expired A Game of Thrones: The Story Continues. 7 Volume, Costco (Melb) $33.99
This was posted 7 months 2 days ago, and might be an out-dated deal
I was in Costco this morning and this looked like it might be a reasonable deal so thought I'd let the votes determine if it was or not.
A Game of Thrones: The Story Continues: A Song of Ice and Fire: 7 Volume.
Cheapest on Booko was $59.11 delivered when I last checked.
Book blurb:
Three great storylines weave through the books, charting the civil war for control of the Seven Kingdoms; the defence of the towering Wall of ice in the uttermost north against the unearthly threat of the Others; and across the Narrow Sea the rise to power of Daenerys Targaryen and the last live dragons in the world.
Dont know how long they will last so expiry is a week, could be longer or shorter.
They had a pallet load.
If you are not a member($60), dont know someone who is, or cbf joining up then obviously this deal isnt for you.
+16 votesProspectiveDarkness on 17/11/2012 - 15:43 ¶At this point, it's optimistic to think that he's ever going to finish them.
+2 votesAt this point, it's optimistic to think that he's ever going to finish them.
Hoping the TV series will inspire him to write quicker. If they catch up to him and run out of material to adapt, it will have to go on hiatus and the child actors will out-age their characters.
There are distinct differences between book and show, but I mean the general direction is pretty much the same.
****[Possible spoiler alert if you haven't seen both series and read the first two books]****
For example, Arya in Harrenhal was a much bigger thing than was made out in the series and the two she named to kill weren't the same two in the book.
Also, how Robb meets his wife is totally different.
Just little things like that.
Not just how they met, Robb's wife is different than in the books.
It's a shame that they don't stick 100% by the book, it makes people think that, if they changed it for the series, then that arc is probably insignificant towards the overall plot. A minor spoiler/inconvenience, but still.
+1 votemedium_tight on 17/11/2012 - 15:45 ¶The story could be halted as well , due to the author drinking habit
+3 votesDifferent item but related so I'll post it here as you might be interested… the collectors Blu ray is pretty dam cheap pre-order [out on the 5th Dec] @ JB-HIFI this weekend.
JB-HiFI - Game Of Thrones - Season 1 (Blu-ray) (Collector's Edition) $39.98 [+$1 to ship - don't think you can avoid it acutally]
http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/dvd/dvd-genres/tv/game-of-thr...would make a nice gift for a fan I would think.
- ProspectiveDarkness on 18/11/2012 - 16:10 ¶
If I could give numerous +1's, I would. That Collector's Edition looks absolutely amazing.
I can honestly 100% recommend this series - nearly finished book 3, part 2 and it's just fantastic - the storyline that is, the publishing…could be greatly improved. Getting towards the second and third books, there are uncountable typographical mistakes, the most common being spacing after a comma so it would read something like:
"he wasn't afraid, inno way could they harm him…"
It gets quite frustrating after a while, but you can't argue with the pricing here - I paid about $60-$70 for the same set. (although the girlfriend's a teacher, so we can get it back on tax ;)
A Game of Thrones: The Story Continues: A Song of Ice and Fire: 7 Volume
Tried to cover all bases in the description.Searching for the subject I used seemed to give prospective buyers more hits from book stores for comparison.
Personally I just enjoy the content :)
The way they read makes sense because they have a prologue which wouldn't work as character POVs because there's so much involved with mostly minor characters undeserving of their own POVs and events which wouldn't work with character bias - I'm trying not to give too much away here, but the splitting them up aids the story in progressing much more easily.
I've heard unconfirmed reports that Cersei gets her on POV in one of them - haven't come across it yet though so may be BS.
photonaturally on 19/11/2012 - 21:56 ¶What the books need are photos to describe part of the story.
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These collection boxes are going to get very wide in 20 years when the series is finally done. There's still 2 more volumes, with no guarantee he won't split another one into two.