed and more plot. Was I the only one who thought of the Black Knight in the Holy Grail?

[soundingsea.livejournal.com]

I thought of you when I saw the GRRM news. Superfantastic!:)

ugh, give up your identity for your husband, so obviously written by a man, and reason #54788514 why I will never get married

Blah! Right there with ya.

[mahaliem.livejournal.com]

Squee!

I love this series.

[aea]

I am so in love with Sith. I have to see it on one of the digital screens.