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Attempted to Read ASOIAF, Should I Watch the Show?
Posted on 4/7/13 at 7:38 pm
Posted on 4/7/13 at 7:38 pm
*SPOILERS*
I attempted to read ASOIAF and made it to the part where the climber kid gets thrown out of the window by some dude banging his sister or something along those lines. The English in this book is nearly unbearable. When I have to struggle out a book in order to feel cultured or read, no thanks I'm out of college I don't need that validation anymore. Has anyone not liked the books but enjoyed the show?
I attempted to read ASOIAF and made it to the part where the climber kid gets thrown out of the window by some dude banging his sister or something along those lines. The English in this book is nearly unbearable. When I have to struggle out a book in order to feel cultured or read, no thanks I'm out of college I don't need that validation anymore. Has anyone not liked the books but enjoyed the show?
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Posted on 4/7/13 at 7:39 pm to ClownQuestionBro
Lol you dumb. It's not a hard read at all.
Posted on 4/7/13 at 7:39 pm to ClownQuestionBro
Just watch the show. He'll take 4 pages to explain a room. shite gets old. Also, the world is so large. It's hard to keep up.
Posted on 4/7/13 at 7:41 pm to AUCE05
Lamprey Pie and Arbor Gold was enough for me.
Posted on 4/7/13 at 7:41 pm to ClownQuestionBro
When you say out of college, do you mean ITT?
Posted on 4/7/13 at 7:44 pm to ClownQuestionBro
Trolollololol
Posted on 4/7/13 at 7:51 pm to ClownQuestionBro
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The English in this book is nearly unbearable. When I have to struggle out a book in order to feel cultured or read, no thanks
I found it to be an incredibly easy read. I've read much denser writing. GRRM's style is rather straight forward. Sure, it's no See Spot Run, but it's also no Faulkner,
Posted on 4/7/13 at 7:53 pm to ClownQuestionBro
Clown College doesn't count. How many years of formal education did you complete before getting your GED?
I apologize if I am making too many assumptions about your education. You may not have gotten the GED.
I apologize if I am making too many assumptions about your education. You may not have gotten the GED.
Posted on 4/7/13 at 7:55 pm to BottomlandBrew
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it's no See Spot Run
He tried that book. Kept looking up to try to see Spot and never finished that page.
Posted on 4/7/13 at 7:55 pm to BottomlandBrew
It's not dense writing? You have to be kidding me. It's written in some hybrid Old English fantasy style that is intentionally hard to read. I would rather read Tolstoy than this which is saying a lot.
Posted on 4/7/13 at 7:57 pm to ClownQuestionBro
It's not dense at all. It's fairly simple. I would expect a sophomore in high school to have no problem with it. Sorry you struggled with it.
Posted on 4/7/13 at 7:58 pm to PsychTiger
Yeah exactly ad hominem attacks will definitely solidify your position.
Posted on 4/7/13 at 7:59 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
and by attempted to read you made it through like the first 3 chapters or so?
Posted on 4/7/13 at 8:00 pm to ClownQuestionBro
Are you confusing Tolstoy with Toy Story?
Posted on 4/7/13 at 8:01 pm to fouldeliverer
I just want to know who helped him figure out how to use a computer.
Posted on 4/7/13 at 8:47 pm to ClownQuestionBro
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It's not dense writing? You have to be kidding me. It's written in some hybrid Old English fantasy style that is intentionally hard to read. I would rather read Tolstoy than this which is saying a lot.
You need to stop and go back and delete all your posts in this thread because you really should be embarrassed.
Posted on 4/7/13 at 8:55 pm to ClownQuestionBro
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I would rather read Tolstoy than this which is saying a lot.
Ah yes, 19th century Russian literature is certainly a treat. Do you prefer the Constance Garnett or Pevear-Volokhonsky translations?
This post was edited on 4/7/13 at 8:56 pm
Posted on 4/7/13 at 10:24 pm to ClownQuestionBro
quote:
It's not dense writing? You have to be kidding me. It's written in some hybrid Old English fantasy style that is intentionally hard to read. I would rather read Tolstoy than this which is saying a lot.
Now I know you're just trolling.
Posted on 4/7/13 at 10:27 pm to fouldeliverer
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When you say out of college, do you mean ITT?
Hey asswipe, I just achieved tenure. Don't hate.
Posted on 4/7/13 at 10:27 pm to ClownQuestionBro
Not dense writing at all. I had more trouble with LOTR than I did with ASOIAF, but that was in the 7th grade. I find ASOIAF to be very easy to read and its not really written in an "old english hybrid fantasy type language".
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