Nice job of compressing the beginning scenes of ACoK
especially the intro to the characters on Dragonstone.  What took up significant space in the book was reduced very nicely.  One quibble: I think that would have been better served by using Martin’s lines during the Cressen/Davos talk on the beach, especially…

A somone pointed out above, go read Patrick Rothfuss' Name of the Wind and Wise Man's Fear. I also would reccomend Joe Abercrombie's books. Start with the trilogy (The Blade Itself etc). 
Still think you should give DT books a shot though.

The 1st 4 books are great. The last 3 have issues, but def contain some great scenes and moments along w/ some really fucking annoying ones and some seeminlgy inexplicable metafiction.  You're a long, hypothetical, way off, but I liked the end of the series a lot.  Obviously others disagree…

The short stories set in the Alvin Maker universe were very good and the world itself is fascinating as alt histories go.  I recall the stories w/ the Daughter of Regals novella being very good as well. That centipede story is f*cking creepy.  

I remember this, but in my head the character was called Buzzy Buzzsaw.  I'm pretty sure the book was sponsored by the National Oak Flooring Manufacturer's Association….

Same thing. I've returned 3 in the last 2 weeks b/c significant chunks of the disc won't play.  That doesn't include skipping a section of Winter's Bone b/c of the same issue.

We've been getting a lot of damaged discs lately.  I've returned 3 in the last 2 weeks.  Between that and obscure things becoming unavailable, it seems they're not replacing DVDs at anywhere near the same rate as a few years ago.  I understand the business model is changing, but it sucks to be paying the same rate for…

The first 4 King's Quest Games, Spacequest and Hero's Quest were great childhood entertainment. I remember playing the original KQ on our Tandy 1000 w/ a black and green monitor.  Every one of them had some horrible sequence where you had to manuever w/ the keypad to get the character down a mountain or up and down…

I pity the fool who doesn't lead a rag tag group of mystery-solving gymnasts!

Also from the 80's, the Bronx Warriors, a prophetic vision of what the Bronx would look like 17 minutes after the invention of crack.  

The Postmortal was pretty good.

tl;dr You weird bro?

"Cocaine is a hell of a drug."

Fantasy stuff I read in 2011: In no particular order, The Magician King, The Wise Man's Fear, ADWD and The Heroes were my 4 favorites of the year. I'd also add Those Across the River, Low Town and the 1st 2 Locke Lamora books (I know they've been out a while) as very good reads. The Cold Commands was the most…

I'm guessing movie #1 ends either when the dwarves are captured by the elves in Mirkwood, or when Bilbo stuffs them into barrels and drops them into the river. W/ the 2nd scenario, #2 can start w/ the White Council giving Sauron the boot and showing up in time for the Battle of 5 Armies.

Bingo. I was worried that Sir Ian or Christopher Lee would die before this got filmed.

A lot of people here and elsewhere are either complaining or confused re: Jackson
splitting this into 2 movies. I agree w/ the more cynical that the primary reason is money. However, I think folks underestimate how many major scenes there are in this book. Tolkein's rather sparse writing style masks that somewhat. If I…

In 1972, 4 men came together in Pasadena, California. Willem Dafoe, an extra from the Deerhunter, a progeria-ridden Joseph Gordon Levitt and my lesbian 8th grade gym teacher would go on to form one of the most successful rock bands in history.

I'll be here all day!

Eddie looks like Joseph Gordon Levitt with progeria.