I read AGoT and ACoK together in 1999, then ASoS in 2000. Then all three again in 2003, then AFFC on release in 2005, and then all four again at the end of last year and start of this.
So three times for AGoT and ACoK and twice for ASoS and AFFC. I simply haven't had time to re-read any more than that. I've actually read MAGICIAN, the NIGHT'S DAWN TRILOGY, the first six WoT books, LotR and a few Pratchetts and Clarkes far more.
In a way I suppose my position on Westeros.org and constant discussions of the books means rereading the whole thing as a refresher for the memory is unnecessary. If you know who Jon Connington is from memory, you're probably good to go for ADWD without having to reread the series
So three times for AGoT and ACoK and twice for ASoS and AFFC. I simply haven't had time to re-read any more than that. I've actually read MAGICIAN, the NIGHT'S DAWN TRILOGY, the first six WoT books, LotR and a few Pratchetts and Clarkes far more.
In a way I suppose my position on Westeros.org and constant discussions of the books means rereading the whole thing as a refresher for the memory is unnecessary. If you know who Jon Connington is from memory, you're probably good to go for ADWD without having to reread the series
ASoI&F Quickpoll: Evil characters
- 18/03/2010 02:04:24 PM
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Re: ASoI&F Quickpoll: Evil characters
- 18/03/2010 02:32:48 PM
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Confusing likability with goodness
- 18/03/2010 08:59:40 PM
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Arya may not be "good"...
- 18/03/2010 09:15:46 PM
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Do you think a child can be evil? *NM*
- 18/03/2010 09:18:06 PM
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We sometimes hear about kids doing horrible things
- 18/03/2010 09:41:30 PM
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Is that because they may not understand the consequences of their actions?
- 18/03/2010 09:45:33 PM
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Most likely, yes. Plus their reasons for doing bad things lack deeper inferior motives.
- 18/03/2010 10:09:25 PM
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Arya is old enough to understand cause and effect...
- 18/03/2010 11:04:31 PM
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Soldiers do the same thing.
- 19/03/2010 03:23:35 AM
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Just what I was about to say, yeah *NM*
- 19/03/2010 07:55:47 AM
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Soldiers kill for the sake of their country, their cause, or their hope...
- 19/03/2010 11:24:16 PM
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Re: Soldiers kill for the sake of their country, their cause, or their hope...
- 20/03/2010 12:29:55 AM
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Arya is not a soldier. Soldiers are not individually responsible for the results of war.
- 20/03/2010 11:22:43 PM
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Arya is legitimately the most evil...
- 18/03/2010 09:45:04 PM
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No, she's not
- 18/03/2010 11:45:23 PM
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Cersei doesn't have true justification
- 18/03/2010 11:47:44 PM
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what he said! especially about Cersei being seriously mentally ill *NM*
- 19/03/2010 04:38:19 AM
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Re: Arya is legitimately the most evil...
- 19/03/2010 10:50:56 PM
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I was looking forward to his response as well.
- 19/03/2010 11:13:35 PM
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to be accurate, the child was not yet disabled when he was pushed from the tower
- 20/03/2010 10:52:42 PM
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Evil is such a limiting term to use.
- 20/03/2010 12:18:24 PM
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Try reading the books
- 20/03/2010 10:50:01 PM
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I've read them a few times.
- 21/03/2010 01:47:52 PM
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Just a "few" times?
- 21/03/2010 06:07:14 PM
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Just a "few" times?
- 21/03/2010 06:07:14 PM
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Only three times.
- 21/03/2010 11:20:12 PM
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Jon Connington- Hand to Aerys. Lost to Hoster, Eddard and Robert. Exiled. *NM*
- 22/03/2010 04:09:59 AM
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people seem to be forgetting
- 21/03/2010 09:11:04 PM
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ROFLMAO. Most people complain that my values are medieval & out of touch with the modern world!
- 23/03/2010 01:54:58 AM
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To clarify, "evil" means VERY, VERY BAD.
- 23/03/2010 01:12:39 AM
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