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Almost 8 years and no TWOW in sight. The show will tell us next year which main characters live or die and who becomes the king and queen. Plus, what the general state of Westeros is in the aftermath.

GRRM seems more interested in developing TV shows and Wild Cards. The only part of ASOIAF he even seems still interested in telling is the Targaryen history. They're more interesting as the former dynasty and the legacy the left behind. We don't need to see them up close. They aren't characters, just cut-outs. I'd rather read about the Wars of the Roses, Hundred Years War, or the other European royalty history. We may not know much about them, but they were real people and there's a plethora

The main problem with all of these side stories is that the reader is told what happens. They do not get to experience the events unfolding in the text firsthand. It's just all an info dump by characters who may be telling fiction themselves. There are already plenty of texts like this for the actual medieval history. What makes them interesting to read is the fact we know so little of those eras. A fictional world has the advantage where we could know everything. You could speculate what hilarious version of things the winners may pen, once the story ends.

Second, the format these things are written in strips away one of the core strengths of the series, the characters. The characters are

Krillin (hasn't beaten anyone in forever)

Vegeta. Pounding on the prince is the surest way to hype up someone's chance against Goku.

Oh, and before anyone says Yamcha, calling him a jobber is an insult to jobbers everywhere.

Fevre Dream on sale for $2.99.

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/fevre-dream-george-r-r-martin/1100302645?ean=9780553900989

Amazon too. https://www.amazon.com/Fevre-Dream-George-R-Martin-ebook/dp/B000FC29J8/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1515770138&sr=8-1

We can all get back to anxiously waiting for FIRE & BLOOD Vol 1, once this has been read!

I'm dying to know where Wild Cards is headed into 2018! Also, I need to read about the state of the Giants & Jets.

According to the JFK Files, Hitler lived until 1955 in South America.

https://twitter.com/_Wi112p0wer_/status/923900253622951941

"Any deviation of my instructions will result in the immediate execution of your daughter. You will also be denied her remains for proper burial. Speaking to anyone about your situation, such as Police, F.B.I., etc., will result in your daughter being beheaded."

Yet, they called the cops while the note was being read and "find her" the next morning. Dead, but they have her remains. Not beheaded either. A foreign faction supposedly able to watch every move by the Ramseys didn't make good on their own threats.

Also, no foreign faction will call themselves "foreign faction." They'll name themselves something relevant to their cause.

IMO, the ransom note is BS. And that lessens the chances