There is a bit of a difference between accidentally taking a human life and unknowingly endangering the life of a wild animal though. Surely, due the nature of this case, intent to harm should be considered in the sentencing? I think what this man did was wrong but I don't think he deserves jail time. In my opinion a…

Of course, of course, separation from family members can be difficult, especially if the family is such a big part of your culture. I guess it must be about balance though, weighing up what is more important to you and making your decisions on what will bring you the most happiness. I'm also sorry you have to live…

I'm so sorry to read this... it must be so difficult for you living somewhere where you feel like you have to constantly hide a part of yourself from the people you love. Is your country in the EU? If it is you could think about moving to somewhere else in Europe that is more progressive. Are there any gay rights…

I quite like this theory, the only problem I have with it though is that from the tale of the knight of the laughing tree, I get the impression that Lyanna didn't want to marry Robert, so while I can see her running off with the (by some accounts) handsome and charming Rhagaer, because she's fiesty and free spirited,…

SPOILERS!! Everyone is a secret Targaryen!

Hahahahaha this happened to me when I was a child! Should I be ashamed to admit that?

Beautiful. That is all.

No worries :) That is really very interesting (if a bit disheartening.) I don't normally read romance so I cannot do anything there but next time I'm in a bookshop looking for a new sci-fi/fantasy to read I'm going to look for something by a female author and do my (tiny) bit to buck this trend.

hahahaha nope... its a couple of verses about why I'd rather live there than any other place in the ASOIAF universe... I should have done a saucy lymerick though, it would have probably been better!

I love Dorne too, infact I love Dorne so much I wrote a poem about it! Go Team Dorne!

Made my day... thanks GRRM for putting this out there, and thanks Rob for informing me!! Now to read the chapter :) je suis excite!

I have a kindle version of his complete works (0.89 english pennies) and have been doing much the same thing... takes a while to get to the stories that are part of the mythos but reading them in order is really interesting in terms of seeing him grow as a writer.

That's what I've been told, that he brilliantly executes multiple plot points which all come together and that it is worth the frustration you feel at the start, and you stopped and started 3 times? That's determination! I'm going to wait a while and pick it up again when I'm feeling more patient and motivated to…

Equal opportunity objectifying... how it should be.

Judgemental much? Why shouldn't we listen to white people with dreadlocks? Why is this a thing? I know quite a few white people with dreads and they are mostly lovely interesting people. I've had synth dreads myself occasionally, very useful when I'm camping or festivalling and can't take proper care of my hair,…

Not sure I agree with him about comedy not getting the same respect as tragedy... on a purely personal level someone who can pull off a really clever dark comedy or a well thought out satire gets full respect from me. And I have to say Shakespeare's comedies are a lot more fun to watch than the tragedies, I'd take…

I read book 1 of Gardens of the Moon (about a quarter of the whole book) and then put it down. I've yet to pick it back up. My main problem with it was that all the characters seemed pretty one dimensional and the only one that sparked my interest didn't turn up after the first few chapters. Coming off ASOIAF and into…

Buuuuuuuuuut I enjoyed reading all the descriptions of food in ASOIF, though there was the minor annoyance of getting really really hungry every time there was a feast! Personally I like GRRM's prose too... it's easy enough to read and draws you in to both the setting and the characters. I do admit though that on my…

I wouldn't even consider electronic dance music as a genre really... drum and bass is a genre, house is a genre, electro swing is a genre, calling electronic dance music a genre is to me akin to lumping all instrumental music into one basket without taking into account the diversity that can be found between the…

NOOO! Not George Michael!