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Thank you very much (one of my favourite novels). Yes, that was sort of the area I was thinking of when I wrote it.

For the Good of Society “Gentlemen, this development represents nothing less than a revolution in the fight against antisocial behaviour.” The audience remain impassive for now in their uniforms and business suits. The white-coated man indicates the pyjama-clad figure’s scarred, shaven...

Re: December Writing Challenge The Hecatomb “Warriors are buried with swords,” said Emperor Ob, “for they must fight in the Other World. I am Emperor. I must rule.” So when Ob died, his servants slew the people’s cattle and burned their crops. They poisoned the wells and razed the cities...

A Close Encounter “I have a bogey at ten o’clock high.” “This is Houston. Say again, Pegasus.” “We have a bogey at ten o’clock high.” “Roger. Do you have any more information, estimated distance or size?” “…” “Say again, Pegasus.” “We have…several…actual…looks like…” “Say again...

Yes, at the risk of sounding hopelessly naive, I tend to take GRRM at his word that he thought he knew where the story was going, but then ran into massive structural problems that meant he basically had to scrap a near-as-dammit-already-written book and start from scratch. Imagine how...

Correct! :) I should maybe have picked something more obscure, but I love that scene - Kevan goes from being quiet man to player in a handful of pages, while telling Cersei, very deservedly, where to get off... You're up next, Quick Ben!

I think I agree with the people who say that AFfC improves for them on subsequent re-reads - I don't know, maybe because after you've read it the first time, you get over the "disappointment" of the missing characters and the fact that it doesn't advance the overarching plot a whole lot...

I think the thing is that Joffrey, Stannis and Aerys all made similar sort of pronouncements towards the end of ASOS (as far as I remember) - I think GRRM may have been making some observation about kings and kingship... :D So, who said this then? "You may make Moon Boy your Hand for all I...

Was it Crazy King Aerys (in a flashback, telling Jaime he couldn't compete in the infamous tourney at Harrenhal)?

As I said, I'm going to look stupid... :D

Gotta be Joffrey (I'm going to look stupid saying that if it isn't him :D)!

Re: Discussing the Writing Challenges -- September and October I've finally voted - I've been offline for a bit this month, so took me a while. Re-read the whole thread, but decided to go with my early gut feeling in the end... :)

Re: Discussing the Writing Challenges -- September and October Some great stories so far - I liked Vertigo's in particular. I've posted my effort - possibly a bit too similar to what others have already done, but it was the thing that came immediately to mind and I found I just had to write...

Samain Diarmuid set his trophy heads around the farmstead’s boundary, foemen slain in honourable battle. Candles burned in their dead mouths. Their sightless, sleepless eyes stared into the cold night, guarding the fire-lit circle. He left offerings from the harvest too. Fresh-slaughtered...

re: Discussing the Writing Challenges -- September and October Hmmm... Hmmm... Trick or Treat... Well, I think that's going to take some thought. I'll see what I come up with. Impressively fast from HareBrain, and well, just impressive. Really captured that sort of pagan dark fantasy stuff...

re: Discussing the Writing Challenges -- September and October Congratulations, Hoopy! :)

re: Discussing the Writing Challenges -- September and October Well, I've voted now. It took me a while to decide, but that's it anyway. :)

Oh, one of those interested parties in Qarth, maybe? No?

re: Discussing the Writing Challenges -- September and October Thank you very much for saying so - I found it enjoyable reading your discussion with Judge too. :)

re: Discussing the Writing Challenges -- September and October It seems like a reasonable reaction from what little we see of him. I do think he's a man who's so blinded by his sense of "rightness" (and of the evil of his enemies) that he isn't fully aware of the ramifications of his own...