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better than SM Stirling's obsession imlad Send a noteboard - 19/06/2011 02:19:55 AM
That author uses "eeled" and "eeling" way too often to describe characters snaking through the woods. After 5 times in one book, it started to get annoying. Sure, I get it, he's trying to use something other than a snake reference like I did, but it did get distracting from the story.

EDIT: the book was one of the EMBERVERSE books, not sure which one had it 5 times, but he used the term in several of them.

I was told by an author/reviewer that squirrels are mentioned at least three times in ADWD's 1000 pages. How awesome is that? :D
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I have heard an awesome spoiler from Martin's A Dance With Dragons *spoilers* Larry - 18/06/2011 07:57:21 PM 1825 Views
I think the word has a history of cropping up in Arya's arc. *NM* RandAllThor - 19/06/2011 01:44:19 AM 491 Views
Some might argue that is proof positive that Martin is a Squirrelist *NM* Larry - 19/06/2011 01:55:05 AM 504 Views
better than SM Stirling's obsession imlad - 19/06/2011 02:19:55 AM 1007 Views
Of course it's better Larry - 19/06/2011 02:22:03 AM 976 Views
Indeed. Werthead - 19/06/2011 12:02:19 PM 946 Views
There is no surprise to that Larry - 19/06/2011 03:14:54 PM 1058 Views
Larry, you must have been posting all those years under the wrong name imlad - 23/06/2011 09:02:59 AM 1051 Views
Nah... Larry - 23/06/2011 05:51:15 PM 1025 Views
A multitude of fire-breathing squirrels on a black field A Deathwatch Guard - 20/06/2011 06:28:07 AM 897 Views
Will you actively count the times they show up in the pages? *NM* Great Lord of Chaos - 20/06/2011 01:37:40 AM 547 Views
Haven't decided yet Larry - 20/06/2011 01:42:04 AM 944 Views
I recall at least one mention in the epilogue of A Storm of Swords. *NM* Stephen - 20/06/2011 01:43:27 PM 408 Views
Not to mention Bran being called a squirrel in AGoT Larry - 20/06/2011 09:56:39 PM 798 Views
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