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Anyone remember Beauty and the Beast in the 80's? I think George RR Martin
was the script editor.
Lesley

"Iva" <ivaf RemoveThis @ptd.net> wrote in message news:KnKdnU6d5IU43FvdUSdV9g@ptd.net...
 > Matt Cushing wrote:
  > > Greetings y'all,
  > >
  > > Sorry I haven't been posting much lately. I am in the midst of
 > interviewing
  > > for another job and it's taking up a lot of my time. When I am
 > not
  > > interviewing and reading KK's stuff, I came across a good
 > series a year or
  > > so ago by an author named George R. R. Martin.
  > >
  > >
 >
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0553573403/qid=1086724485/sr=2-2/ref=" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0553573403/qid=1086724485/sr=2-2/ref=</a>
sr_2_2/104-0958110-8591125
  > >
  > > This is the first one, and there are some long periods of time
 > where he's
  > > not writing, or writing to get everything perfect, but I highly
 > recommend
  > > them for knightly interested peoples:) It's called Game of
 > Thrones because
  > > there are at least 4 or 5 people fighting over it:)
 >
 > Yes, they are excellent books. However, the wait between books
 > is horrible. It's almost as bad as the wait for the next Robert
 > Jordan. <g>
 >
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 > Iva
 >
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I like the Game of Thrones series too. I read somewhere that it was
originally planned as a trilogy and after the first one became a best seller,
his editor asked him to stretch it into four books. When the second book sold
well, Martin was asked to make it six books. Martin had already outlined it
and had to created some extra subplots and cultures, etc. to stretch it out.
  I also read that something similar happened with Kate Elliot's fantasy series,
except she kind of got lost in the subplots and the original plot got buried in
them. I haven't even bought #5 because I struggled to finish #4...just found
it long and confusing. But I'm sure others have enjoyed it.
  Most recently, I've been recommending Robin Hobb's Assassin, Live Ship, and
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